Wednesday Briefing for May 3

The Provost's Wednesday Briefing is a complement to the Provost's Update and intended to be a quick update on achievements and opportunities in Academic and Student Affairs. In the summer, it will only be distributed when content is available. Please forward any comments or submissions to emuprovost@emich.edu.

Congratulations to Recipients of the 2017 Community Engagement Awards.

Details can be found in this press release. Here is a brief listing of the recipients:

The Dale Rice Award for Academic Innovation in AS-L and Community Engagement: Imandeep Grewal, Teacher Education
The Dale Rice Award for Outstanding AS-L Community Partnership:
ISCFC Partnership Award: Charles Smith, Weikart Center for Youth Program Quality
Engage @ EMU Award: Anthony Williamson, Parkridge Community Center
Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Advisory Board Member of the year: Deb Polich
Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Campus Partner of the Year: Keon Pettiway
Nonprofit Leadership Alliance Community Partnership Award: Yodit Mesfin Johnson
Heron Scholarship: Avery Johnson and Alexa Timmreck
Special recognition to Lora Stevens for her major contributions to the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance at EMU
Student Funders Group awards: Growing Hope and Food Gatherers

Change in Halle Library's Resource Management System – Account Access Not Available May 4–22

Halle Library is adopting the Alma® library management service this summer 2017. With Alma, the library is looking forward to managing all its resources—physical, digital and electronic—in a unified manner. Starting this summer:

Our current online library catalog will be retired. The new catalog will be accessible through Esearch – which is the same service we use now. Things may look a little different, but all of the same search options will still be available. Logging in will only require entering your my.emich NetID and password.
From May 4–22 (dates subject to change), you will not be able to login to your library account. Email lib_circulation@emich.edu, call 487.2562 or stop by the library circulation desk for:
- Renewal requests for items you have checked out.
- Hold requests for items not currently available
- Check due-dates or ask other questions about your account.

Thank you for your patience this summer as we work on migrating to the new system. If you have any questions, please call library administration at 487.2633.

Help Select Speaker and Theme for 2018 MLK Celebration and Participate on Committee

The 2018 MLK planning chairs are soliciting campus input to help narrow down choices for the speaker and theme for the MLK Celebration in January of 2018. All are invited to complete a Google poll by May 5 to select up to three speaker choices and two theme choices. Additionally, the MLK Celebration Planning Committee is seeking student, staff and faculty representation from across the university to become members of the President's Annual MLK Celebration Planning Committee for 2018. Please contact Jieron M. Robinson at jrobin47@emich.edu or 487.4352 or Ellen Gold at egold@emich.edu or 487.1107 with any questions regarding the committee, its work or to express interest in joining the planning committee.

Healthcare Management Degree Guide Ranks EMU's MS in Clinical Research Administration #1

Eastern was named as having one of the top 25 clinical research and clinical research management master’s degrees in the most recent ranking by the Healthcare Management Degree Guide. Based on information gathered in part from the NCES College Navigator database, schools were identified that offered either an online clinical research or clinical research management degree. Schools were then ranked based on expertise and involvement in the field, career training and curricular relevance, accessibility to students and application of knowledge. EMU's program, which ranked first, was recognized in part for offering its curriculum completely online, but it also expects—and then builds on—a certain level of prior education and relevant work experience.

Visit the Healthcare Management Degree Guide web site for more.

Classroom Technology Update

TEL Systems, working with Information Technology and the Physical Plant, continue installation of upgraded classroom technology, including document cameras, Blu-ray players, thin-client workstations and projection equipment. Over the next couple of weeks, they are targeting classrooms in Sill, McKenny, Quirk and Briggs.

Portion of East Circle Drive To Close May 8

East Circle Drive will close to all traffic for construction on May 8, from Lowell St. to Pray Harrold, until August 10. This will mean that Best Drive, Ford Lot and Alexander Paid Lot will be inaccessible. Please see below for accommodations:

Ford Staff Parking: Starting May 8, staff parking for Ford Lot will be moved to Alexander Lot, accessed through Sill Staff Lot.
Commuter Parking: Starting May 8, commuter parking for Ford Lot will be moved to the Ann Street Lot.
Ford Lot Reserved Parking: Will not be affected.

East Circle Drive will remain open from the Ann St. entrance to the cul-de-sac in front of Snow Health Center. If you have any questions, please review the Pedestrian and Vehicular Traffic Map [PDF] for detours around the project site or contact Physical Plant Project Manager Anthony Duty 487.1000.

Ongoing IT and Construction Issues

Traffic Flow Direction Reversal on West Circle Drive May 1–July 10

From May 1 through July 10, there will be modifications to the traffic and pedestrian patterns on West Circle Drive, resulting from the Central Heating Plant project. West Circle Drive traffic flow will reverse direction and will exit on to Oakwood Street from Structure Drive. Anthony Duty 487.1000 is the project contact person for the Physical Plant.

The West Circle Drive traffic changes are indicated on the traffic plan map [PDF].

How to be Informed of Network Outages

The IT system outage page is updated regularly with planned and unplanned outage information. If you have any questions, please call the IT Help Desk at 487.2120 for further assistance.

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