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University in
process to be
reaccredited
Thursday, January 28, 2010
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Every ten years
University evaluated
on its educational
experience
By JOSEPH LICHTERMAN
Daily Staff Reporter
The University is in the midst
of the process of being reaccred-
ited by the Higher Learning Com-
mission - a non-governmental
agency that ensures that colleges
and universities throughout the
Midwest meet certain standards
and are nf the highest quality.
The process of reaccredita-
tion, which takes place every ten
years, consists of two parts: an
internal report by the University
and a campus visit by a thirteen-
person team of experts from the
HLC, which will occur from
March 15-17. Universities must
be accredited in order to receive
financial aid money from the fed-
eral government.
Each institution's self-report
contains five criteria mandated by
the HLC each focused on differ-
ent aspects of the University. The
five areas of analysis are the Uni-
versity's mission, its preparedness
for the future, the in-classroom
experience, out-of-classroom
engagement and application of
knowledge.
In addition, the University also
got the opportunity to pick one
topic for special emphasis study.
For this portion of the assessment,
the University has chosen to focus
on internationalization.
In an interview with the Daily
earlier this week, University Pres-
ident Mary Sue Coleman said she
was looking forward to the HLC's
visit.
"It's a lot of work, but I think
that at the end of the day we'll find
same things that as a result, we
can do better that are. gaad," Gale-
man said. "So I look forward to it.
I think we've got a good story to
tell. I feel really good about it."
While the reaccreditation
occurs only once every ten years,
the University has been preparing
for the past three years. In 2007,
University Provost Teresa Sulli-
van appointed Geology Prof. Ben
van der Pluijm to head the Univer-
sity's self study.
Though there is little doubt that
the University will be reaccred-
ited, Sullivan said in an interview
on Monday that the process needs
to be taken seriously as an oppor-
See ACCREDITATION, Page SA
TOREHAN SHARMAN/Daily
University President Mary Sue Coleman stands with students and other community members ata candlelight vigil to remember the victims of the earthquake in Haiti
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out 100people Coleman - gathered in the Diag
last night for an intimate candle-
ided candlelight light vigil to sympathize with the
victims and survivors of the earth-
il on the Diag quake in Haiti.
About 100 people took part in
By SCOTT SUH the vigil, which was sponsored by
For theDaily the Michigan Haiti Earthquake
Action Relief Team (M-HEART),
nts and faculty - includ- U-M Haiti Relief, and the Division
ersity President Mary Sue of Student Affairs. The event fea-
tured music, speakers, and infor-
mation about ways for students to
get involved with the relief efforts
in Haiti.
Additionally, counselors from
Counseling and Psychological Ser-
vices were on hand to provide assis-
tance and answer questions from
students about the catastrophic
earthquake. The 7.0-magnitude
earthquake, which struck Haiti
on Jan. 12, has already claimed an
estimated 150,000 lives, according
to the latest reports from the rav-
aged country.
But before the event had even
begun, about 15 people gathered
on the Diag, forming a circle to sing
and offer a prayer for the people
of Haiti and those affected by the
recent disaster.
See VIGIL, Page 5A
Source: Michigan hockey to
play MSU at the Big House
Announcement is
expected to come in
the next couple days
By RYAN KARTJE
Managing.Sports Editor
It has been nine years since the
Michigan hockey team met their
counterparts in East Lansing in the
"Cold War," pinning both teams
outdoors, under the lights of Spar-
tan Stadium.
But the long-awaited "Cold War
II" matchup, this time at Michi-
gan Stadium, is expected to be
officially announced "in the com-
ing days," according to an Athletic
Department official, who wished
to remain anonymous because an
official announcement has yet to be
made.
With the two teams scheduled to
meet next season on Dec.10 and 11,
the outdoor game is widely believed
to take place on Dec.11t.
Athletic Department spokesman
Bruce Madej declined to confirm
the announcement.
"Details still need to be worked
out before any official announce-
ment can be made," Madej said
last night.
When the two teams faced off in
2001, a crowd of 74,554 --the world
record for a hockey game - gath-
ered for the game. Michigan State,
the top-ranked team in the nation
at the time, was trailing with 47
seconds remaining, when Spartan
Jim Slater scored to end the game
in a 3-3 tie.
The initial "Cold War" set off
a chain of outdoor hockey events
throughout college and profession-
al hockey, leading to high demand
for a rematch of the intrastate
rivals, who still hold the attendance
See COLD WAR il, Page 5A
MARISSA MCCLAiN/Daily
School of Music, Theatre & Dance senior Drew Leahy, left, and University alum Jason Bornhorst in an office at TechArb yes-
terday. Both are entrepreneurs who started their own businesses while at the University.
For student entrepreneurs, a balance
between textbooks and bottom lines
Undergraduates
take lessons from
classes and apply
them to real world
By ALEX KIRSHENBAUM
Daily Staff Reporter
Being a full-time student is a
time-consuming commitment for
most. But for some University stu-
dents, one job just isn't enough.
Translating what they've
learned in the classroom to the
business world, several under-
graduate students at the Universi-
ty have already started their own
companies. The process, many of
them found, has presented new
challenges outside academics.
Drew Leahy, a senior in the
School of Music, Theatre & Dance,
first started MyBandStock.com
during his second year at the Uni-
versity and is now overseeing the
site with Business junior Bobby
Matson and Engineering senior
John-Michael Fischer.
The company, Leahy said, pro-
vides fans the opportunity to
"invest in their favorite bands" by
allowing fans to earn shares with
various bands by increasing traffic
to the site. These shares can then
be applied toward perks such as
backstage passes and meetings
with band members.
Describing MyBandStock as an
"online stock exchange," Leahy
said the start-up fizzled out at the
outset, but he hopes that a new
business model will re-energize
the site, which will launch tomor-
row. He added that the failure gave
him a real world lesson in running
a business before he ever gradu-
ated college. "That's just a reality
of starting a business: failing and
understanding what works and
what doesn't work," hesaid.
After making those initial mis-
takes, Leahy said the reward of
establishing a successful company
has been well worth his time and
effort.
But MyBandStock represents
just one of several student busi-
ness ventures that began at the
University.
Jason Bornhorst, a University
alum who was in the College of
Engineering, said one of the big-
See ENTREPRENEUR, Page 5A
For those students looking to
help, Detroit, TFA not an option
Program pulled from
city in 2003 after
only two years
By STEPHANIE BERLIANT
Daily StaffReporter
Last year, Robert Bobb, emer-
gency financial manager for Detroit
Public Schools, declared that the
district faced a "reading emergen-
cy."
At that time, Detroit Public
schools established The Reading
Corp - a program that calls for
volunteers to tutor Detroit pub-
lic school students in reading for
a total of 100,000 hours - after
results of the National Assessment
of Educational Progress math test
revealed students in Detroit Public
Schools had the lowest scores inthe
nation.
Despite these low scores, Detroit
remains without one of the most
visible national organizations
working to improve troubled public
school systems around the country:
Teach for America.
TFA - a program that places
recent college graduates with
schools in low-income areas to
teach for a period of two years -m
first came to Detroit in 2001. And
though the University has consis-
tently been a leader in applicants
to TFA, the program departed from
the nearby city after only two years
there.
TFA spokesperson, Kaitlin Gas-
trock, said the program decided to
remove participants from Detroit
due to district-wide downsizing.
"There weren't enough positions
available for our corps members'
See TFA, Page 5A
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