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.”

UMMA ‘Feel Good Friday’ brings civic engagement, 
empathy listening to students

NEWS

Art museum’s monthly event offers opportunities to vote, engaging conversations

JOEY LIN
Daily Staff Reporter 

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Protestors from One University support fellow public commenters at President Santa J. Ono’s 
first Board of Regents meeting Thursday afternoon.

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Freshman T
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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