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- MSU undergraduate Goe Sheng Xiong discusses growing up as a child of Hmong immigrants. She describes how family dynamics among Hmong refugees effect education outcomes, and discusses reaching out to other second generation Hmong students through the MSU Hmong American Student Association.
- Date Issued:
- 2012-07-02T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Blake Miller explains what motivated him to come to Michigan Agricultural College (M.A.C.) from upstate New York to play football in the years following World War One. He talks about his coaches and fellow players, several games in which he played, training at Lake Lansing, playing professional football for the Detroit Heralds, his pro-golf career in the 1920s, taking a job in insurance and working at Oldsmobile during World War Two. He also talks about coaches John Macklin and Jim Crowley and says that Biggie Munn's teams in the 1950s were the best in Spartan history. Miller is interviewed by Fred W. Stabley, director of Michigan State University Sports Information.
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- In the first of two oral history interviews, Donna Zischke, former Michigan State University Director of Academic Human Resources, talks about her role as a representative of the university administration in the MSU Faculty Grievance Policy (FGP). Zischke reflects on maintaining the records of FGP, how the FGP evolved over time, and how different university provosts felt about the procedure. Zischke and interviewers Robert Banks and John Revitte discuss where records of the FGP may be located and Revitte describes what documents he has been able to uncover so far in his research. The three also talk about past faculty unionization attempts and other topics they would like to discuss in a future interview. Zischke is interviewed by Robert Banks, former MSU associate provost and associate vice president for Academic Human Resources emeritus, and professor emeritus of the MSU James Madison College and John Revitte, MSU professor emeritus of Labor Studies.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-10-15T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Turfgrass expert Dr. James Beard explains how and why he decided to specialize in turfgrass mangement. Beard describes numerous aspects of managing turfgrass and grasslands for parks, sports, and conservation, suitable types of turfgrass for various climates, and how climate change affects turgrass management. He talks about teaching and researching at Michigan State University and how the program has grown. Beard recounts the contributions of Michigan Agricultural College botanist W.J. Beal to the field of turfgrass research. Beard is interviewed by Michigan historian and author Keith Widder solidifying MSU as the strongest public repository of turfgrass literature in the world.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-02-26T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Weil remembers his medical school training during WWII, his first position, and coming to MSU in 1968 for the challenge of creating the new Department of Pediatrics. He also discusses hiring faculty, sharing laboratory space with other colleges, the shift from a two-year to a four-year program, professional organizations, political advocacy for children’s health issues, various national efforts that elevated the profile of MSU, and the Department’s relationship with local hospitals and local physicians. Retired Pediatrics Department administrator and faculty member Dr. David J. Kallen, Professor Emeritus of Sociology, conducts the interview. Part of the MSU Department of Pediatrics and Human Development Oral History Project.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-02-16T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Peter Limb, Michigan State University Librarian and Africana Bibliographer introduces David Robinson, University Distinguished Professor of History and David Wiley, Director of the MSU African Studies Center who both interview John M. Hunter, University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Geography. Hunter tells of his field research in the Gold Coast, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Gambia, and Nigeria in the mid-1950s, while serving as an MSU professor abroad. He also discusses the census mapping model he developed and used in Ghana in 1960, which was funded by UNESCO and became a model used in many African countries. Other topics covered include medical geography, socio-economic geography, river blindness, schistosomiasis, elephantiasis, guinea worm disease and seasonal hunger.
- Date Issued:
- 2003-05-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- June Youatt, Michigan State University Provost, talks about her experience with the MSU Faculty Grievance Policy (FGP), Faculty Grievance Officials (FGO), and fallout from the recent Dr. Larry Nassar sexual assault scandal which she says has caused a loss of faith by MSU faculty in the university's central administration. She says that she has so far not over-ridden any faculty grievance hearing panel recommendations, that there is more reliance on the advice of the university's General Counsel in grievance matters, and that some university administrators are being extra cautious about taking actions which might result in a grievance even being filed. Youatt also reveals how several MSU Presidents felt about the FGP and comments on the effectiveness of some of the FGOs which she as worked with. Youatt is interviewed by Robert Banks, former MSU Vice President for Academic Human Resources and John Revitte, former MSU professor of Human Resources and Labor Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2019-03-04T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Rainey came to MSU in 1964, with his law degree, as an MBA student. He later accepted a teaching position and became assistant dean of the College of Business in 1969. Rainey recalls his role on the Student Faculty Judiciary and the social pressures of the 1960s on campus. He also discusses the College of Business and its relation to MSU, the pros and cons of the semester system, evolving student expectations and how the College attempts to meet those challenges.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-05-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michael Harrison, Michigan State University's first Faculty Grievance Official (FGO), reflects on the development of the Faculty Grievance Policy (FGP) at the university and his role in the grievance process. Harrison says that he trained many faculty members and academic departments on the use of the grievance process, that he had to wade through a huge backlog of grievances when he started in the job, and that maybe two grievances per semester actually went to formal hearings. Former MSU FGO and interviewer John Revitte compares his experience as FGO with Harrison's and two also discuss the pros and cons of the current system.
- Date Issued:
- 2008-02-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Bill Faunce, professor emeritus of the Michigan State University Department of Sociology, talks about his youth, education, and what brought him to MSU in 1957 to teach industrial sociology and work in the Center for Labor and Industrial Relations which later became known as the School of Labor and Industrial Relations (SLIR). Faunce also talks about his research, the structure of SLIR, the mission of the school, working in an auto plant in his younger days, and coordinating the school's move from the basement of Marshall Hall to South Kedzie Hall. Faunce is interviewed by John Revitte, MSU professor of Labor and Industrial Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 1996-09-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection