expansion within the city. If
the fraternity or sorority loses
its
University
affiliation
in
the future, it can apply for a
two-year special exception to
prevent loss of its house.
Some
residents
thought
new zoning codes would help
facilitate
better
relations
between
Greek
life
and
neighboring residents. Others
saw it as unfair to the owners
of the houses and unclear as to
who would be affected under
the new guidelines.
Interfraternity
Council
President Sam Finn, a Public
Policy senior, said the concerns
raised
by
area
residents
regarding Greek life behavior
demonstrated a need for greater
effort
to
facilitate
positive
relationships with the Ann
Arbor community.
“This summer served as a
wakeup call to IFC that more
has to be done to address
neighborhood
concerns
and
improve community relations,”
Finn wrote. “Over the next
semester, we will work with
National Pan-Hellenic Council,
Multicultural Greek Council,
and
National
Panhellenic
Conference
to
expand
the
efforts
of
the
Community
Relations Taskforce. We hope
this will allow us to work to
foster a closer relationship with
Ann Arbor residents and more
effectively address community
concerns.”
During the July 16 session,
residents also raised concerns
about fraternities that no longer
had an affiliation with the
University but still operated
within
a
fraternity
house,
leading to complaints about
noise and cleanliness.
Peter
Nagourney,
the
co-chair for the North Burns
Park Association and neighbor
to several Greek life houses,
discussed
one
neighboring
residence that housed a banned
fraternity.
“You should know that one
neighbor spent nine months
constantly, and I mean daily,
dealing with city, University
police and Greek life entities
before one of these party
houses set up by members
of a banned fraternity was
shut down,” Nagourney said.
“This is a real problem. Others
in
this
neighborhood
must
constantly deal with trash,
public
drunkenness,
loud
music and other violations of
city ordinances. Oversight of
these groups is not done at the
national level despite the claims
of their attorneys. Oversight by
the University and the Office
of Greek Life does not seem to
make much difference.”
Attorney Stephen Bernstein,
a general counsel to the Alpha
Epsilon Pi fraternity, said to
The Daily in May the zoning
codes create issues with third
party regulation over privately
owned property.
“The issue generally stated is
whether the city of Ann Arbor
is legally allowed to delegate
decisions which impact the
rights of property owners to
a third party, in this case the
University,” Bernstein said.
Finn also wrote the IFC
understands the zoning codes
were
changed
because
of
community concerns regarding
Greek life housing.
“While
individual
IFC
chapters,
Inter/National
Organizations,
and
housing
groups may maintain their
own perspectives in regards
to the new zoning codes, the
IFC
understands
that
this
change was a direct result of
concerns expressed by Ann
Arbor residents,” Finn wrote.
“We will continue working
collaboratively with the City,
University, and Inter/National
Organizations of IFC chapters
to
better
address
concerns
raised by Ann Arbor residents
and
promote
the
positive
impact our chapters have on
their communities.”
Mayor Christopher Taylor
stated during the July 16 session
the new codes will improve
relations between area residents
and Greek life members.
“Our goal is to more accurately
increase the likelihood that
fraternities and sororities are
good neighbors to everyone,”
Taylor said. “In many cases they
are. Occasionally they are not.
I think this ordinance change
will give us the opportunity to
do something about it in that
minority case.”
According
to
Finn,
IFC
has also made progress in its
activism and voluntary efforts
throughout
the
community.
IFC had the largest number of
applicants for the Michigan
Ambassadors
Program
in
the
program’s
history.
The
volunteer
program
helps
provide
additional
safety
monitors throughout campus
during
high-activity
days,
such
as
Football
Saturdays
or Halloween. IFC has also
remained active in the Big Ten
Voter Challenge and partnered
with other offices on campus
such as SAPAC.
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neighboring residents. Others
saw it as unfair to the owners
of the houses and unclear as to
who would be affected under
the new guidelines.
Interfraternity
Council
President Sam Finn, a Public
Policy senior, said the concerns
raised
by
area
residents
regarding Greek life behavior
demonstrated a need for greater
effort
to
facilitate
positive
relationships with the Ann
Arbor community.
“This summer served as a
wakeup call to IFC that more
has to be done to address
neighborhood
concerns
and
improve community relations,”
Finn wrote. “Over the next
semester, we will work with
National Pan-Hellenic Council,
Multicultural Greek Council,
and
National
Panhellenic
Conference
to
expand
the
efforts
of
the
Community
Relations Taskforce. We hope
this will allow us to work to
foster a closer relationship with
Ann Arbor residents and more
effectively address community
concerns.”
During the July 16 session,
residents also raised concerns
about
fraternities
that
no
longer had an affiliation with
the University but still operated
within
a
fraternity
house,
leading to complaints about
noise and cleanliness.
Peter
Nagourney,
the
co-chair for the North Burns
Park Association and neighbor
to several Greek life houses,
discussed
one
neighboring
residence that housed a banned
fraternity.
“You should know that one
neighbor spent nine months
constantly, and I mean daily,
dealing with city, University
police and Greek life entities
before
one
of
these
party
houses set up by members
of a banned fraternity was
shut down,” Nagourney said.
“This is a real problem. Others
in
this
neighborhood
must
constantly deal with trash,
public
drunkenness,
loud
music and other violations of
city ordinances. Oversight of
these groups is not done at the
national level despite the claims
of their attorneys. Oversight by
the University and the Office
of Greek Life does not seem to
make much difference.”
Attorney Stephen Bernstein,
a general counsel to the Alpha
Epsilon Pi fraternity, said to
The Daily in May the zoning
codes create issues with third
party regulation over privately
owned property.
“The issue generally stated is
whether the city of Ann Arbor
is legally allowed to delegate
decisions which impact the
rights of property owners to
a third party, in this case the
University,” Bernstein said.
Finn also wrote the IFC
understands the zoning codes
were
changed
because
of
community concerns regarding
Greek life housing.
“While
individual
IFC
chapters,
Inter/National
Organizations,
and
housing
groups
may
maintain
their
own perspectives in regards
to the new zoning codes, the
IFC
understands
that
this
change was a direct result of
concerns expressed by Ann
Arbor residents,” Finn wrote.
“We will continue working
collaboratively with the City,
University, and Inter/National
Organizations of IFC chapters
to
better
address
concerns
raised by Ann Arbor residents
and
promote
the
positive
impact our chapters have on
their communities.”
Mayor Christopher Taylor
stated
during
the
July
16
session the new codes will
improve
relations
between
area residents and Greek life
members.
“Our goal is to more accurately
increase the likelihood that
fraternities and sororities are
good neighbors to everyone,”
Taylor said. “In many cases they
are. Occasionally they are not.
I think this ordinance change
will give us the opportunity to
do something about it in that
minority case.”
According
to
Finn,
IFC
has also made progress in its
activism and voluntary efforts
throughout
the
community.
IFC had the largest number of
applicants for the Michigan
Ambassadors
Program
in
the
program’s
history.
The
volunteer
program
helps
provide
additional
safety
monitors throughout campus
during
high-activity
days,
such
as
Football
Saturdays
or Halloween. IFC has also
remained active in the Big Ten
Voter Challenge and partnered
with other offices on campus
such as SAPAC.
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within the family unit due to
separation interference.
Katherine
Rosenblum,
a
clinical professor of psychiatry
at the University and the
founder of Strong Military
Families, said this research is
so important because there are
still misconceptions about the
severity of separation.
“I do think that often the
emotional
experiences
of
infants, toddlers and young
children are overlooked or
misunderstood,
and
that
parents are often surprised
by
how
impactful
these
experiences are even for very
young children,” Rosenblum
said. “And of course, parents
have their own feelings about
these experiences. Therefore,
support
for
families
who
have experienced disruptive
separations is very important.”
Rosenblum said this support
can come in many different
forms, such as distributing
information on what to expect
from
children,
connecting
families experiencing similar
trauma or connecting families
to advocacy organizations who
can offer additional services.
Rosenblum’s
11-year-old
daughter,
Maja
Rosenblum-
Muzik,
created
a
publicly
available
coloring
book
in
conjunction
with
Rackham
student Paige Safyer titled
“Cecilia and the Long Walk.”
The coloring book illustrates
a separation scenario through
the perspective of the child.
The book follows the main
character,
Cecilia,
who
is
a horse traveling across a
border with her parents. This
resource was created to “help
children
understand
their
recent experience, providing
language
to
help
organize
internal confusion and terror,”
according to their website.
Rosenblum
wrote
an op-ed for The Hill this past
June, where she argues her
research on military families
can be used to explain the
severity of separation at the
border.
She
also
explains
every experience is different
for each family— at the border
or in the military — but there
are certainly similarities that
should be extrapolated.
“My point in sharing our
work with military families was
not to say that the experiences
on the border are the same,”
she told The Daily. “Obviously
there are many differences in
the experiences of military
families
and
families
on
the border. My point was to
highlight
that
even
when
there is time to prepare and
access to resources, support,
and information during the
separation, the disruption is
still impactful and emotionally
challenging.
Therefore,
separations
should
not
be
taken casually.”
Public
Health
professor
Alison
Miller
has
also
researched
parent-child
separation.
She
partnered
with Motherly Intercession to
create
a
program
called
Parenting
While
Incarcerated,
which
helps
mothers continue to develop
their parenting skills while
behind bars.
Miller said her evidence-
based program was created
in response to incarcerated
mothers’
needs.
This
educational opportunity allows
these
mothers
to
improve
communication
skills
and
develop nonviolent discipline
strategies.
“The
program
allows
mothers to step back from the
immediacy of parenting and
reflect on the relationships
with their children in a way
they
haven’t
done
before,”
Miller said.
Another
University
initiative, Zero to Thrive, is led
by Rosenblum and psychiatry
professor Maria Muzik, along
with Miller. Zero to Thrive
focuses specifically on the first
1,000 days of an infant’s life
and the critical role that stress
can play in development.
The initiatives that arose
out
of
the
University’s
research on child separation
are benchmark programs for
other
organizations
these
seeking solutions. And with the
recent child separations at the
border, Rosenblum hopes these
findings will shed light on the
caliber of the repercussions.
“For an infant, being abruptly
separated from your parent for
several days is an eternity, and
likely traumatizing,” she said.
“The parents and infants at
the border experienced these
separations under significant
duress,
often
without
any
information about what was
happening and when or if they
would see each other again.
There is no doubt that this
was extremely traumatizing
for many of these parents and
children, and that there will
be a need to work through the
feelings associated with that
trauma
after
they
reunite.
Healing takes time.”
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internships,
alumni
mentors
and on-campus research.
Cole was one of the team
members
who
developed
the
Diversity,
Equity
and
Inclusion plan — which aims
to
diversify
the
campus
community and create a more
inclusive
climate
—
in
its
beginning
stages.
She
will
continue spearheading the third
year of DEI initiatives. Her work
and research as a professor in
women’s studies, psychology
and African and Afro-American
studies has allowed her to
highlight
the
intersectional
nature
of
the
University
experience
and
continue
facilitating and supporting the
five-year DEI plans developed
by each department.
Though the DEI plan has
faced criticism for its inability
to quickly address several recent
racist incidents on campus, Cole
plans to build momentum for
the DEI plan through projects
such as the Comprehensive
Studies
Program,
Summer
Bridge
Scholars
Program,
LSA Laptop Loan Program,
Passport Scholarships and the
Kessler Presidential Scholars
program.
In
addition
to
all
these
initiatives,
Cole
said
it
is
especially
important
to
highlight
the
many
spaces
on
Central
Campus
that
allow students, faculty and
staff to gain experience in
promoting
dialogue.
She
wants to encourage dialogue
among people with different
experiences with the additional
aid of organizations such as
the Program on Intergroup
Relations as well as We Listen
and Our Community Listens.
“At this point in our history,
it’s really important for those
honest conversations to take
place, and I want to make
sure everybody’s aware of the
opportunities on campus to
have those respectful, honest
conversations,” Cole said.
Michael
J.
Solomon,
a
professor
of
chemical
engineering, has been appointed
as
the
dean
of
Rackham
Graduate School, also holding
the title of vice-provost for
academic affairs and graduate
studies.
For the more than 8,000
Rackham students on campus,
Solomon
said
his
primary
responsibility is supporting the
experience and education of
graduate students, in all facets
of the University.
“Our goals are a continuation
of a need. As society gets more
complex, there’s more and more
need for this advanced training,”
Solomon said. “I would like
to catalyse discussions with
faculty and students about how
we need to organize graduate
education on campus to address
future needs.”
Though his work as associate
dean and vice-provost, Solomon
has worked to advance DEI
initiatives in Rackham as well
as
network
with
graduate
school partners on campus. He
highlighted that the diversity
of graduate education presents
certain challenges, but also
can be harnessed to benefit
education as a whole.
“We really need to grow
and sustain the focus on this
education as being student-
focused,
it
being
inclusive,
and the leveraging of values
of diversity,” Solomon said. “A
challenge is an opportunity.”
Solomon noted one of his
favorite aspects about working
at Rackham is the ability to work
with professionals in different
fields that are student-focused
and provide opportunities and
workshops. An engineer by
training,
Solomon
supports
and is exposed to advanced
education in a wide variety of
fields.
“Everybody is getting the
same degree, but how they go
about that is just remarkably
diverse, and that really is a
strength at the University,” he
said.
David Gier, newly appointed
dean of the School of Music,
Theatre and Dance, is currently
preparing for his term, which
begins
in
October.
Gier
graduated from the University
with a bachelor’s degree in
music and continued to earn
a doctorate degree from Yale
University. We started his work
in higher education by serving
as a professor and director at
the University of Iowa School of
Music. He said his experience as
a University undergrad student
motivated him to return.
“My whole professional path
was propelled by my experience
at the University of Michigan,”
Gier said. “The quality of that
experience and what it meant
to me were really defining, and
it set me up for success in the
future. So I’ve always had this
respect and admiration and love
for the University of Michigan.
To return is kind of a dream
come true.”
Gier’s first order of business
is familiarizing himself with
the faculty, students and staff.
He says he will gauge long
term goals and utilize the
University’s unique aspects to
create
collaborative
projects
with the public and connect
students with the professional
world.
“The
vitality
of
SMTD
comes from the faculty and the
students, the plans that they
make and the aspirations they
have as they go to their work
throughout the year,” he said.
Gier finds that the size of
SMTD
will
present
certain
challenges but also highlights
the exciting aspects of working
in the arts.
“The
way
that
the
arts
are constantly evolving and
changing, there’s an inherent
challenge in that. We have great
traditions, but at the same time,
for instance, the influence of
technology is changing the
way that students and the
general public and our faculty
engage with their art form,”
Gier explained. “I think we’re
always challenged in the arts
to hang on to our roots and to
our deep disciplinary traditions
while at the same time evolving
so as to be totally engaged and
relevant.”
F.
DuBois
Bowman
has
been appointed the dean of
the School of Public Health,
his term beginning in October.
Currently concluding his work
as chairman of the Department
of Biostatistics at Columbia
University, his appointment at
the University will allow him
continue his work in the field
of public health while bringing
him back to his native city and
the school at which he earned a
master’s degree in biostatistics
“U-M is a school that I
have connections with as an
alumnus, and being from Ann
Arbor, I have deep roots and feel
a connection to the city, which
also was certainly a factor that
drove my interest and decision
ultimately to return,” Bowman
said.
One
of
Bowman’s
main
priorities for the upcoming term
is
spearheading
community
engagement and impact in the
state of Michigan, targeting
public health needs such as
infant mortality, asthma, lead
exposure and adult obesity.
“I want to make sure that
through the great resources of
the school, more research and
more education, we work to
have the strongest and biggest
impact that we can in the state
of Michigan,” Bowman said.
The School of Pulbic Health is
undergoing only its second year
of undergraduate education, and
Bowman will work to continue
to evolve the program and
prepare for the first graduating
class at the end of the academic
year. Additionally, the School
of Public Health plans to launch
the nation’s first online Master
of Public Health degree, which
will launch in the fall of 2019.
“One of the things that I
really value is interdisciplinary
research
and
education,”
Bowman said. “I look forward
to partnering with the other
deans
trying
to
determine
some synergies where we may
establish some new programs.”
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