Dear Colleagues:
I hope you had a wonderful (and much needed) holiday break. As we start the new year, the College leadership team would like to thank all of you for your extraordinary efforts to continue our mission during the COVID19 pandemic. We have heard from many of you about how the pandemic has impacted Continue Reading »
The College of Engineering’s weekly update aims to provide transparent and frequent information about how the College is operating, adapting and caring for its community. Updated information can always be found at the College’s COVID website. Questions and feedback can be submitted here.
The semester is in full swing, with midterms right around Continue Reading »
Team Michigan Engineering –
As I’m sure you are aware at this point, the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO), the union representing graduate student instructors and graduate student staff assistants, voted to proceed with a 4-day work stoppage starting Sept 8, and voted Wednesday night to reject a deal from administrators in a general membership meeting. Continue Reading »
This week, we begin to welcome many of our students back to campus. It should be a time of eager anticipation for some, and a welcome return home for others.
But this year has a distinctly different tone.
One of trepidation, or even anger at the state of affairs… Feeling angry for our students, who Continue Reading »
Team Michigan Engineering:
Can you believe it’s mid-July already? The flowers are in full bloom here in Ann Arbor, the skies are bright and sunny (usually), and the air is warm. By all accounts, things are simply delightful. But I know that’s not the case for all of us (if not, most of us).
The last Continue Reading »
The College of Engineering’s weekly update aims to provide transparent and frequent information about how the College is operating, adapting and caring for its community. Updated information can always be found at the College’s COVID website. Questions and feedback can be submitted here.
——–
TOWN HALL FOR FACULTY & STAFF ANNOUNCED
Dean Alec Continue Reading »
Colleagues:
As you heard from President Mark S. Schlissel and Dean Alec D. Gallimore last week, the University will have a public health-informed in-residence semester this fall.
This will mean the resumption of instruction and associated activities on campus in August – but of course it will look very different than it did before we left Continue Reading »
Team Michigan Engineering:
Depending on how you are counting, it has been approximately 100 days since we all left campus en masse to continue our work from home. Since then, much has changed about our daily routines to ensure we could flatten the curve of COVID-19 here in Michigan.
I am now pleased to join Continue Reading »
Team Michigan Engineering:
Last week, we joined the University in safely re-engaging research and scholarship in accordance with state regulations within the College of Engineering. This effort involved a complicated organization of personnel, training, COVID-19 safety procedures, and new guidelines for entering buildings.
As a pilot, there was plenty of room for confusion and mistakes. Continue Reading »
May is mental health awareness month. During these times, it’s even more crucial for us to actively check-in on our emotional wellbeing and utilize tools to manage the stressors and challenges we are facing. Today we’re writing to let you know about a new online mental health tool that is now available for the well-being Continue Reading »