Articles written by UM-Flint News

  • Board of Regents Approves Construction of Kearsley Corridor

    The University of Michigan Board of Regents today authorized construction of a roadway through the university's Flint campus. The estimated $1.9-million project, to be funded by a grant from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, will reconnect two sections of E. Kearsley Street.

     

  • Regents Approve UM-Flint Journalism Program

    A new journalism program that emphasizes online and community news was approved at the May 15 meeting of the U-M Board of Regents for a fall launch at the University of Michigan-Flint.

     

  • New SOM Program Aims at Global Economy

    Annually in the United States international trade accounts for over 2 trillion dollars or about a quater of the total Gross National Product. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook, the growth of international business has contributed to an increase in demand for occupations that require comprehensive knowledge of international business and foreign languages. As a result, the University of Michigan-Flint School of Management (SOM) is offering a new international business concentration within the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) Degree Program. It will help meet an ever-increasing demand by corporations to hire business graduates who have a background in international business.

     

  • Interim Dean Selected for SHPS

    Dr. Betty Velthouse has been named the interim dean for the School of Health Professions and Studies (SHPS). Velthouse joined the University of Michigan-Flint in 1990 as an assistant professor and was promoted to associate professor, with tenure, in 1996. She also served as area coordinator and director of academic programs for the School of Management and most recently completed an appointment as the senior advisor to the chancellor.

     

  • UM-Flint Announces Tuition for 2008-2009 Academic Year

    Tuition at the University of Michigan-Flint for the 2008/2009 academic year will increase less than 6%, while institution financial aid will jump almost 8%. The University of Michigan Board of Regents approved a 5.9% increase for in-state, full-time undergraduate students at the June 19 meeting. This latest increase is the lowest at the University of Michigan-Flint in the past three years.

     

  • IU KOKOMO'S PERSON APPOINTED NEW CHANCELLOR OF UM-FLINT

    Ruth J. Person, chancellor of Indiana University Kokomo, has been appointed as the seventh leader of the University of Michigan-Flint. The University of Michigan Board of Regents approved her appointment at the June 19 meeting. Person, an alumna of the U of M, will assume her new role on August 18.

     

  • UM-Flint to Transform Abandoned House into Urban Laboratory

    An abandoned house near downtown Flint is being turned into an Urban Alternatives House (UAH), which will be used as both a classroom and laboratory to teach and explore better ideas for urban living. The UAH located at 519 Garland Street will provide an example of an energy efficient building that can be monitored and used to illustrate the functioning of energy generating devices, storm water management systems and landscape management

     

  • 2009 Critical Issues Forum Speakers Selected

    The University of Michigan-Flint is pleased to announce the speakers for the 2009 Frances Willson Thompson Critical Issues Forum. This year's forum brings four speakers to Flint who are nationally and internationally recognized in their fields. The lineup for 2009 includes:

    Dr. David Walton – physician, humanitarian and world health expert
    Zanny Minton-Beddoes – economist
    Newt Gingrich – politician, architect of the "Contract with America"
    Jerome Ringo – environmentalist, President of the Apollo Alliance.

    The 2009 Frances Willson Thompson Critical Issues Forum begins April 23 with Jerome Ringo. The noon luncheon will be held at the Northbank Center in downtown Flint.

    A series ticket is $125.00.

     

  • UM-Flint Classes Related to TV and Film Production

    In the Communication and Visual Arts department, new classes, as well as a partnership with Mott Community College, GASC, and MacProfessionals are in the works to begin a program in film. This will include production, theory, history, and criticism.

     

  • Beloved Professor Matthew Hilton-Watson Passes Suddenly

    It is with extraordinary sadness that we announce that Associate Professor Matthew Hilton-Watson passed away unexpectedly Monday afternoon. Matt was in the midst of doing what he loved – teaching students.