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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…
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November 3, 2008
Molly Kleinman’s love for theatre played a leading role in steering her to a job as copyright specialist and special projects librarian at Hatcher Graduate Library. “It’s like working in the future,” Kleinman says, as new technology continues to revolutionize information gathering. (Photo by Austin Thomason, U-M Photo Services) Growing up in Philadelphia, Kleinman and…
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October 27, 2008
For Cathy Fitzgerald, the saying “practice what you preach” is a way of life. A dietitian and wellness coordinator for the U-M Health System, Fitzgerald has competed in a triathlon and three 300-mile bike rides while making healthy living a personal priority. (Photo by Scott Soderberg, U-M Photo Services) Since 1995 Fitzgerald has worked with…
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October 20, 2008
While open seas and sterile labs may seem like polar opposites, Colleen Flanagan calls both of them home. Flanagan, a tissue engineering research specialist who works on tissue scaffolding in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, finds time to sail in some of the greatest races of the continent. (Photo courtesy Colleen Flanagan) It was while…
