{"id":2734,"date":"2015-12-17T08:30:36","date_gmt":"2015-12-17T14:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/?p=2734"},"modified":"2015-12-16T09:27:46","modified_gmt":"2015-12-16T15:27:46","slug":"spotlight-on-terry-pope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.acu.edu\/coba\/2015\/12\/17\/spotlight-on-terry-pope\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on Terry Pope"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is your educational background? <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

B.A. \u2013 Mathematics \u2013 Abilene Christian University
\nM.A. \u2013 Mathematics \u2013 University of Texas at Austin
\nPh.D. \u2013 Statistics \u2013 Southern Methodist University<\/p>\n

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Dr. Terry Pope<\/p><\/div>\n

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What is your work background?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Cities Service Oil and Gas \u2013 10 years
\nConoco \u2013 8.5 years
\nACU \u2013 24 years<\/p>\n

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What do you teach at ACU?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Currently teach Finance courses: Financial Theory and Practice, Portfolio Management, and STAR, our student-managed fund. While at ACU, I have taught 16 different courses.
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What committees\/other duties do you have at ACU aside from teaching?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In the past, I served as Chair of the Management Sciences for 5 years and as Associate Dean for 10 years. Currently, I am on the Academic Committee in COBA and the Disciplinary Review Committee for the university.
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What drew you to teaching? Why did you want to work with students?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I left a really interesting job in industry to come to ACU. I would not have left that job for a teaching position at any other university. I thought that I could contribute to students by teaching them what they need to know to be successful in industry.
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What’s the best part of working with students? <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I have developed so many great friendships with students over my time at ACU. I enjoy trying to make difficult concepts understandable for all students. I enjoy helping students build self-confidence.
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Have you ever given up any big opportunities to keep working with students? <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

As I said earlier, I gave up a really interesting job to come be a professor. Financially, that job was much more rewarding, but I would not trade that for all of the great friends that I have made with students.
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Outside of teaching, what passions and hobbies do you have?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

I really like to go outside and play: golf, tennis, running, biking. I also enjoy woodworking. We really enjoy travel, having visited over 25 foreign countries.<\/p>\n

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One of COBA’s own golf pros<\/p><\/div>\n

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What is a good, early story about your teaching? <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

My first semester at ACU had me scheduled to teach Financial Management and Statistics \u2013 courses that I was well-prepared to teach. On the second day of class, I was asked to take a class in Macro Economics, as Professor Brister was asked to serve on a university committee and needed to be released from the teaching assignment. So, I played catch up all semester in that class.
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Tell me about a project or accomplishment that you consider to be the most significant in your career.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

While in industry, I provided the financial analysis to support investments totaling billions of dollars all over the world. While doing so, I tried to always have Christ as the center of my life and to conduct my business in a manner worthy of a child of God.<\/p>\n

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Do you do any charity or non-profit work? <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

In the past, I have served for long period on the boards of Herald of Truth and Faithworks of Abilene. For most of the past 35 years, I have been an elder in the church.
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Who is your role model, and why?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

My dad. He was the same yesterday, today and tomorrow. He never met a stranger and treated all people with great respect.<\/p>\n

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Who was your most inspirational professor and why?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Sam McReynolds in the Mathematics Department at ACU. He was always very well prepared and expected excellence from his students.
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If you could have a superpower, what would it be and why?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Bring peace to the world. To replace hatred with love.<\/p>\n

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