Regents Roundup, February 2023

The Feb. 16 Board of Regents meeting included the approval of personnel actions, including the reappointment of Chancellor Domenico Grasso, and the most recent gift report.

Chancellor Grasso provided the following updates at the public meeting:

·  Shared condolences and support for the MSU community and new about the campus vigil held last week.

·  Provide an overview of this year’s State of the University address.  

·  Mentioned UM-Dearborn’s strong faculty showing in a Stanford University citation database.

·  Acknowledged the university’s strong Fulbright engagement.

The Regents approved the following personnel actions:

 Reappointments of regular instructional staff and selected academic and administrative staff

Domenico Grasso, chancellor, effective July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2028 (also professor of sustainable engineering, with tenure, CECS, and professor of public policy and administration, with tenure, CASL). 

Tracy A. Vogt, as university registrar, effective February 13, 2023.

Armen Zakarian, vice provost for research, Office of the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, effective January 1, 2023 through September 1, 2023 (also chair, Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, and professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, with tenure, College of Engineering and Computer Science).

New appointments of instructional staff represented by the Lecturers' Employee Organization

Dale J. Igram, Ph.D., Lecturer I, Physical Sciences, CASL, January 1 through April 30, 2023. 

Adoption of Retirement Memoir

Michael Lachance, Ph.D., professor of mathematics, CASL, retired from active faculty status on December 31, 2022 following 43 years of service to the university.

University gifts of $10,000 or more

November

Chancellor Domenico Grasso
$17,409 in support of the BJEC Pay it Forward Endowed Scholarship
$12,503 in support of the UM-Dearborn Engineering Lab Building Renovation Fund
$200 in support of UM-Dearborn Student Food Pantry

Denise M. Cheresko and Keith A. Cheresko
$6,000 in support of the UM-Dearborn Mathematics Support Fund
$4,000 in support of the UM-Dearborn CASL Student "Get to Graduation" Fund

Ford Motor Company Fund
$10,000 in support of the UM-Dearborn First Generation Program
$5,000 in support of the UM-Dearborn Student Food Pantry
$5,000 in support of the UM-Dearborn Society of Women Engineers

December

Eric M. Nemeth and Paula M. Nemeth
Eric and Paula Giving Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
$10,000 in support of the UM-Dearborn CASL Natural Sciences Support Fund
$10,000 in support of the David and Sharon Spaight CASL Faculty Research Fund
$10,000 in support of the UM-Dearborn CASL Student "Get to Graduation" Fund

James P. Hackett
$20,000 in support of the James and Kathy Hackett Fund 

Richard M. Haddrill
The Richard M. Haddrill Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
$20,000 in support of the Richard M. Haddrill Scholarship Fund

Mary Ellen Heyde and Gordon E. Parrington
$10,000 in support of the Heyde / Parrington Scholarship Fund

John T. McRae II
$50,181 in support of the UM-Dearborn Engineering Lab Building Renovation Fund
$50,181 in support of the McRae Family Scholarship Fund

Richard O. Schaum
$10,000 in support of the Richard O. Schaum Scholarship Fund 

Carl W. Warschausky and Laurie B. McCollum
$20,000 in support of the Sidney Warschausky Fund for Literature, Philosophy, and Arts Students

January

Ford Motor Company
$9,100 in support of the UM-Dearborn Formula SAE Electric Team
$9,000 in support of the UM-Dearborn Intelligent Systems Club
$5,200 in support of the UM-Dearborn Michigan Aeronautical Science Association (MASA)

Nancy D. Richter and Joseph J. Conway
R. Gene and Nancy D. Richter Foundation
$20,000 in support of the Nancy D. Richter Scholarship for Nontraditional Business Students 

Mick L. Surmanian and Vana Surmanian
Surmanian Family Fund of the Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund
$100,000 in support of the UM-Dearborn College of Business Dean's Discretionary Endowed Scholarship

View the entire Board of Regents’ meeting agenda.