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Sorry again it’s been so quiet around here lately; I’m still super-duper busy with that whole work thing, though the project I’m working most intensely on is about to wrap up– with a happy ending, I suspect. Anyway, I received an email just the other day about changes in workman’s comp insurance that I [...] I think this was something that was probably coming for a while now, but Provost Don Loppnow made it official in a letter sent out to EMU folks yesterday: he is stepping down as provost this coming May and, after a year off, he’ll wrap up his career in the classroom. By the way, this “retooling/sabbatical” year is standard stuff for administrators who have been out of the classroom for a long time, and it seems perfectly reasonable to me. When I was a student, I never even knew what a Provost was; as a faculty person, I think it’s fair to say that the Provost and the associated staff pretty much run the academic side of things. So given that– along with the fact that Loppnow has been around EMU for a LOOONNNG time and has occupied some key roles in his time here– his stepping down is definitely a pivotal moment at EMU. I’m not sure if President Martin is going to begin a search for a new Provost right away, if there is going to be an interim, or if she’s just going to appoint someone. My hope is that she chooses the first option since interims can be problematic and it would go over quite poorly with faculty and staff at EMU if she just picked someone. Don’s letter is after the “Read More” part. I’ve been a tad busy today, so I am just now getting to some of my email updates. Here’s some news from the EMU DPS on those robberies in Sellers Hall: The Eastern Michigan University Police Department has identified the suspect who used a gun during the armed robbery at Sellers Hall Jan. [...] Via Eric 3.0, I learned this morning about this AANews article, “Cady’s Grill & Bar in Ypsilanti closes; new BBQ restaurant planned.” The owners, Bill and Sandee French (who I believe are related to Sidetrack owner Linda French), are going to convert the location into a BBQ placed they are going to call “Wild [...] I know that Bill Ayers– the education professor and former 60s radical who was accused of being a terrorist who “paled around” with Obama– is going to be speaking at U of M today as part of a book tour. But I also read on Mark Maynard’s blog that he is going to be [...] EMU spokesperson Ward Mullens sent around an email last night/this morning (12:30 am, I believe) as a “message from the president” about the recent armed robbery in the lobby of Sellers Hall. My basic take on this is Susan Martin’s philosophy for dealing with crime on campus is very straight-forward: simply do the opposite of our previous president, the “What would John Fallon NOT do?” approach. By the way, there was also another crime alert about an off-campus armed robbery by three men. Kind of scary stuff out there. After the “Read More” is what Susan Martin said: Or, just to be a bit more clear: Washtenaw Community College might take over the Washtenaw Country Club, according to this article in the AANews. Here’s a quote: “We’re not looking for a golf course, we’re not shopping for one and we’re not going to buy one,” [Washtenaw Community College President Larry] Whitworth [...] I received an email from the folks who run the fine site the Ypsilanti Citizen the other day about their new calendar set-up, which is at http://ypsiciti.com/calendar/ Here’s part of the info about the calendar: “The Ypsilanti Citizen’s Calendar covers news and events in the City of Ypsilanti, Ypsilanti Township, Superior Township and surrounding [...] In the spirit of celebration, I just thought I’d ask. Me, I was in my department’s faculty/staff lounge because of some meetings/business I had to attend to most of the day. I managed to bring up radio coverage and then a video feed on my laptop computer. Me and three colleagues crowded around. Somehow, [...] Quite the busy couple of days on campus here at EMU: First, for Martin Luther King day today, EMU has a bunch of stuff going on, as listed in the EMU MLK Day web site: basically, there are speakers, “learning beyond the classroom” opportunities for students, the whole nine yards. Though I have to [...] |
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