Faculty/Staff Spotlights | The University Record

March 24, 2014

“As a librarian, you’re still in a service group in the way that staff serves the community, but there are also these components of teaching and research.”

Diana Perpich, educational technologies librarian at the Shapiro Undergraduate Library.

March 17, 2014

“I not only enjoy making music, but I love helping others make that music.”

Ellen Woodard, applications programmer/analyst for the Nephrology Division in Internal Medicine, and handbell performer and director.

February 24, 2014

“In my little scheming mind, it’s always important for the students to win a few more times, just enough to be incentivized.”

Steve Wright, professor of civil and environmental engineering and organizer of an annual department food-collection contest.

February 17, 2014

“Students are away from home and trying to study. They can come eat here and have a decent meal.”

Andrea Randolph, East Quad Dining Hall chef assistant, on the most rewarding part of her job. Randolph also raises chickens at home.

February 10, 2014

“What’s fun is watching the students grow. There’s no set pattern; you never know when the light bulb’s going to go on and they’re going to see their way.”

Priscilla Lindsay, chair of the Department of Theatre & Drama

February 3, 2014

“We try to teach through conversation and questioning.”

Pamela Reister, curator for Museum Teaching and Learning at the U-M Museum of Art.

January 27, 2014

“Our society has barriers to women succeeding in male-dominated professions. Women can be smart. Women can do science. Women should do science.”

Pamela Raymond, chair of LSA’s Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology

January 20, 2014

“I get to see the whole university, this whole little universe.”

John Sartori, painter for Construction Services.

January 13, 2014

“I love the research and work that I do, because it touches everything. I have impact at many different levels — the individual, family, community and policy,”

Antonia Villarruel, professor of nursing and associate dean for research and global affairs at the School of Nursing.

December 16, 2013

“I’m good at what I do, from the medical side, but one of my best contributions to the exam is that I listen to (patients).”

Gretchen Ford, certified ophthalmic technician at the Kellogg Eye Center.