1984-05-30; Central Michigan Life

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n LIFE
Vol.66 No.86
©1984 CM LIFE
12pages
Mount Pleasant. Mich. 48859
Wednesday, May 30.1984
MMI/CMU
merger set
by ROGER HOTS
UFE Managing Editor
The Board of Trustees is
expected to officially
approve an affiliation between Central and the
Michigan Molecular Institute at its regular meeting
Friday.
For Central, the resolution
represents the culmination
of six months of research
and fact-finding regarding
establishing a relationship
with the Midland-based, polymer science institute.
"I think everything has
fallen into place remarkably
well," Provost John Cantelon said. "The response that
we've had in Lansing — the
way in which the funding
bills are now moving — are
all very positive indications
that people across the state
have agreed with the direction with which we are
moving."
While the resolution will
be presented Friday, some
aspects of the affiliation still
are pending, including how
the relationship will be
funded and how degrees will
be granted through the polymer science program.
In April, the University
requested $4.2 million in
state aid from a Senate
appropriations subcommittee for the merger. The language providing for those
funds was included in the
operating bill, a higher
education package which
provides appropriations for
♦See "MMI" — page 2
'Big time'fundraising era to begin
by ROGER HITTS
UFE Managing Editor
Central's Development
Office currently is gearing
up for the most ambitious
capital fund campaign in the
school's history.
Responding to a study
conducted by Grinzenbach
and Associates — a Chicago-
based fund-raising consultant firm — the University is
preparing to more than double the development office
workstaff in order to raise
approximately $8 million in
private funds for various
University projects, Provost John Cantelon said.
The first move in the plan
was to change Development
Director Bob Rulong's title
to "associate vice president
for Development and Alum
ni Relations." The new positions which will be added include:" director of development," "director of alumni
relations," "director of
corporate and foundation
support," and "associate
director of development."
The office currently employs three people.
After Rulong orientates
the new staff — which is expected to take office in July
or August — the drive to
raise private funds for the
University will begin.
Monies raised will be used
largely for remodeling and
refurbishing existing buildings on campus.
"By adding staff... it is
kind of what we feel is our
launching pad to bigger and
better things and to get into
big-time   fund-raising
around here," Rulong said.
"We deserve to get our
share of the private gift
money out there and we've
never really, as far as I'm
concerned, gotten our
share," he said. "It's no one's
fault, really, it is just that
we've never really gone after it that aggressively, and
with the changing economic
times we all know about in
Michigan, it is very necessary to the future."
President Harold Abel
termed the bolstering of the
development staff and sub-
ISee "Drive" — page 2
Rulong moving up
by ROGER HITTS
UFE Managing Editor
After four years of running an understaffed, ill-equipped Development Office,
nobody could be more pleased with the University's priority shift to private gift-giving
than Bob Rulong.
Recently named associate director for Development and Alumni Relations, Rulong
will relinquish his previous "Director of Development" title to a yet-to-be-named successor, and add three other development
positions, as well.
For Rulong, the promotion means getting
out from under the mound of paperwork
which accumulates, getting on the road more
to seek support for the University, and working more closely with the University's supplemental fund-raising boards.
"Once things settle down, one of my major
responsibilities is to work even more closely
with our Development Fund Board of Directors and Alumni Association Board of Directors." Rulong said.
♦See "Rulong" — page 2
LIFE In Tfte Past
Fifty years ago:
— With the departure of
the majority of students,
many year-rounders find social life has diminished to
zero. You should have been
around in '34 . ..
— The Senior Dinner
Dance; music by Macln-
tyres Melody Club. The
Annual Dormitory Spring
Party. Central State Girls
Tennis Club Championships. Fun stuff . ..
25 years ago:
—Vice President for Busi
ness and Finance NorvaU C.
Bovee predicts enrollment
to reach 10,500 by 1970.
10 years ago:
— 320 trees, 57,000 yards
of seeding and a sprinkler
system put the finishing
touches on a now-complete
Dan Rose Arena. LIFE editors heard the cries of one
Buster Smith, who then was
protesting the demolition of
Central Hall.
—David Robinson
Briefly...
Absentee voter ballots for the June 11 Annual School Election in Mount Pleasant are available until 2 p.m., June 9.
Applications for the ballot must be turned into the City
Clerk's office, for city residents.
Eligibility requirements for obtaining the ballots vary: If
a voter is absent on election day; is physically unable to get
to the polls without assistance; cannot make it due to religious reasons; is appointed as an election precinct inspector
in a precinct other than where the worker lives; or is 60 or
more years old, or confined in jail while awaiting arraignment or trial.
Voters residing outside the city, but still living in the
school district, can apply for the ballot at the Central Administrative Office, 201S. University, Mount Pleasant.
to recall
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James £el>afer was
Tbe Violent Fenjune*',
Psychedelic- Fars' and
Gary Moore's latest
albums are under LIFE'S
critical microscope.
A CMU professor raises
rare same birds.
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