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July 27, 2009
Dana Thomas, the student affairs project manager in the Office of Public Health Practice, has a complaint about her job: “There’s just not enough time in the work day!” (Photo by Austin Thomason, U-M Photo Services) Among other things, Thomas is involved in coordinating and managing trips through the Public Health Action Support Team (PHAST),…
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July 13, 2009
With John Haley’s help, it’s possible to dedicate a campus residence hall, and eat it too. Haley, a postal clerk at U-M Flint, is known for his elaborately decorated cakes, one of which was a replica of the college’s first residence hall created for the building’s dedication. (Photo by Mel Serow, UM-Flint) What began as…
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June 22, 2009
From the dawn of science, artists have been creating finely detailed drawings of plants, first for healers seeking medicinal herbs and later for botanical and medical researchers. (Photo by Austin Thomason, U-M Photo Services) The craft has survived for centuries. Even the invention of photography in the 19th century could not force obsolescence upon botanical…
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June 8, 2009
Whether tidying up conference rooms, working toward a nursing degree or coaching runners, Domonique Morton tries to do more than just get the job done. She views each task as an opportunity to put forth her best effort, and to encourage others to do the same. (Photo by Austin Thomason, U-M Photo Services) Morton has…
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May 18, 2009
Stacy Fete has lost track of how many years she has spent living in residence halls. Fete, the North Campus area coordinator for University Housing, has worked in student activities and residence education her entire career. “I love being with students because I get my energy from them,” she says. (Photo by Austin Thomason, U-M…
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May 4, 2009
In 1963, Elizabeth James heard the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. speak at Detroit’s Walk to Freedom. Three years old at the time, the third-generation storyteller and Detroit native still recalls the energy of the crowd and says this memory inspires her to use words to encourage others. (Photo by Austin Thomason, U-M Photo Services)…
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April 27, 2009
Dominique Abed went from one job — dog training — that is based on clear, simple and often nonverbal communication, to one that stresses the delivery of complex, nuanced verbal information. (Photo by Austin Thomason, U-M Photo Services) Abed is the marketing communications specialist at the Erb Institute for Global Sustainable Enterprise, where her core…
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April 20, 2009
All things Elvis decorate Dalana Moore’s office on the eighth floor of the Northbank Center at UM-Flint. Black and red velvet paintings of Elvis, toiletries from the Heartbreak Hotel, a bowling ball from Graceland and sheet music of Moore’s favorite song, “Love Me Tender,” are a few of the pieces in her collection. (Photo by…
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April 13, 2009
When Bruce Glazier’s wife spotted the job opening for facilities manager of the new U-M Museum of Art, she knew it would be the opportunity of a lifetime. (Photo by Martin Vloet, U-M Photo Services) “My wife loves the museum, so she told me that it would be the best job in the world,” Glazier…
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April 6, 2009
Teaching safety is something that Tom Hart takes seriously as a heavy-equipment mechanic for the university and as a youth martial arts instructor. A university employee for more than 30 years, Hart has seen the things at the grease-spotted heavy-equipment garage change since his arrival in March 1979. (Photo by Scott Soderberg, U-M Photo Services)…
