People Going Places
College of Architecture and Planning
Austin Allen,
associate professor, has been chosen Interim Chair of the Landscape Architecture Department. Allen came to CAP a year ago from his position as associate professor of communication and director of the Media Arts and Technology Department at Cleveland State University, where he worked since 1991. An independent filmmaker and editor, Allen has produced numerous works. His current project, “In the Site of the Unseen,” is a documentary of Frederick Law Olmsted’s impact on African-American cultural life. Allen made his mark here in his first year by spearheading the studios focused on New Orleans’ Ninth Ward in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. He can be reached at 303-556-8564 or Austin.allen@cudenver.edu. Koreeña Montoya is the new administrative assistant for Faculty Services in Denver in CAP. She graduated in 2004 from the University of Northern Colorado with degrees in Mathematics and Mexican American Studies. Montoya moved to Denver after graduating and taught at a small non-traditional high school, Escuela Tlatelolco, in North Denver for two years. Originally from Grand Junction, she is the only member of her immediate and extended family who lives away from the Western Slope. She can be reached at 303-556-4866 or koreena.montoya@cudenver.edu.
College of Arts & Media
Mary Connelly’s “Red Dress”
Assistant Professor Mary Connelly’s works were chosen by the City and County of Denver’s Department of Aviation to participate in the Best of Colorado Artists exhibition at DIA. This exhibition runs through Jan. 31. Connelly’s work was chosen from 373 artists ranging from contemporary to traditional work, and from various media. Connelly’s work was one of 70 pieces selected by the jury to best represent the state. The Airport has approximately 100,000 visitors per day and about approximately half of that number is made up of Colorado residents.
The Business School
Colorado business entrepreneur David O’Brien has been named the Entrepreneur in Residence for the Bard Center at the University of Colorado Denver Business School. He also is a member of the Bard Center Advisory Council. O’Brien’s work will include assisting Bard Center incubator companies, business plan competition participants, and students and alumni in their business ventures. The program strives to help young companies maximize growth by implementing realistic goals, to help individuals and companies develop and expand their networks within the business community, and to be an advocate for The Bard Center within the greater Denver business community.
School of Education and Human Development Connie Fulmer, Dorothy Garrison-Wade, Shelley Zion and Frank Bingham are part of the team on the NIUSI Principal Leadership Academies iNitiative (PLAN) proposal. This project, focused on building an online principal leadership academy, was funded by OSEP for $1.4 million over five years, starting Jan. 2. NIUSI-PLAN will directly assist at least 400 principals across the country to develop and implement inclusive schools that ensure that students with and without disabilities meet or exceed academic standards set by their states as measured by state assessment systems.
Lynn Rhodes, dean of SEHD, has been chosen to the Executive Committee of the Citizens for Denver that will oversee the implementation of the Denver (Public Schools) Plan, along with the two former mayors of Denver and several CEOs from Denver businesses. She is the only university representative to the Committee and was nominated by Michael Bennett and Jaime Aquino.