Faculty/Staff Spotlights | The University Record

October 30, 2017

“A cemetery is a way to view years and years of history. I share stories about specific people to contextualize it. Then it’s not a place with dead people. It’s a place where people who shaped our community reside together.”

Ron Stockton, professor of political science, UM-Dearborn

October 23, 2017

“You can’t lecture at them. You have to show something that’s within their grasp. We like to stress hands-on experience.”

Robert Griess Jr., John Griggs Thompson Distinguished University Professor of Mathematics, on how to reach out to prospective students about the college experience.

October 2, 2017

“I love the material I teach about and I love my students, and I think they feel that.”

Jamie Moshin, lecturer I in communication studies, LSA.

September 18, 2017

“In my work you’re always saying hello, then you’re saying goodbye. Some of these people become part of you, part of your existence.”

Robert Buckingham, UM-Flint professor of public health and health sciences and hospice pioneer.

September 11, 2017

“My role has expanded beyond literacy to help connect people in the social sector.”

Sara Saylor, community engagement lead at the Ginsberg Center

September 5, 2017

“A lot of people think businessmen only care about money, that they only watch the bottom line every day. I want to instill in my students the idea of management as a calling, a vocation.”

Andy Hoffman, Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise

August 14, 2017

“(Competition) will set you up for good things to happen whether you’re playing baseball or in life.”

Steven Karasewski, coordinator of Club Sports at Recreational Sports

July 24, 2017

“I love the work I do in higher education and I love the work I do in fashion.”

La’Joya Orr, recruitment coordinator and academic adviser at the School of Kinesiology

July 5, 2017

“I have learned, and am still learning, to be sensitive to cultures and backgrounds, especially during times like these.”

Sofia Carlsson, academic adviser, International Institute

June 19, 2017

“I go from the harshest aspects of the border to the responses of activists, social workers and community members who are trying to do something to make it better.”

Sherrie Kossoudji, associate professor of social work and adjunct associate professor of economics, explaining the arc of the trips she takes with her students to the U.S.-Mexico border.