Regents
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September 20, 2018
UM-Flint to add physician assistant department in College of Health Sciences
UM-Flint will add a new physician assistant department in the College of Health Sciences Oct. 1, as the campus prepares for a Master of Science Physician Assistant program.
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September 20, 2018
Schlissel speaks out on professor’s refusal to support student effort to study in Israel
President Mark Schlissel says a faculty member’s refusal to provide a previously promised letter of recommendation for a student because she was seeking to study abroad in Israel is not the position of the university.
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September 20, 2018
Regents announce plan to extend Schlissel’s contract for five years
The Board of Regents has announced plans to extend President Mark Schlissel’s contract for an additional five years after commending him for continually “knocking the ball out of the park.”
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September 19, 2018
Former regents support U-M investment operations
To the Editor, We are former members of the Board of Regents of the University of Michigan, representing different political parties and times in office. What unites us is our love of the university that we so proudly served, and our frustration with the misimpressions of the university’s Investment Office and its relationship with U-M… -
September 13, 2018
University leaders reaffirm support of successful investment practices
University leaders are reaffirming support for the university’s investment practices while refuting new claims by the Detroit Free Press that imply wrongdoing on the part of the university and its regents in regard to interactions with university donors.
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September 13, 2018
Additional statement from U-M Regent Andrea Fischer Newman
University of Michigan Regent Andrea Fischer Newman shared this additional statement following the publication of a story today in the Detroit Free Press: I love the University of Michigan and have been honored to serve its students and community. Transparency and accountability are two of my core principles, which is why I was appalled that… -
August 2, 2018
U-M has meaningful controls for investment functions
U-M has in place a meaningful series of controls for its investment functions, a conclusion based in part on a review of specified non-financial investment functions performed by accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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August 1, 2018
Proposed Regents’ Bylaws revisions
Revisions to the Board of Regents’ Bylaws have been proposed and are now being posted for public comment, which may be submitted through Aug. 15.
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July 19, 2018
Regents approve alumnus David Gier to be dean of SMTD
David A. Gier, professor and director of the University of Iowa School of Music, has been appointed dean of the School of Music, Theatre & Dance.
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July 19, 2018
Mental health biostatistics expert to be new SPH dean
The Board of Regents have approved F. DuBois Bowman, whose scholarship focuses on improving mental health and neurological disorders, as the next dean of the School of Public Health.
