With overwhelming economic woes, political scandal and an uncertain future, Detroit is a city where a little sunshine is long overdue. Luckily, it's coming this month. Alternative Spring Break (ASB) is coming to the Motor City, and the University of Michigan-Dearborn will play host to the volunteers from Feb.
Shengquan Wang is an assistant professor of computer and information science at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. He earned his Ph.D. in computer science and a master's degree from Texas A&M. He also has a master's degree in applied mathematics from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, in China.
About 50 students gathered around the University Center stage on Monday night to mourn the Northern Illinois University students lost in last Thursday's shooting. Attendees held candles, while several students shared their thoughts on the tragedy.
The University of Michigan-Dearborn is one of 24 Michigan institutions of higher education that are participating in a new spinoff of a popular jobs exchange Web site. The National Higher Education Recruitment Consortium, or HERC, was developed in 2000 as a collaborative effort to help the qualified unemployed find jobs at colleges and universities.