I know each of my students very, very well.
I know where they're coming from, I know
where they want to go.
And when a great opportunity comes up for
a new academic program, to meet a mentor,
to travel to some terrific conference, I know who to call.
We do get to provide this
foundation that's of common value across
the disciplines and across these diverse
visions
that our students have. We also provide
really individualized one-on-one
academic and personal mentorship
to each of our students individually. I
find that my students are often
surprised by how creative the CU environment is.
I think many of them, like I did
when I was an undergraduate,
found the buildings on the map where
I thought the creativity was happening.
There's the theater building; this is the
side of the English building that does
creative writing and poetry.
And I had a sense of that is what
creativity is, and that's where it's happening.
What I've learned and what is such a
delight to watch my students learn
is that creativity is happening across
the campus.
There is so much original insight
happening,
so much ingenuity in problem-solving taking place on campus
and it's really a delight to teach my
students about creativity
because the task is for them to figure
out, how does creativity work
in their life? What does creatively look
like in their field?
How can they be creative in their
field working with a partner in a
totally different field?
And so it's an exciting classroom environment where we're all very dedicated to creativity,
and we're on a campus that as a whole is
very devoted to creativity.
