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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…
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December 10, 2007
The world’s finest health professionals make the U-M Health System (UMHS) go, and so do behind-the-scenes staff including senior software developer Sam Ritter. (Photo by Sam Ritter) Ritter created the MNet program for UMHS that aids patient care by speeding up the delivery of medical information to a patient’s primary doctor. Ritter was co-creator of…
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December 3, 2007
In a space smaller than the average coat closet, the Survival Flight team saves hundreds of lives every year. (Photo by Dave Roberts) “There is definitely an adrenaline rush when the pager goes off,” says Jeff Thomas, flight nurse specialist. He and the team try to be skids up — flight lingo for launched —…
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November 19, 2007
Kenny G has savored chef Steve Clawson’s macrobiotic greens, and film legend Richard Harris his Italian stew. During a 20-year career, the University Catering chef also has shown U-M football players how to prepare food that will boost their energy, and earned the nickname “Pit Boss” for his work behind the grill at football tailgate…
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November 12, 2007
Aquilla Robinson and the other 14 members of the University Hospital‘s Lift Team safely move patients while saving nurses’ backs. Aquilla Robinson, middle row center, and her fellow Lift Team members have been specially trained to lift University Hospital patients to reduce the number of back injuries reported by nurses. (Photo courtesy Aquilla Robinson) “We…
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November 5, 2007
Joyce Tinkham, an inpatient unit clerk for pediatric cardio-thoracic Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at U-M Hospital, says the best thing about her job is the evening shift. Joyce Tinkham joins Dr. Robert Kelch in his office, where one of her works of art is displayed. (Photo courtesy Joyce Tinkham) “Ever since I was a kid…
