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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)…
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March 30, 2009
After surgery in 2008 to remove a bone tumor on her hip, Anne Phillips recovered with the help of orange-red and lavender hues. The story of her experience with the healing power of colors — as well as other patients’ stories, artwork, poetry and activities — fill the pages of the upcoming Mott “Active Book,”…
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March 23, 2009
As captain of the Active U! team Rock’n Rec Sports, Lisa Shea constantly encourages her teammates to stay active. “We just need to keep rocking, moving, and tracking even when we run into barriers,” says Shea, senior assistant director in the Department of Recreational Sports. (Photo by Lin Jones, U-M Photo Services) Shea not only…
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March 9, 2009
On a rainy night in 2004, Matt LeBlanc huddled under a tarp in an Iowa state park, hurriedly fixing a Women’s Rowing Team racing boat. The next morning, the team captured the Big Ten Championship title in the repaired craft. The boat, called a “shell” in rowing lingo, broke before the team left for Iowa,…
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March 2, 2009
Tara Griffith stops her tour of the Conservatory at Matthaei Botanical Gardens to chat with several volunteers who are processing native plant seeds. She then continues her walk through the back halls of the greenhouses. Tara Griffith, shown with Wolfgang, helped develop a special gardening program for seniors. (Photo courtesy Tara Griffith) Griffith’s life and…
