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Ann Arbor, Michigan
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
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UMich hires executive
search firm to aid
presidential search, asks
for community input
‘‘U’ employs Isaacson, Miller to assist in examining
candidates, making recommendations
It’s official: the University of
Michigan is searching for its new
president.
University
regents
Sarah
Hubbard (R) and Denise Ilitch (D),
co-chairs of the Presidential Search
Committee, shared in an email to
the campus community Tuesday
afternoon that the new Presidential
Search Committee will meet for the
first time later this week.
The committee will consist of
the eight regents and members of
the campus community including
students, faculty and alumni from all
three U-M campuses and Michigan
Medicine. Throughout February,
the regents will solicit feedback
from community members through
virtual learning sessions and an
online survey for people unable to
attend.
“The leader of the nation’s top
public research university is one of
the most prominent and influential
positions in all of higher education,”
Hubbard and Ilitch wrote. “The
committee’s work will rely on the
university community’s insight into
the challenges and opportunities
that may face our university and
its new president in the coming
decade, as well as the personal
characteristics
and
experiences
needed to lead the university at this
moment in time.”
Hubbard
and
Ilitch
said
the
Presidential Search Committee will
be working closely with the regents
and an executive search firm to make
recommendations and review candidates
before the full Board of Regents elects the
next University president.
“To protect candidate privacy
and encourage the greatest number
of well-qualified candidates to apply,
the committee will keep candidate
names confidential,” Hubbard and
Ilitch wrote.
To assist with recruiting and
examining candidates, the regents
have hired John Isaacson and John
Muckle from the executive search
firm Isaacson, Miller. Hubbard
and Ilitch wrote that the firm
specializes in recruiting leaders for
organizations and conducts more
than 350 senior-level executive
searches each year. Over the past 38
years, the firm has conducted more
than 7,300 searches, according to
Hubbard and Ilitch.
Forty-five percent of the firm’s
searches resulted in hiring women
and 25% resulted in hiring people of
color, Hubbard and Ilitch added.
In a statement to The Michigan
Daily, University spokesman Rick
Fitzgerald shared that the Board
of Regents hopes to have the next
University President elected by this
summer.
“The Board of Regents and the
Presidential Search Committee are
looking at both internal and external
candidates to identify candidates
best suited to lead the University of
Michigan at this moment in time,”
Fitzgerald wrote.
Additionally,
Fitzgerald
said
Interim University President Mary
Sue Coleman’s contract is still
being finalized and that Coleman
has agreed to serve until the new
president takes office.
Members
of
the
committee
include
Lecturers’
Employee
Organization
President
Kirsten
Herold, Colleen Conway, former
chair
of
the
Senate
Advisory
Committee on University Affairs
and other faculty and students
from across all three University
campuses.
The search for a new president
comes after the Board of Regents
fired former University President
Mark Schlissel on Jan. 15 for
engaging
in
an
inappropriate
relationship with a subordinate.
Though Schlissel will no longer
serve as University President, he
was offered a contract to return to
campus this fall as a professor in
the microbiology and molecular,
cellular, and developmental biology
departments.
Nominations and applications
for the University President may be
submitted directly to the firm and
will remain confidential.
Daily
News
Editors
Kaitlyn
Luckoff and George Weykamp can be
reached at kluckoff@umich.edu and
gweykamp@umich.edu. Managing
News Editor Kristina Zheng can be
reached at krizheng@umich.edu.
DOMINICK SOKOTOFF/Daily
University of Michigan Provost
Susan Collins has been named the
next president and CEO of the Federal
Reserve Bank of Boston, according to
a press release Wednesday from the
University Record. She is expected to
begin on July 1, 2022.
“It is an honor and an inspiration
to serve as the Boston Fed’s next
president,” Collins said in the release.
“Throughout my career, I have been
driven by a commitment to leveraging
research, education and public service
to improve lives.”
The role of the provost includes
oversight over the University’s 19
schools and colleges in Ann Arbor.
Additionally, the provost also serves
as chief academic officer and chief
budget officer.
Collins was appointed as University
Provost in January 2020 and planned
to step down this June. With her new
appointment, she now will leave this
role on May 15. Collins initially replaced
former Provost Martin Philbert after
he was placed on administrative
leave following multiple allegations
of sexual misconduct. Collins also
previously held the position of Dean
of the Ford School of Public Policy
and was also an economics and public
policy professor.
Interim
University
President
Mary Sue Coleman also announced
in the University Record press
release that she will now end
provost search efforts started last
fall and appoint an interim provost,
according to the press release.
Coleman shared that this decision
was in collaboration with the Board
of Regents.
KAITLYN LUCKOFF
Daily News Editor
University
Provost Susan
Collins named
CEO of Federal
Reserve Bank
of Boston
The outgoing
administrator and former
dean will ofcially step
down May 15
CAMPUS LIFE
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A model representing the Runway of Dreams Foundation walks down the red carpet Friday evening at the University of Michigan Museum of Art.
Diversity in fashion: NOIR, SHEI host runway at UMMA
Sartorial elegance on full display as magazines showcase locally designed attire
As
New
York
Fashion
Week geared up in the heart
of Manhattan, the University
of Michigan Museum of Art
(UMMA)
hosted
a
sartorial
revue of its own Friday night.
In
collaboration
with
SHEI
Magazine — a student-run fashion
and pop culture magazine, NOiR
Runway Fashion — a fashion
organization dedicated to diversity
and community service — and
Runway of Dreams, the UMMA
debuted its series of “Feel Good
Friday” events with a fashion
show and clothing swap on Friday
night.
Dubbed “Feel Good Fashion,”
the night kicked off with a social
hour
where
attendees
could
mingle, take photos and sit by
the red carpet. Upstairs, NOiR
models were scattered throughout
the gallery, standing stoically
alongside the exhibits’ various
paintings and sculptures for
guests to view.
A
red
carpet
featured
prominently
accentuated
by
dancing pink and blue lights, as DJs
from Maize Collective, a student-
run art and music community,
queued music. Standing opposite
the red carpet were several racks
of clothing where guests could
drop off unwanted clothes and
“refresh (their) style” by swapping
old garments for new ones.
LSA senior Krista Albertins,
UMMA programs assistant and
co-leader of the UMMA Student
Engagement Council, said in an
interview with The Michigan
Daily the museum wanted to bring
fashion to the campus community.
“We were trying to think of
what would be something that we
could do that is interactive with
(regard to) clothing,” Albertins
said. “(We) decided to do a
clothing swap where people can
bring clothes and take clothes
with them, and feel like they’re
participating in fashion as well.”
After the social hour, the
Runway of Dreams Foundation
held a runway show featuring
models
from
nonprofit
organization Best Buddies and the
Michigan Special Olympics Figure
Skating Team. Runway of Dreams
aims to empower people with
disabilities and support accessible
and adaptive fashion for all.
LSA senior Tori Weingarten is
on the executive board of Runway
of Dreams, which holds “adaptive
runway
shows”
worldwide,
including a show at the University
of Michigan every year.
“We have our annual fashion
show that supports adaptive
fashion for kids with disabilities,”
Weingarten said. “It’s awesome to
see all seven of our models rocking
(this) Zappos clothing , and it’s just
such a special event.”
To close the night, SHEI
Magazine and NOiR held a joint
runway show, sending dozens
of models down the red carpet,
decked out in attire from local and
student designers. In addition to
the Feel Good Fashion show, NOiR
holds an annual Spring Fashion
Show and chooses one charitable
cause to support. This year’s
show will take place on March 19
at the Michigan Union, and will
raise funds for Freedom House
Detroit, an organization providing
temporary housing and resources
to people fleeing persecution and
seeking asylum.
Business junior Jalen Gu,
vice president of NOiR, said
the purpose of the event was to
promote philanthropic fashion
and celebrate unity.
“We’re
about
supporting
charitable causes and doing all
these other great things that
have to do with (what) art has
to do with,” Gu said. “So I think
that’s one thing, this isn’t just
fashion, this isn’t just a runway,
it’s a celebration of all these other
things.”
LSA senior Nadia Bailey, model
coordinator
for
the
UMMA
runway show, said she strove for
a diverse set of models. She said
the theme of the show, “You Are
Here,” was meant to celebrate
socialization
following
the
pandemic. Bailey ensured models’
posing and style on the catwalk
reflected the theme.
“I made it a priority to make
sure that I chose a diverse range
of models of all different shapes,
sizes and ethnic backgrounds,”
Bailey said. “And then I also have
to come up with the scenes that
they’re going to be placed in, the
songs of the scenes, and also teach
the models how to walk up and
down the runway as.
NIRALI PATEL
& IRENA LI
Daily Staff Reporters
The Washtenaw County Health
Department
announced
Friday
morning COVID-19 health orders — related
to indoor masking as well as isolation and
quarantine guidelines — for K-12 schools
will be lifted effective Feb. 28.
Masking
will
remain
strongly
recommended in schools after the orders
are lifted and will be required on public
transportation, including school buses,
under federal orders. Students who
test positive or are in close contact with
someone who tests positive after Feb.
28 must not attend school under the
Michigan Public Health Code and existing
administrative rules.
Jimena Loveluck, WCHD health officer,
said in a press release the masking and
quarantine and isolation health orders were
implemented at the height of the pandemic
to help maintain in-person learning, but
said current conditions warrant more
flexibility in the COVID-19 policies.
“Local health orders have been necessary
during the pandemic, and these orders have
helped protect in-person learning, critical
health care capacity, and overall health,”
Loveluck said. “We are in a different place
now. We can offer more flexibility while we
continue to provide appropriate guidance
and work with our local schools to protect
health, prevent spread, and maintain
in-person learning as safely as possible.”
Washtenaw County is one of nine
counties in the state of Michigan to lessen
COVID-19 mandates for public schools,
according to The Detroit Free Press.
Oakland County announced Friday they
would lift their mask mandate for public
schools on Feb. 18 and Ingham County
announced Thursday their emergency
health order will cease on Feb. 19.
KRISTINA ZHENG &
KATE WEILAND
Managing News Editor,
Daily News Editor
Washtenaw
County to no
longer require
masks in K-12
schools starting
Feb. 28
Face coverings still
recommended indoors,
required on public
transportation
Read more at MichiganDaily.com
KRISTINA ZHENG,
GEORGE WEYKAMP &
KAITLYN LUCKOFF
Managing News Editor,
Daily News Editors