1987-01-14; Central Michigan Life

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Central
Michigan
WEDNESDAY
January 14,1987
SECTION A
During what saam* to ba a rara cJaar day In • Michigan wintar.
Kevin Denney slid** down a hfll next to the Tower*. He Bvea
with his mother. Cheryl Denney. Mount Pleasant sophomore, tot
Washington Court Apartments.
Big-bucks
bequest
Record-setting $825,000 gift
to provide plenty of scholarships
BY MIKE HEREK
LIFE Stall Wnter
Bay County students now have
an added incentive for choosing
CMU for their higher education.
They have first dibs on an estate
gift that could result in as many
as 45 $1,000 scholarships for CMU
students during the 1987-88
school year.
Catherine Anderson, a former
CMU student from Hav Citv.
bequeathed $825,000 to CMU —
the largest estate gift to the
University by an individual.
Annual trust earnings from the
Olson L. Anderson and Catherine
Bastow Anderson Scholarship
Fund will be used to provide as
many $1,000 scholarships as
possible for undergraduate
students, said Ronald Heath,
associate director of development
and director of planned giving.
Anderson, who died April 11'at
82, left the money in a private
trust with First of America Hank
in Bay City and directed CMU to
use annual trust earnings for
scholarship funding. Heath said
interest earned on the principle
will be about $44,WW to $45,000 a
year.
In her will, Anderson requested
that Bay County students be
given first preference. She
requested applicants show financial need, have good grades, be of
good character, and have a strong
desire to continue their education
if the money is available.
The will also stipulates that "no
award shall !*• made on the basis
of high grade average alone."
Heath said it should Ih* easy to
find enough students who fit the
bill.
"The first preference is for Bay
County kids, and after that it can
In* awarded to anybody in the
state or the country." Heath said.
"There always seems to be a
shortage of scholarship funds."
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BEADY AND ABEL
Former president
plans on 'quiet'
campus return
BY WAYNE KAMIDOI
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Harold Abel expects no
fanfare, no pomp and circumstance, no front-page coverage.
And that lack of limelight is
what the former University president is hoping for when he makes
his return to campus after a
two-year leave. ABFl
The    60-year-old    Abel,    who
resigned in July 1985 from his post after IO years a*-
will get back into the academic grind        minus tin*
weeks and notoriety.
Something, he said, he and his wife. Iris, will enjoy.
"I expect to Ik- a rather low-key figure in tlu* community." s.ud AIh*I
in a telephone interview from his condominium in Wot Palm Beach.
Fla. "We're welcoming the fact that we will have a quiet life."
And it's the classroom that will provide the quiet life.
"I'm pleased to have the opportunity to g.> hack t.> the classroom
because that's where I started. It'll be less intense in terms of time
than being president - that's seven days a week But it will be a
chance to do something constructive."
Abel said he is planning to instruct a course dealing vvith (]l(.
psychology of higher education organization and management during
the summer session.
Also. Abel is slated to instruct a pair ..I sections in developmental
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A YEAR
REVIEW
The right time
Mornings prove   most popular classroom hour for students, faculty
The'flood. A new president. Qhipp-A-Water
Park. Police lines. These, among others,
.        ,    , were the headline grabbers on campus and
in thie city during the past year. CM LIFE wraps up
:, the news of 1986 in words and pictures.^;
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BY KATHY PETERSEN
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When alarms ring at 8 a.m. in
Mount Pleasant, most CMU
students would prefer to roll over
for a few hours sleep, right?
Wrong. Actually most CMU
students and faculty are getting
ready for class. And most choose to
start the day early.
Although college students are
notorious for late nights, many at
CMU opt for the early morning
classes. Associate Registrar Ron
Finch said. The most popular
classes are the Tuesday and
Thursday combination at 9:30 and
11 a.m., he added.
He said this combination is
popular for several reasons — but
mostly    because    people    take students     Instructors    request
extended weekends teaching classes at that time, and
"Mentally, I think people think those are the first to fill up during
school  is a 4'/.-day  week," Finch registration
said.    "Tuesday   and   Thursday
certainly   don't   break   up   any
Also    popular    are    Monday.
Wednesday and Friday classes at
weekends  no  matter  how   many   9. 10 and 11 a.m.
classes you have."
Finch said the Tuesday-
Thursday combination ts popular
both     with     instructors     and
"As long as it's mornings." Finch
said
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Drop'add will take place today.
Thursday and Friday in Finch Field -
bouse from 1-7 p m Student* will be
admitted according to the alphabetical
listing found In the 1987 Winter
Semester Class Schedule booklet.
All washed up?
Professors lay flood difj not affect students'
grades
Upwardly mobile
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