Staff Spotlight

  1. February 17, 2025

    Breaking into song moves this Michigan Medicine staffer

    Christina Fields has a retirement plan. She wants to be a lounge singer. With retirement still years away, however, Fields satisfies her yen for singing with weekly choir practices and semi-annual choral concerts.

  2. February 10, 2025

    Michigan Medicine staffer spins the ‘Wheel of Fortune’

    Jennifer Hawkins, division administrator for Infectious Diseases at Michigan Medicine, recently had the thrill of a lifetime: being a contestant on “Wheel of Fortune.”

  3. February 3, 2025

    Stamps helped Sandra Wiley see herself as an artist

    Sandra Wiley, director of international study programs at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, has been knitting since she was a child and creates all her own clothes.

  4. January 20, 2025

    ICPSR staffer brings joy to others through art

    Kathryn Lavender, a data project manager at the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, turned her watercolor paintings of cats into calendars.

  5. December 9, 2024

    Stamps Gallery staffer embraces variety of art-making

    Haley Perkins, public programs and engagement officer at the Stamps Gallery, has been a lifelong artist who comes from a family of creators.

  6. November 25, 2024

    Staffer’s creations delight visitors, celebrate co-workers

    Linda Garcia finds inspiration in the scientists she works among in LSA’s Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and uses her creativity with quilting and Barbies to show it.

  7. November 18, 2024

    Ross School staffer has plenty to cheer about

    Jennaye Wade, human resources generalist associate at the Ross School, is a full-time volunteer varsity cheer coach and cheer director for the Washtenaw Junior Maize Football and Cheer League.

  8. November 11, 2024

    Rides have deep meaning for research program manager

    Chrysta Lienczewski, a clinical research program manager with the Michigan Kidney Translational Medicine Center in Michigan Medicine, has been involved with Wish-A-Mile Bicycle Tour for 15 years.

  9. November 4, 2024

    Staffer melds love of theater, finance at SMTD

    Olivia Deane, financial specialist associate in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, first performed in a community theater production at the age of 12.

  10. October 21, 2024

    ICPSR supervisor’s art redefines which way is up

    Bill Horvath, full-stack engineer supervisor at the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, has built up a sizable and impressive portfolio of artwork.