Month: June 2010

06/23/10

Faculty Awards

Congratulations to:
 
Jonathan Jarosz, Interim Director, University Outreach, who recently received a grant from the Six Rivers Regional Land conservancy for the following project: South Branch Flint River social Monitoring Study – $20,000
 
Brian Blume, Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior/Human Resources, School of Management, who recently received a grant from Indiana University for the following project:
Career Attainment and Satisfaction of High Potentional Graduates: A Longitudinal Study of Business Honors Students – $19, 884

06/2/10

Meeting of Minds THANK YOU’s

Last month, the University of Michigan-Flint hosted the 18th annual Meeting of Minds Undergraduate Research Conference, an effort jointly sponsored by the Flint and Dearborn campuses of the University of Michigan and Oakland University. Over 300 people – including student presenters, faculty, volunteers, and guests gathered on campus throughout the day to celebrate the research and creative efforts made by our students. We had an amazing day!

The Office of Research would like to extend our special thanks to the following individuals and departments for helping us make the event a tremendous success:

Departments
Gina Rose, Carol Wedel, Jessica Rawlings, and the Event Building Services staff
Stacy Lee and the Registrar’s staff
Chalmers Sanders, Kathy Howe, and the Public Safety staff
Melissa Storch and the Mediated Classroom Services staff
University Catering Services
Doron Pratt and the Bridges to Success staff
The Genesee Early College
Brian DiBlassio and the UM-Flint Jazz Ensemble

Event speakers
Dr. Ruth Person
Dr. Vahid Lotfi
Dr. Terry Van Allen
Carmin Burrell, doctoral student

Volunteers
Kenneth Litwin
Sandy Alberto
Heather Dawson
Quamrul Mazumder
Olanrewaju Aluko
Ryan Thomas
Amalie Helms
Roy Barnes
Bonnie Heckard
Sheril Howse
Peggy Roddy
Dana Dyson
Julie Broadbent
Tom Wrobel
Jennifer Hogan
Lola Carter
Sue Koehler
Marilyn Harvey
Megan Lloyd
Renea Rishmawi
Susanna Tippett
Gedaerah Morgan
Mary Bickes
John Collins
Andrea Yinger
Jeanette Routhier
Herb Bursch
Lona Wood
JiSoo Lee
Michael Lengyel
Darryl Howard-Coolin

We are looking forward to another spectacular Meeting of Minds event next year, when Oakland University will be the host.

Thanks for supporting MOM and undergraduate research at UM-Flint!