"Catching Up With..." Each week a faculty or staff member is profiled. Answering a series of short questions, the profiles are intended to be light, informative and conversational.
Janet Sweeney freely admits that she eats “a ridiculous amount of pretzels!” She’ll also admit, rather quietly because it sometimes raises eyebrows, that she’s not a dog person.
While an undergraduate at Robert Morris University, Zach Kaiser worked as a resident assistant. He found inspiration watching his supervisors make meaningful impacts in the lives of his peers.
Joyce Madancy got the travel bug early. Her father worked as a civilian for the Army Corps of Engineers, so she spent five of her first six years living on a base near Tokyo.
Len Schlegel is a proud indoorsman who hates the sun, the cold, the heat and yard work. When he does venture outdoors, he loves taking his children to amusement parks and playing hockey.
As the College’s resident costume designer and costume studio supervisor, Belz can usually be found working in her studio in the Henle Dance Pavilion or pulling things out of costume storage in the Yulman Theater.
Laini Nemett, associate professor of drawing and painting, lived in Barcelona for three years, first on a painting Fulbright and then working at an art gallery.