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Martin Luther King
Jr. Spirit Awards
given to students
and organizations
By LYDIA MURRAY
Daily Staff Reporter
Twelve students and two student
organizations
were
honored
Thursday night at the MLK Spirit
Awards in the Arthur Miller
Theatre for their contributions
to both the campus and Detroit
area communities, as well as for
exemplifying the legacy of Martin
Luther King Jr.
The event was organized in a
combined effort by the School of Art
& Design, School of Music, Theatre
& Dance, the College of Engineering
and Agents for Change, an art
exhibition promoting diversity on
North Campus.
The MLK Spirit Awards have
existed for many years on campus,
but it was not until several years ago
that the ceremony was formalized.
Dean
of
Engineering
David
Munson said when he started at
the University in 2006 the North
Campus community did little to
promote Martin Luther King Jr.
Day, with the MLK Spirit Awards
at that time consisting of a lunch
between the nominated students
and the North Campus deans.
Munson said the purpose of
the formal ceremony instituted in
recent years for the awards was to
recognize the work students have
done to promote diversity on North
Campus.
“The whole point is to get the
whole North Campus community
together and recognize some of our
students and all of their great work
related to diversity, inclusion and
equity,” he said.
Taubman graduate student Ryan
Goold, one of the award winners,
said he was shocked and very
Medical data
on patients will
be transferred
between both orgs
By MAYA SHANKAR
Daily Staff Reporter
The University of Michigan
Health System has partnered
with CVS to enhance access to
health care. Starting in January,
UMHS and CVS will begin
utilizing
a
communication
pathway
between
their
respective
electronic
health
record systems to allow for
better coordination of health
services.
Hae
Mi
Choe,
director
of pharmacy innovations at
University
Medical
Group,
said because UMHS and CVS
use electronic health record
systems provided by the vendor
Epic, they have the ability to
share information with each
other via the Electronic Health
Records.
Choe
emphasized
the
security and safety of the
new
connection
between
the respective groups in an
interview, as well as the benefits
that patients will gain from this
new collaboration.
“This functionality exists
with any organization that
uses Epic, and both parties will
comply with all state and federal
laws governing confidentiality
and
disclosure
of
patient
information,” she said.
CVS Health has more than
9,500 retail pharmacy locations
nationwide
and
over
1,100
walk-in medical clinics at the
pharmacy
locations
called
MinuteClinics.
MinuteClinics
are open seven days a week and
are staffed primarily by nurse
practitioners
and
physician
assistants
to
administer
wellness
and
prevention
services, treat for common
illnesses and monitor patients
with chronic diseases.
The collaboration between
Speakers
highlight need
for more young
talent
By LOGAN HANSEN
For the Daily
DETROIT — Dr. David
Satcher — former surgeon
general of the United States
and assistant secretary for
health — spoke in Detroit to
members and supporters of
the city’s Urban Research
Center on the future of public
health and the impact young
adults can have in the field
Thursday.
“I can’t stop thinking about
tomorrow, just can’t stop
thinking about tomorrow,”
Satcher said, in reference to
the popular Fleetwood Mac
tune.
The Detroit URC, which
partners with the University’s
schools of Nursing, Public
Health and Social Work,
held its 20th anniversary
symposium, titled “Advancing
Partnerships, Research, &
Equity in Detroit” at the
Crowne
Plaza
Hotel
in
downtown Detroit Thursday
morning.
Adhering
closely
to
a
theme of fostering leadership
among
today’s
youth,
Satcher emphasized what he
identified as his number one
concern for the future of the
public health field: lack of
young talent in the field.
“We’re not seeing enough
young leaders emerging,” he
told the audience. “Who is
going to be doing this 10 years
from now? Twenty years
from now? Degrees don’t
necessarily make leaders; we
need people who are inspired
and motivated to lead.”
As
director
of
the
Centers for Disease Control
and
Prevention
in
1995,
Satcher
was
instrumental
in the establishment of the
organization. The symposium
was as much a celebration
of the Detroit URC’s 20
years of commitment to the
promotion of community-
based participatory research
and health equity as it was an
ode to Satcher’s life work in
the field of public health.
Satcher went on to pose a
challenge to the young people
in attendance: Be continually
learning about public health
issues
to
help
prevent
nationwide crises, such as the
Flint water crisis, where city
tap water was contaminated
with toxic levels of lead.
“There will be crises of
leadership and we won’t be
there,” he said. “We need
young people to take up the
helm, to tackle urban health
problems like the one in Flint,
Michigan. We need to realize
what it takes for everyone to
have the opportunity to lead a
healthy life.”
He was honored with
plaques
both
by
the
organization
and
Isaiah
McKinnon, deputy mayor of
Detroit, standing in for Mayor
Mike Duggan who was unable
to attend.
“I
think
(Satcher)
Admissions officers
nationwide using
social media more in
application process
By MEGAN DOYLE
Daily Staff Reporter
If you’re applying to college,
there’s now a good chance your
Facebook page could be a factor in
admission decisions.
A record high of 40 percent
of college admissions officers in
the
nation
acknowledged
their
admissions staff visit applicants’
social media pages to learn more
about them in a 2015 Kaplan survey
— a 300 percent increase from 2008.
The
University’s
admissions
office was unresponsive to multiple
requests for comment on if the
office utilizes prospective students’
social media accounts. Evaluative
comments
observed
on
nine
applications in August did not have
any mention of social media.
The 2015 survey that interviewed
nearly
400
college
admissions
officers, however, found that overall
colleges are looking at applicants’
social media more than ever.
Despite the increase of attention
admissions
officers
pay
to
prospective students’ online profiles,
the report found 89 percent of officers
only “rarely” look, and usually do so
after being “triggered” by something
in their application.
Triggers can be both positive and
One year after ski
trip vandalism, new
initiatives begin to
be implemented
By LARA MOEHLMAN
Daily Staff Reporter
One year after vandalism and
destruction at multiple Northern
Michigan ski resorts involving four
University fraternities and sororities
last winter garnered intense media,
legal and University scrutiny, both
Greek life and the larger campus
community have undergone several
changes in response.
In February 2015, the University
announced it would no longer
affiliate with the Sigma Alpha Mu
chapter on campus for causing
roughly $430,000 in damage to a
ceiling tiles, furniture and carpeting
in several rooms at the Treetops
Resort in Gaylord during a Martin
Luther King Jr. weekend ski trip.
The international board of SAM
revoked
the
chapter’s
charter
following the refusal of fraternity
members to cooperate in a criminal
investigation, and members lost
their campus house. Also present at
the ski trip last year was University
sorority Sigma Delta Tau, who were
suspended by the University until
2017.
The same weekend, Pi Kappa
Alpha, Chi Psi, Alpha Phi and
Delta Gamma caused damage to a
lesser extent to Boyne Highlands
in Harbor Springs, Mich. and have
faced University sanctions, though
their actions didn’t generate the
same amount of media scrutiny. The
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MATT VAILLIENCOURT/Daily
Engineering senior Erica Dombro accepts an Martin Luther King Jr. Student Spirit Award at Arthur Miller Theatre on Thursday.
‘U’, CVS
partner to
share info
on records
Ceremony touts diversity
efforts on North Campus
More
colleges
review
profiles
Future of health
care field focus
of symposium
Greek life
works to
improve
culture
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