Thanks to the efforts of Scott Tyrrell, Kim Haskins and Roger Sutton of U-M News and Information Services, Michigan Today is now online at http://www.umich.edu/~newsinfo/.
Browsers also can find the University Record, the latest news releases about the University and many other interesting facts and figures at the site.
Michigan in the Olympics
A site that will greatly delight Michigan history buffs is Michigan in the Olympics, 1900 - 1996. Built and maintained by archivist Greg Kinney of the Michigan Historical Collections, it will be updated as various Wolverines vie for places on the Olympic squad and medals in Atlanta. Find it at http://www.umich.edu/~bhl/.
More than 140 U-M athletes and alumni have participated in the Olympics for America and 18 other countries. Michigan has had medal winners in every Olympiad year except 1896, and gold medalists in all but four. They have won 76 medals: 35 gold, 19 silver and 22 bronze.
U-M OnLine Service
The University has set up the University of Michigan OnLine service for alumni throughout Michigan and many areas of the United States, with special features like e-mail, conferencing and a job service.
"The Academic Outreach Program and the Alumni Association were the driving forces in the development of this program," says Jerry Sigler, an assistant executive director of the association and its director of budget and accounting. "The feedback that we have received from alumni is that this is the kind of service that they want."
Credit card accounts of U-M OnLine subscribers will be billed $19.95 monthly. The base charge includes 10 hours of dial-in access for in-state subscribers, five hours for out-of-state subscribers. Additional dial-in access is prorated at the rate of $1.00 an hour. For more information, write to U-M ITD Accounts Office, 530 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1349 or call (313) 764-8000. Or e-mail the Association at m.alumni@umich.edu
Here is a list of some of the services that were under consideration at deadline time:
- Personal web pages generated by completing an easy-to-use questionnaire.
- Online alumni directory.
- Cultural and athletic ticket services, including availability information and perhaps opportunities to make purchases.
- Career services, including mentoring by alumni and job postings.
- WUOM (Michigan Radio) Real Audio.
- E-mail and X.500 OnLine Directory.
- Computer conferencing.
- Specialized sports information.
Developers of the service say that connection to it is easy from almost anywhere in the country.
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. . . June 1996
