Folks: Happy Friday and happy end of the first week of classes. Was MLK day really just five days ago? Hooftah! Well I hope the first week was wonderful. I like to report on a regular basis about how much we teach, how full our classes are and the like. As of this morning, we […]
1/16/19 Folks: I hope all is well in the midst of this epic winter break! Here is a Friday email even if it isn’t Friday. Mostly I want to touch base as we start the semester. We have, as we always do, lots on tap for this spring semester. On January 21, the Monday before […]
I write to you from the airport in Pasco WA. I spent the week with my father including a trip up to Spokane to go to thrift stores, eat in different restaurants, and to revel in the austere beauty of the Palouse country. Steeply rolling hills, groomed from harvesting this year’s crop of wheat and […]
The CLA has published its most recent alumni magazine. Carol published a lovely article on our M.A. alumnus Christopher Connor and his amazing work with Denver’s Road Home, a City of Denver program addressing issues of homelessness. Read the article here. Eric is also featured in that essay and the next bit of news is […]
So. Welcome to the last day of November, the end of the penultimate week of classes, nearly the end of 2018. I hope all of you had the Thanksgiving holidays you needed to have. For lots of us some work, some play, some rest. That was true to me. A nearly ideal Thanksgiving day. I […]
Dear Folks: Here, friends, is the email I was going to send on Friday. And then Friday at NCA happened. Hooftah! What a whirlwind of good stuff. Anyway, this is sort of out of date, but here is the letter anyway. Happy Friday! I am sending this to you from Salt Lake City where lots […]
Happy Friday! I sure hope you have had a good week. Hey, I have almost nothing to report this week. A reminder that we have faculty meeting on the 14th just after many of us return from NCA. I will get the agenda and materials out to you next Friday. Speaking of NCA, I am […]
Happy Friday. We are flying right through October, aren’t we? Last full week of the month as we hurtle toward the end of the school year. What? I want to start today with an introduction. Beth Seymour is joining the department as the ACT Film Festival Managing Director. A Colorado native, Beth brings a love […]
Happy Friday. I hope all of you are having a wonderful end of week! We are fully into fall now, aren’t we? The shadows are longer, the nights are colder, my garden plants are slowing down. A short letter today. First, some cool news regarding scholarships. With a couple of very generous gifts from departmental […]
I am here (as is Martín and Emily) for the Fall Leadership Forum. Over the last few years, the CPD—in particular Kalie, Emily, and Martín—has been working with Rick Miranda and Cara Neth to create more productive conversations. We have talked about things like salaries, first amendment in the classroom, diversity in the classroom with […]