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SI Service Day set for Jan. 15

January 7, 2011

On Saturday, Jan. 15, during the Martin Luther King weekend, SI students, alumni, faculty, and staff are invited to participate in SI Service Day – a chance to put their skills and talents to work at one of several Ann Arbor and Ypsilanti area nonprofits. The project creates opportunities to develop or strengthen relationships between the School of Information and local cultural organizations by utilizing the unique abilities and interests of the SI community.

Volunteer opportunities are available at the following organizations:

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CIC Talk: Shared data systems to enhance collaboration

February 15, 2010

Stacy Ebron, homeless management information systems coordinator and ServicePoint system administrator for Washtenaw County, will be at the Community Information Corps speaker series on Friday, Feb. 19 from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Ehrlicher Room, 411 West Hall. This event is free and open to the public. She will speak on “Shared Data Systems to Enhance Collaboration and Improve Service Delivery.”

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Take a break from school to give back

January 18, 2010

Catherine Le, Emily Puckett, Jessie Mannisto, and Caitlin Holman

At the very end of the fall semester, in fact on the first day of winter break, three SI students and I participated in a few hours of service at MAP’s headquarters on South Packard. MAP is the Michigan Abilities Partners, a past SI 501 client, that provides housing to people with disabilities and to veterans in the area.

Our service project with MAP was really more like a break from school: we created holiday wreaths for veterans and their families and the low-income housing facilities in the area, using brightly colored ribbon, ornaments, and what I called “disco birds.” It was a great chance to relax with fellow SI students and get to know each other a little better. We also got to meet several of the employees at MAP, and I went home feeling like I had contributed to the good spirit of the season and to the well-being of the community I live in.

The opportunity was coordinated by the CIC, SISA, and ASB and there are more opportunities to give back to the community we all live in over the winter term this year. It’s a great chance to take a break from school and get to know your classmates a little better!

Check out the ASB Web site and watch your E-mail for the winter term opportunities.

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An event for people with big heads

April 3, 2009

If you’re looking for something interesting to do this weekend, check out the annual FestiFools parade on Main Street in downtown Ann Arbor. It’s a parade of huge puppets and is a production of the START Project, a U-M Lloyd Hall Scholars Program initiative. The puppets aren’t your garden-variety sock-on-your-hand type, but enormous papier-mâché heads of the famous and not-so-famous. The event runs from 4-5 p.m. Sunday, April 5.

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Ann Arbor, the best sports town

February 13, 2009

Forbes.com says Ann Arbor is the best college sports town around, bar none. The publication notes that Ann Arbor is more than just sports, though: “The small city of 114,000 boasts top-flight restaurants and bars, a symphony and ballet, as well as museums and concert halls hosting national-level entertainment.”

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Yes, darling, you too can be a staaaaaaaaaaaar!

February 12, 2009

If you’re grumping around about being on campus during spring break, here’s something to cheer you up. The University is hosting the filming of a commercial movie, Betty Anne Waters, on February 23 and 24. About 150 student extras will be needed, ages 18-23. This is a production by Tony Goldwyn, whose acting and directing credits are rather extensive. The film stars Hilary Swank, Minnie Driver, and Sam Rockwell. Students will have the opportunity to participate as extras in various campus scenes and learn first-hand how Michigan’s newest industry works.

The film is based on the true story of Betty Anne Waters, a woman who struggled from troubled roots to complete her undergraduate and law degrees in her determined effort to clear her brother from a conviction for a murder she was certain he didn’t commit.

Students can apply online to become extras at BAWstudents@realstyleonline.com. Put “Ann Arbor” in the subject line, and include your name, phone number, birth year, and a photo. Exact filming times will be set closer to the date. Participation is voluntary, but raffles and other fun will occur throughout the day.

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Recasting a wider CIC net

February 11, 2009

Lisa McLaughlin stopped by this morning to talk about some changes in the Community Information Corps, one of the School’s long-running programs. As an intern working with Professor Daniel E. Atkins, Lisa is helping Dan reshape the CIC to increase its visibility among students from all master’s degree specializations.

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The White House: not just for grown-ups

February 11, 2009

Your chance to live in the White House as a kid has passed you by, but you can hear what it’s like for others from author Noah McCullough. He researched facts and mini-biographies for all the first children in U. S. history in his book, First Kids: The True Stories of All the Presidents’ Children (Scholastic, 2008). You can hear him talk at 2 p.m. Sunday, February 15 at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Book sales and a reception will follow. 

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Documents reconnect speaker to Holocaust-era past

February 11, 2009

The student chapter of the Society of American Archivists is hosting what promises to be a fascinating presentation on how archival documents can reconnect one to a family’s past. MSI student David Jackson says that the SAA will host Edie Rosenfeld for a discussion of the way in which documents have helped her to reconnect with her past as a child survivor of the Holocaust. “The powerful body of documents she has brought together tell the two stories of both the means by which the Holocaust was enabled and of how Edie’s and many other families responded,” David says. The presentation will tell the many roles of records in our lives, from implementers of policy, to evidence of historical processes, and finally to the development of personal and collective memory. Edie is from the Ann Arbor area and a U-M graduate. She came to America in 1941 at the age of 9, and recently began tracing her history through documents she brought with her and records that she’s obtained via the International Tracing Service. The event will be at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, February 19 in the Ehrlicher Room, 411 West Hall. Lecturer David Wallace of the School of Information will moderate. All are welcome to attend.

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