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- Dr. George Eyster, DVM, talks about his career in veterinary cardiology and developing surgical techniques and conducting research at Michigan State University's College of Veterinary Medicine. Eyster talks about his mentors at MSU and developing open heart surgery procedures for animals, while at the same time, ground breaking procedures for humans were also being developed. He also describes sharing facilities with the College of Human Medicine at MSU, techniques used for both human and animal surgery, and cooperative programs with hospitals such as Ingham Medical in Lansing, Michigan. Eyster comments on changes in veterinary medicine, the decline in veterinary cardiac care, and how the animal rights movement has affected the availability of animals for research. Part of the Michigan State University Faculty Emeriti Association Oral History Project.
- Date Issued:
- 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
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- Dr. David Dwyer, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology, Linguistics and African Studies and his wife Annabel are interviewed by Dr. David Wiley, Director of the MSU African Studies Center. Dwyer talks about his youth, education and first jobs. Annabel talks about joining the Peace Corps and credits David Dwyer and his family for being instrumental in the creation of the Peace Corp. She recalls working in Cameroon in the early 1960s, meeting and marrying David, coming to East Lansing, and earning a Masters in Urban Planning from MSU. The Dwyers reflect on working in West African countries just after the end of colonial rule and describe the creation of the African Language Program at MSU. Both reflect on their antiwar activities, founding the Peace Education Center in East Lansing, and the African Studies Center at MSU. They also talk about their anti-Apartheid work, political activism in general and how they plan to spend their retirement years. Part of the African Studies Interview Series sponsored by the MSU Libraries and the African Studies Center.
- Date Issued:
- 2006-10-20T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Michigan State University Africana Librarian Joe Lauer is interviewed by Peter Limb about Lauer's career at Michigan State and the development of the Africana Collection at the MSU Libraries. Lauer discusses the history of the International Library within the MSU Libraries and how MSU's involvement with the University of Nigeria at Nsukka during the 1960's created a demand by faculty for more books about Africa. Lauer talks about his own interest in African Studies, how he came to work at Michigan state and describes projects that he has been involved in over the years, both at MSU and on a national level. Lauer and Limb, who is also an MSU Africana Librarian, also discuss the challenges and rewards associated with Africana librarianship, focusing specifically on collection development and cataloging. Part of the African Studies Interview Series sponsored by the MSU Libraries and the MSU African Studies Center.
- Date Issued:
- 2015-10-27T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Essayist and memoirist Robert Root, professor of English at Central Michigan University, talks about his book "Recovering Ruth" and the genealogical research research in his work and his role as both a university professor and an author. He also shares his views on creative nonfiction, Michigan as a source of inspiration, and works in progress. Root is interviewed by Stephanie Mathson of the Michigan State University Libraries for the MSU Libraries' Michigan Writers Series.
- Date Issued:
- 2001-12-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- John Staatz, Michigan State University professor emeritus of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, talks about his career at MSU and his focus on agricultural development in Africa. Staatz talks about why he selected Africa as his area of concentration, his education, and how he came to MSU. He also talks about his research projects in Mali and other West African countries, his focus on food security, and the continuing problem of land ownership impacting agriculture and urbanization in Africa.
- Date Issued:
- 2016-04-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Clare Luz, professor in the College of Osteopathic Medicine, Department of Family Medicine at Michigan State University, delivers a talk entitled "Critical lifelines: the lives and work of personal care workers." Luz discusses her research on personal care workers and shares stories of the workers from Michigan who she interviewed. Luz says there is a shortage of personal care workers in the U.S., especially in Michigan, which could be addressed by paying higher wages, improving working conditions, and encouraging broad societal support of those in the field. Khalid Ibrahim, Clinical Research Informatics Technologist with the Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute at MSU, who also participated in the personal care worker study, provides additional commentary on the interviews of care workers. Luz answers questions from the audience. The event is convened by Professor John P. Beck from the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-11-19T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Former Michigan State University Associate Vice President for Academic Human Resources Robert Banks and John Revitte former professor in the MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations, discuss their current research project in which they intend to document the forty-year-history of the MSU Faculty Grievance Policy (FGP) and the MSU Faculty Grievance Official (FGO). They discuss how they will approach writing their paper, areas in which they need additional information, which past MSU administrators should be interviewed and a review of reports written by past Faculty Grievance Officials.
- Date Issued:
- 2018-07-06T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Ralph Gordon discusses his career as a physician, professor, researcher, and administrator, much of it spent in the Department of Pediatrics and Human Development at Michigan State University. He talks about coming to teach at MSU in 1972, leaving to help start a medical school in Texas and later working in Saginaw, Flint, and Kalamazoo while maintaining a relationship with MSU. Gordon says that medical training is moving to a trade school model rather than being an academic endeavor and that MSU's mission to produce primary care physicians is in direct conflict with the creation of the new MSU research institute in Grand Rapids. He also talks about his interest in medical history and his activities in retirement. MSU Sociology Professor Emeritus Dr. David J. Kallen conducts the interview as part of the MSU Department of Pediatrics and Human Development Oral History Project.
- Date Issued:
- 2005-05-25T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Jack Stieber, former director of Michigan State University's School of Labor and Industrial Relations, reminisces about his childhood and youth, early employment, how he became interested in labor issues, and the history of the MSU labor school. He discusses his military service in World War Two, his graduate studies at the University of Minnesota and Harvard, coming to MSU, and later becoming director of the new School of Labor and Industrial Relations. Stieber also comments on the operations and structure of the labor school, its funding, the pros and cons of hiring faculty without doctorates, faculty personalities, and his own areas of research. Ends abruptly. Stieber is interviewed by MSU professor of labor and industrial relations, John Revitte.
- Date Issued:
- 1989-06-13T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description:
- Wickert talks about his childhood in Chicago, obtaining a Psychology degree from UCLA in 1933 and a graduate degree form the University of Chicago. He shares work experiences and comments on the Hawthorne experiments at Western Electric. Wickert served as a replacement-training officer during World War II and joined the Psychology Department at MSU in 1947. He joined the Management School in 1960 developing organizational psychology programs around the world in cooperation with the State Department, Peace Corp and MSU international outreach efforts.
- Date Issued:
- 2009-05-07T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Michigan State University. Libraries
- Collection:
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection