Three students have been
awarded
the
prestigious
Marshall
and
Schwarzman
scholarships
to
pursue
graduate studies at universities
in the United Kingdom and
China during the upcoming
academic year.
LSA
seniors
Amanda
Burcroff and Noah McNeal
won the Marshall Scholarship,
which
provides
up
to
50
students from across the United
States full funding to study at
any U.K. institution in any field
of choice. Business and LSA
senior Eduardo Batista became
the first University of Michigan
student to win the Schwarzman
Scholarship,
which
was
created in 2016. According to
the website, the Schwarzman
Scholarship
offers
students
interested in global affairs
the chance to study at China’s
Tsinghua University.
Burcroff
and
McNeal
became the University’s 8th
and 9th Marshall Scholarship
winners, and are the first
winners since 2013. A press
release
published
Monday
afternoon by the Marshall
Scholarship
Program
said
the 48 scholars were chosen
from a pool of over 1,000
applicants. The winners will
join an accomplished alumni
base including Supreme Court
Bird –– the scooter-sharing
company that took Ann Arbor
and the University of Michigan’s
campus by storm this fall ––
says it will continue to operate
during the winter, depending
on daily weather conditions.
A
Bird
spokesperson
confirmed
the
company’s
intentions to let the public
proceed with riding through
the winter months, but added
that the vehicles could be
removed if inclement weather
were to occur.
“Bird is extremely committed
to the safety of our riders, and
so we take into account the
weather conditions of each city
where Bird is available,” a Bird
spokesperson wrote in an email
to The Daily.
The spokesperson said Bird
has a monitoring team that
reviews riding conditions and
determines
whether
roads
are safe for use each day, and
oftentimes the service will
pause riding when weather is
not permitting, such as during
storms or hurricanes. When
there’s a threat of blizzards
or icy roads, the company
investigates to deem whether
the driving environment is safe.
Bird’s statement still leaves
uncertainty
as
to
whether
the Bird scooters will, in fact,
completely migrate south for
the winter.
Scooter
usage
has
been
hotly contested ever since they
arrived in Ann Arbor this past
September. After the scooters’
initial deployment, the city of
Ann Arbor temporarily removed
nearly two dozen scooters for
violating city ordinances that
require motorized vehicles not
to interfere with the public
right-of-way.
According
to
Lisa
Wondrash,
the
city’s
communications director, Ann
Arbor has had many Bird-
related violations, but only
one has been reported and
confirmed to have resulted
in an injury attributable to a
Bird scooter. Since the initial
crackdown,
a
total
of
44
scooters have been impounded.
Backlash
from
the
local
government’s decision to seize
the scooters led to an agreement
passed in November with Bird
Rides, Inc. that requires the
company to pay a fee to the
city of Ann Arbor, provide
educational materials to its
users and assume liability for
improper driving or parking of
the vehicles.
“The
City
Council
has
provided their policy direction
regarding Bird and scooter
share companies, which is
that we should allow them to
operate insofar as they can be
operated safely and they can
A new study on the use of
diversity statements in hiring
at the University of Michigan
was recently conducted at the
University’s National Center for
Institutional Diversity. The study
served to analyze the effects
of new and evolving practices
in faculty hiring in higher
education.
Diversity
statements
are
written pieces of an application
in which the applicant explains
the
ways
their
background,
experience,
scholarship,
mentoring and other previous
work can contribute to campus
efforts to promote diversity,
equity
and
inclusion.
The
statements are requested from
candidates
for
some
faculty
positions at the University and
increasingly at institutions of
higher
education
across
the
country.
Prof. Tabbye Chavous, director
of NCID, co-authored the paper.
Chavous said the purpose of
the study was to gain a more
thorough understanding of how
candidates and faculty used the
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Scholarships
send three
students to
China, U.K.
Audubon vice president reflects
on environmental equity, diversity
See SCHOLARSHIPS, Page 3A
PRASHANTH PANICKER/Daily
Dr. Deeohn Ferris, Audubon vice president, speaks about environmental justice, equity and law at the Dana building Tuesday.
ACADEMICS
Prestigious Marshall and Schwarzman
awards provide graduate opportunities
LIAT WEINSTEIN
Daily Staff Reporter
School for Environment and Sustainability hosts lecture for DEI speaker series
Deeohn Ferris, vice president
for
Equity,
Diversity
and
Inclusion at National Audubon
Society, presented Tuesday at
the University of Michigan’s
School for Environment and
Sustainability on initiatives to
increase diversity, equity and
inclusion in the environmental
conservation field. The lecture
was organized through the
University’s Diversity, Equity
and Inclusion program as a
part of the “DEI December
Presentation:
Environmental
Justice, Equity and Law.”
The National Audubon Society
is
a
nonprofit
conservation
organization with a mission
to protect bird and wildlife
habitats.
Audubon
policy,
education and science experts
provide guidance to lawmakers
to shape conservation actions
and policies.
In Ferris’s first job as a
lawyer for the Environmental
Protection Agency, she and
her
colleagues
looked
into
patterns of the locations of
companies who did not comply
with regulations. Everywhere
they had a case, Ferris and
her
colleagues
determined
people
of
color
and
low-
CALLIE TEITELBAUM
Daily Staff Reporter
See DIVERSITY, Page 3A
‘U’ study
evaluates
diversity
statements
ADMINISTRATION
New hiring requirements
in higher education “a
really promising practice”
RILEY LANGEFELD
Daily Staff Reporter
MILES MACKLIN/Daily
Bird says it will continue to operate during the Winter, depending on daily weather conditions.
Bird scooters will not fly south for
winter weather, company announces
Licensing agreement with city requires company to assume liability for improper use
CHRISTOPHER SULLIVAN
Daily Staff Reporter
The Sex Issue
The Statement Magazine
dives into the results of its
annual sex survey
» Page 3B
See BIRD, Page 2A
See AUDUBON, Page 3A
The
University
of
Michigan
Central
Student
Government
met
Tuesday
night to introduce and discuss
the NET plan — narrative,
equity and transformation — an
inclusivity program to enhance
diversity and inclusion among
student
organizations
on
campus.
The NET plan is part of the
University’s commitment to
increasing
diversity,
equity
and inclusion on campus.
Public
Health
junior
Lloyd
Lyons,
a
diversity
peer educator, explained the
purpose of the NET plan.
“The NET plan is a narrative,
equity
and
transformation
program
within
student
organizations
on
campus,”
Lyons said. “This program was
created to fulfill the needs
that a lot of organizations felt
that they were missing, that
they didn’t have all voices
represented, and that they
didn’t have different people
within their organizations.”
Lyons said this program
See CSG, Page 3A
CSG talks
new NET
inclusivity
program
STUDENT GOVERNMENT
Assembly also introduced
fund to empower survivors
through SAPAC donation
ABIGAIL BERGER
For the Daily
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