News Briefs

Michigan Radio wins 7 Associated Press awards

Michigan Radio has received seven awards from the Michigan Associated Press (MAP) for news coverage in 2004. The station received MAP honors for best newscast (Charity Nebbe for her Dec. 8 newscast), best use of natural sound (Bill Poorman for "Auto Safety Update") and best individual reporting (Tamar Charney). Individual honorable mentions were given for individual reporting (Bill Poorman), spot news (Kaomi Goetz for "Electrolux to leave Michigan") and hard news (Kaomi Goetz and Michael Leland for "Electrolux Leaving"). Michigan Radio also earned an honorable mention for general excellence in news among non-commercial stations. The awards come on the heels of the Michigan Association of Broadcasters (MAB) announcements in February and March when Michigan Radio was named Public Station of the Year and received seven 2004-05 MAB broadcast excellence awards.

Engineering dean to take position at Drexel

College of Engineering (CoE) Dean Stephen Director has resigned to take a position as provost and senior vice president at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

Director has served as CoE dean for the past nine years. Provost Paul N. Courant says he'll name a search advisory committee before the end of the semester to begin a national search for a new dean. The provost also plans to name an interim dean in the near future.

Courant commended Director for his leadership that has resulted in increased student enrollment and graduation; successful recruitment of faculty; the election of impressive numbers of faculty to the National Academy of Engineering; growth in the college research portfolio, endowment and operation budget; and expansion of facilities on North Campus.

Center for the Education of Women wins national award

The National Council for Research on Women (NCRW) has presented the Center for the Education of Women (CEW) its Member Center Award for 2005. The award recognizes a research organization whose recent work linking research and policy has had a significant impact locally, nationally or globally. Recent CEW efforts linking research and policy include work on faculty careers, family-friendly policies in higher education, women in business leadership, and women's access to higher education. The President's Advisory Commission on Women's Issues, staffed by CEW, has worked on a campus level to effect change on behalf of students, faculty and staff. CEW director Carol Hollenshead accepted the award March 1 at NCRW's annual "Women Who Make a Difference" awards dinner.

Record to publish commencement activities April 18

The Record will publish information on University commencement activities in the April 18 issue. Departments and units are asked to submit their commencement details—including date, time, location and speaker information—by 5 p.m. April 12. Submissions must include a contact phone number for the public to get more information. Submissions will be accepted by e-mail at urecord@umich.edu, via fax to (734) 764-7084, or through Campus Mail to University Record, 412 Maynard, 1399.

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