Staff Spotlight
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March 31, 2014
Video studio manager brings student projects to life
As the producing manager of the Digital Media Commons Video Studio in the Duderstadt Library, Jacques Mersereau spends his workday helping students and faculty with video projects of all kinds.
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March 17, 2014
Data analyst finds joy in making, sharing music
Ellen Woodard is an applications programmer/analyst for the Nephrology Division in Internal Medicine, but she hasn’t given up her love of musical performance.
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February 17, 2014
Chef assistant raises chickens, supports local, sustainable food
For Andrea Randolph, raising chickens doesn’t just mean fresh eggs — it means family bonding.
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February 3, 2014
Museum curator combines teaching, art
As the curator for Museum Teaching and Learning, Reister helps select, train and oversee U-M Museum of Art’s volunteer docents.
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January 20, 2014
Painter enjoys horses, Harleys at home
As he’s painting, John Sartori lets his mind drift. It usually goes to one of three places: Italy, his barn or the highway.
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October 7, 2013
Computer science professor helps students bring apps to life
Photo by Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography. Jeff Ringenberg’s office is a technophile’s dream. Shelves full of printers, computer accessories, and neat stacks of new Macbooks share space with hefty books — everything from “Microelectronic Circuit Design” to “Essential Matlab.” As a lecturer IV for the Computer Science Engineering Division of the College of Engineering,… -
September 30, 2013
UNIX administrator finds enjoyment on Scio Township farm
There is no sweeter sound for two dozen female goats than a ringing bell. Just seconds ago they lazed languidly beneath the August sun. Now, they trot excitedly on short legs along a wire fence, to a milk house with the logo “White Lotus Farms.” Photo by Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography. Here, they’ll get a… -
September 23, 2013
Prize-winning architecture faculty member is ‘instigator’
Like Salvador Dali’s melting clock faces, Catie Newell’s glass creations slump against metal stakes. They are part of “Displace,” a research project with colleague Wes McGee. She finds the fire-charred remains of a Detroit house ideal for a demonstrative endeavor involving ailing building materials. “Starting with a blank sheet of paper would not allow me… -
September 16, 2013
Academic adviser helps students succeed
The walls in Jeff Harrold’s office are covered with graduation announcements and thank-you cards from students he’s worked with over the years. As an academic standards adviser in LSA, he works with a variety of students their whole college careers, and often builds lasting relationships. “Every student that comes here comes here with the intention… -
September 9, 2013
Lecturer’s passion for food informs classroom discussion
How does one go from wanting to be a professional wine expert to teaching at a world-class academic institution? That, in essence, is the story of Margot Finn, a lecturer in university courses, although even she admits she got there in a “roundabout sort of way.” Photo by Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography. Finn was a…
