March 28, 1994
Capital Cities/ABC Inc. announced today (March 28) a $750,000 gift to the Michigan Journalism Fellows program to establish a fellowship named for retiring president Daniel B. Burke. The endowment will sponsor a yearly academic program of study for a journalist working in either print or broadcast media. In addition to the national network, Capital Cities/ABC…
March 28, 1994
The Michigan Journalism Fellows program will develop the nation’s first mid-career fellowship program in education reporting with a three-year, $165,000 grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. The Fellowships, which are part of the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies, will operate the program in cooperation with the School of Education.…
March 14, 1994
Faculty/Staff Sexual Harassment Policy The University of Michigan March 14, 1994 POLICY: It is the policy of the University of Michigan to maintain an academic and work environment free of sexual harassment for students, faculty, and staff. Sexual harassment is contrary to the standards of the University community. It diminishes individual dignity and impedes equal…
March 14, 1994
Formal Investigation. Either subsequent to or instead of following an informal process, a complainant may elect to make a formal charge of sexual harassment and have it pursued. The University will investigate all formal charges of sexual harassment. Faculty and staff complainants have two internal mechanisms available to pursue a formal charge and their availability…
March 14, 1994
By Sally Pobojewski News and Information Services The U-M has been awarded $13.9 million by the National Science Foundation (NSF) to continue research, education and technology transfer programs at the Ultrafast Optical Science Center for an additional five years. Since its establishment in 1990, scientists at the NSF Science and Technology Center for Ultrafast Optical…
March 14, 1994
Pressure for sexual activity or sexual favors Unwelcome touching of a person’s body, hair or clothing Sexual innuendoes, jokes or comments Disparaging remarks to a person about his/her gender or body Sexual graffiti or pictures Asking about a person’s sexual fantasies or sexual activities Repeatedly asking for a date after the person has expressed disinterest…
March 14, 1994
Members of the committee that designed the training program for individuals who will be designated as complaint receivers are: Deborah Bland, manager, Staff and Union Relations, Medical Center; Debra L. Cain, coordinator, Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Center; Keith L. Clark, personnel representative, Administrative Services Personnel Office; Sally M. Johnson, assistant director of personnel-support and…
March 14, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle They talk excitedly in groups of two or three, pencils and erasers flying, comparing answers. Juice boxes and snack packages adorn desktops. Most are dressed in jeans and work clothes. Their teacher sits in front of the class, reading materials and answering an occasional question. It’s not the way any of…
March 14, 1994
Bernadette Waters could wear an “I love my job” pin and mean every word of it. “When you’re working for a goal and the administration backs you like this, you can’t do anything but succeed,” she says. That goal is “to educate our employees and provide them personal and professional development in order to advance…
March 14, 1994
Douvan will present Russel Lecture Tuesday The 1994 Henry Russel Lecture will be delivered by Elizabeth M. Douvan, the Catharine Neafie Kellogg Professor of Psychology and Women’s Studies, at 4 p.m. Tues. (March 15) in Rackham Amphitheater. The Russel lectureship is the highest honor the University gives to a senior faculty member. Douvan will discuss…
