Staff Spotlight

  1. September 21, 2015

    Greg Maxwell helps UMHS patients heal through music

    Greg Maxwell still remembers the first time he saw a U-M Health System patient react to his therapeutic guitar playing. He works for the health system’s Gifts of Art program as a certified music practitioner, singing and playing his guitar in patients’ rooms.

  2. September 8, 2015

    MESA program manager gives back to community

    Upon leaving the Navy, Leon Howard III embarked on a journey of personal growth through learning and service. Today, as the program manager for the Office of Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs, he helps other students realize their full potential, as he did his.

  3. July 27, 2015

    Multimedia specialist channels creativity as aspiring filmmaker

    Brian Lillie epitomizes the term “renaissance man.” An aspiring filmmaker, writer and musician, Lillie’s creativity is never at rest. 

  4. June 22, 2015

    Registered dietician is a foodie with an agenda

    Lindsay Haas is on a mission to help everyone live a healthy life. And eat more vegetables.

  5. June 8, 2015

    Librarian expands video game, comic book collections

    Nestled in the basement of the Duderstadt Center is the Computer and Video Game Archive, managed by librarian David Carter.

  6. May 26, 2015

    Director of debate leads team to record-setting success

    As politicians gear up for the 2016 presidential debate cycle, U-M’s Debate Team, led by Director Aaron Kall, is dominating debate on the intercollegiate level.

  7. April 27, 2015

    Media lab consultant finds intersection of social justice, art and science

    Carlos Garcia, one of the four artists in Complex Movements, also works as managing consultant at GroundWorks Media Lab in the Duderstadt Library’s Digital Media Commons. Garcia graduated from U-M in 2012 with a degree in performing arts technology and a concentration in engineering.

  8. April 13, 2015

    Director of Greek life receives national recognition

    To the right of Mary Beth Seiler’s desk, framed photo collages cover the wall, illustrating her career in Greek life during the past 36 years.  As the longest-serving sorority and fraternity adviser in the nation, many stories hang in those frames. And a new addition to her walls is one that Seiler is humbly honored by — an award that Delta Gamma Fraternity recently created in her name. 

  9. March 30, 2015

    Administrative assistant finds creative outlet in clothes and costumes

    Erin Flores, an administrative assistant at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, recently began making her own clothes. Her hobby started when she wanted to make her own costumes for Japanese animation and game conventions.

  10. March 16, 2015

    Housing custodian maintains green thumb off the job

    Although it’s the middle of winter, Dave Camp has flower baskets on his mind. Camp, a custodian in Mary Markley Residence Hall, helps on weekends to run Tulip Tree Gardens with the owners — his wife, Rachel, and her sister, Laura Morehouse.