3Cs of Arts & Sciences: Recent Episodes
Leslie Durham, Richard Klautsch, Eric Landrum
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
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 producer, chair as stage manager, vision and strategic planning, performing a play with nudity or profanity, imposter syndrome, learning during COVID, ornamental spherical elements
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)
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)
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
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
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
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??