Faculty/Staff Spotlights
-
January 25, 2021
“I was happy to bring a little bit of joy and spark some of those happy memories everybody else has about campus.”
— Adam Mael, a graduate coordinator in the College of Engineering who recently completed a LEGO model of part of Central Campus
Read more about Adam Mael -
January 18, 2021
“He meant a lot to a lot of people. As a contestant, you don’t actually get to talk to him much, but you can’t help but be in awe of him.”
— Ian Shin, assistant professor of history and American culture in LSA, speaking of longtime “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek
Read more about Ian Shin -
January 11, 2021
“Primarily what I do is use nonfiction writing and journalistic writing that has exposed whatever environmental injustice has happened in particular communities.”
— Virginia Murphy, lecturer II in Program in the Environment and lecturer IV in the Residential College in LSA
Read more about Virginia Murphy -
December 7, 2020
“Officers have a hard job, and if they’re willing to learn and think about things in a different way, I’m happy to be part of it.”
Daicia Price, clinical assistant professor of social work, who partners with Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network to provide crisis training for law enforcement agencies
Read more about Daicia Price -
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
Read more about Monica Adams -
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
Read more about Susan Rosegrant -
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
Read more about Drew Bennett -
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
Read more about Gary Bohas -
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
Read more about Joe Braun -
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
Read more about Colleen Stone
