Faculty

I took my family to Australia. We saw lots of animals including kangaroos. We spend one night sleeping outside in the pouring rain.
- Dr. Chris Gardiner

I visited my family in India over the summer. It was especially fun to get together with some old friends that I had not seen in a very long time.
- Dr Rita Chattopadhyay

My summer was divided between working on the Ginther family farm (an 80-acre crop farm also with about 100-head of various livestock), and playing my beloved bass clarinet in 19 performances with various groups in Ann Arbor and Toledo. Mathematically, I calculated that I've played about six million notes on the instrument in its 53 years (if only my cars were that dependable!).
- Dr. John Ginther

My husband and I went to Holland
-Dr. Joan Jones

I visited my family in Romania and I did some travelling in the Carpathians mountains and at the Black sea coast.
- Dr. Ovidiu Calin

I spent a week in Las Vegas during the city’s 100th anniversary celebration. Even after a week, there was still so much more to see. We had a great time.
-Dr Ken Shiskowski

I spent one week at Brigham Young University in Utah meeting with colleagues and conducting research in geometric group theory –
- Dr. Walter Parry

I spent a week in Toronto with my sister and her family. We vacation together every summer.
-Dr. Carla Tayeh

I went to an "All-School Reunion" in Bemidji, Minnesota (my hometown). My sister was able to make it, too, so it was also something of a family reunion - great fun! The other highlight of the summer was attending a magic convention in Colon, Michigan. Several magicians who are very close friends of my family attended. The best part of the summer was rekindling old friendships at both events.
-Dr. Barbara Britton

I rested for a week in the Georgia mountains with my family. It was just beautiful.
- Dr Barbara Leapard

I road my bike from the Mackinac Bridge to Milford – over 300 miles! It took 3 days – eight hours each day. I was participating in a fundraiser for the Make-a-Wish foundation. Waiting for me in Milford was Mackenzie, whose wish was to go to Disney. Upon arriving in Milford, Mackenzie and I hung medals around each other’s neck. That was the highlight of my summer.
- Dr. Kim Rescorla

I had knee replacement surgery and although that doesn’t sound like fun – it was worth it. I honestly feel so much better now.
-Dr Tim Carroll

We brought my mother to China in May. She was very happy to meet her brothers and their families whom she had not seen for almost 56 years. For me, I never knew that I had so many cousins. We spent about 3 weeks in China, visited Beijing, Nanjing, and Shanghai. We had a great time and already planning for our next trip to China.
- Dr. Kathy Chu

I visited family in Germany for two weeks. While growing up in West Germany, we could never travel to East Germany. On this trip home, I had the opportunity to travel to some parts of eastern Germany for the first time. I also visited family in Wisconsin and enjoyed the shores of Lake Michigan.
-Dr. Gisela Ahlbrandt

Both of my children are very involved in dance and each summer, we attend a national dance competition where they compete with some of the best dancers from around the country. This year they competed at the West Coast Dance Explosion in Las Vegas.
- Dr. Dave Folk

I moved into a new house, and I taught a new online statistics course for graduate students in the College of Health and Human Services.
-Dr Bette Warren

I took my daughter to Seattle, Washington for her 16th birthday.
-Lora Durham

My youngest son, Erik, was married on September 10th. Lots of family and friends from out of state attended the wedding. We had so much fun and I couldn’t be happier for both my son and new daughter-in-law, Melissa.
- Jill Nugent