March 31, 2003
(Photo by Marcia Ledford, U-M Photo Services) While most people are content pursuing an activity or two outside of their careers, a select few are more ambitious, immersing themselves in numerous extra pursuits. Karen Simpson, a student account assistant II/ Financial Operations employee is one such person. Simpson, a U-M employee for the past 25…
March 17, 2003
Daguerreotypes. Pointillage. Naumachia. Hobbledehoy. This is a sample of the spelling words the team of Ruth Kallio, associate director of the Office of Budget and Planning (OBP), and Karen Zaruba and Susannah Livingood, research associates in the OBP, and encountered to win the Junior League of Ann Arbor Corporate Spelling Bee fundraiser Feb 12. Karen…
March 10, 2003
A dedicated team of U-M staff members is working to save the lives of children with neuroblastoma, one of the most common solid tumors of early childhood. Back row, left to right, Denise Regan and David Hubers; front row, Cynthia Bower and Shelli Anuszkiewicz.(Photo by Martin Vloet, U-M Photo Services) “These individuals have dedicated an…
February 17, 2003
Many people wonder how they would react in a life-threatening situation. Heidi Ashby-Rogge faced this situation recently when a co-worker was choking, and she knew exactly what to do. Heidi Ashby-Rogge, left, saved Robin Woodard by using the Heimlich maneuver.(Photo by Paul Jaronski, U-M Photo Services) Ashby-Rogge, a student loans financial operations clerk, learned the…
February 10, 2003
Life has a funny way of showing us what’s important. Take Maureen Perdomo, for example. The manager of marketing and promotion for the A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning (TCAUP) got her wake-up call five years ago when her husband, Raul, almost died of a dissecting aortic aneurysm. He recovered, but the…
January 20, 2003
Lenea Howe, U-M education coordinator for the National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center for Reconfigurable Manufacturing, has spent 11 years in the School of Public Health and at the College of Engineering. Photo by Martin Vloet, U-M Photo Services Though she works to bring people into a highly mathematical and technical field, Howe spends her…
January 13, 2003
By day, Joel Aalberts is the public relations director for the School of Music and University Productions. Since Aug. 2001, he has worked to publicize the major theater, musical theater, opera and dance productions on campus, and he has done the national public relations for the School of Music. Photo by Paul Jaronski, U-M Photo…
