Congratulations to Kathleen Bollard and Diane Dansereau
on their retirement from the University and our Department!
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Kathleen Bollard 9/1/1995 - 8/31/2021Kathleen Bollard came to CU Denver in 1995 as an Assistant Professor of Spanish. She had just completed her PhD at Berkeley and was excited about working with UCD students, many of whom were working their way through school while raising families, as she had done. She taught all levels of Spanish language, every period and genre of Peninsular Spanish literature and, one memorable semester, online Latin. After receiving tenure, she chaired the Modern Languages Department, then served as Associate Dean for CLAS, and during those years completed CU's Executive MBA program. She next served as Associate Vice President and then Vice President for Academic Affairs for the CU System. After 8 years in the CU President's Office, she missed campus life and especially teaching, so she returned home to her beloved Modern Languages Department. She has also been doing some work for the CLAS Dean’s Office and now is looking forward to retirement in New Hampshire with her husband, daughter, and three dogs. |
Diane Dansereau (Modern Languages) 9/3/1985 – 8/31/2021I was hired in 1985 with a Ph.D. in Romance Linguistics from the University of Michigan to direct the French program in the Department of Modern Languages and have held that position for 36 years. Under my supervision, the program became stronger and more relevant as we moved course content away from France-based studies to include the entire Francophone World. As a researcher and an educator, I am delighted with the success of my text/reference books on French phonetics and grammar. I also served two terms as Department Chair, for a total of nine years. My proudest service accomplishments include the reduction of the DML tenure-track faculty teaching load from 5 to 4 classes per year and my leadership role as Chair of the CLAS Task Force for the creation and implementation of the Clinical Teaching Track. For the past 14 months, my husband and I have been residing full-time in our forested mountain home southwest of the city and that is where we will gladly and happily live from now on. In addition to bird and critter-watching, my future includes lots of hiking (with my brand-new hip), fly-fishing, snowshoeing, astronomy, and finally getting back to playing music with my husband and kids (when they visit from the UK and Durango). And of course, once it is safe, we will again travel the globe to visit old friends and discover new destinations. I will miss my colleagues and friends at CU but can’t wait to start this new chapter. |
