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Not so long ago, we had a discussion of the movement towards a ‘Graduate Student Senate.’ Graduate students have been endeavoring to part ways with Student Government and form their own representative body. I support this move (for reasons mentioned on the earlier post), and I have just discovered that graduate students now have a petition [...] The press release for this is on the EMU web site: “EMU general education program receives national recognition.” To quote from the first couple paragraphs: Eastern Michigan University’s General Education Program has been selected as a recipient of the 2007 Association for General and Liberal Studies Awards (AGSL) for improving general education. “We are proud [...] As an academic-type for more or less my entire life, I’ve associated the start of the fall semester as the beginning of the “new year;” I think of that calendar thing that happens in January is mostly a technicality that tends to be an excuse for a party. It’s a bit different of [...] I am going to take the silence on my invitation for input on “The Rules (Beta)” as meaning, more or less, acceptance and agreement that such rules are necessary, good, reasonable, etc., and/or no one else has a better idea. If there is more comment/suggestions, please post them asap. But one way or the other, [...] I am really super excited about the Faculty Convocation upcoming on Tuesday, September 4 (3-4:45) in the Pray Harrold Auditorium (Rm 213, by the coffee shop). We have a website online with information about this event (http://www.emufaculty.org/), as well as a flyer that you can print out and post around campus, along with a welcome [...] As the new year kicks off, I thought I’d mention a couple of good things that have happened around EMU lately, and make an admittedly snarky reference to some bad news that EMU didn’t make. First, the “honest to goodness” good news: EMU has been recognized by the publication Diverse Issues in Higher Education for [...] As I mentioned the other day, I have been contemplating for a while now the need to write up in more detailed set of guidelines for EMUTalk.org. The flurry of email messages and posts and various bad vibes from last week’s email crash hastened my project. Thus I present “The Rules: EMUTalk.org’s Disclaimers, [...] I heard tonight that the library (possibly/probably all of the labs on campus?) is implementing a new printing policy this semester. Students will get the first 50 pages a semester free and after that they will be charged. I only heard this from another student, so maybe this is just a rumor or it’s an idea [...] EMU is currently governed by a Junta consisting of Don Loppnow, Freeman Hendrix, Joseph Pollack and Janice Stroh. Where was that leadership during the recent email crisis? While blame for the recent email crisis might be placed on John Fallon, Sam Kirkpatrick’s decision to acquire Banner, or the ghost of Mary Starkweather, responsibility [...] I realize that many folks out there are not going back to school at all– that is, they’re as “in school” now as they ever are. But I always associate the beginning of the school year that is rapidly upon us as the true start of the year; January 1 is for civilians. What I [...] |
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