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December 19, 1994
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services Minorities now comprise 14 percent of total faculty at the U-M’s Ann Arbor campus, according to 1994-95 figures released today. This compares with 13.9 percent in 1993, 12.8 percent in 1992, 12.3 percent in 1991, 11.2 percent in 1990 and 10.7 percent in 1989. In the last five…
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December 19, 1994
By Michael Harrison Medical Center Public Relations The formation of a nonprofit health care subsidiary corporation that will serve as the cornerstone of the Medical Center’s efforts to develop a statewide integrated managed care system was approved by the Board of Regents at its December meeting. The Board of Regents will be the sole member…
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December 19, 1994
By Julie Robinson News and Information Services For many undergraduates, large universities can be intimidating places. Fortunately, at the U-M there’s UROP to the rescue. The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) helps students with the transition to campus life by making them part of the academic mission of the University. UROP is one of the…
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December 19, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank The University’s efforts to recruit more faculty of color during the last decade have been successful, but it needs to work harder to retain and promote underrepresented faculty, according to Senate Assembly’s Committee for a Multicultural University. The Assembly last Monday accepted the committee’s report and recommendations but sent them back…
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December 19, 1994
Regents Paul W. Brown and James L. Waters, on the Board for 24 years, attended their last meeting last week and were granted emeritus status. Harold R. Johnson, who ‘retired’ from his post as interim secretary of the University, also was honored. Excerpts from their citations appear here. ‘During the 24 years of his service…
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December 19, 1994
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services The University has signed an agreement with First of America Bank-Ann Arbor to add financial transaction services to the University’s identification card, say U-M officials. The new program, announced last summer, is slated to begin in fall 1995. Under the program, the University will continue to provide students,…
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December 19, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank Contrary to what some faculty and others may believe, tenure doesn’t give a faculty member the right to sit back and rest on one’s laurels, says Ruth Barnard, chair of the Senate Advisory Committee on University Affairs (SACUA) Standing Subcommittee on Tenure. The Senate Assembly last Monday unanimously endorsed a statement…
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December 12, 1994
The University’s off-campus program will offer 66 courses at U-M-Dearborn and U-M-Flint beginning the week of Jan. 9. Credit offerings in Dearborn include a School of Social Work course about administration, community, policy and research practice. Also offered will be courses in applied art, art history, communication, comparative literature, composition, economics, English composition, English, history,…
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December 12, 1994
By Randy Frank U-M-Dearborn Catherine Garcia-Lindstrom, an inspector for the Detroit Police Department and a U-M-Dearborn student, didn’t realize the power of children’s literature until she started using it on the job. “If you talk about a problem through children’s literature,” Garcia-Lindstrom says, “the kids will look to you, police officer or teacher, for the…
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December 12, 1994
By Jane R. Elgass Underscoring the importance he attributes to the Michigan Agenda for Women, President James J. Duderstadt reiterated his stand last week that he is “available and accountable” for the progress of the agenda. In a forum sponsored by the Academic Women’s Caucus, Duderstadt noted that the success of women, their leadership of…
