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Survival Flight helicopter pilot Kim Pacsai inspects one of the team’s three Eurocopter EC-155 used to transport patients.
On Call: A glimpse of the ‘U’s Survival Flight program In Livingston, team plays vital role for UMHS’s criticallyill patients By IAN DILLINGHAM Daily News Editor
HOWELL, Mich. — Forty minutes from the bustling streets of Ann Arbor — two miles north of I-96 — the Livingston County Airport is encased with stillness, soothed with the faint hum of propellers.
Among fields and scattered houses, the airport primarily attracts small, privately-owned aircraft. Late on a Friday afternoon, ultra-light sport planes alternate landings with singleengine Cessnas under the command of pilots-in-training. The airport also plays a critical role for the University of Michigan Health System. At a remote corner of the facility lies the Livingston County Emergency Medical Services building, where a maize and blue helicopter can be seen on the tarmac. Livingston is home to one of the University’s three leased
Eurocopter EC-155 helicopters operating as part of the Survival Flight program, providing medical transport of critically ill patients around Michigan and neighboring states — many of the patients ending their journey at the University Hospital where they are able to receive specialty care not generally available in other health care facilities. At the Survival Flight headquarters, there is a self-described “firehouse mentality.” The only difference is that this “firehouse” is responsible for more than 200,000 square miles of populated areas.
Internships in Detroit attract many students By THERESE BREUCH For the Daily
As students begin filling out applications for summer internships, or attending one of the University’s career fairs, one Detroit-based company presents a range of options for them. Over the past three summers, Quicken Loans, the nation’s second largest mortgage lender, headquartered in Detroit, has taken approximately 17 percent of their interns from the University, making it one of the highest represented colleges in last summer’s internship program. Quicken College Recruiter Alisha Roberts interned for the company in the summer of 2011. When she started, the program was comprised of 200 students; it has now grown to over 1,000 interns each summer, with 173 of them coming
from the University Interns have been placed in wide variety of settings within the company, including accounting, information technology and mortgage operations. Quicken Loans and its chairman and founder, Dan Gilbert, have gained attention as harbinger of Detroit’s revitalization efforts. In August 2010, the company moved its headquarters and 12,000 employees from a Detroit suburb to downtown, accounting for a major portion of the 85,000 people working in the central business district. Costing about $1.3 billion, Gilbert has updated more than 60 properties in the city. “The goal here is to make downtown Detroit nothing less than an attraction and destination for both residents and visitors alike,” wrote Dan Gilbert in a March 2013 e-mail, Detroit Free Press reported. “I think the coolest thing is being apart of the comeback story,” Roberts said. When Roberts first moved to Detroit, she said there weren’t See QUICKEN, Page 2A
By HILLARY CRAWFORD Daily Staff Reporter
He’s back. Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, a University alum and speaker at the 2013 Spring Commencement, spoke Friday at the Ross School of Business in an event sponsored by Business fraternity Phi Chi Theta. In Blau Auditorium, Business senior Max Yoas, the vice president of Phi Chi Theta, and Costolo sat across from each other in armchairs on stage, creating an interview-esque setting. Yoas asked questions for the first half hour, followed by a question and answer session with the audience. Costolo discussed the grow-
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Quicken Loans draws 17 percent of interns from the University
Down the hall from the main hanger, Kim Pacsai, a Survival Flight helicopter pilot, monitors weather patterns across most of the state. At 5:30 on a Friday afternoon, he is 10.5 hours into his 12-hour shift — the second day of his 7-day rotation. Looking at his computer, Pacsai points to a series of green indicators overlaid on a map of the state. Each one represents an airport or hospital helipad — green means the weather is favorable to fly. Except for a couple isolated spots in the northwest corner of the lower peninsula, the weather See FLIGHT, Page 3A
After speaking at ‘13 commencement, Costolo offers advice to students
ing potential of e-commerce and ad units, his management style and his previous career in improvisation comedy and run-ins with actor Steve Carell. Although scattered, each topic drew from ideas related to risktaking and pursuing passions. After graduating from the University in 1985 with a degree in Computer Science and Communications, Costolo said he moved to Chicago to pursue a career in improvisational comedy. Looking back at his days spent in the classroom, he recalled being the “last person in my computer science classes to become CEO one day.” Costolo, originally from Royal Oak, Mich., said he used to worry that people would judge him for not entering a traditional career following graduation. “If you live your life trying to do what is expected of you you’ll be frozen on the stage of your own life,” Costolo said. “If See TWITTER, Page 2A
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Engineering grad student wins Rhodes scholarship Among 877 U.S. nominations, David Moore one of 32 selected for honor ROBERT DUNNE/Daily
Interarts junior Daniel Ghastin performs at the “Queens and Clowns” show , a free performance of a selfdescribed circus, at the Duderstadt Video Studio on Saturday.
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National, state economic outlook topic of conference Potential job growth, GDP surge debated By LEA GIOTTO Daily Staff Reporter
The University hosted its 62nd Annual Economic Outlook Conference in Rackham Amphitheater Thursday and
Friday. Sponsored by the University’s Research Seminar in Quantitative Economics, the event featured 13 presentations focusing on the U.S. economy on the first day and Michigan’s economy on the second. Daniil Manaenkov, RSQE assistant research scientist, and Rackham student Matthew G. Hall, RSQE forecast-
ing team member, gave the conference’s first speech, which covered the country’s economic outlook for 2015 and 2016. “We expect that 2015 will be the year when U.S. economic growth will finally accelerate meaningfully,” Manaenkov said. He said he expects the overall economic growth, See CONFERENCE, Page 3A
By SHOHAM GEVA Daily Staff Reporter
Engineering graduate student David Moore was named a 2015 Rhodes Scholar, the Rhodes Scholar program announced Saturday. He was nominated in September by University Provost Martha Pollack. Out of 877 American nominees by universities and colleges nationwide, 32 were chosen to be scholars, according to the program’s website. Moore’s efforts in improving the lives of people with disabilities and advancing medical research were spotlighted by the program, which funds studies for scholars at Oxford University in England across a variety of disciplines. As a part of his coursework, See RHODES SCHOLAR, Page 3A
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