, 4 MORE PAGES AT NO EXTRA CHARGE Serving the University of Colorado, Colorado Springs President Gee Visits UCCS Campus Rothe Revolutionizes Business School by Susan Keeley by Catheryn Alexander understand them better, what University of Colorado Presi­ Dean Rothe of the Business they do, who they are, why they dent Gordon Gee visited the School has only been here at are here, what their goals are and UCCS campus on Tues. Nov. 18. U CCS since August of this year. so forth. Rothe put together two V Gee designates one day a month In that short time, he has restruc­ student advisory boards, an to visit each campus, and meets tured the Business School. undergraduate and a graduate with various groups of faculty, The Dean met with the faculty group. He says, "We organized staff, and students. at the beginning of the summer a lunch and I met with both of President Gee described his and decided on a mission state­ them. I asked them what they overall impression of UCCS as ment for the school. The mission thought was right and wrong an "energetic, dynamic place." of the College of Business and (with the school) and how we He stressed the uniqueness of this Administration is to "provide could make it better. campus, and the importance of AACSB-accredited under­ The school collapsed its sub­ " strength through diversity" in graduate and graduate degree ject areas and divided the depart­ total university system. The CU President Gordon Gee addresses issues programs and lifelong learning ments into four sections. Ac­ "people issues"-faculty, stu­ organizations of the Pikes Peak counting and Finance are to­ dents, and staff-are UCCS' Strategic Planning process and more important than another. Region and Southern Colorado. gether, Strategy and Policy were particular strength, according to the formalulation of vision state­ "Engineering is important, These business and management put in with Marketing, Manage­ Gee. ments for each campus and the business is important, education, education programs focus on ment and Organization were put Gee feels the faculty is unusu­ entire university are ways that liberal arts and humanities are management of technological in with Economics, and Informa­ ally "able and committed, in­ this problem is being dealt with. also. We have to keep in mind enterprise, entrepreneurship and tion Systems and Production terested in what they're doing, "My own vision for UCCS is that this is a university campus, intrapreneurship, and the man­ Management were put together. their subject matter, the Univer­ that we're moving toward the not a polytechnic institution," ,agement of service organizations, A senior faculty member will be sity itself, and in making this 21st century, and we're trying to said Gee. which form a substantial portipn the chairman of each of these campus a better place. Their position ourself now to make de­ Gee does not believe that the of the economic base in the area. groups. quality of effort is especially cisions that will have a positive departure of Dean Tracey will Delivery of our programs is stu­ These are some of the goals notable given the fact that, impact over that ten or fifteen have an effect on the engineering dent-focused and market-respon­ Dean Rothe plans on achieving frankly, we haven't given them year time frame," he added. department. "He has been a very sive, utilizing the most effective in his first year here at UCCS. the resources we should." He Gee believes that UCCS has effective and able dean, but one delivery systems." Rothe has met with over thirty cited pay and equipment as issues "tremendous support in the of the nice things about this uni­ firms since August and plans to that cause pressure. "But the community-I wish all the cam­ versity is that we continue to hire do this for the rest of the year at campus is flourishing now­ puses had the same support." He better than we lose." a little slower pace because, "I we're doing better. We · have "' stated that this relationship-be­ The aad"ition of a doctoral' want to -make sure they know good classrooms and many labs tween a public university and its program at UCCS is "significant about our programs, they have are well-equipped now, and these public constituency is important. for the university and significant some feel for what we're doing, are issues that we'll continue to "We need to make sure that they for the community-a good op­ and I try to get their input on deal with," said Gee. understand our needs and wants portunity to show our stuff," what we need to do to better "The students at UCCS are and, in turn, ensure that we share said Gee. Making certain that we serve their needs. Be that for dedicated to getting an educa­ the kinds of concerns that they have the resources to offer that undergraduate degrees, be it for tion," said Gee. This is a have." Although a public univer­ degree, such as the quality of MBS's, or be it for on going strength because "they have high sity should be responsive to the faculty and research efforts, the education.'' Dean Ja~es Rothe expectations of us as a university, community, "they don't dictate library, laboratories, research When asked what the plans are and that reaches us for the stars to us the programs we offer," fellowships and monies, are The second goal is to develop for the future of the Business too." said Gee. "They recognize that "new changes and new chal­ and improve an external relation­ School, Rothe replied, "I think An underfunded campus, we are looking toward and train­ lenges that are a part of that new ship between the College of as we go forward we'll probably "perhaps more underfunded ing people for the future. There culture," he continued. Business and the business com­ think very seriously about modi­ than the rest of the university in shouldn't be a collision course Considering that UCCS is the munity. In order to accomplish fying our curriculum, and doing some ways," and the lack of a between the community and the only university in the area, Gee this, Dean Rothe devised a things that will enable us to clear-cut vision fdr the campus university. If there is, we're not feels that "we have done a very Business Advisory Council con­ achieve those things stated in our are UCCS' weakest points, said doing our job." poor job of marketing UCCS, sisting of General Managers and mission statement. We want to Gee. He does see the University The engineering program at letting people know what we're Presidents of some well known interact as much as we can with getting more funds in the future, UCCS has a particularly strong about and why they should come local companies such as Hewlett­ our students, our staff and our and "if the university does well, reputation in the community. here." This is also an issue that Packard, The Schuck Corpora­ faculty with their counterparts in UCCS will do well." The uncer­ The business reputation is good, the strategic planning process tion, and Peak Health Plan. The the business community who are tainty about which way the cam­ and liberal arts "are growing in will address. "Starting with purpose of the council is to serve making decisions, and applying pus should be going and how to recognition,'' according to Gee. Denver, I'm having pictures as a board of directors and to tools, and doing things day to reach those goals is "not a He emphasized the importance taken and we will use print media help with the programs here. day that we're teaching within negative as much as an issue we of balance at a university and the Dean Rothe is very interested our walls." have to wrestle with." The idea that no one school should be continued on page 3 in the students and set out to Mithaug Packing It In, Returning To Research by Catheryn Alexander Mithaug will continue his enables the student to write out Department of Education. Dean Mithaug of the School research on developing instruc­ what they did and how they feel Dean Mithaug spent five years of Education will be resigning ef­ tional precedures to improve the they can do better. Students are as coordinator of pre-vocational fective Sept. 1, 1987. He is learning and adaptive skills of gradually being introduced to training for handicapped adole­ resigning to pursue research here local special education students. this idea, so it is not yet fully in­ scents at the Child Development at the University. Mithaug, who In the past, the students in corporated. The special educa­ and Mental Retardation Center has been dean since 1983, says special education classes were tion students enjoy these changes . at the University of Washington that he never intended to stray guided through a task step by and are responding to the lessons before coming to UCCS in 1979. away from teaching, but since he step with the teacher. This made taught. "They love being in­ was acting dean in 1981 and they it harder for the students to dependent," says Mithaug. He received his undergraduate offered him the job he took the adapt to doing things in the real Mithaug became involved with degree at Dartmouth College and opportunity. world and made them almost special education because as he received his Ph.D. in 1968 from While in office, Mithaug ex­ completely dependent on their states, "It's a real challenge and the University of Washington, panded the programs at the parents and teachers.