by Sheila Waterhouse | Oct 19, 2015 | Alumni Spotlights
When Dr. Todd Bryan, Senior Program Manager at CDR Associates in Boulder, takes his place at a mediation table, he does his best to help all stakeholders negotiate decisions that respect the needs of government agencies, local communities, companies and, last but not...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Jul 2, 2015 | Alumni Spotlights
Caren Deming spent a significant amount of time in Rackham when she was a student and finds that 40 years later she’s still here often, albeit with much less writing to do. She has been frequenting the building most recently as a member of the Rackham Dean Search...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Mar 7, 2015 | Alumni Spotlights
Milt is stuck in traffic, using his time efficiently to reminisce about his experience as a Rackham student. “The Midwest is and will always be my home,” he says, though his journey after graduate school has taken him into the worlds of academia and industry in...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Feb 13, 2015 | Alumni Spotlights, Barbour Scholars
For Jiu-Hwa Lo Upshur, graduate education is part of a University of Michigan family legacy. She and her mother were both Barbour Scholars at Michigan, an almost century-old fellowship program for Asian women established by Levi Barbour, then a regent of the...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Nov 4, 2014 | Alumni Spotlights
Martha and Ernie first became acquainted with Rackham in 1965. Martha was a Latin major and a teaching fellow, and Ernie was an M.P.H. student. With the skills she strengthened in the graduate program, Martha pursued a teaching career in business and technical writing...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Nov 4, 2014 | Alumni Spotlights
When asked why she came to U-M, Debbie says, “As an undergraduate, I was working in a hospital and in what later became an HMO. I wanted to pursue the field somehow, and my faculty told me the best Health Administration programs were at Michigan, so that’s where I...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Sep 27, 2014 | Alumni Spotlights
“U-M was my first love and first grad school experience,” Esther says when sharing her journey from an undergraduate student in Seoul, Korea to the vastly different world she found in the Midwest. She describes, “I consider myself a quasi-overseas citizen. I was U.S....
by Sheila Waterhouse | Jun 5, 2014 | Alumni Spotlights
“It gets under your skin.“ Richard D’Souza admits. “I didn’t know what it was, but I learned American football at the zenith of the Bo and Woody rivalry. I was an athlete and loved any kind of sport. The first game against Northwestern was just so-so, but as the...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Jun 5, 2014 | Alumni Spotlights
Bridget toured the newly renovated School of Public Health space last fall through a different lens than most returning alums: that of prospective student. “My graduate education at Michigan was amazing. I had opportunities that opened my eyes to all of the things I...
by Sheila Waterhouse | Jun 5, 2014 | Alumni Spotlights
Like many families, the Paines have a longstanding Michigan legacy. “I’ve been associated with Rackham since starting graduate studies in Chemistry in 1966. My wife and two of our children also graduated from Michigan.” While they’ve resided in Albuquerque for the...
