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February 9, 2009
On the third Thursday of every month Tim Utter transforms the ostensibly esoteric Map Library in the 8th floor of the Hatcher Graduate Library into a venue for a social gathering. Utter, a senior information resources specialist with the Map Library, conceived the aptly named Third Thursday events to showcase the library’s resources. The event…
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February 2, 2009
Advertisements for performances, piano lessons and auditions line the halls of the Earl V. Moore Building, but opening the doors to the piano technician room reveals a much different side of music. Assistant Piano Technician Norman Vesprini’s office is cluttered with piano keyboards, strings, tools and tuning equipment, all of which he uses to repair…
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January 26, 2009
In the past few years ballroom dancer/instructor Jennifer Wade has seen the sport rise from obscurity with the success of ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars.” (Photo by Scott Soderberg, U-M Photo Services) The show, which pairs celebrities and professional dancers who compete with one another, has attracted millions of viewers on prime time television and…
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January 19, 2009
Wine tasting is serious business. When Ron Sober took an examination to gain accreditation as an international wine judge it was hardly a cocktail party. “It was brutal,” says Sober, an instructional designer for Human Resource Development. “It was a very difficult, thorough, four-hour exam.” (Photo by Scott Soderberg, U-M Photo Services) Sober was required…
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January 12, 2009
Tracy King first experienced the power of massage as a high school athlete in Ypsilanti. After receiving one during the swimming season, King shaved more than seven seconds off her time in the 100-yard breaststroke. (Photo by Austin Thomason, U-M Photo Services) “I never put two-and-two together until the next year,” King says about how…
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December 15, 2008
As a young girl, Maureen Gelardi learned basic finger spelling from a deaf mailman in her mother’s service program for senior citizens. “I loved the fact that I could speak to him,” Gelardi says of an experience that would foreshadow her career. (Photo by Austin Thomason, U-M Photo Services) Now a certified American Sign Language…
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December 8, 2008
Shoppers interested in buying Shannon Brines’ locally grown organic produce may want to arrive at the Kerrytown farmer’s market early Saturday morning. “I have developed a following and sometimes I run out pretty quickly,” says Brines, who works as an environmental spatial analysis lab manager at the School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE). (Photo…
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November 24, 2008
Susan Blaisdell proudly shows the work of the sewing elves: stockings decorated with Michigan logos, multi-colored lights and moose. Photo by Austin Thomason, U-M Photo Services Tubs of Play-Doh, hand sanitizer and notebooks overtake the counters of a room in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the Department of Internal Medicine, where Blaisdell works as an…
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November 17, 2008
Classical guitar may not have been the start of Matthew Ardizzone’s career, but he has made a living from the music that he loves. Ardizzone has been an admissions officer at the School of Music, Theatre & Dance since 2006. His job is dictated by the seasonal influx of students applying for admittance to the…
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November 10, 2008
Philip Ray makes an effort to ride his bike to work every day. Because he lives only three miles from campus, the Information Technology (IT) manager at the School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE) easily can commute on two wheels. Sharing similar environmental values with SNRE, Ray also saves gas with his frequent bike…
