Staff Spotlight

  1. September 18, 2023

    Hospital arts coordinator collects, paints robots

    Elaine Reed, the arts programming coordinator with Michigan Medicine’s Gifts of Art Program, has a collection of more than 250 robot figurines.

  2. September 11, 2023

    Web developer’s photography passion takes flight

    Jocelyn Anderson, a web developer in LSA, has photographed or taken video of more than 200 species of birds in Michigan and shares them on her Instagram account and website.

  3. September 5, 2023

    Marching band GSI explores the marching arts through design

    DaJuan Brooks, a graduate student instructor with the Michigan Marching Band, helped create costumes worn by the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps recently in the world championship.

  4. August 28, 2023

    Kinesiology adviser coaches soccer, travels abroad

    Trevor Kilgore, a student affairs engagement coordinator and academic adviser in the School of Kinesiology, is coaching four youth soccer teams this fall.

  5. August 14, 2023

    Educator is helping create a sustainable future

    UM-Dearborn’s interpretive naturalist Dorothy McLeer pulls out all the creative stops to help people retain information while taking them on guided tours of the trails.

  6. July 24, 2023

    Ford School staffer smashes, fixes combines

    Chris Myers, assistant director of digital strategy, communications and outreach at the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, competes in combine demolition derbies.

  7. June 19, 2023

    Multimedia designer discovered eye for art early on

    Growing up in a small town in Indiana, Megan Foldenauer, multimedia specialist for Michigan Medicine Neurosurgery, found an outlet through art.

  8. June 5, 2023

    Ukrainian expatriate helping war-torn homeland

    Juliya Wicklund, an America Reads program manager with the Edward Ginsberg Center, helped launch the Ukraine TrustChain, a nonprofit aimed at helping the war-torn country of Ukraine.

  9. May 22, 2023

    Disability services navigator aims for fourth Paralympics

    Chuck Aoki, community access navigator with U-M’s Adaptive Sports & Fitness program, has competed in wheelchair rugby in three Summer Paralympics Games. 

  10. May 1, 2023

    Communicator adds charm to mailboxes, birdhouses

    Tamara Havermahl has designed and created dozens of mailboxes and birdhouses, a pursuit that has invigorated a longtime love of art and pulled her from the depths of depression.