Podcast Overview
Welcome to Innovation Springs, hosted and produced by Hayley Blackburn—Innovation & Design Librarian, Program Director in C3 Innovation, and affiliate faculty with the Center for Research Frontiers in Digital Humanities. This show spotlights the folks doing cool things across education, research, business, and thought leadership. Episodes are aired on the award-winning UCCS Radio Station and posted to YouTube.
Innovation Springs is a production of C3 Innovation at the UCCS Kraemer Family Library. Studio recording is provided by The Garage at EPIIC. Hayley Blackburn is an affiliate faculty member at the Digital Humanities Center. Theme music is from Simon Jomphe Lepine, Dreaming of Innovation, Storyblocks.
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Episode Archive
Find the descriptions, links, guest bios, and where to listen for our latest interviews.
Episode 1: Ariana Pasquini, Student
"My name is Ariana Pasquini. I'm the event and marketing coordinator of EPIIC. And I am a full-time student as well as someone who is working two jobs. So EPIIC is just part of my constant chaos, but it's my favorite part. Oh, so yeah, part of a much larger portfolio."
Episode 2: Jen Kling, Associate Professor
"Hi, I’m Jen Kling, an Associate Professor of Philosophy. And Department Chair. And Director of the Center for Legal Studies. And the co-director of the Center for Research Frontiers in the Digital Humanities. And the coach of the UCCS ethics bowl team."
Episode 3: Lynn Vidler, Provost
"I'm Lynn Vidler and I am the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at UCCS... So I actually do have kind of a long artistic background that nobody really knows about, but I, because officially my tenure home is in Spanish literature. So languages and cultures is the department at UCCS where my tenure home sits. And my research is in the Spanish theater."
Episode 4: Nieves Fernandez, International Student
“My name is Nieves Fernandez. I’m an international student from Spain. I’m a graduate student here at UCCS and a graduate assistant coach in women’s soccer. I’m studying my master’s—the general MBA in business—and I’ve been here for almost a year and a half.”