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CAMPUS EVENTS & NOTES
The University of
Michigan recently raised
more than $1.3 million
through faculty and staff
donations and volunteer
efforts aimed at increasing
funding for human services
in Washtenaw County.
The United Way
campaign is a national
organization with local
branches that seeks to
improve community
conditions and togetherness
through empowerment,
programs for the youth and
elderly, education support
and aid for the homeless.
The University
branch of the United Way
campaign focuses on a
variety of opportunities and
social concerns, including
increasing financial
stability and providing
basic health care and living
necessities. According to
the campaign’s website,
the 2016 campaign raised
$1.2 million of a $1.5 million
goal.
According to the
University Record, more
than 500 University
employee volunteers
turned out in 2016 to give
their time to the effort.
Contributions to the
campaign also came from
University units such as
Michigan Athletics, the
University Musical Society,
Nichols Arboretum and
MHealthy.
Cynthia Wilbanks,
University vice president
for Government Relations
and the campaign’s
co-chair, said to the
University Record she
expressed great pride
in the institution and its
employees’ dedication to
aiding people living in the
communities surrounding
the University.
“The employees of the
University of Michigan
have proven how much they
care about our neighbors by
their support of the United
Way campaign,” Wilbanks
said. “This is a better
and stronger community
because of their generosity.
Together we show that we
can make a difference in
everyday lives.”
The Washtenaw
County United Way team
also thanked the University
for its dedication to their
cause.
Pam Smith, president
and CEO of the United Way
of Washtenaw County, said
the University has the most
successful campaign of
any Big 10 universities and
noted the vast impact the
contribution will make.
“I would like to
personally thank the
faculty and staff for their
participation in the United
Way campaign, once again
proving they are the leaders
and best,” Smith said. “The
University of Michigan
provides exemplary
leadership and commitment
to our community.”
- HEATHER COLLEY
ON THE DAILY: UM RAISES OVER $1.3 MILLION FOR UNITED WAYS
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E NGLISH RE VIVAL
Senate Democrats aiming to block
DeVos’s education appointment
Democrats to hold Congress for 24 hours, citing DeVos as unqualified for job
U.S. Senate Democrats are
intending to hold the Senate
floor for 24 hours in protest of
the nomination of Betsy DeVos,
Michigan native and education
activist, for secretary of education.
The final vote is expected to take
place at noon on Tuesday.
Multiple Democrats indicated
they would voice their concerns
in the all-night protest on Monday
afternoon and spread the word of
their objections using the hashtag
“#HoldTheFloor.”
Currently, all Senate Democrats
and two Senate Republicans plan
to vote against DeVos. Unless
Democrats
are
successful
in
convincing another Republican
senator to switch his or her vote,
Vice President Mike Pence will
likely have to break a 50-50 tie, and
is expected to support DeVos.
Republicans won the procedural
vote on whether or not to extend the
debate time on Friday with a 52-48
vote along party lines. According to
the Senate Historical Office, this
would be the first time the vice
president would have to break a tie
for a Cabinet confirmation.
“We’re very confident that
Betsy DeVos is going to be the next
secretary of education, and it’ll be
my high honor to cast the deciding
vote on the floor of the Senate next
week,” Pence said Sunday on Fox
News.
Republicans
have
defended
DeVos as a true conservative who
will decrease federal involvement
in
public
education,
while
Democrats are concerned with her
lack of education experience and
her emphasis on directing funding
toward charter schools.
Sen. Gary Peters (D–Mich.)
spoke on the Senate floor in
January in opposition to DeVos,
and said, in addition to having no
education experience, the failure
of Michigan charter schools proves
DeVos’s plan to be dangerous.
“Unfortunately, in my home
state of Michigan, the charter
school experiment has not lived
up to the promises made,” Peters
said. “In fact, 65 percent of charter
schools in Michigan fail — yes,
fail — to significantly outperform
traditional public schools in reading
outcomes. In Detroit, 70 percent of
charter schools are in the bottom
quartile of Michigan’s schools.”
Peters, who said his office
has received over 8,000 calls in
opposition to DeVos, spoke again
on the Senate floor during the
24-hour protest on Monday, and
urged his colleagues to listen to
their constituencies.
Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D–
Mich.) also took to the 24-hour
Senate floor protest to express
her
concern,
emphasizing
that charter schools make
education a commodity, which
many cannot afford.
“A competitive free market
system with winners and
losers works in the private
marketplace,”
Stabenow
said. “But, it doesn’t work
for educating our children,
because we can’t afford losers
when it comes to something
as
basic
as
fundamental
education.”
While
Democrats
are
expected to hold the floor
overnight, Republican senators
made the majority voice heard
on Monday as well. Majority
Leader
Mitch
McConnell
(R–Ky.) advocated for DeVos’s
plan to decentralize public
education.
“Importantly,
she
also
understands that our teachers,
students,
parents,
school
boards and local and state
governments are best suited
to make education decisions,
not Washington bureaucrats,”
McConnell said.
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REBUILD Seminar |
Students as Partners
in Redesigning
Foundational Courses
WHAT: This talk will focus
on the potential of student
involvement in designing
foundational courses.
WHO: REBUILD Seminars
WHEN: Noon to 1 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan League,
Henderson Room
Just Words? Evaluating
the Impact of
Constitutional Rights
WHAT: Mila Versteeg, director
of the Univeristy of Virginia
School of Law Human Rights
Program, will discuss our
constitutional rights.
WHO: Donia Human Rights
Center
WHEN: 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
WHERE: School of Social Work
Building, Room 1636
Sexpertise 2017
WHAT: This three-day
conference will explore pleasure,
relationship wellness, sexuality in
the media and the importance of
identity.
WHO: University Health Service
WHEN: 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan League,
Michigan Room
Wind Chamber Music
Recital
WHAT: This recital will
feature wind and brass chamber
ensembles.
WHO: School of Music, Theatre
& Dance
WHEN: 7:30 p.m.
WHERE: Earl V. Moore
Building, Britton Recital Hall
“The Political Psychology
of Israeli Prime Ministers
WHAT: Yael Aronoff, chair of
Isarel Studies at MSU, will focus
on the decisions and psychology
of important Israeli Prime
Ministers from the last 30 years.
WHO: Judaic Studies
WHEN: 4:10 p.m. to 5:40 p.m.
WHERE: 202 S.Thayer, Room
2022
Gender and Class in a
Changing China
WHAT: Women’s Studies Prof.
Wang Zheng will address the
representation of feminism and
Chinese women amid socialism.
WHO: Institute for the
Humanities
WHEN: 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.
WHERE: 202 S. Thayer St.,
Osterman Common Room
Behavioral Activation
and Finding Fun
Activities
WHAT: This presentation and
support group will address
depression, anxety and stress in
the context of college life and
methods to cope.
WHO: Depression Center
WHEN: 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m.
WHERE: Chrysler Center, Room
265
Six Feet Over, Six Feet
Under
WHAT: Panel members will
discuss the rights of the dying
and the mourning.
WHO: Maize Pages Student
Organizations
WHEN: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
WHERE: Michigan Union,
Pendleton Room