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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.

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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 

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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

