New! CLAS Welcomes Two New Hires
Laurel Dodds
Managing Director, CLAS Signature Areas
NC 4019C
303-352-3728
laurel.dodds@cudenver.edu
Laurel Dodds, the newest hire to CLAS, is the managing director for the CLAS Signature Areas, working specifically on Environome Science, Sustainability and Geo-Spatial Technologies. This position is a natural fit for Dodds’ extensive interdisciplinary experience.
With a BS in art education from the University of Vermont, she has taught and evaluated district arts curricula and designed and taught interdisciplinary arts courses. In addition to her arts background, Dodds acquired a Masters in Professional Studies in interactive telecommunications at New York University, using her degree to build a program at a state college in New Jersey into a successful regional continuing and professional education service center. As director of telecommunications for a small town in central Pennsylvania, she was tapped by the Office of Technology Assessment of the US Congress to consult on wireless communications for a congressional report. An AT&T Fellowship at the American Center for the Study of Distance Education at Penn State University allowed Dodds to pursue her doctorate. When illness forced her to drop her doctoral studies to recuperate, she received an offer from the University of Tennessee to direct its distance education program in Knoxville. She spent four years expanding the program from tape and off-campus traditional delivery to interactive video and online courses, negotiating contracts with other campuses and institutions.
A desire to increase her skills and experience in distance education took her to Texas at the University of Houston Clear Lake where she was involved in a multi-campus system that operated multi-institution teaching centers around the city. Her next two assignments were at a Catholic minority-serving institution where she directed academic technology and at an online university where she was an assistant dean.
When Dodds isn’t busy working on interdisciplinary studies, she enjoys spending time with her husband, Alan, her three children and two granddaughters. As active gardeners, Dodds and her husband “look forward to being able to have a property in the Denver area with which to grow vegetables and flowers and enjoy the wonderful Colorado outdoor life.”
Resa Cooper-Morning
Cultural Diversity Coordinator
Ethnic Studies Department
303-556-2833
resa.cooper-morning@cudenver.edu
Cultural Diversity Coordinator Resa Cooper-Morning is excited to work in the Ethnic Studies Department to further their mission, as well as support diversity initiatives in the college and university. Her position will develop D2 and D3 courses to serve businesses in the Denver metro area. Additionally, she will offer cultural diversity training for students in the residential halls as recommended by the Blue Ribbon Commission.
With a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, a minor in African-American studies and a master's degree in pubic administration from the UC Denver School of Public Affairs, Cooper-Morning will bring solid knowledge and experience to the position. “Having worked for the University of Colorado Denver for over 15 years in the Business School, and developing a comfortable rapport with students and the business community,” she said, “I am dedicated to continuing my service to this university and assist in making it a great institution.”
New! Spring 2008 Academic Calendar for Syllabi
Please include the attached academic calendar and CLAS academic policies in every CLAS syllabus. It is critical that this occur to be sure we are communicating essential information to our students about add/drop deadlines and policies. While we realize this is two extra pages for your syllabus, it is critical that we use all available mechanisms to provide our students with this type of information. It also gives you as a faculty member, and the college as a whole, a stronger base to stand on when students confront us about policies and procedures.
As a reminder, faculty are not required to sign a Schedule Adjustment Form after the published drop dates for the college. It is within the scope of your authority to ask students to provide documentation prior to dropping a course.
Please contact Associate Dean Charlie Ferguson if you have any questions.
New! Science Building on Track for 2009 Opening
Last Friday, Dec. 7, a groundbreaking next to the current Science Building initiated the beginning of the construction project, which will result in almost 200,000 square feet of renovated and added space . To read about the progress, visit The Network.
New! Staff & Faculty Appreciation & Celebration of the history of 9th Ave and Colorado Blvd Location
Thursday, December 13, 2007
4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Light Hors D’Oeuvres served
Denison Humphreys Lounge & Library Board Room
9th Avenue and Colorado Boulevard (map)
Complimentary Parking will be available in lots C, H, Tennis Court Lot, Big Lot, NDX (except for J Lot).
Hal Lot (located at 11th and Ash, near the old Emergency Room) (more information)
Please R.S.V.P. by December 7, 2007 to Events.RSVP@cudenver.edu
New! History of Auraria Campus
Exhibit at Auraria Campus Library
History Instructor Rebecca Hunt's Museum Interpretation class developed a traveling exhibit this semester that documents the history of Auraria from Native American camp to campus. They have installed it in the second floor hallway near the Auraria archives. It will be up through the end of the spring 2008 semester.
New! The Knapsack Institute: Transforming the Curriculum
UCCS Campus, June 4-7, 2008
Applications are now being accepted for the Summer 2008 Knapsack Institute: Transforming the Curriculum, on the UCCS campus June 4-7, 2008. The institute supports faculty across the nation as they create or revise courses to integrate race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, class and other forms of social inequality. The Knapsack Institute is a program of The Matrix Center for the Advancement of Social Equity and Inclusion. (More information)
New! Continuing Ed Class: Innovation in the Social Sector
Open to Faculty, Staff, Students & Alumni
The upcoming course, “Innovation in the Social Sector”, offered by the Continuing and Professional Education Division is open to current students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members interested in sharpening their skills. It is held at the Bard Center for Entrepreneurship in downtown Denver. The class is open to anyone with a bachelor's degree, whether or not they are currently a student. Undergraduates in good standing can take it too, with permission from their advisor.
Contact Tiffany Espinosa with questions. (More information)
REMINDER: December Commencement Reception
The Curtis Hotel: December 15
CLAS will host December's Commencement reception immediately following commencement exercises at The Curtis Hotel at 1405 Curtis St in the Marco Polo Ballroom. Refreshments will be served. All faculty and staff are invited to attend and help our grads celebrate. Please post this informational flyer in your office and/or department, and share with graduating students.
(Commencement information: Commencement web page)
2007-2008 CLAS Research Innovation Seed Program (CRISP)
CRISP grant proposals are invited from all tenured and tenure-track faculty to support research activities that will result in applications for external funding. Details of the program, submission requirements, allowed expenses, and required activities are included in the attached document, and the deadline for submission is March 3, 2008. The college has committed $100,000 this year to support this program, which was developed by Dean Hageman, Associate Dean Brenda Allen, and Associate Dean Mary Coussons-Read.
Drafts of the program announcement were reviewed and supported by the CLAS Leadership Team, the CLAS BPC, the CLAS Council, and the CLAS Chairs. The college anticipates making approximately 5 awards in each track of the program. Note that an essential aspect of the CRISP application is developing and documenting a relationship with the Office of Sponsored Programs to identify potential funding sources, and I am glad to facilitate this process.
Please contact Mary Coussons-Read with any questions you might have regarding the announcement, the program, or submission.
CLAS in the News
Political Science Associate Professor Anna Sampaio was quoted in the Dec. 7 edition of the Rocky Mountain News article, "Study: Hispanics leaving the GOP." (read more)
The Urban Citizen Project in the Political Science Department held a fundraiser concert on Nov. 3 that received rave reviews by YourHub (read more).
Events
Joy Breeze's Retirement Celebration
Friday, Dec. 14
2:00 - 4:00 pm
NC Atrium
UC Denver Commencement
Saturday, Dec. 15
9:00 am
Colorado Convention Center
CLAS Commencement Reception
Saturday, Dec. 15
Immediately following graduation
The Curtis Hotel
1405 Curtis Street
IN THIS ISSUE:
CLAS New Hires
Spring 2008 Academic Calendar
Science Building
9th & Colorado Reception
History of Auraria Installation
Knapsack Institute
New Cont. Ed Class
Commencement Reception
CRISPs
CLAS in the News
Events
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EDITOR:
Katy Brown
303.556.6663
Katy.Brown @cudenver.edu