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February 13, 2006
From an ornate chair to curtains hanging on a wall, a hand mirror, a decorative painting, even a match used to light a cigarette—all must be placed with care for actors or dancers who require props to help set the stage. University Productions Properties Master Arthur Ridley, right, and undergraduate music student Michael Lowney prepare…
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February 6, 2006
A workday for Paul Girard is no ordinary 9-5 at the office. Instead, the transparent glass walls of a greenhouse and the great outdoors are his workstation. As caretaker of the conservatory at the Matthaei Botanical Gardens (MBG) and Nichols Arboretum, Girard spends his days working with plants—getting his hands dirty, learning lessons in horticulture…
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January 23, 2006
Sit. Stay. Roll over. These are common commands that most dogs learn to obey. But dance? Tell that to most dogs and you may receive a blank stare. Sturtz, as Peter Gunn, and Chimo (Photo by Mark Sturtz) For Peg Ash Sturtz, dog dancing is a shared love with her 2-year-old Alaskan Malamute, Chimo. Dog…
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January 15, 2006
It has taken Pat Hodges nearly 20 years of service as a University employee to become a jack-of-all-trades. (Photo by Scott Galvin, U-M Photo Services) And although she claims to be a master of none, Hodges, executive assistant to the dean of the School of Art & Design (A&D), has mastered the art of flexibility…
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January 9, 2006
Surrounded by thousands of books and hundreds of top literary journals fanned out in a small room in Angell Hall, you would think Andrea Beauchamp would be inspired to pen her own novel or fictional work. (Photo by Scott Galvin, U-M Photo Services) Save for an occasional short story or article, however, Beauchamp is content…
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December 12, 2005
Neither rain, nor sleet, nor dark of night—not even a slick loading dock—can keep Mail Services from delivering a package. (Photo by Scott Galvin, U-M Photo Services) Bill Griffin, Mail Services assistant manager, says at 9 p.m. the night before Thanksgiving a United States Postal Services (USPS) worker indicated he thought the loading dock was…
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December 5, 2005
When Sylvia Bowman wanted to adopt a dog from the Humane Society of Huron Valley (HSHV) in 2000, she saw that dogs enjoyed being walked outside, even if they were not chosen for adoption. Bowman and Sonja, a 2-year-old boxer who recently was adopted. (Photo courtesy Sylvia Bowman) Seeing the benefits of HSHV’s dog-walking and…
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November 21, 2005
“It all started with that dog,” says Kate Carras. (Photo by Scott Galvin, U-M Photo Services) More than 27 years ago Carras, now the assistant registrar at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, received a Border collie puppy, a sheep-herding breed. To keep the puppy entertained, Carras found sheep for the dog to chase. Carras soon…
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November 14, 2005
To him, life is a bowl of cherries. Edward Grant, a former farmer and now facilities assistant in the Kraus building, has cultivated a lifetime of wisdom and insight through a past once devoted to the joys and art of yielding crops. Farming stands not only as a way of living to him, but gives…
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November 7, 2005
For Dean Carpenter, a cabochon is not a difficult word to pronounce and is part of an easy hobby to get hooked on. Creating the highly polished, convex-cut, unfaceted gemstones has been a lifelong interest, one insiders call “cabbing.” (Photo by Kyle Carpenter) “It’s interesting to find the optimum presentation of the stone,” Carpenter says.…
