Grand 
Rapids 
community 

leaders Mike and Sue Jandernoa 
are donating $4.3 million to 
expand scholarships at the Ross 
School of Business, contribute to 
fellowships at the Ford School 
of Public Policy and assist the 
University of Michigan School 
of Education’s TeachingWorks 
organization, 
the 
University 

announced Thursday.

The statement said $3 million 

of the couple’s donation would 
be dedicated to a TeachingWorks 
parternship with schools in Grand 
Rapids, with a specific interest in 
improving students’ mathematics 
proficiency. TeachingWorks is 
a national organization based at 
the School of Education, seeking 
to improve entry-level teachers’ 
preparation for the classroom. 
The Jandernoas emphasized the 
importance of the mathematical 
readiness in order to improve the 
number and quality of jobs college 

graduates are offered.

The Jandernoas recognized 

lapses in students’ mathematical 
abilities, specifically in western 
Michigan. 
The 
statement 

referenced 
recent 
results 
of 

Michigan 
Department 
of 

Education testing, which revealed 
troubling data on math proficiency 
in the area. Grand Rapids is 
located in Kent County, where 
proficiency was barely above 40 
percent for third graders, and 
below that marker for eighth 
graders.

“Just at the time when the 

current workforce needs better 
math skills, our high school 
graduates 
have 
significantly 

less math understanding and 
proficiency,” Mike Jandernoa 
said. “We must help these 
students in math now so they 
can have successful jobs in the 
future.”

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Schlissel said. “If we really 
can’t figure out how to keep our 
children safe, then there really 
isn’t much else that matters.”

Schlissel also spoke on the 

recent wave of sexual assault 
and harassment conversations 
in higher education, Hollywood 
and the general public, an issue 
that has generated great publicity 
surrounding the trials of Larry 
Nassar, a former Michigan State 
University and USA Olympics 
doctor. In addition to Nassar’s 
charges, 
former 
Michigan 

Medicine doctor Mark Hoeltzel 
was recently arrested for child 
pornography 
and 
is 
under 

investigation for sexual relations 
with a patient. Schlissel said the 
University will be taking active 
measures, such as the hiring of 
an outside expert, to improve the 
reporting processes for survivors 
as well as the handling of cases 

reported to the University.

Regent Denise Ilitch (D) 

echoed Schlissel’s sentiments 
and 
urged 
those 
who 

have 
experienced 
assault 

and harassment not to be 
afraid to speak out against 
perpetrators.

“I really want to speak to 

the UM community and say: 
Report, report, report,” Ilitch 
said.

LEO bargaining efforts
Members and supporters 

of LEO took up a large 
majority of the seats in 
the meeting, with several 
lecturers, 
staff 
and 

representatives speaking on 
behalf of the organization. 
LEO 
was 
founded 
in 

2003, 
and 
it 
currently 

represents 
approximately 

1,700 
non-tenure 
faculty 

across the three University 
campuses. 
The 
main 

goals of the organization 
include 
increased 
pay, 

greater benefits and the 

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