Brian Smith honored as Change Management Principal of the Year Thanks to his innovative uses of technology as executive principal at Colorado Springs' Falcon Middle School, Brian Smith (Chemistry, '02) was honored as the Change Management Principal of the Year by the National Council on Digital Convergence.
Shelly Thompson hired as Cultural Preservation Director Shelly Thompson (Political Science, '03) is the new Cultural Preservation Director at the Southern Ute Cultural Center and the Southern Ute Museum in Ignacio, Colorado, working to spread culture and share the work of the SUCC with the Ute community.
Professor Jared Beeton publishes Mammoth dig site research The only extinct giant wolf from the ice ages ever found in Colorado was recently discovered at a Mammoth dig site. Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies Jared Beeton documented and published this and other findings in the Annals of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
Anthropology student Jon Fox published research on crescent-shaped tools Crescent-shaped stone tools were used by people throughout far western North America at the end of the last ice age. Assistant Professor of Anthropology Jesse Tune and Anthropology student Jon Fox published research on the only artifact of this type that has ever been found on the Colorado Plateau.