Faculty/Staff Spotlights | The University Record

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.

May 22, 2017

“When you go off to art school, you hope you find something that’s right for you, and for a certain number of people that will be fibers.”

Sherri Smith, the Catherine B. Heller Collegiate Professor of Art, is the first and only tenured fabrics professor at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design.

April 17, 2017

“For both those who teach and those who learn, it’s about finding a way to teach to act, to stop making them recipients of knowledge but instead owners of knowledge.”

Nesha Haniff, lecturer IV in Afroamerican and African studies and women’s studies.

April 3, 2017

“It’s just my passion to work with young people, so I knew this would be my career path.”

Karin Arizala, staff psychologist at Counseling and Psychological Services

March 27, 2017

“Gamelan music and dance are vehicles for expressing and experiencing this deep harmoniousness not only between humans, but between humans and the divine.”

Susan Walton, lecturer IV in the Residential College and in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, regarding the Javanese music style that has captured her interest.

March 20, 2017

“You really get to, at the end of the day, see your work and how you impact the people around you. It’s incredibly rewarding.”

Nelson “Buzz” Cummings, chef de cuisine in research and development at Michigan Dining

March 13, 2017

“When you’re dancing, you can’t really think about anything else. You have to focus. You have to be present and in the moment.”

Julie Kelsea, health information specialist at the School of Dentistry, who enjoys ballroom dancing and sailing in her spare time.