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Four Faculty Members Join the “Ten-year Club”
Four faculty members have been inducted into the Ten-year Club at Utah’s University of Phoenix. The club consists of faculty members who have taught at the University for more than ten years.
The entire Utah campus has more than 400 faculty members who work full-time during the day in their professions and teach at night. Sixty of those are now Ten-year Club members.
New to the Ten-year Club
Dennis Carver
Dennis Carver, an Ogden native and current Layton resident is the finance director for the Utah Department of Natural Resources. He holds a bachelor’s degree in finance (B.S.) from Weber State University and an M.B.A. from the University of Utah. At the University of Phoenix, Mr. Carver teaches corporate finance, accounting and math courses.
Mike Cottam
Mike Cottam is a Saratoga Springs resident and a counselor for the Alpine School District. As a prevention specialist, he works with staff, faculty and students conducting crisis intervention, grief counseling and healthy-lifestyle training. Mr. Cottam is affectionately known as Magic Mike because he uses magic in his counseling and teaching. He received the Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award in Alpine District in 2002 and the Utah State PTA Friend of Children Award in 2003. He is the commander and conductor of the Utah National Guard’s 23rd Army Band and is a working pro-musician in the Utah area. He holds a bachelor’s of arts degree (B.A.) and a master’s of music (M.M.) from the University of Utah, where he also earned certification in counseling and guidance. At the University of Phoenix, he teaches general education, counseling and education courses.
Bob Lifferth
Bob Lifferth is a South Jordan resident and assistant CFO for GSL Electric. In addition to his teaching duties at the University of Phoenix, he also taught classes at Salt Lake Community College and was named “Outstanding Adjunct Faculty of the Year.” He holds a bachelor’s of arts degree (B.A.) in English from Brigham Young University, and a master’s in public administration (M.P.A), also from BYU. Mr. Lifferth teaches writing and communications courses at the University of Phoenix.
Eileen Nicholas
Eileen Nicholas is a resident of Farr West and is currently an Ogden City School District Teacher Specialist. In 2000, she was honored with a Distinguished Teaching Award. She was also named Utah’s Middle School Counselor of the Year in 1996, and Child Advocate of the Year in 1999. She holds a bachelor’s degree (B.S.) and middle/secondary teaching certificate from Weber State University and a master’s of education (M.ed.) in school guidance and counseling from Brigham Young University. Ms. Nicholas teaches University of Phoenix graduate courses in guidance and counseling, and education. She also teaches undergraduate general education courses.
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 Howard Schmidt graduated in 1991 from University of Phoenix with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration. Schmidt kept the educational momentum going and promptly headed for his Master of Arts in Organizational Management which he attained in 1993.
“Most of my time up until graduate school was in government, and I’d reached the highest I could go without additional education,” says Schmidt, who served in the U.S. Air Force for 16 years prior to joining the Chandler Police Department. “University of Phoenix gave me the chance to develop skills for executive management.”
Schmidt is the former presidential Internet security advisor to President George W. Bush. He is currently serving as Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer for eBay, the San Jose, California-based online auction site.
-Howard Schmidt |
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