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Colorado Mountain College names 2014instructors of the year

Steamboat Springs — “Dynamic” and“spatial” may not be the words most peoplethink of when it comes to geology, but theyare among the ones Betsy Frick uses todescribe the subject she has taught for fiveyears at Colorado Mountain College inSteamboat Springs.

Frick’s efforts to make geology fun andinteresting for her students helped he earnrecognition as the campus adjunct (part-time) Faculty of the Year for 2014. TimBaldwin, emergency medical services

coordinator, is the full-time honoree at the campus.

Each year, students, staff and faculty of Colorado Mountain College nominate oneoutstanding full-time and one adjunct faculty member from each of the college’sseven campuses and the online learning department. From those honorees, senioradministrators then select a college-wide award recipient in each of the twocategories, representing the span of the college’s 12,000 square miles.

Bringing environment down to Earth

“I’m very passionate about the environment and how itaffects our day-to-day lives,” Frick said. “Especiallyaround here; the environment is dynamic and varies atmany spatial scales.”

She tries to make her students experience a dynamicenvironment through classroom activities and field trips.

“A local example of some relatively rapid change to thelandscape is that the Steamboat Airport is built onformer flood plain deposits from the Yampa River. Theriver has down cut several hundred feet to its currentelevation.”

Frick’s classes also highlight current events, such asexamples where fault planes dipping toward roads canlead to rock slides and close roads and highways.

In addition to her part-time work in the classroom, Frick worked 23 years for theU.S. Geological Survey and currently works for the U.S. Forest Service. She tries toprovide examples of geologic concepts from her work experience to the classroom.She also has her students research a geologic topic of interest to them and give oralpresentations to their classmates and critique each other’s presentations.

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“I like the diverse student populations at CMC,” shesaid. “We have recent high school graduates to adultlearners who come back to school. They all bring theirown real-world examples, and we all learn from eachother.”

Kevin Cooper, Frick’s instructional chair at the college,said she is always willing to go above and beyond for herstudents. He said Frick’s hands-on approach, with fieldtrips and related life experiences, connects withstudents.

In nominating Frick for the honor, one student wrote:“She is the best professor I have ever had. She caresabout her students and takes the time to connect withthem to ensure student success.”

“She’s always willing to learn new ways to teach and listen to what I have to say,”Cooper added. “She’s open to improving and helping students learn and understandthe knowledge they’re given.”

Baldwin teaches students why they should learn EMS

Teaching students why it’s important to learn to accurately diagnose someone — aswell as how to treat them — is what full-time Faculty of the Year Tim Baldwin hasfocused on in his emergency medical services classes over the past eight years.

And seeing students use those skills is even more rewarding, he said.

“Whether they become EMTs, or if they decide to go into nursing or medical school,”Baldwin said, “[teaching] is really rewarding work with a wide variety of students.”

Baldwin said he first became interested in teaching while at an Outward Bound class.

“I was a paramedic, so EMS just fit right in,” he said. “I was also working as a guideand had my ski patrol duties, so it was kind of a natural progression.”

Matt Jost, Baldwin’s supervisor and an instructional coordinator at the campus, saidthe instructor’s knowledge of the subject matter is great, “as is his ability to bringthat information to his students in a manner suitable for multiple learning styles.”

For instance, Jost said, some students learn better in class, while others preferhands-on learning.

“Tim’s community connections with his experience as a paramedic and EMT are alsosomething he can call on for his students and classes,” he said.

Baldwin’s approach resonates well with students, as one wrote in nominating himfor the honor:

“Tim can make everyone relate in class or get them to have their ‘aha’ moments.”

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