Faculty/Staff Spotlights
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November 23, 2020
“I learned a lot about the cultures, and to me one good gateway into a community, into a culture, is just learning how they cook food.”
Monica Adams, head of user services at UM-Dearborn’s Mardigian Library
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November 16, 2020
“I’d love to go to Africa, I’d love to go back to Asia. You know pretty much, I want to see all the birds in the world.”
Susan Rosegrant, lecturer IV in the Residential College who is an avid birder
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November 9, 2020
“You can do more than you think. There’s a certain amount of satisfaction in learning that.”
Drew Bennett, associate director of software licensing at the Office of Technology Transfer who competes in ultra-marathons around the country
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November 2, 2020
“While I was signing the drawing (of Arnold Palmer), other people at the restaurant were watching and came up to me later to see if I’d draw them.”
Gary Bohas, a stockkeeper at the U-M Central Power Plant who has created more than 4,000 portraits of people on paper napkins
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October 26, 2020
“I would see a map of a park and see a network of trails, and I would instantly want to see and hike every trail on the map.”
Joe Braun, a senior systems administrator at the Institute for Social Research who has written hiking guides and is an avid photographer
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October 19, 2020
“Really being intentional about exercising is so important right now, for my mental health and my physical well-being.”
Colleen Stone, content and digital strategist for the Department of Surgery at Michigan Medicine and avid runner
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October 12, 2020
“There’s this move away from wanting to make a lot of money in a large monopolistic corporation to being more interested in collective work or independent work.”
— Lisa Nakamura, Gwendolyn Calvert Baker Collegiate Professor of American Culture and Digital Studies
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October 5, 2020
“If you really want to learn, their own little ecosystem is just amazing and how well they work together. They’re a good example for the human race.”
Jennette Green, clinical analyst for the Department of Family Medicine in the Medical School and amateur beekeeper
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September 28, 2020
“I was thrilled to be a part of this team. … Africa not only has an amazing art and humanities heritage, but also a mathematical heritage.”
— Ron Eglash, professor of information in the School of Information, and professor of art and design in the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design
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September 21, 2020
“What I like most about bicycle touring is that you can ride through towns and villages and talk to locals.”
— Stefan Koehler, associate director of licensing for U-M Tech Transfer
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