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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