Defying stereotypes about
college students’ preference
for loungewear, one can find
students sporting suits at any
given day at the Ross School
of Business Building. With a
sleek, modern exterior and an
interior that hosts a private
gym, cafeteria and frequent
visists from top recruiters,
some students have remarked
that
the
building
itself
resembles
a
traditional
business atmosphere.
Belying
the
Business
School’s traditional business
image, however, is a school
that considers one of its
core
values
to
bepositive
business. While this may be
a core value, some students
have
noted
classes
and
recruitment
efforts
seem
to focus heavily on finance,
consulting
and
marketing
opportunities, leaving those
who are pursuing a business
degree to enter other social
impact or nonprofit careers
disappointed.
Jamie Jacobson joined Ross
as a pre-admitted freshman,
hoping to use her business
degree in work with nonprofit
or
political
advocacy
organizations.
“The original impression I
got was that it was sort of this
new age, more progressive
Tuesday night, the University
of Michigan Central Student
Government
convened
to
discuss goals for the semester,
including promoting inclusivity
and enhancing communication
on campus. The CSG session
confirmed
12
members
for
various leadership positions.
The meeting began with a
presentation from Erik Wessel,
the director of the Office of
Student Conflict Resolution, on
the amendment cycle for the
Statement of Student Rights
and
Responsibilities.
Wessel
explained OSCR is in the process
of bringing proposals to amend
this statement, noting how the
statement has always been and
will continue to be shaped by the
University community.
“I should mention that the
statement itself has always been a
community-owned, community-
amended,
community-crafter
document from its inception,”
Wessel said.
Wessel
also
encouraged
students
to
attend
OSCR’s
conflict
skills
education
workshops, such as Conflict
Resolution 101 or Nonviolent
Communication.
“Feel free to reach out to
OSCR,” Wessel said. “We are
always willing and wanting to be
supportive to you all as a group
and to you all as individuals as
well.”
After Wessel’s presentation,
CSG President Daniel Greene,
a Public Policy senior, gave
a State of Campus address,
loosely based on the president’s
annual State of the Union
address. Greene discussed CSG’s
financial affairs, partnerships
with
off-campus
resources,
areas for improvement, key
campus issues and upcoming
September policies.
Greene highlighted some of
his goals for the upcoming year,
hoping to improve relationships
with institutions like the Office
of Financial Aid and MDining,
and trying to start a process
of
online
registration
with
University Health Services and
Counseling
and
Psychiatric
Services. He also noted the
creation
of
the
executive
diversity
officer
executive
position, which he hopes will
encourage diversity, equity and
inclusion on a student level.
“I think as of now the DEI
plan on our campus has been
too
administratively
and
academically heavy, and if we’re
really going to get to the point
where students of any identity
feel included on our campus and
safe and comfortable to attend
the University of Michigan,”
Greene said. “There’s not a
better way to get to those
social
interactions
than
to
The M Den, the University
of
Michigan’s
official
merchandise
retailer,
will
be opening its first Detroit
location on Columbia Street
in 2019 in partnership with
Olympia
Development
of
Michigan.
The new location occupies
a stretch of Columbia Street
that’s part of the Ilitch family’s
District Detroit, a new block-
long development that will
feature several shopping and
dining attractions. Downtown
Detroit will be the seventh
brick-and-mortar store for The
M Den, which has locations
across Ann Arbor, Novi and
Livonia.
The
location’s
collection
will include regular M Den
merchandise as well as Detroit-
themed products. With two
storefronts for both The M Den
and the Victors Collection by
The M Den –– a subsidiary that
features
higher-end
apparel
and accessories –– the store
will incorporate 4,000 square
feet of space on the first floor
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Students in
Ross search
for broader
curriculum
Minority Serving Institutions lay
plans to build partnerships with ‘U’
See ROSS, Page 3A
ALEC COHEN/Daily
Vice President for Equity and Inclusion Robert Sellers shares his experiences working for the University of Michigan at the U-M and Minority Serving Instituions Dis-
ciplinary Hub Plenary Reception in the Ross School of Business Tuesday.
ACADEMICS
Despite outward emphasis on positive
business, students say opportunities lack
ZAYNA SYED
Daily Staff Reporter
VP for Equity and Inclusion critiques DEI plan, says University lacks minority inclusion
Robert
Sellers,
the
vice
provost for equity and inclusion
and
chief
diversity
officer,
opened the Minority Serving
Institutions Disciplinary Hub
Plenary
and
Reception
at
the Ross School of Business
Tuesday afternoon. The event,
attended by dozens of students
and faculty, was the conclusion
of a conference between the
University of Michigan and
minority-serving
institutions
intended
to
cultivate
relationships
and
develop
strategic goals moving forward.
Sellers began by discussing
the University’s current five-
year
Diversity,
Equity
and
Inclusion plan. The plan, which
is currently in its third year,
aims to recruit more minority
faculty, graduate students and
undergraduate students as well
as cultivate solutions to improve
retention rates.
While Sellers acknowledged
the
plan’s
successes,
he
believes the University and the
country’s
academic
system,
in
general,
is
still
deeply
lacking
minority
inclusion.
Students have challenged the
DEI plan in recent years, saying
it has failed to create a safe
REFAEL KUBERSKY
Daily Staff Reporter
statement
THE MICHIGAN DAILY | SEPTEMBER 26, 2018
Mark Schlissel gave me
writer’s block
P
resident
Mark
Schlissel
apparently lives in a beautiful
white
house
on
South
University and I was going
to see it. I was going to see it
because I emailed a professor
that I needed a building to write about,
and of the hundreds in Ann Arbor, not a
single one felt curious enough for a story.
“Break into Mark Schlissel’s house!” he
wrote.
“Will I be arrested?” I wondered.
“I’m just an Idea Guy!” he replied.
It was an idea, and one I needed, since I
signed on to write about buildings for The
Daily’s Statement magazine this semester:
To turn immobile structures into however
many
thousand
romantically-tainted
words on a semi-regular basis. When
I applied, I felt I had a lot to say on the
subject, and I wanted to force myself to
write.
The weather was awful the day I fi
rst
set out to see the President’s House. I left
around noon and faced the September mix
of warm humidity and cold wind that begs
both for shorts and a fl
annel, and doesn’t
blink an eye at the contradiction. I wore
neither, and downed a Claritin instead, as
September not only gifts split personality
weather but also searing and persistent
allergies.
See SCHLISSEL, Page 4B
BY MATT GALLATIN,
STATEMENT CORRESPONDENT
See MDEN, Page 2A
M Den to
open new
storefront
in Detroit
BUSINESS
The University’s official
merchandise retailer will
now have seven locations
SONIA LEE
Daily Staff Writer
AARON BAKER/Daily
Central Student Government President Daniel Greene delivers his State of the Campus address during the CSG
meeting at Palmer Commons Tuesday night.
Central Student Government ‘State of
the Campus’ speech talks inclusivity
Partnerships with off-campus resources, Office of Financial Aid discussed
ELIZABETH LAWRENCE
Daily Staff Writer
Schlissel gave me
writer’s block
A writer tries to write about
the President’s House, but
ponders the nature of his
own writing instead
» Page 4B
See CSG, Page 3A
See DEI, Page 3A
U-M chemistry professor
Zhan Chen, who received his
post-doctoral
degree
from
University
of
California,
Berkeley, pursued chemistry
since childhood. After graduate
school,
Chen
considered
other careers, but ultimately
decided on teaching because
he understood how significant
an impact professors can have
on their students.
“From very young, I knew
that it was extremely important
for young people to have good
teachers,” Chen said. “I chose
chemistry as my major because
I
had
excellent
chemistry
teachers in my middle school,
high school and college.”
Researchers
from
the
Rackham
Institutional
Research
office’s
first
Michigan Doctoral Experience
Study in September 2017. The
results of the survey, designed
to
collect
data
about
the
first-year graduate are now
publically
available.
The
University
of
Michigan’s
administration hopes the data
See RESEARCH, Page 3A
Results of
Rackham
research
released
RESEARCH
The Doctoral Experience
Study aims to improve
experience of students
RACHEL LEUNG
Daily Staff Writer
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