Kudos are due this week to faculty and staff who continue to distinguish themselves and the College in a variety of ways.

Charles Batey, associate director of equal opportunity, has been appointed to the KUVO Jazz (FM 89.3) Community Advisory Board. The board assists the station in accomplishing its mission by providing feedback on policies and activities and serving as a voice for listeners, allowing them to express their needs, interests and concerns. “By working with the station leadership and the community, the Community Action Board is a vital conduit, reflecting the community’s interests and needs from the station regarding programming matters,” Batey says.

Professor of Accounting Allan S. Rosenbaum delivered a two-hour presentation to the Colorado Association of Enrolled Agents on Tuesday, Sept. 23, in Johnson’s Corner, Colo. An enrolled agent is a federally authorized tax practitioner who has technical expertise in the field of taxation and who is empowered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to represent taxpayers before all administrative levels of the IRS for audits, collections and appeals. Enrolled agents are required to take the class annually and each participant receives two continuing education credits.

Assistant Professor of Nursing Linda Stroup is one of two nursing educators elected by the Colorado Council on Nursing Education to represent nursing education on the state’s Pilot Program Implementation Committee. The committee was established by the Colorado State Senate last spring to establish a pilot program to research nursing involvement in decision making. The 14-member committee is expected to meet for two years and is an outcome of the Governor's Task Force on Nursing Workforce and Patient Care.