March 25, 2008 issue

Eastern Michigan University has always been an important part of my life. 

As a child growing up in Ypsilanti, I performed piano recitals at McKenny Union. After graduating from Ypsilanti High, I attended EMU for my freshman year.

I moved away and returned a decade later, taking a temporary job in the EMU Housing Office. Three months later, I was hired full time at the university apartments. Since then, I have had the opportunity to work in several departments with many wonderful people.

Today, I'm the office manager in the Alumni Relations office. I'm now in my 25th year working for EMU and I can truly say I know this is where I'm supposed to be.

Part of my job is helping alumni locate former classmates. I think the most rewarding part of my job is finding alumni we've lost touch with. In a way, my job is to help keep the EMU family connected after students graduate and go their separate ways. I love that.

Alumni Relations is a great place to work. Watching the student employees learn and grow is rewarding. I like helping them develop good work ethics to take with them after graduation.

EMU is all about the students — yesterday's, today's and tomorrow's. Being a part of what keeps us all connected is why I work at EMU.

 

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