Michigan Today . . . Summer 2001

Theodore Roethke: Michigan's Poet
The large poet of the small

'Crazy for Blake'
Roethe's influence on composer William Bolcom.
Roethke's Poetry
His poems won awards and fans
'All his intensity is from Michigan'
Roethe's influence on poet and law professor Lawrence Joseph

Six are honored at Commencement '01
An interview with honorary doctorate recipient Marshall Sahlins

The Engaged University
Lee Bollinger discusses the University's role in the cultural life of America

Imagining America
A national network that culturally links campuses and communities
Arts and culture in action
Artists spending more and more time on campuses

Architect makes Quantum leap into fiction
Tom Grace's transition between architect and novelist

Confessions of a cautiously optimistic endangered species conservationist
Stalking tigers, spying on giraffes, saving koalas—Jeff Flocken

Valley woman! (Silicon, that is)
Margie Levine didn't set out to become a role model

Bayonne boy
Harold Herman's letters reflect campus life in the World War I era

University Commons—condo complex for faculty, staff, alumni 55 or older
Includes areas for dining, study, exercise, intellectual interchange

Wolverine stuff
Wolfie joins the Intercollegiate Athletic Department

She's the leader of the band
Karen England the first female drum major of the Marching Band

Human Powered Submarine Team update
First in speed

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