Growing up on Detroit’s
West Side, Walter Stevenson,
an engineering junior at the
University of Michigan, never
saw
anything
wrong
with
the
Detroit
Public
Schools
district.
From
kindergarten
through
sixth
grade,
he
thought all schools wouldn’t
let students stray too far from
the
playground
because
it
was centered in a rougher
neighborhood. He thought all
schools had books that were
“not only outdated, (but) usually
dilapidated and ripped up.”
It wasn’t until seventh grade,
when Stevenson transferred to a
private school, that he began to
notice discrepancies between
DPS and other school districts.
“I saw the difference in the
quality of education and the
quality of schooling … you have
to grow up quickly,” Stevenson
said. “If you went to a private
school, at that age, you’d think
that the world was kinda perfect
and you didn’t really have to
worry about anything.”
To Stevenson, the length
of one’s childhood seemed to
depend on the income bracket
their school was surrounded by.
Michael
Chrzan,
a
University alum and current
high school geometry teacher
at Voyageur College Prep in
Southwest
Detroit,
attended
The University of Michigan
Board of Regents held its
monthly
meeting
Thursday
afternoon on the UM-Flint
campus,
discussing
topics,
including new resources for
research,
the
appointment
of the University’s first chief
information
officer,
a
new
scholarship created by Central
Student Government and the
approval of a new nursing
school on the Flint campus.
Appointment of new VP for
Information Technology and
Chief Information Officer
University President Mark
Schlissel
and
the
Board
of
Regents
announced
on
Thursday the appointment of
Kelli Trosvig as the University
of Michigan’s first vice president
for
information
technology
and chief information officer,
effective Nov. 14.
The new position was created
and approved by the board in
February with the aim to better
consider information strategy in
decision-making and planning
processes for the University. In
her new role, Trosvig will also
be overseeing the creation of a
broad information technology
strategy, which will be applied
to the whole University.
Trosvig
currently
serves
as
the
vice
president
for
information
technology
and
chief information officer at
the University of Washington.
Schlissel said in a press release
he believes Trosvig’s experience
at UW will be a valuable
attribute to her service at the
University of Michigan.
“Ms. Trosvig’s experience as
a higher education leader at the
University of Washington will
help her lead in U-M’s complex
environment,
spread
across
three campuses and our health
system,” Schlissel said.
In her current role, Trosvig
directs an IT team of about
850 individuals with an annual
operating budget of more than
$116 million and $25 million in
annual capital expenditures.
Under her leadership, UW
has
instituted
initiatives
regarding
modernization
of
major
administrative
systems,
improvements
to
infrastructure,
security
and privacy across the UW
networks and enhanced mobile
offerings.
“I am excited about joining
the team at Michigan,” Trosvig
said in a University press
release. “It’s an opportunity to
contribute to an outstanding
technology
community
and
I look forward to working
together
to
build
upon
Michigan’s already strong IT
programs.”
In honor of the University of
Michigan’s upcoming bicentennial
celebrations, the University is
planning to send a time capsule
spaceship into orbit around Earth
— the first time capsule of its
kind, according to the Michigan
Bicentennial
Archive
project
website.
Engineering graduate student
Kevin
Tebbe,
leader
of
the
M-BARC program, wrote in an
email interview that he thinks
the program is an opportunity to
showcase the achievements of the
University’s 200-year history. The
capsule, which is student-designed
and launched, will be retrieved
from space in 100 years by a team
of students.
“The purpose of this time capsule
is to celebrate the University of
Michigan, its accomplishments and
its contributions to society,” Tebbe
wrote. “We want to showcase the
technological capabilities of this
university and push future students
to increase our space capabilities by
devising a way to retrieve this time
capsule through a similar student
team/project that we are using to
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OPINION.....................4A
S P O R T S . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7A
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FO OT BA L L SAT U R DAY. .1B
See DETROIT, Page 3A
Students for Choice hosted its
4th annual Abortion Speak Out,
a gathering for individuals of the
community to share and listen
to stories of abortion, Thursday
night. Approximately 50 students
gathered at the speak out, in
comparison to 300 in attendance
from the previous year’s event.
Only one person — featured
guest speaker Melissa Madera
— spoke at the event, though
students were encouraged to share
their stories.
Sharing was limited to only
those
who
had
experienced
an abortion, but all members
of the University of Michigan
community were encouraged to
come and listen. Event organizers
also restricted the use of social
media and recording devices while
attendees spoke to respect the
speakers’ privacy.
During her remarks, Madera,
creator
of
the
podcast
The
Abortion Diary, an archive of
abortion stories, told the crowd
about her personal story and
explained her mission to create
a resource for individuals with
experiences of abortion.
Members of Students for Choice
said they were inspired by the 1 in
3 Campaign, which seeks to end
See CAPSULE, Page 2A
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UM Flint Chancellor Susan Borrego at the Regents Meeting in Flint on Thursday.
Pat on the (way) back
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pregaming expert hasn’t
posted many videos lately.
But if all goes according
to plan, that should soon
change.
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See CHOICE, Page 3A
The University of Michigan
hosted speakers from the technical,
legal and operational sectors of
cyber security, to discuss the field’s
latest trends and threats for its 12th
annual cyber security conference
Thursday.
The conference, titled Security
at the University of Michigan IT, is
the University’s flagship event for
National Cybersecurity Awareness
Month.
It attracted a wide range of
students, faculty and Ann Arbor
residents — 700 viewers registered
to either attend the event in person
or stream it online, for 13 panels.
Law Prof. Margo Schlanger was
the only female panelist among
the panels at the event, which
included public and private sector
representatives.
Kelly Auwers, a planner of
the event and an administrative
assistant
for
Information
and
Technology
Services,
acknowledged the lack of female
representation, connecting it to
diversity and inclusion in the field
of cyber security as a whole.
“Last night, we had our host
See CYBER, Page 3A
Making the
transition
from DPS
to campus
At abortion speak out, open dialogue
is focus, though students don’t share
STATE
Detroit natives at the ‘U’ point to
education, resource disparities
MATT HARMON
Daily Staff Reporter
Attendance drops from 300 last year to 50 this year at annual event
RACHEL LEUNG
Daily Staff Reporter
‘U’ plans to
launch time
capsule into
outer space
CAMPUS LIFE
Artifacts, interviews and
DNA will be sent into
orbit for bicentennial
TIMOTHY COHN
Daily Staff Reporter
Regents name Kelli Trosvig as first vice
president for information technology
At annual meeting, board also votes to create School of Nursing on Flint campus
KATHERINE CURRAN &
RIYAH BASHA
Daily Staff Reporters
Conference
examines
technology,
IT privacy
SECURITY
700 people attend 12th
annual cybersecurity
event at the University
REBECCA LERNER
For the Daily
R AINY DAYS
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LSA junior Coco Zhang and LSA junior Jingjie Ma walk through the rain towards State Street Thursday.