Staff Spotlight

  1. April 18, 2022

    Rotary Club provides impactful experiences

    Joanne Pierson serves as the project manager for DyslexiaHelp, a donor-funded, web-based information and resource center through the School of Education.

  2. April 11, 2022

    Ph.D. dissertations provide inspiration for artist

    Alison Rivett, associate director of the Arts Initiative, has created several paintings inspired by Ph.D. dissertations, including one based on a Greek-language papyrus letter from a man to his wife.

  3. April 4, 2022

    Police officer timing retirement with canine partner

    Officer Joseph Dunny is one of two K-9 patrol units within the Division of Public Safety and Security. He has worked with Taser and Tank and currently patrols with Columbo, a Belgian Malinois.

  4. March 28, 2022

    CIGLR staff member feels at home on the water

    Holly Kelchner, an aquatic ecology research analyst with the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research, lists scuba diving and sailing among her passions.

  5. March 7, 2022

    Staffer has amassed solid Captain America collection

    Devin Berghorst, senior case manager for student support services in the Dean of Students Office, estimates among the couple thousand comics he’s obtained over the years, between 400-500 are Captain America. 

  6. January 10, 2022

    Staffer’s musical dreams fulfilled while living in L.A.

    Before she joined U-M a decade ago, Anne Kadrovich rubbed elbows with the likes of Madonna, Gwen Stefani and Michael Jackson.

  7. November 8, 2021

    Taking the interview pays off for UM-Dearborn staffer

    Tony DeLaRosa serves UM-Dearborn as assistant director of experiential learning at the College of Engineering and Computer Science. He’s been with the university since 2001.

  8. November 1, 2021

    Library staffer delights others with artist’s books

    Lara Unger, digital conversion supervisor at the U-M Library, has made more than 50 artist’s books over the years, ranging from a book made largely of computer items to one that resembles a movie camera.

  9. October 25, 2021

    Nurse’s book tells of life raising special-needs child

    Kelly Miltimore, a registered nurse who works in the Central Staffing Resources at Michigan Medicine, wrote “A Zebra in a Field of Horses: One Parent’s Candid Truth About Raising a Child with Special Needs.”

  10. October 4, 2021

    Quilting allows analyst to give thanks, honor her mom

    Kathy Sodt, a senior business intelligence analyst with Enterprise Data and Information Services and Health Information Technology & Services at Michigan Medicine, makes quilts, table runners and jewelry.