Sigma Bulletin, December 18-31, 2006
A. DEAN'S UPDATES
B. CALENDAR
C. LOOKING AHEAD
A. DEAN'S UPDATES
1. I am delighted to announce that Michael Dubin will be joining the School of Education as Director of Development and Alumni Relations, effective January 29. Effective right after the break, however, Mike will be spending the equivalent of a day a week with us to begin to get connected to the School and to begin working with us. A member of the development staff with the College of Engineering here at the University of Michigan for almost five years, Mike has most recently been their major gifts officer and has had strong success closing major and planned gifts for a wide variety of initiatives. Mike brings substantial expertise and experience with fundraising and the UM operations that will add to our team here at the SOE. Prior to that, Mike spent nine years in industry managing a multi-million dollar business in addition to co-founding a new business. These experiences taught him about marketing, communications, sales, and financial management. We had several excellent finalists in this search, and I am delighted that Mike has accepted our offer. I look forward to the coming year, and to involving more of you in the development work as our efforts in this area expand.
2. Remember that information about proposal 2 is posted at http://www.vpcomm.umich.edu/diversityresources/prop2faq.html. This will be updated as new information is available.
I have also been asked to serve as a member of the Diversity Blueprints Task Force, chaired by Teresa Sullivan and Lester Monts, along with Percy Bates, Ed St. John, and Phillip Bowman of our faculty. The first meeting is this Tuesday, December 19. The task force is being charged to explore existing methods, both on campus and at other institutions that could be used to create a diverse community. After gathering information from a variety of sources, including public forums, and taking into account the distinctive cultures of U-M schools and colleges, the task force will recommend ways to recruit, retain, and support a diverse student body, faculty, and staff. We will keep you informed about the work of this group, which will be working on a fast timeline to deliver a report to President Coleman by February 15 with recommendations to begin being implemented by March 19.
3. I hope you are able to take some time for yourselves over the break. Thank you for all your work and dedication to our common endeavors.
B. THIS WEEK'S CALENDAR
No events submitted for this week.
C. LOOKING AHEAD
- January 3, 2007: Rackham Graduate School's Winter Orientation. For information and registration: http://www.rackham.umich.edu/GraduateOrientation/
- January 3, 2007: Deadline for submitting Susan Lipschutz scholarship applications. Information: www.rackham.umich.edu/Fellowships/guideln/2445.html
- January 8, 2007: Meeting for MLK day volunteers, both teacher leaders and general volunteers, 7:00-8:00 p.m. Room 2327 (Brownlee) in the School of Education.
- January 12, 2007: CSHPE 50th anniversary Inaugural event, “The Emerging Challenges to Higher Education,” hosted by President Mary Sue Coleman and featuring distinguished panel of current and former university presidents. Information and registration: http://soe.umich.edu/cshpe/50th/inauguralevent
- January 12-14, 2007: 4th International Conference on Teacher Education and Social Justice, University of Illinois-Chicago, U.S.A. Information: http://antioppressiveeducation.org/2007conference.html
- January 14, 2007: Winter Reception to be held at Cobblestone Farm, 3:00-6:00 p.m. Details forthcoming.
- January 15, 2007: Martin Luther King Day. The theme is "Building the Beloved Community!"
- January 25, 2007: Deadline for submitting proposals to the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching for Lecturer's Professional Development Grants. Information: http://www.crlt.umich.edu/grants/grants.html
- February 8, 2007: Deadline for submitting proposals to the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching for the Gilbert Whitaker Fund grants. Information: http://www.crlt.umich.edu/grants/grants.html
- February 15, 2007: Deadline for submitting proposals to the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching for the Teaching with Technology Institute (May 15-17 and May 22-23, 2007).
Information: http://www.crlt.umich.edu/grants/insttechgrant.html
- March 16-17, 2007: Educational Studies Campus Visitation Days for newly admitted PhD students.
- March 22-25, 2007: CSHPE 50th anniversary conference, “Understanding and Strengthening Higher Education's Contributions to a Changing Society.” Information: http://soe.umich.edu/cshpe/50th/conference
- April 28, 2007: Commencement, 4-5:30 p.m., Hill Auditorium; reception following on Ingalls Mall.
- May 31-June 2, 2007: CSHPE 50th anniversary Alumni Celebration
“The Contributions of the First Half-century and our Commitments to the Second Half.” Information: http://soe.umich.edu/cshpe/50th/celebration
- August 30, 2007: Fall Re/Connection
- October 20, 2007: Graduate Information Day.