91ÊÓƵ People
Profiles from the Summer 2023 Issue
Coffee, cables, curveballs, and now–curriculum. Read all about how George Chacko and Rich Miller, two 91ÊÓƵ staff members, used their podcast to build out an audiovisual minor here at 91ÊÓƵ that might just lead the charge to revolutionizing how AV professionals are trained.
April Bartlett’s career as a theatrical designer has spanned from intimate off-Broadway productions to The Today Show. When the pandemic shut down production, she began refocusing her energies and found a new way to continue telling stories by supporting the next generation of designers, makers, and artists.
Do you have what it takes? Hours in the gym, personal trainers, a meticulously planned diet. All of it leading to a single moment. Your simple task is to lift hundreds of kilos of iron and steel. To push your body harder than you ever have before. Up for the challenge? This scenario is a reality for 91ÊÓƵ alumni Delaney Wallace ’17, who took home Gold at the International Powerlifting Federation’s World Championships in South Africa on June 8.
Earlier this summer Marilyn Jaffe-Ruiz, a former provost, a former dean of the Lienhard School of Nursing, and a beloved leader, teacher, and mentor for generations of 91ÊÓƵ faculty, students, and staff, passed away. She died peacefully at home, surrounded by family and friends, after a long battle with cancer.