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RAISE
From Page1A
ket and salary data the committee
reviewed."
Richner cited a laundry list of
achievements Coleman accom-
plished throughout the past year
- including growth in the Univer-
sity's endowment, the successful
renovation of Michigan Stadium
and the smallest increase in tuition
in the past two decades. In addition,
Richner noted that Time magazine
ranked Coleman as one of theo best
college presidents in the country.
When Richner finished reading
the statement, Regent S. Martin
Taylor (D-Grosse Pointe Farms)
turned to Coleman and asked,
"What are you going to do next?"
After the regents approved the
salary increase, Coleman thanked
the board.
"Thank you very much," she
said. "I very much appreciate that.
I love working with this team, and
I appreciate the support because
without every single part of it, it
wouldn't work."
In an interview after the meeting,
Regent Andrea Fischer Newman
(R-Ann Arbor) explained why she
voted for Coleman's salary hike.
"I think it's deserved," Newman
said. "She's forgone an increase the
past few years, and the University
could (afford) it. I think it's more a
sign of recognition than it is about
the money."
PROGRAM
From Page 1A
of graduate school, serve overseas
for the required 27 months and then
return to campus to finish their
degree in either one semester or one
year, depending on the specific pro-
gram.
Master's International programs
already exist at about 50 to 70 other
schools. But the School of Social
Work is the first school of its kind
to participate in this Peace Corps
program, according to Pompe. He
added that the School of Education
program "is also fairly unique."
"Michigan is not only breaking
ground on its own end, but it's also
moving forward in a unique way
(with) the PeaceCorps's partnership
with universities as well," Pompe
said.
The Master's International pro-
gram allows students to do service
work abroad that is more directly
related to their areas of study than
regular Peace Corps volunteers, said
Bill Nolting, assistant director of the
Education Abroad Office at the Uni-
versity's International Center.
The three schools decided to
take part in the program in order to
attract students with "a strong inter-
national interest," Nolting said in an
interview last night.
However, the University's part-
nership with the Peace Corps to edu-
cate graduate students is not entirely
new.
Currently, the University has
Fellows/USA programs in both the
School of Natural Resources and
Environment and the Gerald R. Ford
School of Public Policy. Fellows/USA
is a program which allows return-
ing Peace Corps volunteers to apply
to a participating master's program
in hopes of receiving a fellowship
thanks to their service overseas,
according to Pompe.
Students who get into the pro-
gram at the School of Natural
Resources and Environment are

awarded with a full scholarship,
while those who are accepted into
the Public Policy program are given

Regent Julia Darlow (D-Ann
Arbor) echoed Newman and Rich-
ner's sentiment in an interview after
the meeting, saying Coleman was
very deserving of the pay raise.
"She didn'ttakeonethispastyear,
and the 3 percent we thought was
reallyareasonable amoun,"Darlow
said. "I definitely support it."
Coleman's raise comes amid a
2.8-percent cut in state appropria-
tions to public universities earlier
this month. In addition, the regents
voted in June to raise tuition by 1.5
percent for in-state students - the
smallest tuition increase approved
in over two decades. In addition, the
regents voted in June to approve a
3-percent tuition increase for out-
of-state students.
In addition to her official role at
the University, Coleman serves on
the Board of Directors for Johnson
& Johnson and Meredith Corpora-
tion. The most recent compensation
figures for her service on the two
boards are from 2008.
In 2008, Coleman received
$202,631 in total from Joinson &
Johnson.Ofthatsum, approximately
$95,000 was given in cash, nearly
$100,000 was given in stock options
and therest came intheformofother
compensation -like giftsato charity.
Coleman earned $144,067 for
serving on Meredith Corporation's
board in 2008. Of that amount,
$10,000 was given in cash, $42,000
was in stock options and the remain-
ing $92,000 was given in option
awards.
a $10,000 award, Pompe said.
There are currently 10 students
in the Fellows/USA program at each
of the University's participating
schools, according to Pompe.
Students who are accepted into
the Master's International program
are also given monetary incentives,
according to Nolting.
"Certainly that's one of the
aspects of the program and the
Fellows program as well, that the
schools make a commitment to offer
every conceivable type of financial
support," Nolting said.
Pompe said it was Nolting who
first reached out to the Peace Corps's
Washington D.C. headquarters to
discuss the possibility of the joint
program.
"They decided to use the momen-
tum of this 50th (anniversary) as
well as Peace Corps's new vision of
strengthening the partnership with
utiiersities to trete 'these three
new programs," Pompe said.
As aresultofthenewprogram, he
said the eace Corps office on cam-
pus will now be recruiting not only
University undergraduates to join
after they graduate, but it will also be
reaching out to students from across
the country who are interested in
goingtograduate school at one of the
three schools.
"We're drawing now on the
strengths of those three schools
within a national academic focus,"
Pompe said. "So anyone looking at
a school of social work will immedi-
ately see that Michigan is on the top.
They'll see that this program exists
as well."
The University's Peace Corps
office hopes to extend the Master's
International program to graduate
programs at other schools within
the University as well, said Pompe,
who served in the Peace Corps in
Namibia from 2006 to 2008 and is
also a master's student in the School
of Information.
"As Sargent Shriver originally
said, Peace Corps would be work-

ing hand-in-hand with universities
and we're hoping to build toward
that original goal, and Peace Corps's
committed to that as well," he said.

Regents laud 'U' support of Armstrong

In statement,
regents say campus
must stay 'vigilant'
against intolerance
By JOSEPH LICHTERMAN
Daily StaffReporter
The University Board of
Regents commended the cam-
pus community's response to the
recent attacks against Michigan
Student Assembly President Chris
Armstrong at its monthly meeting
yesterday.
At the meeting, Regent Julia
Darlow (D-Ann Arbor) read a
statement on behalf of the regents.
"As the elected governing body
of the University of Michigan, we
want to express our unequivocal
support for the decisive way the
University has responded to the
unfortunate situation," Darlow
said.
While the statement did not
specifically mention Andrew
Shirvell, an assistant attorney
general for the state of Michi-
gan who has recently spoken out
against Armstrong, it indirectly
called attention to his acts of dis-
crimination.
"Looking ahead, we will
remain ever vigilant to unaccept-
able displays of intolerance," she
continued. "At the University
of Michigan, we often speak of
the Michigan Difference, those
unique attributes that set us apart.
Today, we appreciate the values
that are common to all of us."
Shirvell has gained national
attention for his criticism of Arm-
strong. On his blog, called Chris
Armstrong Watch, Shirvell criti-

cized Armstrong for his "radical
homosexual agenda."
Before the University's Depart-
ment of Public Safety banned
Shirvell from University grounds,
Shirvell protested at multiple
events that Armstrong attended
and spoke against Armstrong dur-
ing an MSA meeting - calling for
the president's resignation.
In his monthly comments to
the regents yesterday, Armstrong
thanked the University commu-
nity for its response.
"The support the University
has expressed is incredibly hum-
bling for me and has motivated me
to keep moving in my service to
the student body," Armstrong said
at yesterday's meeting. "I would
not be here if it were not for the
University of Michigan and the
reaction the University has taken
reignites my faith in this institu-
tion."
In a statement released yester-
day, the Michigan Civil Rights
Commission - a government
body that investigates alleged acts
of discrimination - condemned
Shirvell for his actions, The Asso-
ciated Press reported.
In the statement, the MCRC
said Shirvell's "conduct should
not be tolerated from anyone, let
alone a public official responsible
for representing all people equal-
ly."
Last month, Armstrong filed
a personal protection against
Shirvell in a Washtenaw County
court. According to an Oct. 13
AnnArbor.com article, Shirvell
requested that Judge Nancy Har-
ris recuse herself from the case.
Harris's sister, State Rep. Alma
Wheeler Smith (D-Salem), has
openly criticized Shirvell and
Shirvell alleges that Harris would

not be able to objectively rule on
the case.
Harris will rule on the personal
protection order on Oct. 25.
REGENTS APPROVE $3M
MORE FOR CRISLER
REVAMP
The regents unanimously
approved an additional $3 million
for renovations to Crisler Arena
at their meeting yesterday and
authorized the project for bids
and awarding of contracts.
At their July meeting, the
regents approved a schematic
design for the renovations. The
project will include numerous
structural and safety upgrades for
the 43-year-old arena.
The original plan, passed by
the regents in January, called for
all the seats in the lower bowl of
the arena tobe replaced, the aisles
widened and handrails added in
order to make the arena comply
with regulations from the Ameri-
cans with Disabilities Act.
The arena's roof will also be
replaced and asbestos will be
removed from the building. A new
electrical system will be put in
place, and the heating and ventila-
tion systems will be replaced.
Safety updates include new fire
detection, alarm and suppressions
system, a smoke evacuation sys-
tem and emergency lights.
The plans approved in July
also called for the band section to
be moved to the north side of the
arena and the student section to
be relocated to the west side.
The new plan, approved yester-
day, calls for the same changes to
the upper bowl of the arena.
"Due to the availability of fund-
ing and desire to replace all the

seating within the arena at this
time, the Athletic Department
wishes to add $3,000,000 to the
project budget so that the full
replacement of the upper bowl
seating can be included in this
project," Athletic Director David
Brandon and Tim Slottow, the
University's executive vice presi-
dent and chief financial officer,
wrote in a letter to the regents.
The project is budgeted at
$23 million, and construction is
expected to be completed in the
winter of 2012.
SIMPSON CIRCLE PARKING
STRUCTURE RENOVATIONS
APPROVED
The regents also unanimous-
ly approved renovations to the
35-year-old Simpson Circle Park-
ing Structure on the medical cam-
pus at their meetingyesterday.
The renovations will reassign
about 470 parking spaces, cur-
rently designated to staff, for
patient and visitor parking for the
new C.S. Mott Children's and Von
Voigtlander Women's Hospital.
The parking structure will
be repainted, directional signs
will be added and changes to the
entrances and exits of the garage
will be made. A new pedestrian
bridge connecting the hospital
with the parking garage will also
be built.
In a letter to the regents, Slot-
tow and Ora Pescovitz, the Uni-
versity's executive vice president
for medical affairs, wrote that
the relocation of staff parking
spots will be included in the Park-
ing and Transportation strategic
plan. The plan also calls for more
commuter parking lots on North
Campus.


PARIKH
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dren often yelled out to him
because mzungu means foreigner
or white person - Parikh wrote
about the two previous visits he
made to Uganda.
In 2005, Parikh lead a group

of seven other volunteers for the
Uganda Village Project, a health
and development non-governmen-
tal organization. In 2008, together
with researchers from the Univer-
sity of Michigan and Michigan
State University, Parikh worked in
Kayunga, Uganda as a field coor-
dinator for a study on cognitive
rehabilitation for HIV-positive

children, according to his blog.
"Both of those were wonderful
experiences for me, and are a big
part of why I wanted to come back
to Uganda," Parikh wrote in a July
30 blog post.
Parikh wrote in the same blog
entry that he planned to stay in
Uganda until the summer of 2011.
The Medical School commu-

nity is currently organizing a
memorial service to honor Parikh
and has set up a memorial fund in
his name.
"As we celebrate his life we
extend our heartfelt condolences
to his family and friends through-
outthe world," Petty wrote. "Sujal
will be dearly missed by our stu-
dents, staff and faculty."

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