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…
March 14, 1994
By Jane R. Elgass The School of Social Work has been named tops in the nation in the fifth annual “America’s Best Graduate Schools” rankings by U.S. News & World Report. The School of Public Health’s master’s degree program is ranked fifth, and the School of Music fourth. This is the first time the magazine…
March 14, 1994
The University will award seven honorary degrees at its spring commencement April 29–30. The recipients will be Detroit Mayor Dennis W. Archer; syndicated columnist David Broder; Father William T. Cunningham, founder of Focus: HOPE; Charles T. Fisher III, past chairman and president of NBD Bancorp and NBD Bank; Eleanor M. Josaitis, associate director of Focus:…
March 7, 1994
By Bernie DeGroat News and Information Services The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet will deliver the annual University Wallenberg Lecture and meet with students and faculty during a campus visit April 21–23. The Nobel Peace Prize winner and Buddhist leader will address issues of human rights, freedom and peace in a lecture at 7:30 p.m.…
March 7, 1994
The 15th Annual Conference on the Holocaust, March 12–19, will address modes of communicating the experience and memory of the Holocaust intergenerationally. Planned by students, faculty, members of the Ann Arbor community and Hillel Foundation, the conference will include a 24-hour vigil on the Diag; lectures, discussions and films; and the dedication of the Holocaust…
March 7, 1994
President James J. Duderstadt will formally accept the Holocaust Memorial statue for the U-M at a dedication ceremony beginning at 3 p.m. Sunday (March 13) in Rackham Auditorium. The program at Rackham includes musical selections performed by Marilyn Krimm and choir, and a keynote speech by Todd Endelman, the William Haber Professor of Modern Jewish…
March 7, 1994
The recently discovered and restored 1948 film Undzere Kinder (Our Children), the last Yiddish feature film made in Poland, will be shown at 7 p.m. Sunday (March 13) at the Natural Science Building Auditorium, followed by a panel discussion. “Suppressed by the post-war Polish Communist government as ‘pro-Zionist’ and lost for over 30 years, Our…
March 7, 1994
Accounts Payable and Travel Audit will offer a series of seminars this week at the Michigan League and North Campus Commons. Seminar topics include: Failed Invoices and Invoice Payment Notices—A new invoice payment notice will be discussed. Participants will learn what to do when an invoice fails audit, resulting in a payment delay. Travel Reimbursement…
