is currently earning her M.F.A. in Textiles at the University of Kansas where she has been reappointed to teach Design I and Design II as a Graduate Teaching Assistant. Recently, she has been awarded several grants: the first was a travel grant to help defray the costs of research in Chile and the second is a Collaborative Initiative grant from the School of Fine Art. The latter funding is to help defray travel and supply expenses to collaboratively teach an interdisciplinary arts class to prisoners in the Lansing Correctional Facility. In addition, Karla will be attending several college art conferences to participate in sessions on teaching concerns in the foundations classroom. Her anticipated graduation date is 2008 from this three year program.

is the New York Music Chair of the University of Michigan Entertainment Coalition (UMEC). She regularly posts news of upcoming events involving U of M alums active in the world of music on the UMEC website. Music lovers should make a habit of visiting www.um-ec.org, then click New York Music. A concert featuring U of M Alumni Music Makers is scheduled in NY on Oct. 30th. The t-shirt in the photo reads Michigan Music and led to the discovery that the farm Lois was visiting was owned by a U of M alum!

Veteran Voice of America journalist Adrian Karmazyn has been appointed Chief of VOA’s Ukrainian Service.

Karmazyn, 45, joined VOA in 1988, as an international radio broadcaster in the Ukrainian Service. He served in this capacity as a reporter, writer, producer, translator, announcer, and also served as a correspondent in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Since 1999, Karmazyn has served as Program Manager of VOA’s Ukrainian Service. During that period the Ukrainian Service significantly expanded its network of reporters in Ukraine and its cooperation with FM affiliates. In addition, Karmazyn oversaw the reorganization of Vikno v Ameryku (Window on America), a weekly TV magazine program, the launch of the daily Chas-Time television program and regular interactive satellite feeds with TV networks in Ukraine.

Karmazyn is a native of Cleveland, Ohio. He completed a B.A. in History at Ohio State University and a M.A. in Russian and East European Studies at the University of Michigan.

At 11:00am on July 19, 2006 in the Huron Municipal Court, William R. S. Steuk was sworn in as the Huron Municipal Court Judge by the Honorable Judge Ralph Pisano, Sr.

The newly sworn in Judge Steuk graduated 1989 from Sandusky High School, in 1993 from the University of Michigan and in 1996 from the Ohio Northern University Law School. He will continue as an attorney with Flynn, Py and Kruse LPA in Sandusky while serving as judge. He resides in Huron with his wife, Jessica, and their three children.

Hi!
Biz school was great as I’ve had my own promo-biz for 18 years and get to live in sunny South Fl. Been a great run. The 3 daughters have done well – one graduated this year from Stern at NYU, one’s in nursing school at Florida State and the youngest is at Columbia in NYC – she’s a runnner on their cross country and track teams. Still married after all these years – 29 of them! Hope everyone else has had as much fun!
–Jenny French, Alpha Phi, graduated Dec. ’76 (still remember shaking President’s Ford’s hand at graduation!)

I am based in Mumbai, India, and would like to inform Alumni of the Universtiy of Michigan that we have a fairly active alumni association here in India. Any alumni who are visiting Mumbai, or if there are any Indian Alumni who do not know of the association please do get in touch with us. You can email me at – [email protected]

Former CEO of Covanta Energy Corporation and Managing Partner of The Chatham Group, Scott Mackin is now CEO of Waypoint Energy, a newly established and funded energy company formed to acquire, develop, restructure and manage power generation assets and companies.

Tim is authoring a forthcoming book on Java programming titled “Java Phrasebook”. This book will be published by Pearson Ed. later this summer. Look for it at your favorite bookstore or online.

Tim is a 1991 graduate of the Univeristy of Michigan Dearborn’s School of Engineering. He is currently working for Compuware in Detroit, Michigan. Visit his website at http://www.timothyfisher.com

Photographer, counselor and writer, Phyllis Perry
wears many hats. She enjoys taking photos of flowers, trees, pastures, and peonies as well as domestic and farm animals of every variety. Currently, she works at the University of Michigan’s Center for the Education of Women
as a career counselor. Her beautiful photo note cards can be seen around town at Whole Foods Market and The Produce Station and, hopefully soon, on the Univ. of Mich. Alumni website. She is also collaborating on writing a sitcom as well as working on a creative non-fiction memoir. For me, a quality life is about doing work I love, having good friends, close relationships, and appreciating nature, animals, art, and beauty.