Two Metro State faculty members recently received prestigious invitations and recognition in their fields of study.

This spring, Andrew Daring, visiting instructor for the Organizational Communication program, was one of 35 educators and business leaders from around the world invited to attend an Oxford Round Table Session at Oxford University. The round table topic was human and civil rights with particular reference to women's rights and gender equity in the public and private sectors.

As one of only two participants with a communications background, Daring felt he was able to contribute valuable insight on the flow of information to the group's discussions. He looks forward to utilizing a lot of the information and teaching methods he learned into his Metro classrooms.

Daring found the experience to be a valuable opportunity to get away from his familiar surroundings and debate people with many different points of view. "(It was a chance) to break away from how content we sometimes get on campus, in Denver, and in the U.S. and interpret different views of the world," he said.

And earlier this month, philosophy professor Tim Gould gave the J. Glen Gray memorial lecture at Colorado College, the first time a Metro faculty member has been invited to give this prestigious lecture.

Gould's presentation was titled "Philosophy in the Dark: Heidegger and Wittgenstein on History, Nihilism and the Everyday." He said the experience was enjoyable and it also gave him an appreciation of his Metro students. "I'm amazed at how many Metro students pull off the balancing act of family, job and classroom," Gould said.