Staff Spotlight

  1. November 21, 2022

    CrossFit provides fitness, competition for nurse anesthetist

    Blair Dudley, certified registered nurse anesthetist, has been involved with CrossFit for about 10 years and recently began taking part in competitions.

  2. November 14, 2022

    SMTD technical director has long history with Pokémon

    Richard Lindsay, technical director of university productions and lecturer of theatre in the School of Music, Theatre & Dance, discovered Pokémon during the late 1990s.

  3. November 7, 2022

    Grad program manager finds outlet through improv

    Beth Dutridge-Corp, an LSA graduate education program manager, fell in love with sketch comedy shows and takes part in improvisational comedy performances. 

  4. October 31, 2022

    Small observation helps lead to big break

    Jonathan Smith, percussion program manager at U-M, has performed nearly 200 shows for “Aladdin” on Broadway since 2014 as the designated sub for the musical’s full-time percussionist.

  5. October 17, 2022

    Program adviser explores cultures through song

    Tamara West, an intercultural program adviser at U-M’s Center for Global and Intercultural Study, has always had an interest in other cultures.

  6. October 10, 2022

    Supervisor has procured an eclectic collection

    Todd Coon, supervisor for the Procurement Services technology team, has a robust collection of knives and swords on display in the basement of his Ypsilanti home.

  7. October 3, 2022

    SEAS creative director creates chalk-art masterpieces

    Dave Brenner, the School for Environment and Sustainability’s creative and web director, and his wife, Shelley, compete in chalk-art competitions around the country and the world.

  8. September 19, 2022

    Football grad assistant continues to break barriers

    Mimi Bolden-Morris is in her first year as an offensive graduate assistant with the Wolverines, the first female graduate assistant at a Power Five school.

  9. August 29, 2022

    Program manager keeps Campus Farm bustling

    Jeremy Moghtader has served as the program manager for the Campus Farm for six years after a 12-year career at Michigan State University.

  10. August 15, 2022

    Weekend getaway helps launch baby box business

    When Kate Compton Barr met a bunch of girlfriends in Sedona, Arizona, seven years ago, she never imagined emerging from the weekend getaway as a co-founder of a company that manufactures cardboard baby boxes.