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Professor Al Edwards, passed away in his sleep on January 25th . He was 86 years old. His death is an enormous loss to all of us. Professor Edwards is survived by his two children, Alfred and Beryl. He also leaves behind a legion of admiring colleagues, former students, and good friends who are deeply saddened by his death. Al Edwards was a visionary leader within our community over the course of four decades. He first joined the School in 1974 as Director of the Division of Research and Professor of Business Administration. He received his Bachelor’s degree from He was a driving force in recruiting and mentoring top minority students for over 30 years. He was instrumental in leading the Dr. Edwards will be fondly remembered by all of us for his contributions, but perhaps most especially by the many former students who will always remember him as "Dr. E," the professor and mentor whose office became the focal point for so many to come to discuss matters academic, professional, and personal. Recently, his many friends among our alumni honored him by naming the annual Black Business Students Alumni Conference after him. Eugene W. Anderson Associate Dean for Degree Programs |
This is a Black History Month Program Sponsored by ABPAFS The Association of Black Professionals, Administrators, Faculty and Staff (ABPAFS) is offering tickets to a performance of the play, “Between Men and Cattle” by Richard Kalinoski at the Detroit Repertory Theatre on Saturday, Feb. 17, at 8:30 pm. As notes state, “Between Men and Cattle centers on the relationship between a precocious black child who won second place in a speech competition in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. and a white reporter whose interview ends with the boy in tears. When he becomes the President of a conservative white university 30 years later, the reporter arranges a second meeting with him, to find out, in part, what went wrong the first time.” Tickets are $11. If you would like to purchase tickets, please email or call Renoir Gaither at renny@umich.edu or 764-7492 to arrange delivery. For more information on the play,
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CAAS EVENTS More good news for the CAAS community! Honorine Andeme Abessolo successfully defended her dissertation in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures on December 20th, 2006. MICHIGAN ARTS ASSOCIATION EVENING LECTURE SERIES February 9, 2007 - Michigan League, Michigan Room, 7:00 p.m. Honorine Andeme Abessolo, Ph.D "Mourning Mother Africa and her Wailers: Reading a Father’s Death as Allegory of Culture in Transition."
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Mullin Welch Lecture Jo Luck, President, Heifer International "Extraordinary Ordinary People" Thursday, February 15, 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. Vandenburg Room, 2nd Floor, Michigan League CEW is honored to welcome Jo Luck, President and CEO of Heifer International, as the 2007 Mullin Welch speaker. Heifer International, an Arkansas-based nonprofit organization, is dedicated to ending the cycle of chronic hunger and poverty that plagues two-thirds of the planet. Jo Luck will share with us her experiences of helping communities to create sustainable small-scale farm enterprises and thus to meet their nutritional, economic, environmental, and social needs. She will also discuss the importance of education, employment, and financial independence to alleviate poverty for future generations. 
Exploring the Arts CEW 2007 Twink Frey Visiting Social Activist Why Should Low-Wage Work Bother Me?: The Cost of Undervaluing and Underpaying Women's Work. Thursday, February 22, 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Michigan Union, Pond Room, 1st Floor Presenter: Anne Ladky, Executive Director, Women Employed Despite women's progress, approximately one-third of all full time working women earn less than $25,000 per year; over 15 million earn less than $9/hour. When millions of workers earn too little to support their families, they are cut off from the American dream ? the chance to build a better life for themselves and their children. With lesser incomes, they consume less, which threatens economic growth. Ms. Ladky will present her findings on the serious negative consequences of low-wage work for our families, communities, and the country's economic health. |
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. – The Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD) will present Dr. Levi Thompson with the 36th Annual Engineers Week Gold Award during the inter-society banquet on Thursday, February 22, 2007 at the Dearborn Inn Marriott. The Gold Award is the most prestigious honor engineers can bestow on one of their peers and was established to celebrate and award excellence in multidisciplinary technical fields. The ESD Affiliate Council, a group of more than 70 professional associations and Dr. Thompson has been honored by the National Science Foundation with its Presidential Young Investigator Award, the Union Carbide Innovation Recognition Award, the Dow Tickets for the Gold Award Banquet are |
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