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March 17, 2008
When Hospital Communications Operator Roger Banks starts his workday at U-M Hospital, there’s no time to ease in; he just dives headfirst. (Photo by Lin Jones, U-M Photo Services) “It’s really rewarding to help the customers who are upset or need assistance,” he says. “In most cases, the person is appreciative that someone has taken…
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March 10, 2008
The snow-weary campus community may be wondering if winter ever will end, but it’s not unusual to be plowing campus streets and sidewalks in March, says Arthur “Art” Grissom of Grounds and Waste Management Services (GWM). Photo by Scott Soderberg, U-M Photo Services “It’s still pretty typical, other than dealing with a little more ice.…
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March 3, 2008
When she was hired by the U-M Health System Marietta Van Buhler thought she would be intimidated by the hospital setting. But a walk through University Hospital public areas made a powerful impression on Van Buhler, program manager of research for the Nursing Administration. (Photo by Scott Soderberg, U-M Photo Services) “The very first thing…
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February 18, 2008
After raising puppies for Leader Dogs for the Blind, Margaret Goebel admits it’s hard to give them up once they’re ready to serve people. But the dogs never forget. (Photo by Scott Galvin, U-M Photo Services) “We get to meet the person they were placed with and see the dog again,” says Goebel, purchasing clerk…
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February 11, 2008
The road Gerald B. Ross took to U-M included two stops in Minnesota to appear on Garrison Keillor’s National Public Radio show “A Prairie Home Companion” with his group The Lost World String Band. “It was quite a treat to perform on that show knowing that our music was being broadcast live throughout North America,”…
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February 4, 2008
Across campus students, staff and faculty enjoy a warm ride on the University bus system as they contend with the frigid Midwest winter. (Photo by Scott Galvin, U-M Photo Services) Little do they know, Jim Peters, who helps maintain and repair the buses that make their lives easier, also has a positive impact on the…
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January 28, 2008
U-M Health System security supervisor Rod Allen learned early on to respect patients, an attitude that serves him well in his new volunteer role as Ann Arbor police chaplain. Allen and his wife, Margaret, are pastors at Shekinah Christian Church in Ann Arbor. “Our pastor met with the Ann Arbor chief of police because her…
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January 21, 2008
Many people are motivated by the triumphs of others. For Sonya Jacobs, U-M’s human resource organizational effectiveness consultant, it was through the courageous battles of two family members that she found her own inspiration. (Photo courtesy Sonya Jacobs) “As a teenager I became aware of breast cancer when both my aunts were diagnosed with the…
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January 14, 2008
People can be happy, even in the face of extreme poverty. That’s a key insight Tim Barden gained last July as he took a weeklong break from directing service crews at U-M-Flint to volunteer at a Guatemalan orphanage. (Photo by Cheryl Weston) There, the annual average household income is $350, Barden says. “But no matter…
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January 7, 2008
Debby Mitchell does it all. Not only is she an ordained minister, a poet, actor, playwright and retreat leader, she also is the coordinator of undergraduate recruitment for the College of Engineering (CoE). (Photo by Lin Jones, U-M Photo Services) “Our goal is to recruit a highly successful, diverse group of students from around the…
