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Very early on winter mornings, Scott Reynolds navigates a payloader along the streets and through parking lots on the Syracuse University campus. Following a snowfall, Reynolds and his 60 colleagues on the Facilities Services grounds team work to clear the…

Two years as a mentor to nine Posse Scholars from Miami had a profound and lasting impact on Shelley Crawford. Crawford ’13 was assistant director of special programs with the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarship Programs in 2014 when…

This past October, Gerri Williams celebrated a milestone that most employees—in any job, with any organization—only dream of attaining: her 50th anniversary with Syracuse University. Williams began her career with Food Services in 1969. She worked in Washington Arms, Haven…

Rachael Zubal-Ruggieri describes herself as a quiet, timid person. More of an observer and supporter than a do-er. Yet, her favorite superhero is Batman. And she’s passionate about the X-Men. This seeming dichotomy is the driving force behind her extraordinary…

Ashley Kang ’04, G’11 has spent most of her career telling stories that often go untold. She is director of The Stand—a community newspaper written for and by Syracuse’s South Side residents and a project of the Newhouse School and…

Ben Schlimmer’s agility and passion for paddling watersports was most certainly passed down from his father and grandfather. A son of a canoe enthusiast and grandson of a Boy Scout troop leader who led adventurous water excursions, Schlimmer has adeptly…

During the annual Native American student orientation in the fall or the Indigenous Student Graduation Reception around Commencement, you’ll probably see Tammy Bluewolf-Kennedy with her camera or cell phone at the ready. Bluewolf-Kennedy ’04, G’10, admissions counselor and Native American…

The summer heat hasn’t yet broken through the early morning clouds when Sharon Cole arrives at Syracuse University for the annual CNY Works orientation. Funded by the workforce development nonprofit CNY Works and coordinated by Cole, the program places local…

“Gus” is a 107-pound St. Bernard-Great Pyrenees mix—a loving, cuddly giant of a pup who is seriously dedicated to his job. He and his pet parent, Amy Dumas, assistant director of the Research Center in the Falk College, are regular…

Maureen Casey’s office at the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) is more than 150 miles from her childhood home on a dairy farm in Hudson Falls, New York. But the lessons she learned there, tending dairy cows and…