by Sheila Waterhouse | Nov 4, 2016 | Alumni Spotlights
When Diana Troik finished her doctorate at Michigan in the early ‘70s, the job market had disappeared. “It impacted a lot of people at that time. I taught part-time for a year or two but I had been living in Los Angeles and really enjoyed it there. There were a lot of...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Oct 29, 2016 | Alumni Spotlights
Like so many Rackham alumni, Robin Garrell’s career path evolved into something she never expected. She remembers, “I went to Michigan with the intention to go into industry. It wasn’t until into my fourth year that I thought maybe I’d consider an academic job. This...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Oct 22, 2016 | Alumni Spotlights
Most students never know just how much that first job out of college can influence your career. For Garrick Hu, the University of Michigan played a central role not only in advancing his academic journey but shaping his industry focus with that one first job....
by Sheila Waterhouse | Oct 17, 2016 | Alumni Spotlights
Roy Hudson didn’t start out with aspirations to be a university president. He didn’t consider executive management a potential career option. He figured his options were fairly straightforward, hoping he could extend his GI bill to cover most of a Master’s degree...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Sep 8, 2016 | Alumni Spotlights
“I told my mom from age 5 that I was going to be a math professor.” Babette fulfilled that early childhood goal – and then some. Currently an Association Professor and Director of Graduate Studies for the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics at California...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Sep 8, 2016 | Alumni Spotlights
Business can be a force for good. And it should be. With this conviction in mind, Margaret co-founded Apex CoVantage in 1988, to pursue business for the right reasons, in the right way, challenging norms, and channeling the resources generated by the business to...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Sep 8, 2016 | Alumni Spotlights
Carl de Boor is extremely humble about his accomplishments over the course of his long career in mathematics. “My contribution is relatively small; I was at the right place at the right time. I saw what needed to be done. Any competent person would have done the...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Apr 25, 2016 | Alumni Spotlights
Gisselle has been hanging around Rackham for a long time. Initially, she came to participate in the Summer Research Opportunity Program (SROP) when she was an undergraduate student at the University of Puerto Rico – Mayaguez. Through the program, she was drawn...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Apr 18, 2016 | Alumni Spotlights
George Oser didn’t have a plan. Most doctoral alums have a set of goals to accomplish or a career plan to embark upon, but George views things differently. “I’ve never had goals. I just look around and see what is the most interesting for me at the time. I’ve never...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Apr 1, 2016 | Alumni Spotlights
“Our favorite destination is always the next one,” Alfredo Gutierrez says of the extensive travel he and his wife Luz Maria undertake. One of the trips Alfredo frequently makes is back to his graduate alma mater in Ann Arbor. As a former member of the Rackham Board of...
