BIG HOUSE TO BIG LEAGUES After the Wolverines' disappointing season, Tim Jamison, Terrance Taylor and Morgan Trent had a lot to prove at the NFL Combine. See how they fared. U See Sports, Page 8. jie ffiidigan haiy Ann Arbor, Michigan Tuesday, March 3, 2009 michigandaily.com MAIZE AND BLUE IN WHITES UNIE TY HELT SYST Pescovitz tohead UMHS First female to serve as CEO of $1.5 billion unit will take over in May, if approved by regents By KYLE SWANSON Daily Staff Reporter University President Mary Sue Coleman announced today that she has named Dr. Ora Hirsch Pescovitz as the University of Michigan Health System's next CEO and executive vice president for medical affairs. Pescovitz will be the first wonman and third per- son to serve as executive vice president and CEO of UMHS, a position thiat was created in 1997. Pescovitz's appointment is contingent upon final approval by the Board of Regents at its monthly meeting on March 19. If the regents approve Pescovitz for the position, she will suc- ceed Robert Kelch, who cur- rently serves as executive vice president and CEO nf UMHS, PESCOVITZ and will begin her new position on May 11. Kelch plans to retire later this year. Pescovitz is being offered $700,000 in base com- pensation from May 2009 to September 2010. She will also be eligible to earn up to $150,000 in per- formance incentives and $100,000 in deferred com- pensation each year. Pescovitz will only receive the deferred compensation money if she stays at UMHS 'for at least five years. In her position, Pescovitz will manage the Health System, which includes the Medical School, School of Nursing, Hospitals and Health Centers and the Michigan Health Corporation. The Hospital and Health Centers have an annual operating budget of more than $1.5 billion. See PESCOVITZ, Page 3 KtISTA tOYD/Daily Art & Design freshman Lindsay Balfour and Engineering senior Bill Kolodzey square of during the University fencing team's practice yesterday. The team participated ina fencing tournament aver spring break at Notre Dame that took place from Feb. 28 through March 1. The team ended up placing fifth out of the 20 schools that competed at the event. FUNDING HIGHER EDUCATION Coleman: timuluss impact undear President told faculty body that funding total may not be known for the next few months' ByKYLE SWANSON Daily StaffReporter In a meeting yesterday, University President Mary Sue Coleman said she's not certain how much funding the Uni- versity will receive from the stimulus package, but said plans are underway in case additional money is received. While answering questions from members of the Senate Advisory Com- mittee on University Affairs, Coleman said University administrators are cur- rently working on next year's budget and preparing for a possible influx of money from the recently passed $787 billion federal stimulus package. How- ever, Coleman said she is not certain if any stimulus money directed to the state will actually be given to the University. "What I don't understand is whether any money from the state ... will actually come to universities, or will all of that be reserved for K-12 or will that all be reserved for infrastructure," she said. Coleman said the University has already proposed $300 million in pos- sible capital projects at all of the Univer- sity's campuses that could net stimulus funds from the state. She added, though, that the state hasn't released any funds to the University for construction proj- ects in several years. Although many details remain unclear, Coleman said if the state accepts the federal stimulus money, one of the stipulations of the bill is that Michigan legislators mustagree not to cut the Uni- versity's funding. "If the state accepts the stimulus money, the budgets of the University cannot be cut below their 2008 levels," she said. Coleman said while this is good news, the University's funding is much lower than in previous years, despite rising cost factors like inflation. "Not only have they not increased our operating budget, it has been decreas- ing,"shesaid."WhenIcameherein2002, state allocation was about $365 million. See COLEMAN, Page 3 ANN ARBOR GOVERNM ENT City Council expands Greenbelt area DISCUSSING KOREA'S DIVIDE Mer on, for Ann, are now Council nbers table vote chase the development rights of land in Webster Township at last plastic bag ban night's meeting. The cost to buy the land totaled grocery stores just over $1.3 million. Funding for the 146-acre purchase will come By LARA ZADE from a combination of the city's Daily StaffReporter Greenbelt funds, federal grants and money from Webster Town- Arbor's Greenbelt holdings ship. Taxpayers will contribute 146 acres larger after City less than 15 percent of the cost. I voted unanimously to pur- Also known as the Open Space and Parkland Preservation Mill- age, Ann Arbor's Greenbelt District is a program to provide funding for the city to secure and preserve undeveloped areas around the city limits. According to the city's official Greenbelt website, the plan's three primary goals of the plan are to preserve large blocks of farm- land in five target areas, preserve land alongside the Huron River and major tributaries and obtain maximum leverage of taxpayer money through use of grant funds, partnerships and landowner dona- tions. The city began purchasing development rights to family farms for the purpose of protect- ing the surrounding land, after voters approved a tax levy to help fund the program in November See CITY COUNCIL, Page 3 UNIVERSITY IN MOURNING Campus community remembers English Dept. Lecturer Wolk OUT STANDING FACULTY Five profs honored with Thurnau awards Mel be r h At t with a lish D Wolk r "In ] she n improv associa Depart morial event will with Wolk. "She used to stop by my office regularly and talk about new held March 25 to ideas for assignments, or about how to enhance students' learning in .onor educator lectures and discussions." Wolk, a senior lecturer in the By EMILY ORLEY English Department, lost her battle For the Daily with cancer on Feb. 10. In her honor, a memorial evnt he age of 73 and diagnosed will be held March 25 in Audito- dvanced stage cancer, Eng- rium B of Angell Hall from 4 p.m. epartment Lecturer Merla to 5:30 p.m. efused to slow down. Wolk graduated from the Uni- her last term of teaching, versity of Michigan with a B.A. in ever stopped working to 1957. She received her Ph.D. and 'e," said Theresa Tinkle, an M.A. from Wayne State University te professor in the English in 1973 and 1981, respectively. ment, who worked closely See WOLK, Page 3 Undergraduate education the focus of annual awards By JOHN A. WEISS, JR. For theDaily In recognition of the fact that outstanding faculty are essential to any successful university, five professors were recently award- ed Arthur F. Thurnau Professor- ships by the University. At its February meeting, the University Board of Regents named Charles Bright, August Evrard, Andrei Markovits, James Walsh, and Margaret Wooldridge as this year's recipients of the pro- fessorship. The award is given to faculty members for outstanding contributions to undergraduate education at the University. The Office of the Provost's website says the award honors tenured faculty "whose com- mitment to and investment in undergraduate teaching has had a demonstrable impact on the intellectual development and lives of their students." Recipients of the award also receive a $20,000 grant to aid their teaching. The honorary title remains with professors for the duration of their time at the University. Evrard, professor of phys- ics and astronomy, said he was "pleasantly surprised," to learn of his award. See THURNAU, Page 3 Ice 519,BOYD/Daly Former South Korean Minister of Unification and 2007 presidential candidate Chang Dong-young, gave a lecture today entitled "The 'Fourth Wave' in North and South Korea Relations" in the Michigan League on the importance of moving beyond Cold War tensions between the two Koreas and working toward reunification. WEATHER HI: 37 TOMORROW o: 25 GOT A NEWS TIP? Call 734-763-2459 or e-mail newspmichigandaily.com and let us know. 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