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… Something Dancy,” is available on Amazon. Follow Dee on Twitter @deesimon666 and Instagram @mrdeesimon. ARTIST PROFILE IN COURTESY OF DEE SIMON Dee Simon went from University student to podcast veteran…

…- Arab from outside Haifa, who, as an 18-year-old, followed his two brothers to Ann Arbor to open this shop, even though none of them had any formal training. His two brothers have since married and…

… base. Israeli- Arabs and Palestinians make up just one part of the local Arab community, many of whom are from Lebanon, Syria and Iraq. But Usman told me that Arabs actually are a minority of his…

… through Q4. These questions have been the focus of current debate because they are constant in surveys across campus. Q1 asks students to rate “Overall, this was an excellent course.” Q2 is “Overall…

…, the instructor was an excellent teacher.” Q3 asks students to evaluate the statement, “I learned a great deal from this course.” Q4 asks, “I had a strong desire to take this course.” Typically…

…,300 other questions — some are broad while others are dedicated to specific courses. Student governments and various departments and schools have sent in requests to include questions in the…

… catalogue over the years. The questions date back to 1996, and are sorted into different categories, such as “student development” or “instructor effectiveness,” according to the Office of the…

… it easy to draw comparisons. “Using the other questions may help you design your course better, but it’s not going to tell you very much about student satisfaction overall with your course…

… involved in the current redesign process, the focus isn’t only on the questions themselves, but on the climate the evaluations foster. Central Student Government president Cooper Charlton, an LSA…

… important part of each class … (and) make sure that it’s a shared enterprise to teach a class,” Weineck said. In particular, she cited questions about a student’s responsibility in the classroom…

…. Other universities, such as the University of Washington, use student-centric questions in their evaluations to assess how much effort a student put into the class and his or her interest in the…

… currently organizing a group of students at the University of Michigan who either have stuttered, do stutter, or want to learn more about stuttering. Both of us are stutterers and similar identity. 3A…

…, providing students with hands-on experi- ence in the profession. The pro- gram aims to develop new leaders who will stay on and contribute to the health care in Ethiopia. Fisseha said the gradu- ates…

… design and creation of projects intend- ed to contribute in other ways. Engineering graduate student Ibrahim Mohedas has been at the forefront of one of these projects. Mohedas has been to Ethiopia…

… world’s population is but so few medical devices work.” The program also focuses on data collection in the country. Public Health student Belen Michael spent the last summer in Ethiopia engaged…

… in data analysis. While there, Michael and fellow students were able to interview and discuss issues of fertility and repro- duction with men and women in Ethiopian clinics. The data research is…

…,” Gilad said. “The Arab Spring that started four years ago created the most geopoliti- cally challenging situation which we are facing as a state since our establishment 60 to 70 years ago.” Gilad said…

… block in Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan and the Arab Gulf; as well as the Hamas and the Islamic State, also known as ISIS. “You see how these new geo- political maps of the Middle East is being…

… Student Union launched the Being Black at the University of Michigan campaign — using the hashtag #BBUM on Twitter — to draw attention to the experienc- es of Black students on campus. The student…

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… the early precursors to the recent protests that are occurring across the nation. As a University alum, I fully understood what led the students in 2013 to speak up and express themselves through…

… occurred on campus, and held a Freeze Out on the Diag to address these issues. When the leadership of the Black Student Union came to me as their faculty adviser to strategize ways to express how they…

… originating from both faculty and other students who would assume my presence was due to affirmative action. I had actually won a prestigious scholarship from the Detroit Institute of Arts to study the…

… history of art. Constant remarks about being “well- spoken for someone from Detroit” led me to seek solace within the Black Student Union and to find safe spaces on campus which would affirm and…

… memories, I listened as the students described utilizing the traditional methods of mobilization, including wearing black as a sign of solidarity, attending the Freeze Out: Follow Up Forum to speak…

… out for social justice and papering the posting wall with statements about their experiences. Then it happened. One of the students contacted me and alerted me to sign on to Twitter and follow…

…. The use of social media as the method of communication within this brilliant campaign expanded the range of the participants. The tweets began with current students, then faculty, staff and even…

… considered our home. The academic in me started analyzing the tweets: some were angry, some staunch in their support of the students, while others stood firmly decrying any difference between treatment…

… between and among races. Others sent messages of support and solidarity. The numbers grew until even the students who began the campaign were astonished at the ongoing wave of responses. One thing…