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January 14, 2013
President’s Staff Innovation Award promotes better workplace
Cost-saving ideas, solutions for productivity and novel approaches to how university work is performed often come from staff members, and the new President’s Staff Innovation Award program will encourage and reward those efforts.
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January 14, 2013
UM-Dearborn prepares for 20th anniversary of MLK Day of Service
Students paint a classroom at Ann Visger Elementary School in River Rouge during Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service 2012. On the eve of UM-Dearborn’s first Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service, a winter storm hit southeast Michigan. Twelve-inch snowdrifts covered the region. “We thought it might kill the effort,” said Helen Santiz,… -
January 14, 2013
Dissertation Writing Institute boosts doctorate completion
The Sweetland Center for Writing’s Dissertation Writing Institute, now in its 10th year, is helping to boost doctoral program completion rates of graduate students. Compared with national rates of 50-60 percent, Institute students complete at a rate of 88 percent.
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January 14, 2013
The rebirth of civil rights: A new movement for a new generation
UM-Flint will continue its tradition of service in honor of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 21. Classes will not be in session on that date, but all members of the UM-Flint campus community are encouraged to participate in the annual Day of Service by volunteering their time at various sites… -
January 14, 2013
CTools introduces new features and a new look and feel
CTools welcomed 2013 with a makeover. The campus online service was upgraded to version 2.9 and introduced a new look and feel for the CTools home page Dec. 29.
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January 14, 2013
MLK photo: African American Gardens
“Places for the Spirit — Traditional African American Gardens” is an exhibition of black and white photographs of African-American gardens taken by artist Vaughn Sills. The exhibit will take place Jan. 18 through March 10 at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens. In the spirit of outsider and folk art traditions and the roots of blues music,… -
January 14, 2013
Shared Services Center to be part of Administrative Services Transformation
After a three-year assessment and design process, the university is moving forward with implementing a Shared Services Center, which is expected to open in mid-2014, for select Finance and Human Resources administrative functions.
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January 14, 2013
MLK photo: Freedom poster
This poster promoting Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1963 appearance in Detroit — where he previewed a draft of the “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered two months later in Washington, D.C. — is part of the exhibit “Black History 101: Mobile Museum,” from 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Jan. 21 at the Michigan Union Art Lounge. -
January 14, 2013
Division of Public Safety and Security announces department names
With the creation of the U-M Division of Public Safety and Security, the department names within the division have been revised effective immediately, Interim Executive Director Joe Piersante announced.
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January 14, 2013
MLK photo: Shared heritage
This early 1900s photo of a Comanche family who share African-American heritage is from the exhibit “IndiVisible: African-Native American Lives in the Americas.” This traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution is presented from noon-6 p.m. Monday through Friday through Jan. 31 in the Duderstadt Center Gallery. Photo by Sam DeVenney.
