Staff Spotlight
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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.
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February 23, 2015
Psychology employee serves community with food, clothing pantry
For Sheri Circele, Saturday mornings have been a time for giving back. As a board member and one of the founders of Bountiful Harvest Food Pantry in Livingston County, Circele’s volunteering helps the pantry provide a free, full meal to more than a hundred clients every Saturday.
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February 9, 2015
Sustainability crucial for generations to come, coordinator says
For Sudhakar Reddy, volunteering is more than a passion: it’s central to his philosophy of sustainability. In 2006, Reddy helped found the Indo-American Eye Care Organization, a non-profit that since its inception has screened more than 70,000 people in India for eye problems.
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January 26, 2015
Detroit Urban Research Center manager doubles as part-time chocolatier
Julia Weinert’s love of chocolate may have started by sampling different specialty chocolate bars at Zingerman’s Delicatessen, but it sparked a desire to pursue the art of chocolate making.
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January 12, 2015
UMS employee finds creative outlet in knitting
Liz Stover Rosenthal’s sweater is patterned in shades of maize, punctuated by cornflower-blue stripes. It’s subtly spirited — fitting for the long-time Ann Arborite, Michigan grad and current associate programming manager at the University Musical Society.
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December 8, 2014
Administrator pursues prison arts volunteering, writing
Every year, Jessica Bennett sets aside a weekend for an unusual road trip: visiting more than a dozen prisons in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula to select some of the most diverse prisoner-created art in Michigan, for the Prison Creative Arts Project’s annual exhibition at U-M.
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November 17, 2014
Academic adviser practices mindfulness in rainforest, Ann Arbor
Kozikowski, an academic adviser at the Newnan LSA Academic Advising Center, has led “Mindfulness@Umich” meditation sessions for U-M students and professionals since she joined the university in 2012.
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November 3, 2014
Proud mother gives back after daughter’s open-heart surgery
A handmade card that reads “Happy Birthday Mommy” hangs on the wall next to Amanda Holdsworth’s desk in her office at the Business Engagement Center. It is surrounded by finger-painted crafts and pictures of a smiling toddler with blond pigtails. Avery, Holdsworth’s daughter, is now 3 years old and completely healthy.
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October 20, 2014
IGR program manager facilitates dialogues on identity
As a freshman at Ann Arbor’s Community High School, D. Alvarez participated in his first dialogue on race. Several years — and a master’s degree from U-M’s School of Social Work — later, Alvarez is helping to bring dialogues on different identities to the U-M community.
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October 6, 2014
Communicator explores sense of smell, promotes interdisciplinarity
At 10 years old, Kydd stood on her tiptoes to reach over the counter at Alexander’s department store in the Bronx, paying $2.75 for her first fragrance purchase, “Sweet Earth Rare Flowers” by Coty. Acquiring the solid perfume compact was only the beginning.
