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DEEP SEA Revealing Fall 2012 2012 Fall its Mysteries POWER OF Perspective A deep-sea angler fsh A HIGH JUMP to Change TRUE INNOVATION: Where Does it Start? www.dmacc.edu/ci ArMY reSerVe GrAdUAte colleGe. celebrate then Get An edUcAtion like no other. with CDS Global Sometimes great ideas just need help getting off the ground. CDS Global works as a strategic partner with our clients in the publishing, consumer product, nonprofit and utility industries to offer them innovative solutions that did you know the U.S. Army will give you an uninterrupted path to a To learn more, visit help boost their businesses. college degree? www.goarmy.com/iweek1 or contact an Army Recruiter With the education career Stabilization Program (ecS), the Army at 1-800-USA-ARMY. • Order Management & Fulfillment offers nearly $82,000 in tuition assistance to help you get a degree before you deploy. And as part of the Army reserve, you’ll get an additional education colleges can’t offer, like learning to become • Payment & Donations Processing physically, mentally and emotionally stronger both as a Soldier and a civilian. it’ s a great way to get ahead in life. • Document Presentment catch the details at goarmy.com/reserve or call 1-800-USA- ArM Y. • Marketing Solutions ©2009. Paid for by the United States Army. All rights reserved. www.cds-global.com FEATURES EDITOR’S NOTE Celebrate! Innovation at the DMACC West campus started as one man’s idea. 7 | Deep Sea Deep Secrets I was sitting with my fellow faculty members messy—passed quickly. The concept of innovation, plus showcase the knowledge and Now that we have the new technologies, all of the mysteries of the sea will be revealed. at a fall 2009 faculty meeting when our iWeek was just one more step in the ongoing expertise of ciWeek participants. In “Deep BY DAVID GALLO, PH.D provost casually mentioned, “I want to do evolution of DMACC West Campus. Sea Deep Secrets,” Dr. David Gallo points something different for our students.” out the urgent need for continued ocean Since the campus opened in 2001, each exploration; his message seems especially When I heard that statement, I knew to pay classroom has been remodeled as part timely given ongoing global environmental 17 | Shades of White close attention and pull my thoughts away of recognizing “200+ Years of American issues. This summer, people across the world from the things that distract all teachers: Educators” and features wall-sized murals, watched with awe as elite athletes competed How perspective can impact innovation. papers to grade, meetings with students and videos, and text celebrating such innovators in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. In BY ANTHONY PAUSTIAN, PH.D colleagues, preparing for classes (and the as Norman Borlaug, Jane Addams, Thomas “Innovation Is Great . But Where Do You next semester). Edison, and George Washington Carver Start?” Mitch Matthews shares the story of (among others). Museum-quality displays The Des Moines Area Community College Richard Fosbury, a 1968 Olympian who set line the common areas of DMACC West; West Campus Provost, Dr. Anthony Paustian, the world record and won a gold medal in 23| The Missing Ingredient each display showcases artifacts and is a unique and creative guy. Also a bit the high jump, but only after he was willing text documenting “20 Years of Personal The magic of true innovation. impulsive. Ambitious. He can be demanding. to embrace change, despite the derision Computing.” Developed by the campus BY ADAM CARROLL He’s one who “sees” things differently and of others. Anthony Paustian, the one who telecommunications program, “150 Years takes others along for the ride (ready or not). envisioned ciWeek from the beginning, shares of Telecom” illustrates the rapid advances the impact of perspective on the innovative What Tony proposed was a week-long in electronic communication, from the process and our future. And Adam Carroll, in adventure for our students: Innovation telegraph to the Internet, through artifacts, 29| Innovation is Great . “The Missing Ingredient: The Magic of True Week, or iWeek (now known as Celebrate! visuals, video, and faculty tours to students Innovation,” provides additional insight to But Where Do You Start? Innovation Week), a chance for students to and guests. (For more information about the step outside the traditional classroom and what makes a creative idea an innovative BY MITCH MATTHEWS Celebrate! Innovation Learning Exhibition, see reality: collaboration with others who are become immersed in hands-on activities www.dmacc.edu/ci). Celebrate! Innovation Magazine is published biannually and discussions geared toward fostering willing to take risks. by Des Moines Area Community College West Campus. iWeek 2011 featured more than 130 corporate For advertising or content inquiries, contact: creativity and innovation. When he explained With ciWeek 2013, which will take place CEOs, leaders, and entrepreneurs who Dr. Anthony Paustian his idea, the room grew quiet. How would this March 4–7, our commitment to “do immersed students and the public in a study Provost, DMACC West Campus be organized? Who would do what? Where something different” for our students and our 5959 Grand Avenue, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266 of “Ideas in Action.” The third iWeek (2012) 515-633-2439 would we get the time and money? community continues to grow. The theme celebrated “The Power of Imagination,” with [email protected] is “Building a Better Future.” This quest is Few could dispute the need to promote keynote presentations by Steve Wozniak, both timely and at the heart of what we do and encourage innovation, particularly the co-founder of Apple, Inc. and father CONTRIBUTORS: at DMACC. Yes, the thought of all that goes Publisher: Anthony D. Paustian, Ph.D. among young people. Three years ago, of the personal computer; Dr. David Gallo, into this process is still a bit daunting, just as Co-Editor: Beth Baker-Brodersen many were (and still are) feeling the effects oceanographer and co-expedition leader for Co-Editor: Seeta Mangra-Stubbs it was in 2009, just as it should be. Our hope Designer/Production: Amina Miraj Ali of the economic crisis. Higher education both the mapping mission to the RMS Titanic costs continue to rise (then and now). is that you will enjoy this introduction to COVER PHOTO: and the successful search for the missing ciWeek, and better yet, join us at iWeek 2013. This deep-sea angler fsh was collected from a submersible Environmental concerns, such as changing aircraft Air France 447; and Fritz Maytag, at approximately 800 meters depth, where little or no weather patterns and depletion of natural Let’s build a better future together. sunlight penetrates. Just 3 inches long but ferce-looking, considered to be the father of modern the fsh has a long spine tipped with bioluminescent tissue resources, have grown impossible to ignore. microbreweries and currently the chairman that it can dangle in front of its mouth. Scientists think the light attracts prey that become the fsh’s dinner. The At that original meeting, we took a collective of Maytag Dairy Farms, Inc. (the maker of prominent bumps that look like rivets are part of the fsh’s Maytag Blue Cheese). sensitive pressure-detection system. WHOI scientists have deep breath and envisioned what an studied deep-living animals in many parts of the world, “Innovation Week” might look like. iWeek in In 2013, Innovation Week will become Beth Baker-Brodersen is a professor of English at including the Atlantic, the Philippines and Indonesia, often the DMACC West Campus and District Chair of fnding new species. March 2010 consisted of roughly 90 sessions, Celebrate! Innovation Week, (ciWeek). With communications for DMACC. She may be reached at [email protected]. Photo by Larry Madin, planned, organized, and often presented by the launch of ci Magazine, DMACC West ©Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution DMACC West faculty and staff. The inaugural Campus continues to promote the ciWeek iWeek—stimulating, fun, and sometimes experience and celebrate creativity and ©Copyright 2012 Des Moines Area Community College 4 | ciWeek Magazine Fall 2012 | 5 The manned submersible Alvin and the autonomous underwater vehicle Sentry. Photo by Chris German, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. ©Advanced Imaging and Visualization Laboratory, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution DEEP SEA DEEP SECRETS Now that we have the new technologies, all BY DAVID GALLO, PH.D of the mysteries of the sea will be revealed. That’s a bold, daring statement. But it wasn’t made by me, Dr. Robert Ballard (RMS Titanic discoverer), or Jacques Cousteau. It wasn’t even made in the 21st or 20th centuries. It was published in 1892 by the Challenger Expedition’s chief scientist.The technologies he talked about—a new type of net capable of collecting deep-sea animals—involved handling the cables used to toss lead weight over the ship’s side to measure great ocean depth.The Challenger Expedition left Portsmouth, England on December 21, 1872 on a 3-year voyage to understand all there was about the sea. Although the voyage launched oceanography, revolutionizing knowledge of the sea, it hardly scratched the surface of revealing the undersea world. 6 | ciWeek Magazine Fall 2012 | 7 5959 Village View, Suite 100 | West Des Moines, Iowa 50266 | 515.698.4400 new. Technology is truly the key to ocean exploration, but INNOVATION sets the stage for revolutionary thought. New technologies and techniques consistently lead to new questions; therefore, in the case of exploration, technology . and innovation . drive science. Unfortunately, ocean exploration has long stagnated. Although progress has been slow and steady, most ocean science is driven by government funding, which is not exactly ideal for innovation. Government funding seeks to avoid risk, but risk is the blood brother of innovation.