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3Cs of Arts & Sciences

11 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago -

If Netflix can feature a hypothetical Department of English, why can't two department chairs and a dean chat from time to time about the real-life contributions, controversies, and characters that abound in the world of Arts & Sciences. Although many of the characters discussed may be from Boise State University, there is universality in the roles portrayed and in the challenges faced in higher education today. We discuss the success, failures, frustrations, and innovative opportunities of the current landscape. The Arts & Sciences are alive and kicking, and hopefully you will hear the (mostly) joy in our hearts and (frequent) laughter in our souls.

Artwork Credit: Ellie Enebo

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Episodes

3Cs Season 0, Episode 4: Storytelling, Academics, Skills from Theatre, and Ornamental Spherical Elements

March 09, 2022 22:03 - 50 minutes - 54.7 MB

In this episode: labor papers and archives, thoughts about retirement, storytelling and the Catholic church, sins in a booth, pot retail costs in 1967, wax museum and more stories, imagination, Provost for a Day, the Introversion Institute of Idaho, academic freedom and academic responsibility, community, specialization within a department, tenure, theater historian, hallway hellos, equity contracts and points, do directorial skills transfer into dean and chair leadership skills, dean as pro...

3Cs Season 0, Episode 3: All About Teaching: Creativity, Coursera, Prerequisites, Dramatic Action, Transferable Skills, and the Ramble

March 09, 2022 22:02 - 37 minutes - 40.8 MB

In this episode: teaching capacity, MOOCs and Mean Streets, freeing faculty to be creative in teaching, Leslie's gavel, using Coursera, the myth of prerequisite effectiveness, enrollment management, dramatic action in theatre, transferable skills, parking lot psychology, the passion for arts and sciences, the ramble zone, looking back to move forward, account strings and donuts, salary overpayment (oh my)

3Cs Season 0, Episode 2: Summer Haircuts (Not Princess Leia Buns), Travel, Growing Up, Vocational Training, Deans as Magicians

March 09, 2022 22:01 - 42 minutes - 48.1 MB

In this episode: an online cinema course, unprofessional vs. professional hair, Princess Leia buns, summer travel and growing up, Chicago, vacations on the Oregon coast, daughters and music aspirations, higher education and vocational training, jobs, careers, and lifelong skills (including the plumber), meaning assessment and spreading peanut butter, Richard tells another story, stretching dollars and the Dean's magic act, Arts Anchor (the challenge of naming stuff)

3Cs Season 0, Episode 1: Overture, This Is It: It's Not You, It's Me -- Clearly Communicating Podcast Fun

March 09, 2022 22:00 - 40 minutes - 44 MB

In this inaugural episode: introductions, telling stories, how long we have been at Boise State, BA/BS distinctions, audition tapes, the interim risk for university jobs, being talked into a podcast, the fun of reflection, Leslie's shyness, Chair's Council, the changing face of higher education, budgets, permission on where we can work, clear communications with faculty, start your retirement paperwork now, improvisation

002: Summer Haircuts (Not Princess Leia Buns), Travel, Growing Up, Vocational Training, Deans as Magicians

October 19, 2021 14:09 - 42 minutes - 33.3 MB

In this episode: an online cinema history course, unprofessional vs. professional hair, Princess Leia buns, summer travel and growing up, Chicago, vacations on the Oregon coast, daughters and music aspirations, higher education and vocational training, jobs, careers, and lifelong skills (including the plumber), meaningful assessment and spreading peanut butter, Richard tells another story, stretching dollars and the Dean's magic act, Arts Anchor (the challenge of naming stuff)

001: Overture, This Is It: It's Not You, It's Me -- Clearly Communicating Podcast Fun

October 19, 2021 13:54 - 39 minutes - 33.6 MB

In this episode: introductions, telling stories, how long we have been at Boise State, BA/BS distinctions, audition tapes, the interim risk for university jobs, being talked into a podcast, the fun of reflection, Leslie's shyness, Chair's Council, the changing face of higher education, budgets, permission on where we can work, clear communications with faculty, start your retirement paperwork now, improvisation

007: That's All Folks (For Season 1) -- Acronym Soup is Tasty, Cabaret Prop Sales, Soggy Bathrooms, Bullockian Reverence, Richard's Donuts

October 13, 2021 23:50

In this episode: human capital management, theatre fundraising fun, decanal email workload, urgent vs. confidential, ah -- HVAC our friend, graduate programming, the Bullock school and the laundromat, the joys of the arts, when a college dissolves, where does it go?, the rare double-bird crossover, wait, what? -- we're going to have a Season 2?, the little (big) secret about the senior associate dean

006: Interim Risk, Pick a Lane Boise State, Middle Manager What?, More Than Content Delivery, Ah -- R1, Viability

October 13, 2021 23:43

In this episode: what job do you have to compete for while still holding the job, optics, the delusion of continuous improvement, don't like the "weather" -- just wait 15 minutes, bunting is out, Tik Tok is in, explaining decanal, (H)uman (C)apital (M)anagement foreshadowing, headhunting means something different these days

005: The Oregon Coast, Email Interruptus, Decanal Access, the Interim is an Ottoman, the Fake "Retreat," Parental Units

October 13, 2021 23:38

In this episode: vacationing on the Oregon coast, do you worry about emails when away, access to the Dean (a delicate balance), gender & the good ol' boy network, an interim chair is called an ottoman (and ottoman taxes), the false promise of a true "retreat," Shakespeare, karaoke, and improv, English professors for parents, having the spouses on the podcast, slander vs. libel (slander is spoken word, libel is written word) -- um, why'd we need that in the show notes??

004: Storytelling, Academics, Skills From Theatre, and Ornamental Spherical Elements

October 13, 2021 23:32

In this episode: thoughts about retirement, storytelling & the Catholic church, pot costs in 1967, wax museum stories, Provost for a Day, the Introversion Institute of Idaho, academic freedom & academic responsibility, community, specialization within a department, tenure, a theater historian, hallway hellos, equity contracts & points, do directorial skills transfer, dean as producer, chair as stage manager, vision & strategic planning, imposter syndrome, learning during COVID, ornamental sp...

003: All About Teaching: Creativity, Coursera, Prerequisites, Dramatic Action, Transferable Skills, and the Ramble

October 13, 2021 23:24

In this episode: teaching capacity, MOOCs and mean streets, freeing faculty to be creative in teaching, Leslie's gavel, using Coursera, the myth of prerequisites, enrollment management, dramatic action in theatre, transferable skills, parking lot psychology, the passion for arts and sciences, the ramble zone, looking back to move forward, account strings and donuts, salary overpayment (oh my)