Ceremony honors The Michigan Daily -Tuesday, February 19, 1985 - Page 3 Speaker urges student involvemnent in education feats (Continued fro ;'friend to one another On education, Gio importance of a c blacks. "Educated going to make the dif The audience, en minute Giovanni v cheered when she; graduate, you ain't THE 41-year-old p bell-bottomed pants, and a short-sleeved said her skinny purp to rock star Prince for his honesty beca admits that he n sometimes. The soft-spoken O ple yet powerful America's black lea deal with the proble other parts of the wo "How many peopl famine in Ethiopia leaders see that so she asked. SHE ALSO spoke apartheid protest African embassy "Talking in Washi anything, she said. "We know aparth of black women im Page 1) been black for five minutes," she said, vanni stressed the adding that direct action is the only way ollege degree for to induce change. "If you want (the youngsters are South African blacks) to be free, why ference," she said. don't you get on a plane" and change tranced from the things from there? walked on stage, She then turned to race relations in said, "Unless you the United States. no good to us." "I LIKE BEING a black American oet was clad in tan because we have shown the world that a red flannel shirt, you can get along with people who I jean jacket. She despise you," she said to a suddenly le tie was a tribute quiet audience. ,who she admires "Compassion and dedication will win use in his lyrics he out over stupidity and myopia eeds to be held anytime," she added. Giovanni warned her audience that hioan used her sim- this generation of blacks is facing a words to attack bard struggle for civil rights and said, ders for refusing to "I want to see you going forward." ms facing blacks in "I WANT YOU to look back and say, rld. I'm glad I went to U. of M., and I'm e have to die (in the glad to be the president of IBM,' " she ) before the black said. mething's wrong?" "I'm just trying to urge you to fight it out.. ." out against the anti- Giovanni was born in Knoxville, ers at the South Tenn. and entered Fisk University in Washington. when she was 16. She graduated as a nngton" won' t solve history major and has since received honorary doctoral degrees from four id' wrong ifw e colleges. m'e 3*1=.s. un a yr'n Giovanni ...promotes black awareness By SEAN JACKSON' Increased student involvement in education is one of the main paths to improving undergraduate education, said Ken neth Mortimer, chairman of the Group on the Conditions of Excellence in American Higher Education, before the University's Senate Assembly yesterday. The panel's report, "Involvement in Learning: Realizing the Potential of American Higher Education," was released last October. THE REPORT was not as caustic as the recently released Association of American Colleges study which said the bachelor's degree had fallen on "evil times." "There are signs that we can do better. All is not well in the house of higher education," said Mortimer, executive assistant to the president and provost at Pennsylvania State University.' The problems plaguing undergraduate education include the increasing number of students giving up a general education in favor of specialization and the fact that only half the students who set off to earn a bachelor's degree actually receive one, he said. THESE PROBLEMS resulted from a tendency of colleges and universities to base quality of education on the quality of facilities, he said. "Acquiring more computers doesn't mean the quality has improved." The second cause is the fact that colleges and universities are often unaware of what makes for effective teaching at the undergraduate level, he said. Mortimer discussed three ways to improve undergraduate education mentioned in the report. - Increased student involvement in education. "In- volvement is key," he said. If they must work during college, he said, students should have jobs on campus in order to be more involved. He also stressed seeking out a faculty mem- ber who can serve as friend, adviser, and mentor; * Increased expectations on the part of students and faculty will also improve the quality of education, he said. "If faculty and students come to share high expectations, in- volvement and learning will be increased." Such expec- tations could include two years of required liberal arts training, specific goal setting by administrators, and more faculty analysis of whether students are actually learning; * The third area for improvement is the criteria used to measure excellence, Mortimer said. "We're arguing for a different view in excellence at the undergraduate level." He said judging education on the basis of the quality of entering students, the facilities, and the school's reputation "have (nothing) to say about what a student gets in education." In- stead he recommended a systematic method of judging the knowledge of students who receive degrees. He added that this would not mean a standardized national test for graduates. GIOVANNI ended her presentation b with a few of her poems, and an attack on television commercials, which she said promote an image of young, beautiful women while advocating the natural aging process for men. Giovanni was presented with a plaque from the program's sponsors - the BSU, the Michigan Student Assem- bly, and the fraternity - at the close of her speech. A reception followed at the Nikki Giovanni Lounge in Mosher-Jordan dormitory. kill b W 1 U 11r, ii W V, V c Pierce, Hadler win mayoral primary (Continued from Page 1) of the election, or did not care about it. David Andrews, a Rackham graduate student in English and an election of- ficial at East Quad, felt that "people seem to be apathetic to the whole elec- toral process, to this massive sloganeering." He went on to say that a lot of people who live -in college towns seem to "let it slide over their heads." "My superiors and the people who hired me didn't expect this much of a turnout. They said you'd be lucky to get two (voters) an hour," added Andrews. -HAPPENINGS Highlight The Archaeological Institute of America and The Kelsey Museum of Ar- chaeology present an illustrated lecture, "The Invention of writing," by Denise Schmandt-Besserat, a renowned researcher in the development of writing and counting systems. It will begin at 8 p.m., in Auditorium D, Angell Hall. Films AAFC - Angel Face, 7 p.m.; Mildred Pierce, 8:45 p.m., Aud. A, Angell Hall. Mediatrics - Blade Runner, 7 & 9:15 p.m., MLB 3. Performances School of Music-Concert, Eileen Davis, mezzo soprano; Donald Gren, piano;8p.m., Recital Hall; voice recital, Stephen Horscheck, bass-baritone, 8 p.m., Reackham Assembly Hall. Ark - Songs from North Country Opera & Prodigals, 8 p.m., 637 South Main Street. Speakers Chinese Studies - Guan Hojun & Michele Ehlers, Peking opera Demon- stration of The Monkey King, noon, Room 200, Lane Hall. International Center - Ecumenical Campus Center - Jeffrey Paige, "Myth and Reality in U.S.-Central America Policy," noon, International Center. Computing Center - "Editor Procedure Examples," 12:10 p.m., Room 1011 NUBS, Forrest Hartman, "Beginner's Guide to the MTS File Editor", 3:30 p.m., Room 165 Business Administration Building. Human Growth & Development - Marilyn Sveja, "Emotional Expression and Infant Behavior Regulation", noon, Room 1000, 300 North Ingalls. Microcomputer Education Center - Leigh Daniels, "Using the Apple IlIe & Ic Micros with MTS", 4 p.m., Room 2346, School of Education Building. Psychology - Gerald- Stechler, "The Relationship Between Self- Development and Gender Identity," 8p.m., Rackham Amphitheater. Philosophy - David Kaplan, "Indirect Discourse: Names, Virtual Synonym and Neo-Fregianism," 4 p.m., Room 2231, Angell Hall. Sigma Theta Tau - Barbra Donaho, "Coast Containment: Impact on Professional Practice", 7:30 p.m., Sheraton University Inn. Meetings AIESEC - International Business Management Club, 5:15 p.m., Room 131, Business Administration Building. Ann Arbor Go Club -7 p.m., Room 1433, Mason Hall. Michigan Student Assembly - 7:30 p.m., Assembly Chambers, Room 3909, Union. Turner Geratric Clinic, UM Hospitals - Newcomer's group, 1 p.m., 1010 Wall Street. University Anon - noon, Room 3200, Union. Center for Eating Disorders - Support Group, 7:30 p.m., Human Growth Center, 2002 Hogbeck, Suite 13. School of Education, Career Planning - Elementary Teacher Cer- tification, 2:30 p.m., Room 1211, School of Education Building. Miscellaneous Michigan Union Book Store - Dr. Aldon Morris will sign copies of his book, "Origins of the Civil Rights Movement," 2 p.m., Michigan Union Bookstore. Engineering Seminar Performance - Reliability Modeling of Distributed Real-Time Systems, 10:30 a.m., Room 1084 East Engineering Building. English Language and Literature - FictionReading, Philip Grahm, 4 p.m., Rackham West Conference Room. Bursley Staff - Richard Malvin, Susan Schurman, Debate on Animal Research, 8 p.m., East Lounge, Bursley Hall. His House Christian Fellowship - Bible Study, 7:30 p.m., 925 East Ann Street. Medical School - Blood Donors Clinic, noon, North Campus Commons & Michigan Union Ballroom. Chemistry - Seminar, Philip Fuchs, "Strategy and Tactics in Organic Synthesis", 4 p.m., Room 1210 Chemistry Building. 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