Changing the Concept of Community Design
February 29, 2008 | 
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Robert Wonnett, UCCS Vice-Chancellor for Student Success, has always been intrigued with how people view themselves within "their space" and how they interact with each other in the physical space they inhabit.
"How people come together in units, create social spaces, integrate, and sometimes deny access to each other" has everything to do with whether people succeed or fail, Wonnett began. His passion is facilitating proper use of space on a variety of levels in order to foster community success; his career paths to further understand this passion have taken many unique turns.
Robert Wonnett’s life as a son in a military family has much to do with his passion for investigating how people interact. In his earliest years he came to appreciate how the military lifestyle provided for a progressive approach to community access, outreach, social change and promoting social interaction with the communities in which he lived. His father’s tours in Washinton, Alabama, West Virginia, Virginia, and Germany, with a last tour in Colorado Springs, provided Robert with much "neat stuff" to ponder about how people come together, integrate, and manipulate their environment.
Of particular interest was his discovery that people in the military view community much differently than those who remain stationary as community. When his dad’s work took him to Virginia, Robert was asked, "Who are your people?" He discovered that his definition of people differed greatly from theirs. Theirs focused on blood connections; his was more expansive. Despite the differences in interpretation, he realized that social barriers are mostly man made.
Wonnett admits to a tendency to "work himself out of a job" but always in an upward spiral. His initial experience as a recreation therapist introduced him to youth who required sports therapy to address their physical challenges. Afterwards, he served as a police officer and parole officer in Denver, working with at-risk populations. For Wonnett, appropriate tools for his work necessitate developing more skills, and he did.
He acquired an MA degree in guidance and counseling, thereby allowing him entry into "Interstate Compact", a program that focuses upon self-improvement strategies for post-incarceration populations.
Wonnett, no stranger to personal academic development, entered law school in 1991, and earned a Juris Doctor degree in 2005, a four-year commute from Colorado Springs to Denver. It was at this point that he "saw the space changing" both in his academic and professional focus. He came to terms with what he wanted to create.
"What are the broader behaviors with younger students? How can the physical, social, and organizational characteristics of a college or university affect success for students? How do the spaces we create as institutions of higher learning, or any institutions for that matter insulate and isolate us? That is my bottom line."
Robert Wonnett cares deeply about creating an environment in which students, faculty, staff, and administration can become their best selves. His daily schedule is filled with activities that study students’ short-term behaviors and difficulties within the university system. However, his ongoing determination to interface exterior space concerns with academic and sociocultural priorities has led him to work on his doctorate: how physical space can be best utilized to improve the academic community.
We have no doubt that this architecture cum sociocultural investigation will work Robert Wonnett out of his present job and allow him entry into one that keeps his passion alive. Colorado Springs Record+ looks forward to sharing those results with our readers.
- M
Daphne Greenwood
January 30, 2008 | Email This Post
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Daphne Greenwood is a professor of Economics at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. She has taught at UCCS for more than 20 years. In addition to being an academic, she has real-world experience in the analysis and development of economic policies in the City of Colorado Springs as well as the State of Colorado. Dr. Greenwood was a member of the Colorado State Legislature from 1990 to 1994.
CSR+: Tell us about the Center for Colorado Policy that you direct.
Greenwood: Our Center for Colorado Policy Studies is devoted to applying economic principles and research results to critical policy issues at the state and local level. We explore nonpartisan fact-based examination of issues that face the Pikes Peak Region and the state of Colorado. Our faculty and our best students conduct research regarding these issues and provide information to local, state, and nonprofit organizations that request it of us.
CSR+: You have talked and written extensively about “smart growth” and how it can be applied to Colorado Springs. What does the term “smart growth” mean?
Greenwood: It means that we should be able to recognize the way we build homes and businesses and how such development affects the quality of life. We need to consider the associated costs of services to tax payers as a result of development. The impact of growth on the quality of life should be positive. For example, growth should not lead to traffic congestion and bad air quality. The quality of K-12 schools and institutions for higher education should be positively impacted by growth.
CSR+: This all sounds nice, but “smart growth” as you describe has the potential to arrest the continued growth of our city, region, and state. Is that right?
Greenwood: It’s a myth that population growth is necessary for economic development. For example, I can cite a study by Gottlieb called “Growth without Growth” that describes how a city or a region can continue to grow even without population growth. And, if population growth is inevitable, we can grow our city and region so that we don’t have sprawl.
CSR+: Isn’t that interfering with people’s choice regarding how they want to lead their lives? Doesn’t that sound un-American?
Greenwood: People have a right to make choices, but choices come with costs. However, when we, as a society, decide to spend our tax money, why should we subsidize the true cost of services to expensive new homes being built on mountainsides? Why should we not subsidize education and health care for poor children instead? It is expensive to provide services such as fire, water, and other utilities to mountain homes or homes in suburban sprawls in general. Homeowners who decide to build or buy homes in such areas should pay for the true cost of such services.
CSR+: When people build new homes, don’t they pay taxes and fees that cover the associated expenses?
Greenwood: No. The city gets a big tax amount when the homes are built, but due to the way our property taxes are structured, later the true costs of services are not covered.
CSR+: According to one of your studies, Colorado Springs collects 7% less tax per person now than 20 years ago. That sounds good to the taxpayer. But, what are its effects?
Greenwood: There is an enormous backlog of outdated infrastructure projects in the city. The water company stays in the next seven years; there will be fifty percent rise. In some cities in Colorado, all the water will be gone in a few years if not consumed wisely.
CSR+: Do you think there are benefits to population growth other than economic growth?
Greenwood: Of course, there are many benefits to population growth. Population growth leads to better choices of restaurants, bars, nightclub, shops, colleges, and schools. A larger population base leads to a better cultural scene in the city. It also leads to more ethnic diversity, primarily in the high-tech and military sectors.
CSR+: What are your parting thoughts?
Greenwood: Colorado Springs, Colorado, and our nation should embrace growth as it occurs, but we must ensure that the growth is smart and that it benefits society in general.
CSR+: Thank you so much for talking to us.
Greenwood: My pleasure.
- J
A Man with a Mission
January 30, 2008 | Email This Post
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Ron W. Pelton, M.D., Ph.D., is a specialist in cosmetic and reconstructive surgery of the eyelids, eyebrows, and face. Informally, he describes himself as a father and as a physician. All of the preceding descriptors are correct. However, our readers need to know that Ron W. Pelton is a unique human being who has created a singular practice that blends science of medicine with the art of improving people’s self-image inside and out.
Ron Pelton told us that he “came by the study of medicine naturally,” as a young student in Arkansas. His sixth-grade teacher encouraged his talent, and from then on the path to further study took root. The combination of his father’s mechanical skills as a craftsman and his mother’s people skills provided a perfect base from which to begin his medical career.
The journey from Arkansas high-school student to international authority in his field took a series of interesting turns. Ron’s sixth-grade teacher receives credit for having recognized his skills in science. The Vanderbilt University M.D./Ph.D program had the good sense to accept him on full scholarship within their program. His mentors provided him with advice that he practices on a daily basis.
Ron learned much from Professor Alice Hines. He gives her an A+ for “telling it like it is.” Professor Hines recommended that he study a foreign language to improve his English, and for sure to “listen to the evening news.” Hal Moses and Tom Goodwin, charismatic as mentors, and inspirational as friends, shared what would become Ron’s mantra as a physician and as a scholar. “Be excited and encourage those around you to be excited as well!”
“It is easy to lose one’s love for medicine” if one forgets that the science of medicine is “only a part of what this thing is,” Ron said. “It’s all about a being a partner in the wellness process. My people [office personnel] ‘get it.’ I have never missed a single school function with my children. We do 90% of our activities as a family. We carry the ‘care card.’”
Academic interests took Ron far from his roots in Arkansas. He “found his question” in East Berlin as a graduate student, studied in London, and discovered that “trials by fire make for clearer intent.” At this juncture in his career he focused upon oculoplastics, and facial reconstruction that requires a artist’s touch and a physician’s mastery and an artist’s hand.
Only 20 per cent of his clients come to him for cosmetic reconstruction. The majority require reconstructive procedures, the most difficult being disfiguration from aggravated wounds. Ron told us that surgical reconstruction for those who have experienced serious traumatic injury gives him a sense of the greatest satisfaction.
Ron’s office is his universe. Entering Suite 309 at 455 East Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs one immediately notices a singular difference in atmosphere, ambiance, and assistants who greet prospective patients. No glass separates patient from assistant. The ladies do not wear uniforms. The furniture reflects attention to “people comfort”. Ron’s framed certificates provide a chronological snapshot of his academic and professional career. All this occurs in an environment that signals, “We are here to help you.” Prospective clients may enter Ron’s office a bit worried, but “they come out smiling.”
Ron W. Pelton’s awards are many; his talent is world-renowned; his dedication to a job well done is a daily mission. He is a physician’s physician and a caring human being. Colorado Springs is a better place for having him in our midst. Tom, wife Wendy, children Lee and Laney have made Colorado Springs their home, and The Record+ is honored to celebrate them with our readers.
If you wish more information about Ron and his work, you may find it on his website: http://www.drpelton.com.
- M
A Toast to Lifelong Learning
December 19, 2007 | Email This Post
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“I’m not ready yet,” were Dr. Ann Elrod’s words in March of 1999, when she decided to retire after 30 years in the field of education. While most veteran teachers with 30 years of experience to their credit would more than likely hightail it to retirement Nirvana, Ann decided that there still was much more she wanted to contribute within the profession. Those who know her as Doctor Elrod, School District 20 President, President of Phi Delta Kappa, President of the Colorado Association of Secondary School Principals, and Chair of the State Committee for the Colorado North Central Association, are very glad that she decided to remain on the education scene.Ann McClintock arrived in Colorado Springs in 1957, way back when the city was bounded on the east by Circle Drive, north Nevada Avenue was the end of town, and the Broadmoor Hotel was a day-trip away. Despite her family’s move from Denver to the southern hinterlands, Ann lost no time in immersing herself into the Colorado Springs way of life. Her first in a series of epiphanies occurred when she attended Wasson High School.
“The best teachers I ever had were at Wasson High School,” Ann said. “I based my dissertation research on what I learned in Lee Higgins’s class, and I taught under him when I returned to Wasson as a teacher. That was awesome.”
All was not totally awesome, however. Ann discovered that outstanding teaching requires lots of thought, much attention to individual student needs, and above all, a comprehensive lesson plan. She shares with her college students an experience from her first teaching days at Wasson, just to let them know that teaching master does not “just happen.”
“When I was first observed at Wasson, the observer wrote in her notes, ‘Does she have a lesson plan?’ It was then I knew I had to get a grip or get another career.” Ann definitely got a grip.
Ann’s nineteen-year career as a speech teacher at Wasson High School initiated many changes in her teaching style. She trained the city’s outstanding speech team, brought home state and national speech trophies, and discovered that her leadership skills were duly noted by her colleagues and supervisors.
In 1985, Ann accepted the post of Teacher on Special Assignment, and in 1987 she entered the CU Cohort Program for doctoral studies through CU Denver. She served at Liberty High School for eight years as Assistant Principal, and her research on alternative schools facilitated her entry into a principalship at Aspen Valley High School, where the school received the John Irwin School of Excellence Award, and Schools of Innovation commendation from the Chamber of Commerce thanks to her research focus.
“Aspen Valley helped me learn and I am still learning, “ Ann told us.
She ran for School District 20 School Board in 2000, and the learning curve “was straight up.” Ann admits that Francis Jenkins, another role model in her career, is the main reason why she ran for School Board in the first place. It seemed a crucial time to decide how policy governance, focus on student achievement, and the accreditation process could become a state model for academic success. Her bottomline was “to establish a competitive edge with the rest of the state, to maintain a general fund to keep up with adequate funding and take the next hill.” Ann ran on that platform, and she won the election.
Thirty years of stellar teaching, one doctoral degree in Curriculum and Supervision from CU Denver, one vice-principalship, one principalship, one interim university directorship, and two Academy School District presidencies later, Ann McClintock Elrod still leads believes that “there remains much to do in the field.” She believes that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts, so she will continue “to make the parts work.”
Ann has admitted to one defect in her work ethnic. “I may collaborate too much.” Those who have benefited from her collaborative efforts would not agree in the least. With Ann in charge, “taking the next hill” comes about directly as a result of collaboration, planning, and celebration. “It’s all about working together.”
Ann’s life is not all work, however. She and her husband Ron share a mutual passion for travel, for visiting family and friends, and for enriching the lives of others. They receive an A+ for all of the above, and those who know them thank them for making our days rich because they shared them with us. Absolutely Doctor Ana, “You are awesome!”
- M
Robert Sebesta - Prolific Author Retires from Academia
December 19, 2007 | Email This Post
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Dr. Robert Sebesta recently retired from his long and successful teaching career at UCCS, SUNY, and Penn State. During more than thirty years in academia, he excelled as an author and administrator. CSR+ recently talked to Dr. Robert Sebesta as he was packing to vacate his office.
CSR+: The last few days you have been carefully culling through the years of books, academic journals and magazines, conference proceedings, copies of your own books to decide what to keep and what to throw away. How long have you taught at UCCS?
RWS: I taught at UCCS for twenty-six years. I was the Chair of the Computer Science Department at UCCS for fifteen of those years. Before moving to UCCS, I taught at the State University of New York at Oswego, and the Pennsylvania State University.
CSR+: We know you are a prolific author of computer science textbooks. How many books have you authored so far?
RWS: I have written six books. In total, the books have gone through sixteen editions so far. These days, each edition is a new book by itself.
CSR+: What are the topics of your books?
RWS: My books have the following titles: Concepts of Programming Languages, Programming the World Wide Web, Little Book on Perl, Introduction to Programming Using Basic, Assembly Language for the VAX, and Assembly Language for the PDP-11.
CSR+: What are your most successful books?
RWS: The two most successful books are Concepts of Programming Languages and Programming the World Wide Web.
CSR+: Why do you think your books are so successful?
RWS: The ingredients for successful textbooks are the right approach, the right time, the right material and of course, luck. I have had the good fortune to combine the ingredients successfully.
CSR+: Have your books been translated to other languages?
RWS: The Concepts of Programming Languages book has been translated to Portuguese, Korean, and Chinese. The Web book has been translated to Italian, Chinese and Hungarian. The Vax Assembly book was translated to Russian.
CSR+: How many books do you have in print right now?
RWS: Three that are selling. Two sell well. The Programming Languages book and the Web Programming book are #1 in Spring 2007.
CSR+: You must be really dedicated to writing! How do you write so much especially on topics that are so technical?
RWS: I spend two to three hours every day writing although I take Friday nights off. I spend full days during summer and winter writing. When I was working full-time, this was my schedule. Now that I am retired, I have a lot more time to write. I read constantly to be able to write.
CSR+: What keeps you going with all your writing?
RWS: I learn new technologies and write about them. I am dedicated to life-long learning. In addition to that, the success that has come with the books keeps me going. The bottom line is money; the rewards have been good. In addition, the books have brought some name recognition in the computer science community, which is gratifying.
CSR+: Are you working on any books right now?
RWS: I am working on the fifth edition of the Web Programming book and the eighth edition of the Programming Languages book.
CSR+: Computer Science is a fast-moving field. Every new edition must be a lot of work!
RWS: Yes, to be able to keep up, one needs to learn new material constantly. Right now, I am learning technologies such as AJAX, Ruby, Rails, and a lot more.
CSR+: You are an expert on programming languages. Can you tell us how programming languages have evolved over the past fifty years?
RWS: Languages have become far more complex, sophisticated, and safe. Language designers have worked hard to eliminate common programming errors.
CSR+: You are also an expert on how the Web is programmed. Can you tell us a little bit about how Web technology has evolved over the past ten years?
RWS: The Web hasn’t really changed, but the user interface has changed from text-based to graphics-based. Search engines have become tools to help users find information on the Web.
CSR+: You have a passion for religious architecture and have traveled the world seeking to see beautiful buildings. Can you tell us more about this particular interest is and where have you traveled in pursuit of it?
RWS: Architecture is the most obvious record of past cultures. I believe it is the most accessible window to the past. Poetry and other forms of literature are usually a little less accessible. For a lot of cultures and civilizations, architecture is all that’s left.
I have traveled to most countries in Western and Eastern Europe, Russia, Mexico, and China in search of architectural impressions of past societies.
CSR+: Tell us about the book on early church architecture of South Dakota which you are working on right now.
RWS: I want to write an early history of South Dakota by looking at its early churches. I am not so interested in religion, but more in the buildings and the people who built them. I am interested in the different styles of the church architectures. I am interested in finding out why the churches are located where they are. I have traveled extensively through South Dakota during the past several years taking photographs of the churches and their environs. The oldest church in South Dakota was built in 1869 in Mission Hill. It was built by Swedish immigrants. It’s a plain wood building, like the ones that would have been built in Sweden at that time. I am not looking at churches built after 1930.
CSR+: Thank you for sharing this information with us. I know the IT community joins us in thanking you for your many contributions to the field. All the best in your next project!
RWS: Thanks for talking to me.
- J
To Communicate Well is to Celebrate Life!
November 20, 2007 | Email This Post
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Constance Courtney Staley is a consummate communicator and has been since she was a little girl. She quickly learned that one must connect with people. A self-described army brat who studied in 10 different schools in a 12-year period, she believes that the cornerstone of communication definitely lies in one’s background. "No talk. No go. No future."
RC Johnson: All-American Scholar and Entrepreneur
November 20, 2007 | Email This Post
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Raoul Johnson, or RC as he wants to be called, is a special individual. The Minnesota native is a stellar athlete juggling three demanding careers: training for a chance to represent the US in wrestling in the Olympics, pursuing a Ph.D. at UCCS, and being an entrepreneur. RC grew up in Minnesota and moved to Colorado Springs from Michigan where he went to college. RC trains at the USOC in Greco-Roman style wrestling and travels the world taking part in contests, and still finds the time to pursue a Ph.D. program in the demanding field of Computer Science at UCCS. As amazing as he is, he is also the CIO/CTO at a start-up company in Colorado Springs. Colorado Springs Record+ interviewed RC on the UCCS campus.
Sam Meyer Reaches for the Stars!
October 15, 2007 | Email This Post
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Cheyenne Mountain High School - A science aficionado, senior Sam Meyer of Cheyenne Mountain High School says his passion for science began perhaps “ever since I played with Legos as a kid; I loved to build stuff and when I saw a class that allowed me to do that in school, I thought why not?”
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Pavel Kozhevnikov: Poet and a Teacher of Russian par Excellence!!
September 17, 2007 | Email This Post
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Pavel Kozhevnikov, who immigrated to Colorado Springs from Kazakhstan, recently published his first book of poetry in Russian. This is the story of his views on an immigrant’s life journey that continues to evolve.
Pavel Gregorievich Kozhevnikov has the mind of a scholar and the soul of a poet. His “real job” has been in higher education, but his “beloved job” is his poetry.
“I guess poetry can be serious or not. I started to write poetry in 1967 as a student at the Uralsk Pedagogical Institute” and things progressed from there. “Mr. K” the name his students have given him in American schools, began writing poetry when he was walking home through in the orchards that surrounded his village. He was returning from a friend’s home; it was midnight; suddenly it started to snow. “And the poem simply streamed into my soul.”
Poetry maintained its hold upon Pavel as he studied, worked, gained prestige in his university, and in the schools he administered. The things that touched his soul, love, loyalty, and human feelings, found a place in his personal writing. Some poems he shared with family and friends; others he kept to himself only until now with the publication of his first book of poetry.
“I want to publish my poems in English,” Pavel told me. “I am working now on a biographical novel which will comprise my life under communism and here in the USA.”
Pavel is a household name as Professor of Russian Language at Pikes Peak Community College and UCCS. He dedicated the last 10 years of his life to teaching one of the few Russian language programs in Colorado, at Mitchell High School, where his students earned national awards at the prestigious Olimpiada competitions. Pavel also has received the School District # 11 coveted Crystal Apple Award, the Colorado Congress of Foreign Language Teachers Award for Outstanding Teacher of the Year, and University of Northern Colorado’s prestigious Outstanding Teacher Award for 2007.
Pavel’s former students remain a part of his extended family, often returning to speak to his present students after years of being away from his classes. They speak about his dedication to the profession, his skills as a Russian interpreter for the NASA space program, and his work with U.S. military forces locally. They also speak to Pavel’s successes because he himself does not talk about all he has done for second-language education in this community. He prefers to let the results shine in their own right.
Pavel’s first book of poetry has been published in Staritsa, Russia, “about 200 miles to the north of Moscow.” Pavel went on, “I was invited to present it to a local club of poets. It was accepted very well. There were two poets, members of the Union of Russian Poets…the highest organization of poets in Russia. They complemented me on my poems and gave me a lot of good advice on how to improve my style.”
Pavel has chosen to “improve his style” by continuing to write poetry daily in addition to tending to his new granddaughter and assisting his wife Gail at her post as Elementary School Principal. “Poetry is my life and my love. I want to dedicate this love to people who choose to learn about my life through this medium.”
Pavel’s poetic cadences remind the reader of his small village, its change of seasons, and its intense emotional impact upon him and his immediate family. His daughter Lena has caught much of his poetic energy in her paintings, and both she and Pavel plan a second volume of his poetry, which will contain major pieces from her art works.
“Life is good here,” Pavel told me. “I love my life, my wife, and my children are with us. Now I have time to celebrate the emotions I did not express before. I have time to think and to remember.”
Below is the transcript of an interview with Pavel Kozhevnikov. The interview was conducted by Jugal Kalita and Margaret Mistry over lunch at Sakura Sushi and Grill, located at 3117 W. Colorado Avenue.
Where did you grow up, Pavel?
I was born in the Republic of Kazakhstan, in former Old Soviet Union.
Where did you learn English?
I am a native Russian speaker. I learned German in high school. The school I went to had mandatory German. My teachers in German were so impressed with my abilities that they told me I should become a German professor. However, the local university I went to didn’t have a German major. So, I majored in English.
Tell us about your career. What brought you to the US?
After graduation from college, I was sent to a rural district center called Peremyotnoye where I taught grades five through ten for five years. Then, I worked as the First Secretary of Comsomol, a youth organization, for two years. I was promoted to an orblost where I worked on organizing academic and other competitions for young people for four years. In 1981, the First Party Secretary of the Uralsk Region invited me to go to Almaty, the capital, and work for the Government of Kazakhstan. I became the Commissioner for the Department of Tourism because of my fluency in foreign languages. Then, my personal life crashed ending in a divorce.” Divorce was not socially accepted in the Soviet system.
In 1987 Communist parties collapsed all over the Old Soviet Union including Kazakhstan. Pavel continued, “I became eligible for good jobs again. I became an Assistant Principal and then the Principal of the Central School at Almaty. I got interested in politics and was elected Deputy in the City Council in Almaty. I got a big break when President Nazarbayev of Kazakhstan invited me to be the member of a group of individuals who advised him and the population on how to privatize government companies and properties to private hands. This was the best time of my life although I worked in this capacity only for a year. In 1992, I met Gail, an American who had come to Almaty to work with the new government. We got married and I moved to Colorado Springs, and a new world.
What have you done during your time in the US?
I started teaching Russian at Pikes Peak Community College right away. I also became the VP of a publishing company that sent books to Russia. I started teaching foreign languages and social studies at Mitchell High School. I also worked for the US Army for a while doing translations. I am retired from high school teaching now, but I continue to teach at UCCS and PPCC. I am another example of an individual who had high careers before, but had to start from scratch after immigrating to the US.
Were you writing poetry all this time?
Yes, all the time, but not seriously.
Tell us about your new book of poems.
It’s a book of Russian poems with a few English poems thrown in. The poems were written from 1967 through now. The book was published in Tver in Russia where I have my family––my parents and kids from my first family. Many of the poems are about the little village in Kazakhstan where I was born and raised. My daughter Lena illustrated the book with her beautiful sketches. She hasn’t been to the village, but she was able to draw them vividly. I have a few English poems; one of them is dedicated to my dear wife Gail.
Thank you for talking with us.
Thank you for inviting me.
- Jugal Kalita and Margaret Mistry. Photos by Margaret Mistry
Professor Terry Boult is the Force Behind the Innovation Degrees at UCCS
August 15, 2007 | Email This Post
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The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS) has developed a new and exciting family of undergraduate majors called Bachelors of Innovation (BI) scheduled to begin in Fall, 2007. These new degrees combine elements of engineering and business to structure a unique curriculum that will prepare graduates as innovators and entrepreneurs who can work well in multi-disciplinary team environments. The programs of study are so unique that the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs has trademarked the term “Bachelor of Innovation” to describe them. For more details on this program, please visit http://innovation.uccs.edu . For this article, we interviewed, Dr. Terrance Boult, Professor and El Pomar Chair of Computer Communications and Networking at UCCS. Read more
