The University of Michigan Board
of Regents met at the Riverfront
Conference Center on the University
of
Michigan-Flint
campus
for
their October meeting Thursday
afternoon. The meeting marked
University President Santa Ono’s
first Regents’ meeting in the role.
The Board discussed the creation of
a new central ethics, integrity and
compliance office, the proposed
transformation of the Flint campus
and a new building for the College of
Pharmacy.
Ono addressed the Board and
attendees as the meeting began.
He said he is looking forward to
fostering an open dialogue with
the campus community in his first
few months as president. He also
announced his intent to formalize
an independent ethics, integrity
and compliance office. Though the
University has an Ethics, Integrity
and Compliance department, it
currently
convenes
under
the
General Counsel. Ono’s proposition
will make Ethics, Integrity and
Compliance an independent office
that oversees compliance issues and
misconduct reports for all three
campuses and Michigan Medicine.
Paul Brown (D), chair of the Board
of Regents, then commented on the
Flint Transformation Plan, which
was announced at the September
meeting. The plan proposes a large
investment in Flint’s campus in order
to bolster enrollment and improve
Flint’s campus.
“(Flint) wants (the transformation
plan) to be successful, but no one
wants this to be successful more
than the Board of Regents,” Brown
said.
Timothy
Brooks,
U-M
Flint
Student Government president, also
addressed the board, expressing
his support for the transformation
plan while urging the Board to use
new funding to support community
involvement on campus.
“(Flint
student
government)
wants to increase our campus
outreach to the community to allow
(Flint) residents to understand that
college can be a viable and affordable
path to improve their lives, an effort
that we need your help in continuing
by placing greater priority on
community involvement within (the
Flint transformation plan),” Brooks
said.
Prior to the meeting, a few dozen
community members and supporters
of the One University campaign (1U)
— a student and faculty coalition
advocating for tri-campus equity
— rallied at the nearby McKinnon
Plaza.
Their
primary
concern
was about the Huron Group, a
management consulting firm hired
by the University to provide data
analysis for the Flint transformation
plan.
Jacquindre Brown, junior at U-M
Flint, spoke at the rally, expressing
support for 1U’s efforts to advocate
for equitable distribution of funds
across all departments, including
STEM, arts and humanities.
“The most important goal for
me is to advocate for the benefit
of students, and if we decide to
specialize … that would only do the
opposite,” Brown said. “Because
the private company that was hired
to deal with said specialization,
the Huron Group, is known to put
major cuts in departments (at other
universities) … we have concerns that
the same will happen here.”
Terae King, senior at U-M Flint,
said the disparity in funding between
the Ann Arbor campus and the other
two campuses is apparent. In 2019,
The Detroit Free Press reported
that U-M Dearborn and U-M Flint
students received about a quarter of
the funding that students at the Ann
Arbor campus received that same
year. He told the crowd he wants
the University to continue working
towards equity across all three
campuses, after 1U successfully
advocated for an expanded Go Blue
Guarantee and a University-wide $15
minimum wage.
“Here at UofM-Flint we are
critical thinkers, determined, and
world changers and that is cultivated
in the College of Arts and Sciences,”
King said. “Let’s reimagine UofM
as a university that equips their
students to become leaders in our
society. … As we begin to reimagine
our campus, let’s make sure that our
University remains comprehensive.”
The Board then examined the
proposed design for a new building
for the College of Pharmacy on the
Ann Arbor campus. The building
design was proposed in 2020, but
plans were put on pause during the
COVID-19 pandemic. The building
would be housed on Central Campus,
on the corner of East Huron Street
and Glen Avenue.
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PHOTO OF THE WEEK
Last Friday, the University of
Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)
hosted its monthly Feel Good Friday
event curated by Philippa Hughes, a
social sculptor and creative strategist
based in Washington, D.C.
Centered around the upcoming
midterm elections, the event is open
to the public and features artists,
musicians
and
local
politicians.
Unlike a traditional art exhibit, Feel
Good Friday encourages participants
to interact with the art and engage in
conversations with local politicians
and social workers, all the while
swinging to the music on the main
stage.
The October Feel Good Friday
featured five distinct galleries and a
rotation of musicians supplying music
throughout the night. The event also
highlighted UMMA’s pop-up ballot
office, which opened on Sept. 27
and allows members of the campus
community to submit their votes.
LSA sophomore Andrea Pellot,
an UMMA staff member, said the
October Feel Good Friday was
created as part of the museum’s five-
year strategic plan, which highlights
civic engagement.
“We’re working with visiting
artist Philippa Hughes for the Vote
2022 project,” Pellot said. “I think
this is an environment where people
can engage really closely with each
other and learn more about each
other and the world around us.”
Hughes explained that the event
was
about
facilitating
audience
interaction with art and other
participants, as well as learning about
local issues while still having fun.
“All the experiences are geared
around human connection through
dialogue,
through
meaningful
questions, meaningful experiences,
and not just the usual stand-back-
and-look,” Hughes said. “(Those
at the exhibit can) also learn about
issues on the ballot in a fun way.”
Hughes, who has been organizing
events to facilitate social interactions
for many years, said she aims to
create experiences where people of
different opinions can have a civil
conversation.
“People will literally say ‘I’m not
going to sit down with that person’ or
‘I’m not going to talk to that person,’
so I want to create experiences where
you can actually come together and
have a real human and authentic
conversation,” Hughes said.
Hughes said she took inspiration
from an experience when she invited
someone who had differing political
opinions to lunch and discovered that
they connected really well.
“Literally from the very first
moment, we found a lot of connection
with each other and we sat together
for almost three hours, just talking,”
Hughes said. “Once we had the
conversation, it was amazing, but
it’s getting to the conversation that’s
so hard. So it’s just if I can get them
there, I know it works.”
Hughes’ experience mirrors the
events that took place on Friday as
well. Christopher Ankney, director
of marketing and public relations
at UMMA, explained that local
politicians attended the event in
order to listen to the voices of their
constituents, and participants were
encouraged to engage with them,
regardless of their beliefs.
“You can sit in that chair, there are
cards that offer you talking prompts,”
Ankney said. “Or if you have
something you want to talk about,
you can just talk about it with them,
and they are not allowed to talk back
to you. They will sit there and listen to
whatever you want to say.”
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arris Reed, Jr. greets the crowd as his name is announced during team introductions at Michigan Madness. The men’s and women’s basketball teams were featured at the event
Friday night at the Crisler Center.
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