Summer Photo Scrapbook
In the last edition of the Office of the Provost Newsletter, we asked our readers to help us build a scrapbook commemorating summertime, and you delivered! As we bid the season farewell and welcome fall, we hope you’ll enjoy this look back to trips abroad, weddings, and even a glimpse of the northern lights.
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- After four years of study at the U-M, Anthropology PhD student Zhaneta Gjyshja spent the summer in Ann Arbor for the first time and captured a picture of this peony in bloom.
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- French 232 students and Teaching Professor and Lecturer Kathy Meyer visited the tallest Roman aqueduct in the world, Le Pont du Gard, while abroad in France early this summer.
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- Jacquelyn Turkovich, of Honors Student Services at the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, spent some time at Higgins Lake reading the LSA Honors Summer Reads book, The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki.
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- Graduate Student Research Assistant (and newlywed!) Kehinde Omoloja poses with his wife at Pierpont Commons on North Campus. “Meeting my wife here at the University of Michigan was the best thing that has ever happened to me. As two PhD students at the University of Michigan, we came together as one.”
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- Children on Campus Program Manager Denne Lawton earned a third (!) black belt in Goshi Shun alongside dojo mates from across the country. “It was an honor,” says Lawton.
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- Donna Walter, Participant Engagement Specialist for the U-M HomeLab, poses like royalty at Ireland’s Abbeyglen Castle while overseas for the very first time. Thank you for sharing, Your Majesty!
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- Carrie Schray, Business Manager for the Biomedical Research Core Facilities (BRCF), shared this incredible backyard view of the northern lights in Waterloo Township, MI.
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- Renee Mackie and the Human Resources Customer Care team at the Business & Finance Staff Appreciation event, hosted in July, 2024 at the Crisler Center.
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- Corey Seeman, Director of Library Services, and the Kresge Library staff embarked lunch-and-learn outings this summer to our various campus museums. Here we see a glimpse of the team at the Museum of Natural History’s “On the Trail of Mastodons” exhibit.
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- Samantha Antoine, Program Manager at the International Center attended the 2024 Pan Asia Alumni Reunion in Taipei, Taiwan with colleagues Matt Priest, Shih-Ya Chang, and Ayanna McConnell.
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- Sarah Meer, International Programs Coordinator/Advisor traveled to the UM-Shanghai Jiao Tong Joint Institute this summer with a group of 11 staff members to strengthen relationships and advise incoming Joint Institute Dual Degree students.
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- French 232 students and Teaching Professor and Lecturer Kathy Meyer visited the tallest Roman aqueduct in the world, Le Pont du Gard, while abroad in France early this summer.
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- Jocelyn Anderson, Application Architect in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, captured the courtship of two cedar waxwings, in which the two birds pass a berry back and forth, until one accepts. “A beautiful moment to witness in a very busy world.”
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- Kirsten Herold, Lecturer IV in the School of Public Health, spent some time abroad in Central Asia this summer. “In need of time away from my inbox, I went to Central Asia — hiked, sightsee’ed (sightsaw?), slept in yurts, met friendly people, and ate amazing food.” Talk about an out of office experience!
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- Samuel Moran in Waste Management Services snapped this picture of the iconic Burton Tower and “Sunday Morning in Deep” Waters Fountain at Ingalls Mall.
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- Professor of Epidemiology, Dr. Briana Mezuk, spent a sabbatical year as a visiting professor at the oldest university in the western world, University of Bologna in Italy (founded in 1088 AD).