Re: Complexity & Community Sustainability Brownbag/Seminar March 26

Hi Dr. Teague,
Thank you for the interesting discussion yesterday.  I was very tempted to bring this up then but decided we should meet privately instead.   Please schedule a time we can talk more.  I could really go on for days giving you background, but I will try to be brief.

I started at USF in 1983 developing my own Patents as student projects for the Engineering Expo.  Then started a student group to help others do the same thing.  This resulted in a serious conflict between Dr. Newkome and Walbolt in the President's Staff meeting as the new State mandates for faculty patents had just come through...  Subsequently the Research Foundation was started and STARS USA Inc.

I graduated and became a stormwater expert before returning to USF for an MBA in 2004.  My first MBA class was "Leadership and Teams."  The class project was a system redesign.  I lead a team to redesign USF's Patent Process....  and soon found out the professor was the President's Assistant during the 1983 conflicts.

Emergence and synchronicity is really my way of life.  I guess I am a "strange attractor" that helps bring new innovative emergence everywhere I go.  It's not always easy, but I seem to do it whether I want to or not.

More specifically I posted to the WIKI about a Phd I will start in the Fall 08:
http://communiplexity.wikispaces.com/message/view/Brownbag+Seminar+08/3110025

I would like to discuss this further with you.  Please send me a note about when we can meet.  Monday, Wednesday or Friday mornings are easiest for me, but I will certainly come visit whenever you have time. 

Thanks
eric


Eric R. Weaver
Ed. Asst., Organization & Environment
College of Business, University of South Florida
Department of Management, BSN 3215
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"interdisciplinary" the politically correct "buzz-words"

Yes Congratulations!!!!

The one thing I learned here more than anything is that it often can be more WHO you know more than WHAT you know... So I would highly recommend we all get linked up better: www.linkedin.com/in/stars2man

Look around Manny and Mark are linked already...

Even if we all go somewhere different our contacts and relationships make more of a difference than anything... course being at the right place at the right time can make everything too: http://www.ods.usf.edu/Plans/Strategic/goals-strategies.htm

Hey Barrett and Phil, glad to see you are sure about what's next, see below I'm still exploring... lol... hum "interdisciplinary" what's that all about... lol... I guess someone has to show them what the politically correct "buzz-words" mean..

Take Care
eric

> Barrett and Phil......
>
> Congratulations!!!!
>
> and thanks for making the program "look good" :)
> We'll have to raise a glass of bubbly to the 2 of you...
> Great job...
>
> Cheryl
>
> BTW: Phil was accepted to UT's Phd program and
> Barrett was accepted to Cornell's
> Phd program.
>
> Barrett Keene, Middleton High School agricultural
> education instructor, was one of fifty -one individuals
> who received the "Teachers Turn the Key Award" on
> December 15, 2007, at the National Association of
> Agricultural Educators (NAAE) annual conference
> in Las Vegas. NAAE is the professional association for
> agricultural educators. The mission of NAAE is
> "professionals providing agricultural education for
> the global community through visionary leadership,
> advocacy, and service."

Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2008 5:18 PM
To: Weaver, Eric Subject: University of South Florida Applications
Subject: PhD in Civil Engineering, PhD in Public Health; Fall 2008

Dear Eric:

I am pleased to inform you that you have been accepted into the above- referenced graduate programs here at the University of South Florida.

However, you are permitted to matriculate into only one program at a time. Please notify me in writing (within the next two weeks) of the program in which you wish to enroll. You may reply by e-mail.

Please note: to be dually-enrolled, you will need to file a Dual Degree Application (please see http://www.grad.usf.edu/newsite/forms/grad_forms.asp ) and have it approved by both programs and colleges.

No matter which option you choose, I congratulate you on your admission to USF, and I wish you every success in your academic endeavors.

Sincerely,


Denise Desmarais Rodriguez
Graduate Admissions Officer
University of South Florida,
Graduate School
4202 E Fowler Ave BEH 304
Tampa , FL 33620-8470
Phone: 813-974-8800
FAX: 813-974-7343
E-mail: drodrig...@grad.usf.edu
Web: http://www.grad.usf.edu/