Faculty/Staff Spotlights
-
October 17, 2022
“It’s my intention to have them hear a song in another language that’s not English, and hear that that’s beautiful, too.”
— Tamara West, an intercultural program adviser at U-M’s Center for Global and Intercultural Study who participates in singing competitions in a wide array of foreign languages
Read more about Tamara West -
October 10, 2022
“I have a lot of stuff. It’s kind of an eclectic mix. I get bored pretty easily, so I end up with a lot of hobbies. I’m like a big 12-year-old.”
— Todd Coon, supervisor for the Procurement Services technology team, has a robust collection of knives, swords, Captain America memorabilia and other things on display in the basement of his Ypsilanti home
Read more about Todd Coon -
October 3, 2022
“I love to give to other people, and I like to inspire them and let them know that you can do this, too.”
— Dave Brenner, the School for Environment and Sustainability’s creative and web director who with his wife, Shelley, competes in chalk-art competitions around the country and the world
Read more about Dave Brenner -
September 26, 2022
“You’re working with one of the world’s biggest jigsaw puzzles. That’s why I keep getting drawn back there.”
— Richard Redding, associate research scientist in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, who has spent nearly every winter in Egypt for about 30 years uncovering the mysteries of the Old Kingdom
Read more about Richard Redding -
September 19, 2022
“I loved competing with the guys. I guess little me loved the idea of proving 8-year-old boys wrong.”
— Mimi Bolden-Morris, who is an offensive graduate assistant with the Michigan football team, the first female graduate assistant at a Power Five school
Read more about Mimi Bolden-Morris -
September 12, 2022
“This is turning into somewhat of a war of attrition, and the people of Ukraine are so deserving of our support.”
— Florian Schmitzberger, an emergency physician at U-M Health, who works with Global Response Management and provided care and training in Ukraine after Russia invaded
Read more about Florian Schmitzberger -
September 6, 2022
“I always say that 12-year-old Dave would be very impressed with what 50-something Dave was up to.”
— David Carter, who serves as video game archivist for the Computer and Video Game Archive and comics librarian, combining two of his early childhood loves
Read more about David Carter -
August 29, 2022
“There’s a pure joy that happens in the yard when my kids are picking abundant raspberries off these plants we planted together or harvesting winter squash.”
— Jeremy Moghtader, who has served as the program manager for the Campus Farm for six years after a 12-year career at Michigan State University
Read more about Jeremy Moghtader -
August 15, 2022
“Figuring out how to reach our audience took a little bit. But once we found an audience, we found ourselves to be very busy.”
— Kate Compton Barr, a behavioral scientist with the Center for Academic Innovation who served as CEO of a baby box manufacturer called Pip & Grow
Read more about Kate Compton Barr -
July 25, 2022
“I feel like it’s important … that children feel that they own the space, it’s theirs and that they can be artists here.”
— John Ellis, associate professor of piano and piano pedagogy in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, who helps administer two community engagement programs that teach piano to young people
Read more about John Ellis
