The May 18 Board of Regents meeting took place on UM-Dearborn’s campus. In recognition of the location, UM-Dearborn Professor of Marketing Aaron Ahuvia gave the faculty research presentation, speaking about brand love.
Chancellor Domenico Grasso provided the following university updates:
- Provided an update from spring commencement
- Shared news of Dearborn student Rackham predoctoral fellowships
- Recognized men’s ice hockey forward Brendan West, a COB senior, for representing UM-Dearborn on Team USA at the World Cup of University Hockey.
Approval of promotion and tenure appointments
College of Arts, Sciences, and Letters
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Matthew P. Heinicke to professor of biology, with tenure
- Sally F. Howell to professor of history, with tenure
- Zhong Xu Liu to associate professor of psychology, with tenure
- Anna Muller to professor of history, with tenure
- Caleb J. Siefert to professor of psychology, with tenure
- Adityavikram Viswanathan to associate professor of mathematics, with tenure
- Zhi Zhang to associate professor of biological sciences, with tenure
College of Business
- Zhixin Liu to professor of decision sciences, with tenure
College of Education, Health, and Human Services
- Anda Botoseneanu to professor of health policy studies, with tenure, and research associate professor, Institute of Gerontology, Medical School, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
- Danielle L. DeFauw to professor of education, with tenure
College of Engineering and Computer Science
- Mohamed Abouelenien to associate professor of computer and information science, with tenure
- Anys Bacha to associate professor of computer and information science, with tenure
- Armagan Bayram to associate professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, with tenure
- Abdallah Chehade to associate professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, with tenure
- Zhen Hu to associate professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, with tenure
- Youngki Kim to associate professor of mechanical engineering, with tenure
- DeLean Tolbert Smith to associate professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, with tenure
- Wencong Su to professor of electrical and computer engineering, with tenure
- Feng Zhou to associate professor of industrial and manufacturing systems engineering, with tenure
Adoption of Retirement Memoirs
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Bruce Pietrykowski, professor of economics, CASL
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Suzanne Bergeron, Helen Mataya Graves Collegiate Professor of Women’s Studies and professor of social sciences, CASL
- Frank W. Wayman, professor of political science, CASL
University gifts of $10,000 or more
March
Altair Engineering, $25,000 in support of the Altair Engineering Scholarship Fund
Anonymous Donor, $150,000 in support of the Donald Thomas Lico Endowed Scholarship Fund
Help Yourself Win Foundation, $15,000 in support of the Help Yourself Academy Fund
Henry Ford Health System, $12,000 in support of the UM-Dearborn Athletics Annual Fund
OMRON Foundation, Inc., $100,000 in support of the UM-Dearborn Engineering Lab Building Renovation Fund
April
Ford Motor Company Fund, $10,000 in support of the Alan Mulally Leadership in Engineering Scholarship
View the Board of Regents’ meeting agenda.
