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Melanie's Magic Bus

John W. Barfield at podium

"I love Flint, I love higher education, and I love that it is in my hometown. Working for the university I graduated from keeps the passion alive," says Anna Swartz who has worked at UM-Flint since she graduated from that campus.

Russell Hurst driving the coal train.

Janice Reuben in Juneau, Alalska.

"Uncle Jim" Ottley

Chef Nelson "Buzz" Cummings has worked at U-M for 27 years. He says his kitchen creations are inspired by his mother and grandmother.

William Bliss Jolly

Fredda Clisham in her role in Oliver! Photo courtesy of Myra Klarman Photography.

Elizabeth LaPorte with Sadie on Lake Michigan

George Sprague in costume as a Ghostbuster

Joseph Owsley with Mary Jo Frank

For Jeff and Huda Karaman Rosen, a couple who spend a lot of time volunteering at the Dispute Resolution Center, the concept of mediation is one that is integral to their lives.

Elaine Sims, director of the Gifts of Art program at the University of Michigan Health System, thought she’d end up in the sciences, which, in a way, she did.

"I love the unpredictability," says Elaine Philipson, who was afraid of heights before she became a flight nurse at the University of Michigan Health System.

Richard Kennedy shown with sesquicentennial car and license plate (left-photo courtesy of the Bentley Historical Library) and Tim Kennedy with UofM200 license plate commemorating the 2017 Bicentennial year. Photo (right) by Andrew Sacks.

Chelsea Cendrowski is a U-M nurse and a certified yoga instructor.

Newt Loken with the men's gymnastics team in 2009.

Ruth Buchanan at her desk

A 1985 Computer Showcase Apple Computer display--the year Jim "Griff" Griffin was hired at U-M. Photo courtesy of the Bentley Historical Library.

Eunice and Charles Burns' wedding photo

Deano Cook at Michigan Stadium. (photo by Taylor Baucom/The Players' Tribune)

Rosemarie McDonald, Vascular Access Team registered nurse at U-M helped save a stranger in a chance encounter on a plane.

Two images from a contact sheet showing the demolition of Old Main. Bentley Historical Library photo.

“I like doing stir-fry because I’m always moving,” says Colton Schick.

Sofia Carlsson, academic adviser at the International Institute, traveled to Syria and Egypt in 2011 as part of her earlier work as project coordinator at Near Eastern Studies. (Photo by Lon Horwedel, Michigan Photography)

Brothers Nicholas and Leonard Falcone. (Image courtesy of the Michigan State University Archives and Historical Collection.)

Karen Dickinson

Maggie St. Clair with Band Director Jamie Nix

Fritz Swanson operating the circa 1900 Chandler & Price letterpress with Mary Camille Beckman, one of the first students to work in the Wolverine Press shop. (Photo courtesy of Ian Bassingthwaite.)

Patricia Arnett-Anderson

Carillon bells being installed at Burton Tower.

John R. Miller and daughter, Grace.

Elizabeth with Millicent and Beryl, two 12-year-old Kenyan Relief orphans who she has a special relationship with.

Joanne Motino Bailey took the road not taken, and that has made all the difference.

Chris Savoie with President Coleman

Optometrist Dr. Joseph Myers has always had an interest in helping the people of Jamaica.

Joe Moffatt shown here in his role as a WQRS disc jockey.

Belinda Fish in Sierra Leone

From 1960 until his retirement in 1989, James "Jimmy" Crudup ran the animal research lab for the Medical School's Department of Surgery. This is the story of how a lab tech with no formal medical education went on to be widely regarded as the finest surgery teacher at Michigan.

Addell Anderson

Darlene Breitner

In his position as MESA program manager, Leon Howard III focuses on advising, mentorship, student leadership development, community engagement and social justice education.

Agnes Inglis in front of Inglis Barn

Michigan Union Billiards Room, 1937

“I decided early on I was here to help everyone,” says Mark Neumann.

Longtime staff member Jagdish Janveja has donated seed funding to help create a public art tribute to honor the contributions of staff. Austin Thomason, Michigan Photography)

Omari Rush with Soprano Renee Fleming

Wendy removing her glasses while sitting at her work desk

Self-taught pianist and Patient Services Assistant Errick Thomas gives up his lunch hour to play the piano for patients in the Frankel Cardiovascular Center.

Campus Farm manager Jeremy Moghtader (left) and Alex Bryan, Sustainable Food Program manager, stand amid the Campus Farm at Matthaei Botanical Gardens. (Photo by Scott C. Soderberg, Michigan Photography)

The Williams family

Construction Services cabinet maker Mike Mattila cut over 10,000 blocks out of poplar.

Margaret Maguire Byrkit highlights her 44 years at Michigan in this collage.

Charles and Billee atop the Empire State Building, where he proposed.

Tom Rumple, dahlia grower

Martin Luther King

Flint machine shop supervisor John O'Brien

From left, Mediha Ibrahim, Jim Harbaugh, Denise Lassaline and Casey Cox

Mary Ceccanese. (Photo courtesy of Mark Bialek.)

Sheila Coley, undergraduate academic services coordinator, Department of History

East Quad Dining Hall chef assistant Andrea Randolph began raising chickens for a 4-H project for her children in 1997. Her children have since flown the coop, but the chickens and a peacock remain.

Jan Katz with granddaughters Aurora and Belle.

Ellen and Robert Meeropol

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