College of Liberal Arts & Sciences goes global
International College at Beijing in full-swing
Kuan-Yi Rose Chang, assistant dean for international, continuing & professional education, just returned from China with Chancellor M. Roy Wilson, Provost Mark Heckler, Regent Patricia Hayes and EJ Yoder, associate director for international colleges. They visited the revitalized International College at Beijing (ICB) program at China Agricultural University (CAU), and attended the opening ceremony that was held on September 14 for the first contingent of 110 students.
Chancellor Wilson and Provost Heckler addressed the students with welcoming remarks to celebrate the restart of the CAU program. In attendance from CAU were President Zhang-Liang Chen, Vice President Zé-Tian Fu and Dean Fang-Xi Meng. President Chen of CAU spoke to the students, encouraging them to learn from both Chinese and Western philosophies. He reaffirmed CAU’s desire and sincerity to collaborate. Based on mutual respect and trust, he said he expects the United States standards and practices for teaching to be followed for a guarantee of quality.
During their visit, the UCDHSC administrators met with President Chen, Party Secretary Zheng Yuan Qu and Dean Meng from CAU to discuss their collaborative efforts and the administration of the program. They also discussed hopeful future collaborations as the program continues to grow. The short term plan is to have ICB students attend UCDHSC classes in Denver to supplement their educational experience.
This semester, the CAU students in the ICB program are taking courses in communication, English, TOEFL preparation, physics, anthropology and math. Next year, after acquiring a strong proficiency of the English language, the students will take courses from economics and communication professors from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. A highly selective program, only one out of 10 students was accepted this year. The first class of students is expected to graduate in 2011 with degrees in either economics or communication.
If you have questions about the program, please contact Kuan-Yi Rose Chang by email or at 303-556-2434.
Dino Tour a roaring success
Professor Lockley tells alumni about a brontosaurus track
This past Saturday, 50 adventurous dinosaur enthusiasts, including alumni and their families, faculty and staff, were guided by Professor Martin Lockley on a journey through prehistoric history. Starting at the Dinosaur Tracks Museum at St. Cajetan’s, followed by a bus trip and picnic lunch, the group was led along Dinosaur Ridge in Morrison through the Cretaceous, Jurassic and Pennsylvanian periods for a learning experience about tracks and fossils from some of the best-known dinosaurs, including brontosaurus, diplodocus and stegosaurus.
The College of Liberal Arts & Sciences would like to acknowledge that this event was made possible by the UCDHSC Alumni Association -- a big thanks to Carol Heller and Julie Mullin for their help!
Reminder to the chairs
Coaching sessions with classified staff due Oct. 15
Chairs are required to hold a minimum of one coaching session per year with the classified staff they supervise (there is no cap on how many additional coaching sessions you hold). As part of this, chairs should send a copy of the front page of the performance management plan showing the date of at least one coaching session mid-year to Tammy Stone by October 15.
Visions of a New American Scholar Series
Stephen Prothero Talk on Oct. 4
The Colorado Center for Public Humanities' "New Visions of the American Scholar" series is hosting Stephen Prothero, chair of Religious Studies at Boston University, for 2 talks on Thursday, Oct. 4.
Stephen is an ideal speaker for student audiences. A leading figure in religious studies in this country, he is a stimulating and highly accessible speaker, who has appeared recently on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and on Oprah. His most recent book is entitled Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know--and Doesn't. In it, he makes the case that Americans are both passionately faithful and woefully ignorant about the major world religious traditions. He argues persuasively that this religious illiteracy has profoundly influenced governmental decision-making and civic relations between Americans.
Stephen will speak on campus at noon on Oct. 4 at the Tivoli Turnhalle. Later on that same day, he will speak at the Laboratory of Art and Ideas, 404 S. Upham St., at Belmar in Lakewood. The Lab event begins with a small reception at 6pm and is followed by Prothero's talk at 6:30pm.
Please feel free to contact either or Jake Adam York (556-8828) or Philip Joseph with any questions about these events.
Seeking outstanding graduate students
Award nominations due Friday, Oct. 26
The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is currently soliciting nominations for the Outstanding Graduate Student Awards for the college. Departments may submit one individual to each of two categories: Master's (MA, MS, MHUM, MSS, MIS) and Ph.D. Nominating packets are due in the Dean’s office by 5:00 on Friday, October 26, 2007.
Packets must include the following items:
- A nominating letter from the department that clearly spells out why this student stands out above the norm (e.g., publications, grants, service to community or profession).
- A clear statement by the student detailing their accomplishments and plans for the future.
- A transcript
- Additional supporting letters from faculty may be included
- A current curriculum vitae
- Where applicable, include FCQs for teaching
Additional supporting letters and other materials may be included.
Please be aware that this award is competitive across the college, so it would be useful if you can provide information that helps us compare students from one field with students in another. One example is to include the quality of journals if the student has publications, or the scope of a meeting (regional, national, international) if the student has meeting presentations.
Please contact Associate Dean Tammy Stone if you have questions.
University Scholarship Team Grants
Proposals due September 28
The Office of Research Services and the Center for Faculty Development at the Downtown Campus of the University of Colorado Denver announce a new grant program, The University Scholarship Team Grants, with total funding up to $18,000. The purpose of the UST Grant program is to provide resources for collaborative, scholarly and creative work. Funding will support teams composed of faculty and students who identify scholarly or creative problems of mutual interest and who jointly seek solutions to these problems in informal environments outside of the classroom. Teams may be disciplinary or interdisciplinary and are encouraged to involve members from both campuses.
Applications must be received by the Research Services Office, Lawrence Street Center 300 (Campus Box 120) by 5 pm, Friday, Sept. 28.
CCHE Faculty-to-Faculty conference
Friday, Oct. 12
Sheraton Denver Tech Center
This year the Faculty-to-Faculty conference will feature a P-20 theme, while accommodating the yearly content group faculty-to-faculty discussions during the afternoon schedule of the conference’s agenda. The conference will focus on how 1) to focus on the state’s education systems’ role in the P-20 education pipeline; and 2) to provide a context within which two-year and four-year faculty can discuss issues of transfer articulation, credit by examination, assessment and accountability and the re-calibration of the Pathways process within their respective disciplines.
UCDHSC has a record of consistent faculty participation in this CCHE conference, and I encourage all undergraduate colleges to participate. It would be very helpful if at least one UCDHSC faculty member from each of the afternoon breakout content areas below could attend.
Arts and Humanities
Natural and Physical Sciences
Mathematics
Communication (English composition)
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Please have interested faculty contact Vicki Leal at CCHE no later than Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2007 with their RSVP. Please copy John Lanning on your e-mail reservation to CCHE.
Faculty on the Move
Assistant Professor Devin Jenkins of Modern Languages organized the annual conference of the Linguistic Association of the Southwest that was held on our campus from Friday, Sept. 21 to Sunday, Sept. 23. Jenkins serves on the executive board for the organization and was chair for the local arrangements. 120 scholars from around the world attended this year's conference with a theme of “Linguistic Legacies.” Jenkins said, "Our plenary speaker, Carmen Silva-Corvalán, was second to none, and all of the organized activities and sessions went as well as we could have possibly hoped. I am very pleased with the results." (Full details)
Events
Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Brown Bag
Friday, Sept. 28
Noon-1:00 pm
Golda Meir House on 9th Street Park
The discussion, facilitated by Joann Addison (English), will focus on the status of women's, gender, sexuality and queer studies in the academy and is open to all UCDHSC staff, faculty and students.
The Art of Search Committees: Increasing the Quality and Diversity of UCDHSC Faculty
Friday, Sept. 28
2:00 pm– 4:00 pm
CU Building Room 490
Audience: Individuals who are chairing or serving on search committees
Presented By: Kevin Jacobs, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Human Resources
Please RSVP by sending an email to Julia Agazio with your name and department by September 25.
Copper Nickel 8 Release & Press Launch
Friday, Sept. 28
Matter Studio at 2132 Market Street, Denver
7:00 - 10:00 pm
Ethnic Studies Open House
Monday, Oct. 1
12:00 – 1:30 pm
Lawrence Street Center Terrace (2nd Floor)
For more information, call 303.556.2700.
Colorado Center for Public Humanities Lecture Series
Thursday, Oct. 4
12:00 noon
Stephen Prothero, Chair of the Department of Religion at Boston University
“Religious Literacy and Public Intellectuals"
Tivoli Turnhalle
6:30 pm
Stephen Prothero, Chair of the Department of Religion at Boston University
"Religious Literacy and the American Scholar"
The Laboratory of Art and Ideas, Belmar
404 S. Upham Street, Lakewood
Auraria Library Book Club
Thursday, Oct. 4
5:00 - 6:30pm
Auraria Library, Room 256
Teague Bohlen's book, "The Pull of the Earth," a finalist for the Colorado Book Award for fiction, will be discussed. Bohlen, an assistant professor of English will be present at the meeting. For more information, contact Catherine Ostrander at 303-556-6381.
Undergraduate Research, Internships and Experiential Learning
Friday, Oct. 5
8:30am - 3:30pm
St. Cajetan's
For more information, contact Liz Pruett.
Department of Economics Seminar: Stephan R. Sain
Friday, Oct. 5
3:30 - 5:00pm
Lawrence Street Center, Conference Room, Suite 450
Affiliation: Department of Mathematical Sciences, UCDHSC
Title of Paper: "Analyzing Regional Climate Experiments via Multivariate Spatial Models"
Student Life Seminar: Joseph Orosco
Monday, Oct. 8
11:30 am
Tivoli 320
Orosco will examine Cesar Chavez's thoughts on the effects of Mexican immigration on the United States.
Department of Economics Seminar: Kerwin Charles
Friday, Oct. 12
3:30 - 5:00pm
Lawrence Street Center, Conference Room, Suite 450
Affiliation: Department of Economics, University of Chicago
Title of Paper: "Race and Conspicuous Consumption"
Student Life Lecture: Voices from Darfur
Wednesday, Oct. 17
11:30 am
Tivoli Turnhalle
Survivors of the genocide in Sudan's western region of Darfur will share their stories to the Auraria campus as part of the Save Darfur Coalition's Voices from Darfur campaign.
Poetry Festival, hosted by the Copper Nickel
Thursday, Oct. 18
5:00-9:00 pm
King Center Recital Hall
Friday, Oct. 19
12:00-5:00 pm
King Center Concert Hall
Final Exhibition
Friday, Oct. 19
7:00-10:00 pm
The Lab at Belmar
4004 S. Upham Street, Lakewood
Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies Brown Bag
Friday, Oct. 19
Noon-1:00 pm
1020 9th Street Park
The discussion will address the place of feminist pedagogy in today's university classroom. we especially invite students and instructors to attend this discussion facilitated by Michelle Comstock.
Copper Nickel hosts Nick Arvin
Thursday, Oct. 25
3:30 pm
King Center Concert Hall
Department of Economics Seminar: Stephan Weiler
Friday, Oct. 26
3:30 - 5:00pm
Lawrence Street Center, Conference Room, Suite 450
Affiliation: Department of Economics, Colorado State University
Title of Paper: "The Impact of National Park Designation"
UCDHSC Fall Open House
Sunday, Oct. 28
11:30-2:30 pm
PE/Event Center
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