Staff Spotlight
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September 14, 2020
Family Medicine staffer hits her stride in roller derby
Devon Kinney, project manager in Michigan Medicine’s Department of Family Medicine, competes for competes for Quad County Roller Derby under the roller derby name Dark Ayn Stormy.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!”
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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.
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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.
