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Scenes from Mary Sue Coleman's tenure as University of Michigan president
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University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman, talks with student Beth Chen at an ice cream social at Martha Cook Residence Hall in 2003. Coleman has made herself available to students in numerous forums in her three years at U-M through open houses, fireside chats and student mentoring. This year she has sent out a postcard soliciting feedback from new students. FILE: LEISA THOMPSON, THE ANN ARBOR NEWS
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University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman, talks with student Beth Chen at an ice cream social at Martha Cook Residence Hall in 2003. Coleman has made herself available to students in numerous forums in her three years at U-M through open houses, fireside chats and student mentoring. This year she has sent out a postcard soliciting feedback from new students.
FILE: LEISA THOMPSON, THE ANN ARBOR NEWS
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Students cheer behind President Mary Sue Coleman as speakers address their concerns at the University of Michigan Regents Meeting about budget cuts to student services on campus in Ann Arbor. (Ann Arbor News photo by Alan Warren)
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(L to R)Joan Weill, Sanford Weill, Former President Gerald R. Ford, 38th President of the United States, his wife, Betty Ford and Mary Sue Coleman laugh as Rebecca Blank, Dean, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy speaks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Joan and Sanford Weill Hall at the University of Michigan Indoor Track building in Ann Arbor on Friday, November 12, 2004. (Ann Arbor News Photo by Alan Warren)
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William Foege, leans over to except the first ever Thomas Francis, Jr. Medal in Global Public Health, from U-M president, Mary Sue Coleman at Rackham Auditorium, Tue, April 12, 2005. (Ann Arbor News DIGITAL IMAGE photo by LARRY E. WRIGHT)
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Players cheer as Mary Sue Coleman speaks about how proud she is of them during a celebration for the National Champions at Alumni Field at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. (Photo by Alan Warren/Ann Arbor News)
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University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman greets Arnab Nandi, a U-M graduate student, during an open house for students at the president's residence Friday. Nandi, a native of Delhi, India, has been in the U.S. for two weeks. At left is freshman Anna Lembryk, a native of Poland who until recently was living in Jackson.
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ELIYAHU GURFINKEL, THE ANN ARBOR NEWS
University of Michigan President, Mary Sue Coleman, wades into the crowd on The Diag after her speech vowing to mount a legal battle for affirmative action on Wednesday afternoon, November 8, 2006.
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U-M President Mary Sue Coleman makes a speech in the wake of the passage of Prop. 2 on the Diag, Wednesday, November 8, 2006.
ELIYAHU GURFINKEL, THE ANN ARBOR NEWS
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Former President Bill Clinton speaks with U-M President Mary Sue Coleman at commencement ceremonies Saturday.
Leisa Thompson, THE ANN ARBOR NEWS
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University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman answers questions during a talk on access to higher education that doubled as a minority student recruiting event Tuesday at Greater Grace Temple in Detroit.
LEISA THOMPSON, THE ANN ARBOR NEWS
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The Dalai Lama and University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman share a laugh on Sunday after his talk on sustainability.
LEISA THOMPSON, THE ANN ARBOR NEWS
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LEISA THOMPSON, The Ann Arbor News
University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman poses for a picture with Bo Zhang, a physics graduate student, as chemistry graduate student Xiaomu Guan, left, takes the photograph with friend and fellow chemistry graduate student Xin Liu during Coleman's meet and greet at the historic President's House Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. Coleman has held the event, which included the opportunity to meet with Coleman and some other administrators over cookies and punch, since she became president in 2002.
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University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman chats with Sean Morrison, director of the university's Center for Stem Cell Biology, before a forum on embryonic stem cell research at the university on Monday afternoon, September 22, 2008.
ELIYAHU GURFINKEL, The Ann Arbor News
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Roger Penske, left, a legend in the auto racing world and key note speaker for the University of Michigan's winter commencement ceremony, receives an honorary degree, doctorate of laws, from University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman, Sunday, December 14th at UM's Crisler Arena.
LON HORWEDEL,THE ANN ARBOR NEWS
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Co-Founder and President for Products, Google Inc., Larry Page, also a University of Michigan alum, is presented with an honorary degree, Doctor of Engineering, from UM President Mary Sue Coleman during Saturday, May 2nd's Spring Commencement for UM's class of 2009 at Michigan Stadium. Page also was the keynote speaker for the commencement.
LON HORWEDEL,THE ANN ARBOR NEWS
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Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, left, gives a thumbs up as President Barack Obama and Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman smile at the beginning of spring commencement at Michigan Stadium on Saturday morning. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman, right, laughs as she chats with UM School of Natural Resources Dean Rosina Bierbaum shortly before signing an agreement for a continued partnership between UM and the U.S. Peace Corps inside the Michigan Union on Thursday, October 14th, the 50th Anniversary of J.F.K's 2 a.m. speech from the steps of the Union where he challenged the 5,000 plus students assembled at the time to work for peace and serve their country, the basis for Kennedy's proposal of the Peace Corps.
Lon Horwedel | AnnArbor.com
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University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman yells out "Go Blue" to all in attendance at Saturday, October 16th's University of Michigan Alumni Tailgate Party at Oosterbaan Fieldhouse.
Lon Horwedel | AnnArbor.com
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Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman addresses the graduating class during commencement at Crisler Arena on Sunday afternoon. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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From left: U-M president Mary Sue Coleman, Doug Neal, Managing Director for U-M's Center for Entrepreneurship, Governor Rick Snyder, and Gerry Anderson, President of DTE listen during the Clean Energy Prize Award Ceremony at the University of Michigan's Rackham Auditorium on Feb. 18, 2011. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com
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Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder shares a laugh with Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman as they sit on stage during commencement at Michigan Stadium on Saturday morning. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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University of Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman addresses the crowd during commencement at Michigan Stadium on Saturday morning. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman announces new sustainability initiatives during a speech given at the Hatcher Graduate Library on Thursday.
Angela Cesere | AnnArbor.com
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University of Michigan president Mary Sue Coleman speaks during the 4th Annual Symposium at the A. Alfred Taubman Biomedical Science Research Building on Oct. 14, 2011. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com
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University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman speaks during a monthly regents meeting at the Flemming Administration building on Thursday. Melanie Maxwell I AnnArbor.com
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CNN Chief Medical Correspondent and neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta laughs with University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman after giving the commencement address for the U-M graduating class of 2012 at Michigan Stadium. Angela J. Cesere | AnnArbor.com
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Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman applauds the class of 2012 at the graduation ceremony on Saturday.
Daniel Brenner I AnnArbor.com
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University of Michigan President Mary Sue Coleman on Thursday announced that she will retire in July 2014, at the end of her contract.
Here are some photo highlights from Coleman's tenure leading the university, taken from the archives of AnnArbor.com and The Ann Arbor News.