September 2012 Leaping to stardom A ‘labor INSIDE: of love’ LSC HISTORIC STORIES p.3 School is Cool donates more than 2,500 SURVEY RESULTS backpacks p.6 by Courtney Riley or this upcoming school Fyear, every middle school student in the Poudre School District will have a scienti c COMMUNITY calculator, regardless of his or her family’s nancial standing. EVENTS at’s because of a grant received by School is Cool, President’s Fall Address a program organized and and University Picnic managed by Colorado State University employees with Join the CSU campus and generous support from the community as President Bohemian Foundation and Tony Frank gives his annual the Colorado State University Fall Address on the Oval CSU alumna and former track athlete Janay DeLoach became an Olympic medalist for the fi rst time when she won the bronze medal in the long jump competition on Wednesday, Aug. 8 at the London Olympics. Bookstore, to provide kids in at 11:30 a.m. Sept. 13 Photo courtesy of Kirby Lee/Imageofsports followed by the free All- the Poudre School District with University Picnic. school supplies. “ ere is no better way for us, as a great university, to put Cinch Jeans Rocky our beliefs into action than to Mountain Showdown Preserving Colorado State’s support kids in our hometown The rivalry continues with ‘piece of paradise’ getting what they need to the match-up between succeed in school,” said Vice Park Fire. the CSU Rams and the Spike camp aids fi refi ghters at President of External Relations e remote mountain valley campus fed and CU Buffs, 2 p.m. Sept. 1 Pingree Park Tom Milligan. “I am so proud housed up to 250 hotshot re crew members — the of CSU for starting this great at Sports Authority Field at by Mary Willson Mile High. Faculty and staff most elite wildland re ghters — who battled the program, and even more proud tickets are available for $25 s the High Park Fire swept through the foothills High Park Fire. that we’ve kept it going for 20 each. Ain late June, rather than running from the “It was an interesting time as we could see years. School is Cool will be here towering smoke plumes,” said Pat Rastall, director of Call 970-491-7267 to situation, the faculty, students and sta of Pingree 20 years from now too -- it is the Pingree Park campus. “ e re was near us but purchase. Park faced it head on and showed how strong Rams that good.” can be. prevailing winds from the southwest kept it away School is Cool committee is summer tested the mettle of Coloradoans as from us.” member Jim Beers started University holiday wild res swept through thousands of acres of forest, Pingree Park sta was required to wear Nomex, a working for Colorado State swallowing structures in multiple parts of the state. hot and heavy uniform standard to all re ghters. University four years ago and CSU offi ces closed; no One of regions impacted is 50 miles (1.5 hours) west “We had 250 of the nation’s best re ghters got involved with the program classes, Sept. 3. of CSU’s main campus in Fort Collins and home to living on our campus, and I couldn’t help but think right away. the university’s mountain campus, Pingree Park. that if worst came to worst they would just encircle “ ey were looking for Pingree Park, run by a mix of CSU students and us and all ght it o ,” said Addy Rastall, a junior in someone to assist with PR and the Warner College of Natural Resources, with a community outreach e orts, so See EVENTS page 6 sta , as well as students from other universities, played a vital role in containing the massive High concentration in global tourism, and a ropes course it was a good t,” he said. “It’s See PINGREE page 9 See SCHOOL page 13 2 CSU Faculty & Staff Life | September 2012 College of Natural Sciences Improved Magazine for the College support for excellent teaching and Offi ce of the Vice President for of Agricultural Science’s college research. Private gifts raised during Research Department of Chemistry magazine, “Food for Thought.” the campaign have enhanced has joined the Office The White House honored CSU academic programs in all of the Mark Wdowik , and of the Vice President for Research chemistry associate professor, Colleen Rodriguez Cathay Zipp Amy with the Department university’s eight colleges and more with a Presidential Early Joe Mendoza at CSU as an assistant vice Prieto of Creative Services won an APEX than 150 programs of study. Career Award for Scientists and president for Research and Industry Award in the category of Best Engineers on July 23, 2012. Her work Partnerships. Redesigns for the publication “Eating developing new methods for creating College of Veterinary Medicine & Wdowik has been at CSU Ventures Smart Being Active Cookbook.” a battery that could revolutionize the Biomedical Sciences since 2006, which is a part of the electronic, hybrid vehicle industry CSU Research Foundation, a private, Dr. Ed Hoover, a CSU veterinarian helped to win her this award. In non-profit advocacy organization for Colorado Women of Infl uence who led the development of a 2009, Prieto co-founded Prieto vaccine to prevent feline leukemia the university. He has held various Battery Inc., a company expected The Colorado Women of Influence administrative roles for CSU Ventures have honored university distinguished virus infection, received the to commercialize a non-toxic battery prestigious Association of American associated with industry relations, professor Diana Wall and Guadalupe technology up to 1,000 times more Veterinary Medical Colleges’ business development/investments, powerful, 10 times longer lasting and Salazar, the director of El Centro at economic development, technology Colorado State University, as 2012 2012 Merial-AAVMC Excellence in cheaper than traditional batteries. Research Award. commercialization and new venture The development of this technology Women of Vision. creation. Wdowik will help the could revolutionize the transportation, Wall is also the founding director of Research in the Hoover laboratory university expand its sources of communication and energy storage the School of Global Environmental led to development of the first research support and collaboration. industries. Sustainability and an ecologist in successful and most widely used the department of biology at CSU. FeLV vaccine, now used to immunize Wall has also spent 22 seasons in cats worldwide against leukemia- CSU Ventures causing virus. Hoover also examined College of Engineering Antarctic Dry Valleys examining has how to identify at-risk cats and how Denichiro “Denny” Otsuga emeritus professor of civil the response of soil biodiversity been named the new associate Steve Abt, the disease is transmitted to improve and environmental engineering, is and ecosystem processes to vice president of CSU Ventures, a understanding of managing diseases the new interim dean of the College environmental change. non-profit corporation dedicated in populations. More recently, his of Engineering. Abt has more than to technology transfer and Salazar is the director of El Centro, research has focused on chronic 39 years of general engineering commercialization of CSU research. which provides workshops, wasting disease and how the experience. He earned his bachelor’s leadership opportunities and Latina/o diseases are transmitted among deer, Otsuga has more than 10 years degree in civil engineering, master’s cultural awareness programs that moose and elk – research that could of technology transfer and degree in water resources and promote student success and further understanding of Alzheimer’s commercialization experience doctoral degree in hydraulics from retention on campus. During the and other human diseases. translating research results to create CSU. After serving in the U.S. Army past 20 years, she has served as a positive impacts on society. He Corps of Engineers and working as a role model and mentored countless worked in university and industry consulting water resource engineer students. CSU Athletics technology transfer activities in in Denver, Abt joined CSU’s faculty in California and Utah, and spent three 1977. Colorado State Athletics announced the appointment of as the years as the founding director at the Campaign for Colorado State Paul Kirk In addition to his education and Rams’ director of media relations. Technology Transfer Office at South research duties, Abt has spent CSU announced the most successful Kirk returns to Colorado where he Dakota State University, where he 14 years as a contract Research year of private fundraising in spent 13 seasons with the NFL’s helped increase licensing revenue by Station Facility Engineer for the U.S. university history, with philanthropic Denver Broncos before three years 250 percent and industry-sponsored Department of Agriculture Forest support from donors, alumni and as a partner in Denver-based ProLink research awards by 540 percent. Service, providing facility-oriented friends increasing to $111.6 million, Sports, a full-service public relations Most recently, Otsuga was the services for a 10-state region. A a 31 percent increase compared and sports marketing firm. Most executive director of the Technology major general, he has also served to the previous fiscal year. The recently, Kirk has spent the last 17 Transfer Office at the University of with the U.S. Army/Army Reserve campaign reached its goal of raising months as the assistant athletics Kentucky. since 1973. $500 million six months early and director for communications at Drake surpassed that goal by nearly $40 University in Des Moines, Iowa, where million by the campaign’s end June he managed the Bulldogs’ overall Division of External Relations 30. athletic communications strategies National public relations honors have Support for faculty is one of the most and handled publicity for the men’s been awarded to CSU’s Division of important features of the campaign, basketball and football teams, while External Relations.