New! Annual Dean's Awards Reception
Several students, faculty and staff took home awards after last Friday's Annual Dean's Reception. Held in the Lawrence Street Center Terrace Room, about 80 CLAS faculty, staff, students and family members gathered to celebrate the year's accomplishments, award winners and retirees.
The Faculty and Student award winners and their biographies can be found on the CLAS web site.
Retirees for 2007-2008 include:
Faculty
William Briggs, Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, 1983-2007
Mei Chu-Hsiao, Economics, 1979-2008
Harvey Greenberg, Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, 1983-2008
Don Schmidt, Modern Languages, 1976-2008
Staff
Joy Breeze, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 1981-2007
Interim Dean Jim Hageman gives opening remarks on the accomplishments of the 2007-2008 academic year. He's holding a copy of Pinnacle, CLAS's new alumni publication.
Associate Dean Ferguson presents the 2008 Outstanding Bachelor of Arts award to Charlene Shelton, who is graduating with a degree in Sociology.
Interim Dean Hageman presents Professor Cate Wiley of the English Department with the Excellence in Service Award
New! First CLAS Staff Award Announced
Although the focus of the Annual Dean's Reception in the past has been on faculty and student awards, this year's reception initiated a new tradition--the presentation of the CLAS Outstanding Staff Award. Given to a single staff member who demonstrates outstanding leadership, ability, initiative and/or achievement, the CLAS Outstanding Staff Award recognizes a staff member whose contributions have provided a significant benefit specifically to CLAS and UCD. The recipient will receive a $500 cash award.
There were nine outstanding nominees for this year's staff award, which made the committee's decision very difficult. While all the staff who were nominated were deserving of awards, Steve Honda, Assistant Dean for Budget and Finance was selected based on the overwhelming support he received in nomination letters from chairs, faculty and staff. One of his nominators, Associate Professor and Chair of History, Myra Rich, said, "Steve is the rock upon which the college has been standing for almost a decade."
The nominees for the CLAS Outstanding Staff Award include:
Steve Honda, Assistant Dean for Budget and Finance, CLAS
Trishia Vasquez (runner-up), Academic Advisor, CLAS
Russel Boice, Coordinator, Department of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences
Gay Freebern, Program Assistant, Psychology
Cory Gruebele, Program Assistant, Political Science
Catherine Rathbun, Lab Coordinator, Chemistry
Scott Sherter, Program Assistant, English
Sally Thee, Program Assistant, Communication
Jennifer Williams, Program Assistant, Ethnic Studies
Assistant Dean Steve Honda receives the CLAS Outstanding Staff Award from his nominator, Professor Laura Argys
New! May Commencement Reception, May 17
Immediately following commencement exercises on Saturday, May 17, the Dean's Office will host a reception for all graduating CLAS students and their friends and families in the Tivoli Turnhalle. All faculty and staff are encouraged to attend to help our students celebrate. Hors d'oeuvres will be served.
New! Benefits Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment season is upon us, and eligible CLAS faculty and staff should receive enrollment materials at their home address. Please note that this is a positive enrollment year, meaning that individuals must take action to enroll in benefits. Benefits-eligible individuals who take no action will be enrolled in default benefit programs as established by Payroll and Benefits Services.
Open enrollment runs from Monday, April 28 - Friday, May 23 at 5 p.m. Mountain Time.
The online web application will open on Wednesday, May 7 at 8:00 a.m. Final rate information will also be available at that time.
For information on 2008-2009 plans, eligibility, enrollment, and carrier fairs please visit the PBS web site.
New! Update on Timesheets for Leave Reporting
Starting in May, the tracking and entering of leave hours (vacation and sick) for CLAS staff will be transitioned from Steve Honda to Heather Sours. Accordingly, please send your timesheets to Heather at the same campus box (144) and fax number (303-556-4861) that you have in the past. As always, a copy of your timesheet is due at the beginning of each month, preferably by the end of the first full working week.
New! Biomedical and Life Sciences Presentations Available Online
The University of Colorado Denver libraries are offering a free trial of Henry Stewart Talks: Biomedical and Life Sciences Collection, available through May 31, 2008. Henry Stewart Talks provides online access to more than 700 seminar-style presentations by world experts in the biomedical and life sciences. Presentations consist of animated slides with accompanying synchronized narration. Talks are approximately 40-50 minutes long and cover a range of topics, including:
Ø The Design and Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials Ø Evolution and Medicine Ø Free Radicals and the Oxygen Paradox Ø From DNA to Proteins: The Multiple Levels of Regulation Ø Frontiers of Research in Autoimmunity Ø Genetic Epidemiology Ø Human Population Genetics Ø Monoclonal Antibodies as Therapeutic Agents Ø Neurodegenerative Diseases Ø Obesity Ø Retroviruses Ø Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Ø The World of Hormones Ø Using Bioinformatics in the Exploration of Genetic Diversity Ø Viruses and Viral Diseases
Downtown Auraria Library users can access Henry Stewart Talks here.
New! Get Ready for Colfax Marathon May 18
It's time to get registered for the 2008 Post-News Colorado Colfax Marathon, Half-Marathon or 5-person Marathon Relay Team events on Sunday, May 18. You can run, jog, walk and raise funds for 41 local charities. You can even just show up along the route to cheer on the participants, or volunteer to help make things run smoothly.
UC Denver's Jay Gershen, vice chancellor for External Affairs, is the chair of this year's event. He especially notes that forming a relay team might be an ideal option to get in on the action without having to go the full distance alone. While the races start and finish at Denver's City Park, the Half-Marathon course loops through the Anschutz Medical Campus.
This event is packed with more interest activities including the National Wheelchair Marathon Championships and the Colorado Kids Marathon Milers. A call also is going out for musical entertainment that will be featured along the route. Get all the details at on their web site.
CLAS in the Spotlight
Sharon Araji, Karl Flaming, and Lisa Hall of the Sociology Department presented and/or moderated several sessions at the Western Social Science Association's 50th Annual Conference April 23-36 in Denver. Additionally, Sociology sponsored a coffee break in partnership with CLAS and the School of Public Affairs.
Faye Caronan of the Ethnic Studies Department has been awarded the Ford Postdoctoral Fellowship.
Colorado History Day, which is being hosted by the Department of History on the Auraria Campus this Saturday, May 3, was highlighted in the Denver Post on April 27.
Resa Cooper-Morning, Cultural Diversity Coordinator in the Ethnic Studies Department, received the CU Staff Council Award.
The Denver Writing Project hosted a writing marathon in Writer's Square on April 25 during the Urban Sites Network Conference. Read about it on Network.
Kevin Everhart, Senior Instructor of Psychology, interviewed with KMGH-TV CH 7 (ABC) for a story on House Bill 1208, a bill that would make it harder to prosecute teens as adults. The story aired on April 16.
Tom Noel, Professor of History and known locally as Dr. Colorado, contributed an article to the Rocky Mountain News on April 19 about UCH palliative care nurse Harri Bitzanakis Brackett and her husband, UC Denver nursing grad Timothy Brackett, and the community they've created.
REMINDERS: Important College Due Dates
June 1 : Extended Studies Course Proposals for Fall 2008 are due to Kuan-yi Rose Chang.
Events
Dr. Mei-Chu Hsiao's Retirement Celebration
Friday, May 2
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Zenith Room, Tivoli Student Union
For more information and to RSVP, please email Christine Lukvec
Colorado History Day
Saturday, May 3
North Classroom
(More information)
Computational Mathematics Colloquium
Brad A. Bendiak, Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Denver, School of Medicine
Monday, May 5
11:00 - 12:00 pm
CU Building, Room 626
Title: "Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy: conversion of multidimensional time-domain data to a correlated frequency"
2008 CLAS Commencement Reception
Saturday, May 17
Immediately following commencement
Tivoli Turnhalle
IN THIS ISSUE:
Dean's Reception
CLAS Staff Award
Commencement Reception
Open Enrollment
Update on Timesheets for Leave Reporting
Henry Stewart Talks
Colfax Marathon
CLAS in the Spotlight
Reminders
Events
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