Get details from the October U-M Board of Regents meeting, including personnel appointments, Citizens Advisory Committee addition and new major gift.
New appointments and gifts approved and recognized at the U-M Board of Regents October meeting.
Chancellor Domenico Grasso provided the following university updates:
- Expressed excitement for President Ono’s Vision 2034 campus forum visit on October 26
- Shared news of the Higher Learning Commission 10-year reaccreditation visit next month
- Announced a recent $3.53 million grant from Department of Defense, US Army/Ground Vehicle Systems Center, awarded to a team of multidisciplinary CECS faculty. The team, led by Paul K. Trojan Collegiate Professor of Engineering, Pravansu Mohanty, will assist the U.S. Army's Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle digital design and sustainment efforts by developing a Cloud-based IoT (Internet-of-Things) Platform to enable digital part design, manufacturing and testing
- Reported the College of Engineering and Computer Science has the second highest graduate enrollment among all universities in Michigan, second only to Ann Arbor
- Shared news of our FTIAC four-year graduation rate increasing by nearly 5% over last year. The 5-year graduation rate increased 3%; transfer graduation rates also increased more than 4% over last year
The following personnel appoints were approved:
New appointment of regular instructional staff
Van Hai Bui,, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, CECS, August 28, 2023 – April 30, 2026
Ang Li, M.S., Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Science, CECS, August 28, 2023 – April 30, 2026
Caymen M. Novak, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, CECS, August 28, 2023 – April 30, 2026
Joint or additional appointments or transfers of regular associate or full professors and selected academic and administrative staff
Charu Chandra, William E. Stirton Professor, COB, effective September 1, 2023 through August 31, 2028 (also professor of operations management, with tenure).
New appointments of instructional staff represented by the Lecturers’ Employee Organization
Cescily M. Barnes , Lecturer I, Health and Human Service, CEHHS, August 28 – December 31, 2023
Ashley A. DaDalt, Ph.D., Lecturer III, Biological Sciences, Department of Natural Sciences, CASL, August 28, 2023 – April 30, 2026
Tobin R. Dykstra, Ph.D., Lecturer III, Psychology, CASL, August 28, 2023 – April 30, 2026
Katherine D. Garland, Ph.D., Lecturer I, Health and Human Services, CEHHS, August 28 – December 31, 2023
Mandeta Gjata, Ph.D., Lecturer I, Language, Culture, and the Arts, CASL, August 28 – December 31, 2023
Saleela Hollingsworth, Ph.D., Lecturer I, Physical Sciences, Department of Natural Sciences, CASL, August 28 – December 31, 2023
Dorina Hoxhaj, M.S., Lecturer I, Mathematics and Statistics, CASL, August 28 – December 31, 2023
Michael K. Keogh, Ph.D., Lecturer I, Mathematics and Statistics, CASL, August 28 – December 31, 2023
Susan Kirwan, Ph.D., Lecturer I, Anthropology, Department of Behavioral Sciences, CASL, August 28 – December 31, 2023
Zeinab Lecanu, B.A., Lecturer I, Language, Culture, and the Arts, CASL, August 28 – December 31, 2023
Steven T. Morrow, Ph.D., Lecturer I, Mathematics and Statistics, CASL, August 28 – December 31, 2023
Lillian Ryall, M.S., Lecturer I, Mathematics and Statistics, CASL, August 28 – December 31, 2023
Timothee Valentin, Ph.D., Lecturer I, Language, Culture, and the Arts, CASL, August 28, 2023 – December 31, 2024
Pauline H. Vinson, Ph.D., Lecturer I, Language, Culture, and the Arts, CASL, August 28 – December 31, 2023
Colleen A. Wilson-Rood, Ph.D., Lecturer I, Anthropology, Department of Behavioral
Sciences, CASL, August 28 – December 31,
Committee Appointments
Citizens Advisory Committee
Donna Inch, retroactive appointment, four-year term, October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2027
Gifts of $10,000 or more.
Israelite House of David - $48,000 in support of the CASL Digital Arts Lab Fund
View the Board of Regents’ meeting agenda.
