Fresh look: Clinical faculty offer a new spin on learning
The "real world" of employment that graduating students encounter often requires insights that classes and textbooks may not offer. Clinical faculty - non-tenured professionals who teach the practical applications of their fields - have the potential to equip students with knowledge to ease the transition from the academic to the professional world. Increasing the number of clinical faculty - which currently exist in areas like medicine, pharmacy and law - is important to broaden the University's academic offerings.
Need a ride? Hug-a-Bus is a valuable community service
At first, the name "Hug-A-Bus" might sound like a club for public-transportation-loving folks, perhaps cousins of the "hug-a-tree" nature lovers. Don't be fooled: Hug-A-Bus is actually an innovative, supportive, community-friendly organization that will have a positive impact on the lives of low-income individuals with HIV. It provides free transportation for Washtenaw County residents with HIV, offering assitance to and from doctor's appointments, errands, or even visiting friends.
Extensions may help improve 'U''s climate of diversity
Only 40 years ago, the University, like most American institutions of higher education, was a very white place. "Diversity" was just a word buried in the dictionary; i
s not on the forefront of administrators' lips.
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