Staff in Focus
- To know Dave Curtin is to know a dedicated, professional and trustworthy man who lives by deadlines. After a 42-year career, the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-trained journalist and executive communicator––a Pulitzer Prize winner––is going to take some not-so-structured time to pursue his personal to-do list.
- He's a two-time Marinus Smith Award winner who holds a master's degree in architecture, has been called an academic concierge and met his wife on an errand. Learn more about Michael Shernick's corner of campus.
- The director of the Attention, Behavior and Learning Clinic is this year's recipient of the staff award that honors exemplary outreach and engagement work.
- Senior Strategic Advisor and former Vice Chancellor for Strategic Relations and Communications Frances Draper announced she will retire from ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder at the end of March.Â
- ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder Police Commander Paula Balafas has graduated from the prestigious School of Police Staff and Command (SPSC) at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.
- Staff Council is excited to honor Linda Frueh Wellmann, who has served at ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder for 50 years. Enjoy a short autobiography that highlights Frueh Wellman's time on campus and some of the memories she’s collected, as well as a note from a Nobel Prize laureate.
- ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder's Lisa Marshall produced what is now an award-winning story that touches on how exposure to "old friends" in soil can improve peoples' mental health.
- An encounter in May now called the "Central Park birdwatching incident" ignited a national conversation about whether Black people are welcome in natural areas. It's a discussion that hit home for Shaz Zamore.
- Alphonse Keasley, associate vice chancellor in the Office of Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement came to ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder in 1975, beginning what he calls his life as a university citizen.
- A local art project from a ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder staff member brings magic to her Boulder neighborhood.