Staff Spotlight

  1. September 8, 2020

    Mcity associate director delights co-workers with charcuterie

    Greg McGuire, who has served as Mcity associate director for a year, got into charcuterie when someone suggested his “Michigan basement” was an ideal place to cure meats.

  2. August 10, 2020

    Ford School staffer transforms into fairy tale characters

    Delaney Andrews, annual giving and stewardship officer for the Ford School performs as princesses and fairy tale characters for parties and events through her company, Pixie Dust Entertainment.

  3. March 16, 2020

    Transfer recruiting coordinator opens home to foster dog

    Kristin Heinrich, a transfer recruiting coordinator for LSA, recently welcomed a foster dog into her home and life. It provided a way for her to help without the long-term commitment of adopting another dog.

  4. March 9, 2020

    Art librarian tackles Cape Cod-style renovation project

    Jamie Vander Broek, an art librarian at the Art, Architecture & Engineering Library, and her husband are renovating a 1,600-square-foot Cape Cod-style house on the far west side of Ann Arbor.

  5. February 24, 2020

    Drummer finds calling as new Michigan Medicine lead police officer

    Theo Chalogianis, the first lead police officer embedded in the Michigan Medicine community, plays drums in a Greek band called Oneiro, Greek for “dream,” and has practiced aikido for 25 years.

  6. February 10, 2020

    Busy academic adviser finds serenity in ceramics

    Jenna Long, an academic adviser in the School of Nursing, recently revived her passion and love for ceramics by enrolling in a class seven years after she last sat at a pottery wheel.

  7. January 20, 2020

    Longtime UMS staffer fulfills lifelong ‘Jeopardy!’ dream

    When Lisa Murray received the phone call from Sony Pictures Studios in September, she thought it was either spam or a prank. It wasn’t. A month later she was in Los Angeles, competing on “Jeopardy!”

  8. December 9, 2019

    New media staffer involved in local, national film production

    Paul Sutherland was born and raised in Ann Arbor, and while his career has taken him to Greece and on a popular late-night TV show, the new media technician remains loyal to his hometown.

  9. November 25, 2019

    Academic program specialist also lives a performer’s life

    By day, Ingrid Racine is an academic program specialist for the Center for World Performance Studies, and by night, she performs as a professional trumpeter and composer.

  10. November 11, 2019

    Senior biological illustrator discusses art and education

    John Megahan did not initially intend to pursue art as a career. And yet, when the opportunity arose, he took it. Megahan is the senior biological illustrator for U-M’s Museum of Zoology.