2007-02-28
8:30am Spring Break Breakfast - Food: Breakfast
Location: Assembly Hall, 4th Floor, Rackham Building
Wednesday, February 28
Spring Break Breakfast
8:30 am - 11:00 am
Assembly Hall, 4th Floor, Rackham Building
Take a moment from your studying to enjoy a relaxing breakfast with your friends. We will be offering a variety of foods to help keep you going.
Breakfast is free and open to all graduate and professional school students, but please register online at:
http://www.rackham.umich.edu/Events/wssel.php
to help us order enough food and beverages.
If you have any questions, please contact nplosky@umich.edu or 647-2640
Spring Break Breakfast
8:30 am - 11:00 am
Assembly Hall, 4th Floor, Rackham Building
Take a moment from your studying to enjoy a relaxing breakfast with your friends. We will be offering a variety of foods to help keep you going.
Breakfast is free and open to all graduate and professional school students, but please register online at:
http://www.rackham.umich.edu/Events/wssel.php
to help us order enough food and beverages.
If you have any questions, please contact nplosky@umich.edu or 647-2640
2007-02-24
12:00pm MLK Luncheon - Food: Lunch
Location: Johnson Rooms - 3rd Floor, Robert H. Lurie Engineering Center
Lunch and discussion
2007-02-23
4:00pm NERS talk - Food: Refreshments
Location: White Auditorium (G906) Cooley
Feb 23 - NERS Weekly Colloquium
Refreshments available 15 minutes before the start
White Auditorium (G906) Cooley
Fri, Feb 23, 2007 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Refreshments available 15 minutes before the start
White Auditorium (G906) Cooley
Fri, Feb 23, 2007 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
2007-02-22
12:00pm GEECS Luncheon (for women students in EECS) - Food: Indian food (likely)
Location: 2246 EECS
Sponsor: GEECS
Date: 12:00pm-1:30pm on Thursday, Feb 22nd
Location: 2246 EECS
As with earlier GEECS luncheons, the idea is for women students
to stop by at various times in Room 2246 EECS for as little or
as long a time as they wish for some food and conversation
with other women.
Tentatively: Indian food from Shalimar.
Date: 12:00pm-1:30pm on Thursday, Feb 22nd
Location: 2246 EECS
As with earlier GEECS luncheons, the idea is for women students
to stop by at various times in Room 2246 EECS for as little or
as long a time as they wish for some food and conversation
with other women.
Tentatively: Indian food from Shalimar.
4:00pm Scissors Congruence (Math Club) - Food: Pizza
Location: Nesbitt Room
Scissors Congruence (Math Club talk)
11:30am The Cost of Undervaluing and Underpaying Women's Work - Food: Not specified, but likely (seeing that the B-school is co-sponsoring)
Location: Michigan Union, Pond room
Presentation: Why Should Low-Wage Work Bother Me?: The Cost of Undervaluing and Underpaying Women's Work
Center for the Education of Women (CEW) 2007 Twink Frey Visiting Social Activist
When millions of workers earn too little to support their families, they are cut off from the American dream. With lesser incomes, they consume less, which threatens economic growth. Ladky will present her findings on the serious negative consequences of low-wage work for our families, communities and the country's economic health.
Speaker/Performer: Anne Ladky
Date: February 22, 2007, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Cost: Free
Location: Michigan Union, Pond room, first floor (more info)
Sponsored by: CEW, the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, and the Women’s Initiative, Ross School of Business.
Center for the Education of Women (CEW) 2007 Twink Frey Visiting Social Activist
When millions of workers earn too little to support their families, they are cut off from the American dream. With lesser incomes, they consume less, which threatens economic growth. Ladky will present her findings on the serious negative consequences of low-wage work for our families, communities and the country's economic health.
Speaker/Performer: Anne Ladky
Date: February 22, 2007, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
Cost: Free
Location: Michigan Union, Pond room, first floor (more info)
Sponsored by: CEW, the Institute for Research on Women and Gender, the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, and the Women’s Initiative, Ross School of Business.
2007-02-21
6:00pm Reception of Photovoice exhibition - Food: Reception food
Location: UM International Institute Gallery, School of Social Work Bldg
"Closing Reception of Photovoice on
Wednesday, Feb.21, at 6pm."
Please help spread the word.
Event: Photovoice Reception
"youth perspective of the south asian earthquake"
Host: shenaaz janmohamed
When: Wednesday, February 21 at 6:00pm
Where: UM International Institute Gallery, School of Social Work Bldg
Wednesday, Feb.21, at 6pm."
Please help spread the word.
Event: Photovoice Reception
"youth perspective of the south asian earthquake"
Host: shenaaz janmohamed
When: Wednesday, February 21 at 6:00pm
Where: UM International Institute Gallery, School of Social Work Bldg
12:00pm MLK day event - Food: Lunch
Location: Johnson Rooms Lurie Engineering Center
9th Annual MLK Winter Luncheon & Discussion Series
Description: Solidarity and Coalition Building: Engineers in Public Policy As decision makers are confronted with increasingly complex scientific and technical issues, engineers must provide rigorous analysis and expertise to support them. How do we empower engineers to conduct research that can address issues of national and international importance? What responsibilities are germane to those who position themselves to influence policy? How can we as a community increase our visibility and viability?
Location: Johnson Rooms Lurie Engineering Center
Date: Wed, Feb 21, 2007 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Sponsor: CoE and Tau Beta Pi
Contact: Debbie Taylor dpoet@umich.edu 734-647-7014
Description: Solidarity and Coalition Building: Engineers in Public Policy As decision makers are confronted with increasingly complex scientific and technical issues, engineers must provide rigorous analysis and expertise to support them. How do we empower engineers to conduct research that can address issues of national and international importance? What responsibilities are germane to those who position themselves to influence policy? How can we as a community increase our visibility and viability?
Location: Johnson Rooms Lurie Engineering Center
Date: Wed, Feb 21, 2007 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
Sponsor: CoE and Tau Beta Pi
Contact: Debbie Taylor dpoet@umich.edu 734-647-7014
4:00pm Social and Cultural Issues in the Lives of Black Men - Food: Dinner
Location: 3048 East Hall
Social and Cultural Issues in the Lives of Black Men
Wednesday, 2/21/2007, 3048 East Hall
4:00 - 6:00, 3048 East Hall
Please join us for a CASD Workshop in Social Work and Sociology with AL YOUNG, JR., Associate Professor of Sociology, and SEAN JOE, Assistant Professor of Social Work.
Please also join us for an informal dinner discussion during the second hour of the event.
Dinner will be provided by CASD thanks to generous support for the Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies and the School of Social Work.
4:00pm Ships and Science - Food: Reception food
Location: Johson Rooms Lurie Engineering Center
Dr. Larrie D. Ferreiro, Prof. of Systems Engineering, Defense Acquisition University
“Ships and Science: Naval Architecture from the Age of Sail to the Industrial Age”
Wednesday, February 21, 4:00 pm, Johson Rooms Lurie Engineering Center
Reception to follow
Please RSVP to Kay Drake
“Ships and Science: Naval Architecture from the Age of Sail to the Industrial Age”
Wednesday, February 21, 4:00 pm, Johson Rooms Lurie Engineering Center
Reception to follow
Please RSVP to Kay Drake