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March 14, 1994
‘The car couldn’t have broken down at a worse time,’ Diane muttered. Her family’s finances were pushed to the limit just paying for groceries, rent, transportation to work and child care for her three sons—all on only $10,000 a year. ‘Now the transmission dies and the exhaust needs replacing—right after I’ve already gone over my…
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March 14, 1994
By Mary Jo Frank Residence halls are loud and energetic places where a lot of intellectual pursuits happen—often after midnight, observes Vice President for Student Affairs Maureen A. Hartford. Speaking to LS&A faculty last Monday about how residence halls relate to the University’s academic mission, Hartford said students who appear to enjoy the richest intellectual…
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March 14, 1994
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services Selections by Chick Corea, Debussy and Prince may make an improbable concert program. But in the hands of the University’s unique Digital Music Ensemble, the odd triad works. Besides, the group is eclectic not by choice but by necessity. Directed by Assistant Professor of Music Steve Rush, the…
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March 14, 1994
By Rebecca A. Doyle The University’s Smoking Policy Revision Implementation Committee has announced two public hearings “to enable the University community and outside interested parties to bring forth data and their expressions of interest,” says committee chair Wendy N. Powell, personnel representative, Administrative Services Personnel Office. Public hearings on the proposed policy changes will be…
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March 14, 1994
April 29 is the deadline for nominations of individuals for the College of Engineering’s Excellence in Staff Service Awards. The awards, “reflecting appreciation and recognition of the fine work done by the College’s staff members,” are given annually to a maximum of five outstanding employees, according to 1994 College of Engineering Awards Team members Pamela…
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March 14, 1994
Don Herbert, creator of the television program “Watch Mr. Wizard,” will receive an honorary doctor of science degree from U-M-Dearborn at its commencement exercises on April 24. “Watch Mr. Wizard,” which was broadcast each week from 1955 to 1965 on the NBC network, featured Herbert and a young boy or girl conducting scientific experiments with…
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March 14, 1994
By Diane Swanbrow News and Information Services The School of Education has received a $450,000 three-year grant from the Spencer Foundation to train doctoral students planning careers in educational research. Annemarie Sullivan Palincsar, the Jean and Charles R. Walgreen Jr. Professor of Reading and Literacy, has received a related $50,000 mentor grant from the Chicago-based…
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March 14, 1994
The Housing Division has asked Occupational Safety and Environmental Health (OSEH) staff to evaluate three spiral slides and 25 other standard metal slides on playgrounds that are part of Family Housing. The evaluation is being conducted in light of the accidental death in January of 5-year-old Nancy Sibley, according to Alan J. Levy, director of…
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March 14, 1994
Editor’s Note: The text of the policy begins on page 8. By Jane R. Elgass After two years’ experience with the policy, changes in response to a recent U.S. Supreme Court case, and slight revisions to the document, the University is republishing its Faculty/Staff Sexual Harassment Policy. (See pages 8–9 for complete text of the…
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March 14, 1994
Students will be recognized for their academic achievement at the University’s annual Honors Convocation at 2 p.m. Sunday (March 20) in Hill Auditorium. The convocation address, titled “Honors at Michigan: More than a 4.0,” will be given by Maureen A. Hartford, vice president for student affairs. Leah N. Niederstadt, winner of a Rhodes Scholarship, and…
