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Longevity honor for Krugman

Krugman

Richard Krugman, M.D., dean of the University of Colorado School of Medicine, is now the longest serving medical school dean in the country.

The honor previously was held by Charles H. McKown Jr., who served as dean of the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine for more than 22 years before recently stepping down. McKown will serve as Marshall University's vice president for health sciences advancement.

Krugman became dean of the CU School of Medicine on March 1, 1992, after serving as acting dean for 20 months.

Krugman also is the first vice chancellor for health affairs for the University of Colorado Denver, supporting the deans of the Schools of Dental Medicine, Pharmacy and Public Health, the College of Nursing and the Graduate School for the health sciences. He oversees all clinical programs of the university at its five affiliated hospitals; the Center on Aging, the Center of Bioethics and Humanities, the Colorado Area Health Education (AHEC) system and Risk Management also report to him.

A board-certified pediatrician, he earned his medical degree from New York University School of Medicine and served his internship and residency in pediatrics at the CU School of Medicine. He joined the CU Denver faculty in 1973.

Kantor to join CU Denver in January

Kantor

Rebecca Kantor, director of the School of Teaching and Learning at Ohio State University, will join the University of Colorado Denver in January as dean for the School of Education and Human Development.

Kantor's career has focused in the areas of early childhood, elementary and middle childhood education. She received a bachelor's degree in developmental psychology and linguistics from the University of Rochester, and a master's in early childhood education and a doctorate in education in developmental applied psycholinguistics, both from Boston University. She taught deaf children in Massachusetts at the beginning of her career.

She began her tenure at Ohio State in 1983 as an assistant professor in the department of family relations and human development in the College of Human Ecology. In 1989, she was promoted to associate professor with tenure. In 1997, Kantor moved to the School of Teaching and Learning in the College of Education and Human Ecology. In 1999, she was promoted to full professor.

Kantor's interests and research over the past 20 years have included early childhood development and education, teacher education and curriculum, especially the work of the Reggio Emilia educators in Italy. She continues to be highly involved with the early childhood policy community, improving professional development systems for all early childhood professionals.

Bruno to leave CU-Boulder

Bruno

Frank Bruno, University of Colorado Boulder vice chancellor for administration, will leave the university Aug. 1 to become vice president of administration with Western Disposal Inc. of Boulder.

Bruno's portfolio as vice chancellor of administration covers the physical infrastructure of the campus, human resources, public safety and energy and sustainability. He joined CU-Boulder as vice chancellor for administration in June 2008.

"We wish Frank well in his future endeavors," said CU-Boulder Senior Vice Chancellor Ric Porreca. "He has been a key member of our leadership team, a collegial leader who has strengthened our partnership with local government and other CU stakeholders, and he has overseen a large number of programs and personnel with energy and diplomacy."

Bruno is credited with coordinating the campus's Ten Year Capital Facilities Master Plan in partnership with community stakeholders, with overseeing campus capital construction that included $500 million in projects, and with expanding CU's police presence and building key partnerships for sustainability on campus.

"This is a marvelous opportunity for me and my family," Bruno said. "I want to thank the university community for the last three years. It has been an honor to serve our faculty, staff and students, and to work with great partners in the city, county and state to help one of the great universities in the nation during a time of transformation."

The university has not announced a successor to Bruno.

Augspurger to direct student advising at UCCS

Augspurger

The director of undergraduate programs for the College of Business at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs has a new title.

Greg Augspurger now is director of advising and orientation. He will be responsible for universitywide academic advising and new student orientation and will report to Barbara Gaddis, executive director of the Division of Student Success. Gaddis will have overall responsibility for student advising, student retention and the Office of First Year Experience.

"Greg brings a unique combination of experience as an academic adviser, as a financial adviser in private practice and as a college-level administrator," said Homer Wesley, vice chancellor for Student Success and Enrollment Management. "I believe his experiences will provide students an excellent advising experience."

As director of undergraduate programs for the College of Business since 2008, Augspurger managed daily operations of the college's undergraduate programs including providing career planning and academic guidance to current and future students. He also helped with the implementation of schedule changes to accommodate nontraditional students, coordinated undergraduate certificate and extended studies programs, and managed enrollments and adjunct faculty to ensure students received required courses in a timely manner.

"I'm very excited about making this move," Augspurger said. "I know that I get the chance to lead a great group of people and have the opportunity to implement changes that will have a positive impact on campus."

Augspurger earned a bachelor's degree from Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Ind., a master's in counseling and human services from UCCS, and a master's of business administration from UCCS.

He replaces Sue Mitchell, who retired from UCCS on July 1 after 21 years, including almost 12 years as director of the Student Success Center.

— Tom Hutton

Law professor testifies before U.S. Senate

Hart

University of Colorado Professor Melissa Hart testified before the U.S. Senate's Committee on the Judiciary as an expert on how a recent decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Wal-Mart v. Dukes and AT&T v. Concepcion restrict access to the judicial system and diminish corporate accountability.

Hart, who filed an amicus brief in Wal-Mart v. Dukes on behalf of 31 Civil Procedure and Class Action Law Professors supporting the suit, testified June 29 because of her work as a scholar and teacher of civil procedure, Supreme Court decision-making and employment discrimination.

Hart said the majority opinions in both Dukes and Concepcion reflect hostility to class-action resolution of disputes and ignore the important fairness and efficiency gains that collective resolution offers. By limiting the ability of consumers and employees to join their small individual claims in a larger action, these decisions will make it harder to hold companies accountable for misconduct.

"These narrow majority decisions make it harder to enforce civil rights and consumer protection laws," Hart said.

"It is clear that in the future, every employment discrimination class action will be evaluated in light of the current court's hostility to class litigation.

"The decision will thus have a significant chilling effect on the collective adjudication that has been an essential aspect of full enforcement of the law."

Wal-Mart v. Dukes, begun in 2000, was the largest civil rights class action lawsuit in U.S. history.

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