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. The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com News Wednesday, September 5, 2018 — 3A 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. COUNCIL From Page 1A 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.” FAMILY From Page 1A IFC From Page 1A 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.” DEANS From Page 1A