Campus News
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March 10, 2014
Making history
A timeline of social and political events that occurred during President Mary Sue Coleman’s tenure.
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March 10, 2014
Top accomplishments: Economic development
Under President Mary Sue Coleman’s leadership, U-M has been a leader in creating and supporting several key collaborations among government, industry and academia toward building a strong economy.
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March 10, 2014
Key initiatives: U-M Health System growth
The last decade under President Mary Sue Coleman’s leadership saw tremendous growth at the U-M Health System, which includes the Hospitals & Health Centers, the Medical School and other units.
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March 10, 2014
Key initiatives: Entrepreneurship
The university has a long tradition of entrepreneurship education dating back to 1927, but those early seeds have sprouted and grown into a lush garden of offerings during the last 12 years under President Mary Sue Coleman.
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March 10, 2014
Six to receive honorary degrees at Spring Commencement
General Motors Co. CEO Mary Barra will deliver the Spring Commencement address May 3 at Michigan Stadium, where she and five others will receive honorary degrees.
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March 10, 2014
Top accomplishments: Interdisciplinary Junior Faculty Initiative
President Mary Sue Coleman announced in 2007 a five-year, $30 million initiative to hire 100 tenure-track junior faculty members to increase the university’s focus on teaching and research across disciplines.
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March 10, 2014
Elections set for four SACUA seats, secretary
The Senate Assembly will fill three seats on the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs, and the University Senate is scheduled to elect a secretary at meetings March 17.
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March 10, 2014
Campuswide reception for President Coleman set for March 14
Faculty, staff and students are invited to a campuswide “thank you” reception for President Mary Sue Coleman, who is retiring in July. The appreciation will be from 3-5 p.m. Friday in the Rogel Ballroom of the Michigan Union. Actor Jeff Daniels will serve as emcee.
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March 10, 2014
Top accomplishments: Google partnership
President Mary Sue Coleman was a strong public advocate for U-M’s collaboration with the Google Books Library Project.
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March 10, 2014
Key initiatives: International education
A major theme of Mary Sue Coleman’s presidency was aggressively building on U-M’s reputation for global engagement, boldly going abroad and — equally as important — bringing the world to her university.
