Writing Portfolio
30th Anniversary Employee Profile: Kevin Schlegel
Kevin Schlegel has been a dedicated employee at various properties throughout the Bay Area for more than 35 years, from his humble hourly beginnings to his current position at Vi at Palo Alto, where he’s served since the community opened in 2005.
Meet the world’s most endearing staff accountant.
Read MoreResident Profile: The Shams
This pair has been married for more than 40 years — and they didn’t meet until they made their way across the globe in opposite directions. They raised a family and learned to love dancing together. They’re still at it now that they live at Vi at La Jolla Village, outside San Diego.
Get spring in your step on Vi at La Jolla Village’s site.
Read MoreResident Profile: Amber Henninger
This lady is all Stanford, all the time. She and her husband both graduated from the university and, after living abroad for a year and dedicating themselves to international entrepreneurship, returned to build their life in Palo Alto.
Read about Mrs. Henninger on Vi at Palo Alto’s site.
Read More30th Anniversary Employee Profile: Gail Barnes, LPN
Gail Barnes is the lead licensed professional nurse (LPN) in the memory-support wing of Vi at Bentley Village’s care center — and in 2017, she celebrated her 22nd anniversary with the company.
Read more about her on the Vi at Bentley Village website.
Read MoreResident Profile: The Lavines
This wonderful couple had to “right-size” their belongings as they prepared to move to Vi at Highlands Ranch, Vi’s community near Denver.
Read the Lavines’ story on Vi at Highland’s Ranch’s website.
Read MoreExhibition: Cyrus Tang Hall Of China
350 objects come together to tell the story of China, a land of diverse societies unified by tradition and dynamic change.
Take a look inside on the Field Museum website.
Read MoreBlog: Project Hyena Diorama
In 2015, the Museum’s YouTube channel teamed up with museum fans from all over the world to fund the creation of the Field Museum’s first new diorama in more than 60 years — for a quartet of striped hyenas.
Get the full scoop on the blog.
Read MoreBlog: The Tsavo Lions
Tucked within an arresting collection of taxidermied mammals, the man-eating lions of Tsavo are two of the Field Museum’s most famous residents—and also the most infamous.
Read their story on the Field Museum blog.
Read MoreExhibition: Griffin Halls of Evolving Planet
Get to know the many creatures that have roamed the earth, from single-celled organisms to our extended human family.
See the bigger picture on the site.
Read MoreField Museum History
A look at the Field Museum’s history, from the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, where much of the Museum’s original collection came from, to present-day work that spans the globe.
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