Metro State faculty and alumni continue to distinguish themselves and the College in various ways.
The recently released book “NurtureShock: New Thinking About Children” features a chapter on Tools of the Mind (TOM), the early elementary education program developed at Metro State in 1993 by Deborah Leong, now emeritus professor of psychology, and Elena Bodrova, at the time a visiting professor. The TOM approach incorporates cognitive and social-emotional regulation in preschoolers as key factors of academic readiness.
“Nurture Shock,” by Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman, is about how conventional parenting beliefs and practices can backfire. It is soon to be featured on Good Morning America, Nightline, All Things Considered, Fresh Air, and in Newsweek. Tools of the Mind is featured in the book’s eighth chapter, “Can Self-Control Be Taught?,” which is described in the table of contents thus: Developers of a new kind of preschool keep losing their grant money—the students are so successful they’re no longer “at risk enough” to warrant further study. What’s their secret?
To read about the book go to http://www.nurtureshock.com/. To read about Tools of the Mind go to http://www.mscd.edu/extendedcampus/toolsofthemind/index.shtml.
Two computer information systems faculty members presented research at the recent Americas Conference on Information Systems, in San Francisco on Aug. 6-9. Assistant Professor Bish Ghosh presented “Addressing the Information Systems Mindshare Divide in Developing Countries.” Gosh and Professor Janos Fustos together presented the poster,“Comparing Accreditation of IS Programs among Developed and Developing Countries.”
Three management faculty members have had their paper published in a national small business newsletter. "Tattoo, Piercings, Body Art and Small Business, to Hire or Not Hire?," by Visiting Professor Lynn Hoffman, Assistant Professor Lisa McVicker and Visiting Assistant Professor Nina Radojevich-Kelley, appeared in the Aug. 25, 2009, issue of the Small Business Advancement National Center e-newsletter.
Jon Robinson, current chair of the Metro State Foundation and a Metro State alumnus has been promoted to CEO and chief lending officer of UMB Bank Colorado. The leadership changes are intended to help position the company to meet its aggressive growth goals in Colorado, bank officials said in a statement.
