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October 30, 2006
A typical day for Dave Wilson begins at 4 a.m., when he wakes up to let his dogs out. (Photo by Ryan Wilson) Wilson is an outside plant foreman at the University, a job that requires him to be in the office by 5:30 a.m. so he can install, repair, maintain and work to prevent…
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October 23, 2006
The next time a Michigan football game is broadcast on ESPN and the commentator makes a remark about the winged helmet’s history, flashes a picture of U-M’s first Heisman Trophy winner Tom Harmon wearing his No. 98 jersey, or puts up a photo of Harrison “Boss” Weeks handing off to Neal Snow in the first…
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October 16, 2006
Faculty in the arts can’t always record their work in the traditional sense that many of their colleagues do, as their contributions to the academy often are not the material of books and articles. (Photo by Lin Jones, U-M Photo Services) Enter Peter Knox, whose job is to document the creative process through video for…
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October 9, 2006
Dr. Arwulf Arwulf already had been hosting the wildly creative “Face the Music” on U-M’s student-run WCBN-FM for 12 years when he was hired as an audiovisual technician by the University in 1992. (Photo by Scott Galvin, U-M Photo Services) “We work long days, sometimes 11 or 12 hours, to screen films and facilitate lectures…
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October 2, 2006
When Maxine Solvay was 16 years old, she bought Yogi Berra. (Photo by Lin Jones, U-M Photo Services) Not the baseball card, but the actual 15-time All-Star. The Mets wanted to hire Berra as a manager, so they put him up on waivers for $1, a formality to ensure no other team wanted him as…
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September 25, 2006
Ask Shelly Hoffman what her favorite part of performing is and she’ll tell you it’s making people laugh. She says this is also the most difficult part of putting on a show, but humor comes easily to the cheerful co-founder of Adrian & Enid Inc., a comedic theatrical troupe based in Flint. Shelly Hoffman (right)…
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September 18, 2006
The smooth sound of plucked harp strings tends to make U-M Health System patients “melt into their bed,” says Bedside Music Program harpist Julie Hussar. Photo by Melissa Dyer But late summer-early fall isn’t so relaxing for Hussar, who doubles as harpist every weekend through Oct. 1 at the Michigan Renaissance Festival. At the festival…
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September 11, 2006
There was a time when Washtenaw County Fitness Ambassador Kristin Romelhardt, who joined Gov. Jennifer Granholm for the 5-mile Mackinac Bridge walk/run on Labor Day, wasn’t so active. Then, something changed. (Photo by Scott Galvin, U-M Photo Services) “I don’t think it was anything monumental other than both my mother and grandmother had cancer and…
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September 5, 2006
A party-line telephone system was cutting-edge technology at the U-M Biological Station near Pellston when Tony Sutterley, now building and facilities senior supervisor, began working there in the ’70s. (Photo by Photo By Karie Slavik) The station also looked different. “The exterior of a lot of the cabins were a type of tar paper and…
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August 14, 2006
“If you sit there and don’t smile and don’t laugh, your day is long,” says John Pittman, a 30-year U-M employee who holds the unique job title of Venetian blinds cleaner. Pittman, a father of six, also serves as Huron High School assistant wrestling coach and helps takes care of his mother who lives in…
