Dropping names …

Jennifer Disabato

Marylou Robinson

Eric Olson, professor, College of Business at UCCS, and director, Sport Management Program, was recently elected to the Colorado Springs Convention & Visitors Bureau 2014 Board of Directors and Slate of Officers. The Colorado Springs Convention & Visitors Bureau was incorporated in 1980 as a private non-profit corporation to promote Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region as a year-round visitor destination. The organization is governed by a board of directors chaired by Alicia McConnell of the U.S. Olympic Committee. Olson will serve alongside Andy Neinas of Echo Canyon River Expeditions, Steve Kanatzar of The Airplane Restaurant, John Rovie of The Broadmoor, Tom Osborne of The Sports Corporation, and David Cannon of the U.S. Air Force Academy. The Colorado Springs Convention & Visitors Bureau is the premier marketing organization for Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region (El Paso, Teller and Fremont Counties). … Britt Banks has been appointed as executive director of the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy and the Environment at the University of Colorado Law School. For more than 20 years, Banks has been a leader in the international natural resources sector, as a senior corporate executive, attorney, consultant, researcher and teacher. Most recently, he taught at Tokyo’s Waseda University and previously taught at Colorado Law, where he graduated in 1988. He currently serves on the Center’s Advisory Council. … Jennifer Disabato, College of Nursing at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus, recently presented a poster entitled “Improving Transition to Adult Epilepsy Care: Facilitating Team Communication Using Clinical Decision Support in the EMR” at the 67th Annual Meeting of the American Epilepsy Society in Washington, D.C. The abstract also was one of 10 chosen for podium presentation at the Pediatric Highlights Session, and was a recipient of a nursing award. The interdisciplinary work highlighted one aspect of an ongoing quality improvement project funded through a grant from the Children’s Hospital QI department and the School of Medicine Dean’s Office lead by Disabato with co-investigator Paul Levisohn, associate professor at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus and pediatric neurologist at Children’s Hospital Colorado. … Marylou Robinson, College of Nursing at the CU Anschutz Medical Campus, recently submitted an abstract describing the College of Nursing’s innovative, interdisciplinary approach to teaching advanced physical assessment, including both nursing practice students and medical students.  Robinson's abstract was accepted into The 2nd Annual Educational Scholarship and Innovation Symposium. She will be delivering a podium presentation in February at the Anschutz Medical Campus highlighting Krista Estes and her work with the Advanced Assessment Course.