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Wolverine Caucus 2008 Programs
To register for Wolverine Caucus events, visit http://www.umich.edu/~govrel/caucus.html
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Wednesday, September 23, 2008, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., “The Candidates, the Issues, the Voters”. Featuring Professor Michael Traugott – back by popular demand! Mutual Building, Michigan Municipal League, 208 North Capitol Avenue, First Floor.
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Wednesday, April 22, 2008, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., “Tobacco control in Michigan: Up in smoke?” This forum will highlight the School of Public Health’s work and the Depression Center. We will be working with Jen Martin and SPH faculty. Mutual Building, Michigan Municipal League, 208 North Capitol Avenue, First Floor.
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Tuesday, May 6, 5 – 7 p.m., Michigan Alumni Reception in Lansing. Radisson Hotel, 111 N. Grand Avenue, Lansing, featuring U-M President Mary Sue Coleman and AAUM President Steve Grafton, with other campus leaders, legislators from across the state and interested alumni. Sign up to be a Legislative Advocate to receive an invitation.
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Wednesday, March 19, 2008, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., “Online Campaigning: Reaching Voters in Today’s Elections”. U-M Ford School and the Political Science Department are being contacted for background. Representative Andy Coulouris will be our speaker while Craig Ruff moderates. Whether it is through blogs, Facebook on the Internet, targeted mailings or the media, it certainly is a new day as people find many new ways to learn about voting. Farnum Building, Room 810.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2008, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m., “This is not your Dad’s Engineering School: Science and Technology Driving Michigan’s Economy”. This forum, with the U-M College of Engineering, will focus on technologies that will help ‘save’ our environment, maintain our solvency in Michgian, and how U-M is training technical minds for the future. Boji Tower, 22nd Floor, 124 West Allegan Street.
- Tuesday, January 29, 2008: Wolverines in Hollywood
- Tuesday, September 25, 2007,11 a.m. - 1 p.m., "Prop. 2 and the U-M: A Status Check," with Lester Monts, senior vice provost and sSenior counselor to the president, Mackinac Room, Andereson House Office Building; register at http://www.umich.edu/~govrel/caucus.html
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May 31, 2007: Michigan Alumni Reception at Seabiscuit Café, Main Street, Mackinaw Island with U-M President Mary Sue Coleman, AAUM President and CEO, Steve Grafton, U-M VP for Government Relations, Cynthia Wilbanks, and alumni participants in the 2007 Detroit Regional Chamber Mackinac Policy Conference.
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May 1, 2007 Michigan Alumni Reception in Lansing (MARL), a reception in support
of higher education and U-M with legislators, campus leaders, alumni and friends
and special guests, President Mary Sue Coleman, AAUM Chairman of the Board,
Joe Schwarz, and Head Football Coach Lloyd Carr. Get details
- Tuesday, April 24, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Room 810, Billie
S. Farnum Building
"International Trade with a Focus on China," featuring Professor of
Economics Albert Park
- Wednesday, March 21, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., Room
810, Billie S. Farnum Building
"Life Sciences' Role in Economic Diversity"
- Wednesday, February 21, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Room 810, Billie
S. Farnum Building
“Health Care Insurance Reform—Can We Afford It?” a potential
solution to the health care financing crisis that threatens the health and
economic well-being of all Michigan citizens. The U-M Center for Value-Based
Insurance Design engages in the design, evaluation and promotion of health
insurance products that achieve improvements in health outcomes while containing
costs.
- Jan. 24, 2007, 11:30am - 1 p.m.
"Communities, Companies and Jobs – the UM Role: Boosting Michigan's
Economic Recovery" with Larry Molnar, director, and Marian Krzyzowski, senior
researcher, UM Business and Industrial Assistance Division.
- September 26, 2006, 11:30am – 1 p.m.
"Elections 2006: Does the Majority Rule?" with a panel led by popular and
internationally known Michael Traugott who is a professor of Communication
Studies at the Center for Political Studies and a research professor at the
Institute for Social Research. Farnum Building, Room 810, 123 W. Allegan St.,
Lansing. Free. RSVPs are required to Stacy Williams at stacywill@umich.edu
or 517.372.7801.
- Wednesday, September 13, 5–7:30 p.m.
U-M Diversity Exhibit opening. Alumni are welcome to the grand opening reception
of the U-M Diversity Exhibit. Lansing City Hall, first floor, 124 W. Michigan
Ave., Lansing. RSVP to Stacy Williams at the UM Lansing Service Center, at
stacywill@umich.edu or 517.372.7801.
- Tuesday, September 12 – Wednesday, October 11
8 a.m. – 6 p.m. Monday–Friday.
U-M Diversity Exhibit. Alumni are welcome to visit the U-M Diversity Exhibit.
Lansing City Hall Lobby, 124 W. Michigan Ave., Lansing. Free.
- June 7, 5 – 7 p.m.
Michigan Alumni Reception in The Lansing Center, 333 E. Michigan Avenue, Lansing,
featuring U-M President Mary Sue Coleman and AAUM President Steve Grafton,
with other campus leaders, legislators from across the state and interested
alumni. Sign up to be a Legislative Advocate to receive an invitation in May.
- April 5, 11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. lunch
meeting
Room 810 Farnum
"CLOSEUP," with Prof. Elizabeth Gerber, director, and Michelle Woolery, research
specialist, of the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy Center for Local,
State and Urban Policy
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March 22, 9:30 a.m. – 2 p.m.
State Capitol Rotunda, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 a.m.
Room 810 Farnum, 12:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. lunch meeting
The forum presents results from U-M, U-M-Flint, U-M-Dearborn, WSU and MSU
undergraduate student faculty research collaborations. Students and faculty
will display their work and be available to meet with alumni and public policy
interests about their work.
- State Representative Dianne Byrum meets with U of M Club of Greater
Lansing (March 21)
On Tuesday, March 21, 2006, the board of the U of M Club of Greater Lansing
had an opportunity to meet with State Representative Dianne Byrum (D-Onondaga)
to discuss the higher education budget for the next fiscal year. Ron Wilson,
former president of the U of M Club of Lansing, summarizes this meeting
in a letter to alumni.
- March 15, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. lunch
meeting
Room 810 Farnum Building
"UM's Role in Shaping Education Policy, featuring the School of Education's
new dean, Deborah Ball
- Feb. 15, 5:30 p.m. – 7 p.m.
Molly Grove Chapel at First Presbyterian Church at the corner of Ottawa St.
and Pine, Lansing
"A Tribute to the U-M in the Arts," theater, dance and instrumental performances
by U-M students and faculty in celebration of the School of Music's 125th
anniversary
- Jan. 18, 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. lunch meeting
Room 810 Farnum Building
U-M School of Public Health presents "Avian Flu – Are We Prepared?,"
a discussion of bio-preparedness in an era of uncertainty with panelists Dr.
Dean Smith, professor of health management and senior associate dean, SPH,
Dr. Sandro Cinti, assistant professor of internal medicine, Medical School,
Dr. Mark Wilson, director of the Global Health Program, professor of epidemiology,
ecology and evolutionary biology, SPH, and Rosemarie Rowney, director of training
for the Michigan Center for Public Health Preparedness, SPH, and clinical
instructor, School of Nursing
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