Part of living in community at ACU in a practical sense means you are willing to work closely with not only those members of your department, but others outside your department to ensure the best experience for students and colleagues.  This page is devoted to highlight specific instances of collegiality that involved me reaching beyond my discipline to help meet the needs of others.

• Taught three physics majors via correspondence studying abroad in Montevideo over the course of two years to help these students and the physics department meet their course requirements.
• Beginning in late 2010,  I approached the physics department about possibly teaching a second semester of differential equations targeted primarily at their majors.  These talks culminated in the offering of MATH 440: Partial Differential Equations in Spring 2012.  The addition of this course lessened the burden on the Physics department to the point where they have shelved PHYS 385: Math of Physics and Engineering in lieu of MATH 440.  Throughout the development I consulted with members of their department to ensure the needs of their students were being met in the new course design.  We had a couple of lunch meetings and agreed upon a schedule for the course that was mutually beneficial for both departments.  I think the interdisciplinary work in this instance is a shining example of the spirit of collegiality that should be fostered among departments at the university.

  

•  While serving on the UGEC I was tasked with helping to write the new course criteria for the Natural Sciences core menu.  I reached out to not only the members of the sub-committee and my department, but I went to each of the department heads in the sciences and communicated our intentions with the criteria and asked for feedback which was implemented in many cases.