VPR
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Michigan Potpourri
100

Who was the first VPR at UM?

Ralph Sawyer

100

What is OVPR's Mission?

(Fastest answer wins)

Research to Serve the World

100

What does "IRB" stand for?

Institutional Review Board

100

What are the names of all of the Great Lakes

Superior

Michigan

Huron

Erie 

Ontario

200

What year did the VPR Office first exist?

Closest guess wins

1959


200

What is the annual OVPR budget allocation (general fund supplement)?

(closest to correct wins)

~$34M

200

What does APG stand for?

Academic Program Group

200
A real wolverine can smell a dead animal under how many feet of snow? 

(Closest guess wins)

20 feet

300

Who was the first woman VPR at Michigan?

Linda Willson 

(1985)

300

What was the original name of the now "Bold Challenges" concept?

Smart Cities

300

What does "NAGPRA" stand for?

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

300

When JFK delivered a speech at 2am on the steps of the Union, what did he announce his plans for?

US Peace Corps

400

How many people are in VPR8? 

(Fastest answer wins)

15

400

In 2021, U-M students came from how many different countries? 

(closest to correct wins)

139

400

What does "HERD" stand for? 

"Higher Education Research and Development" Survey

400
If the Michigan state stone is the petoskey and the state bird is the robin, what is the state tree?

White Pine....bonus points if you know the state motto?

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