FALL 2024
In THE ISSUE
Feature
The habits of today’s college students may mark a shift in campus drinking culture.
Feature Package
As we near a presidential election, U-M prepares to support student voting, one alum helps immigrants run for office, and a professor discusses voting security.
Guest Column
Ayanna McConnell
Pride and
What a summer! Congratulations to the 48 Wolverines who participated in the 2024 Summer Olympics and Paralympics — we hope you heard the alumni body cheering you on in Paris and beyond!
Guest Column
Santa Ono
Look to
Dear alumni and friends across Wolverine nation,
It’s an honor to be back together with all of you for the fall issue of Michigan Alum.
Around THE U
Around
The U
Cover Story
When Brian Taylor, ’00, arrived in Ann Arbor in 1996, he brought a popcorn maker he received as a high school graduation gift to his first-year dorm on the fourth floor of Mary Markley Hall. The soon-to-be philosophy major used it to experiment with different spice blends every chance he got. Aromas of freshly popped corn frequently piqued the interest of his peers there and later in an apartment on Forest Avenue.
Feature
The room was nearing capacity as students filed in for the Halloween-themed party in North Quad. A waitlist had formed the same day word started to spread about the event across the University of Michigan’s Ann Arbor campus. The bartenders poured faster, serving those lucky enough to make the cut.
Feature Package
As we near a presidential election, U-M prepares to support student voting, one alum helps immigrants run for office, and a professor discusses voting security.
Your
Association
Where in the World is Blue?
Show your
As you travel around the world or around the block, show us your Michigan pride! Don your Maize and Blue or Block M, snap a photo, and submit it to Michigan Alum for the chance to appear in a future issue. Check out the current issue’s gallery here.
Alumni
news+notes
Around Town
Ann Arbor’s
Eli Richards, ’22, learned about the Visit Every Park (VEP) Challenge by seeing the Wall of Champions at Fuller Park, where those who have visited all 162 Ann Arbor parks proudly display their photos.
Michigan Alum
Fall 2024
Editorial Team
CHAIR Mary Kay Haben, MBA’79 | CHAIR-ELECT Kurtis Wilder, ’81, JD’84 | TREASURER Thomas W. Hawkins, ’83 | EX OFFICIO Ayanna McConnell | SECRETARY Gabriela Teran, ’96 | Wendall Brooks, ’87 | Wayee Chu, ’97 | Salene Hitchcock-Gear, ’84 | Monica Howard Douglas, ’94 | Joseph Giles, ’96, MBA’01, JD’01 | Li Li Leung, ’95 | Prakash Patel, ’89 | Anup Popat, ’95 | Emilie Rubinfeld, ’96 | John Sabat, ’95| Charles F. Schwartz, ’90 | Rajiv Shah, ’95 | Steve Shindler, ’85 | Paul Viera, ’81 | Rick Wallace, ’82 | Sophie Wong, ’97 | Lynn Wooten, PHD’95 | Linda Zhang, ’96, MSE’98, MBA’11
