Alice in the middle Spreading the fruits of knowledge to hormone-ravaged emerging adolescents may not seem like the ideal career. But it clearly works for Alice Seppanen, EDS ’93, MAT ’90, SEHS ’74, who has been on the front lines of middle school education for over 30 years ... Read More  |
Her job’s a zoo! What do you get when you combine a background in law, teaching, public relations, advertising, television and even mounted horse patrol? You get Patricia Janeway – a woman uniquely qualified to be communications director for the Detroit Zoological Society. Read More |
When Mark Meyers writes, his nom de plume takes the credit Traveling to 25 states and seven countries as a software consultant, Mark Meyers, SBA ’86, was a hardened road warrior with stories to prove it. But when the New Baltimore, Mich., resident decided to put pen to paper for Bondage, Gunshots and Mergers: Nine Years on the Road with PeopleSoft, it was his pseudonym ... Read More |
Running with scissors Who would have thought that attending a home retail party would be a life-altering experience? Certainly not Kate Cron Griswold, CAS ’88 – until it happened to her. Griswold began capturing family memories through artfully framed words and pictures. In 1999, she turned her hobby into a business by partnering with a relative to create the annual Great Lakes Mega Meet, a weekend scrap-booking convention in Michigan. Read More |