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2010 August: Community News
2010 August: Community News
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• Investing tips
• Korbel dean
• KKK research
• Living City Block
• B ed and breakfast
• Alumni job help
Wayne Armstrong
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When Galen Smith took a work-study job at Penrose Library’s research center, he thought
it would pay some bills and help him become a better researcher.
It did that and considerably more.
For starters, it helped him earn a research assistant position with George DeMartino, as-
Simple tips for
sociate professor and chair of the Global Finance, Trade and Economic Integration department any investor
at DU’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies. • Don’t overcomplicate. If you
Smith and his fellow research assistant Emma Ekdahl — both sophomore international can’t explain your investment
studies majors at Korbel — got the chance to work for DeMartino on his book The Economist’s strategy, you might be in
Oath, which is expected to be published in November by Oxford University Press. DeMartino trouble.
credits them both with helping finish the book an entire year ahead of schedule. • Dare to be dull. If you are a
The book builds the case that economists — like other professionals — should adhere to a smaller investor, consider CDs
code of professional standards. DeMartino says he came to rely on Smith and Ekdahl to research and money markets.
numerous fields, such as medicine and law, because the students were finding quality sources • Buy low and sell high—not the
faster than he could. other way around.
“I came to have more confidence in their searches than in my own,” DeMartino says. • Avoid just buying what’s hot
Smith says his training came from the research center; he’s worked there for two years. and trendy. Remember the
The fact that Ekdahl’s native language is Swedish also played a key role. She researched Swedish saying “Don’t put all your eggs
economist unions and the ethical codes they have developed, information that was only available in one basket.”
in Swedish and which was used for a chapter in the book. • Keep in mind that something
—Kristal Griffith can always go wrong.
• Keep your emotions in check;
don’t let them lead you to a
quick and wrong decision.
Ambassador to head International School
Tips from Allan Roth, DU adjunct professor and
Christopher Hill, U.S. ambassador to Iraq, has been named dean of the University of Den- author of How a Second Grader Beats Wall Street:
ver’s Josef Korbel School of International Studies. His appointment begins Sept. 1. Golden Rules Any Investor Can Learn (Wiley, 2009).
Hill has served as the U.S. ambassador to
Iraq since 2009; prior, he was assistant secretary
of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. He also
served as ambassador to the Republic of Korea.
He has worked in the Senior Foreign Service for
more than 30 years.
“If one considers his tremendous experience
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What’s in a name?
DU professor’s paper leads to name change in the Lone Star State
“It’s been great to get real-world experience with a client,” says Andrew Edwards, a first-
year eMAD graduate student.
Llewellyn Wells, president and founder of Living City Block, says he’s worked with the group as if they were a hired art house.
“I was so pleasantly surprised,” Wells says. “They are such a creative group; they came up with things that we would never have thought to do
on our own.”
In addition to Edwards, the student group includes Katrina Glover, who just earned a digital media studies undergraduate degree; Marcus
deThouars, a computer science and digital media studies major; Jen Schneider, an electronic media art design major; and Jeff Neil, a computer science
major.
Mehran says it’s been a great way for the students to learn while impacting the community.
Their work certainly has impressed Wells.
“Their work is just as good if not better than a professional shop would have been,” Wells says.
The pilot project for Living City Block is taking place in Denver’s LoDo district between 15th and 16th streets and between Wynkoop and
Wazee.
The courses received support through a public good grant from the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning at DU.
>>www.dulcbteam.blogspot.com
—Kristal Griffith
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Royal treatment
Alums help overnighters travel back in time
J ust as the castles of yore protected their inhabitants from enemies, Castle Marne protects its guests from the hectic, technology-
tweaked pace of modern life. There are no cell phones ringing here, no televisions blaring, no computer cursors blinking, begging
you to type out what’s on your mind.
There’s a grandfather clock softly chiming the hours, aging photos and knickknacks inviting your unhurried perusal, thick walls
blocking out the noise of the traffic outside, and a jigsaw puzzle in the sunlit tower where guests can while away an afternoon matching
colors and shapes — no high-speed connection or
electrical outlet needed.
“We wanted to take the house back to the
way it was and really create a storied experience
for folks who come to stay,” says Jim Peiker (BSBA
’57), who bought the dilapidated 1889 building
in Denver’s City Park West neighborhood in 1988
and spent five months turning it into a bed and
breakfast focused on the way things used to be.
Peiker and his wife, Diane (Carpenter) (BA
’57), run the B&B with their daughter, Melissa,
son-in-law, Louie, and three grandchildren, ages
11, 14 and 15. Jim and Diane live in a carriage
house right behind the castle; Melissa, Louie and
the grandkids live six blocks away.
“Everybody cooks, everybody cleans,
everybody does all of the jobs,” Peiker says. “It’s a
three-generation family business.”
The inn has stayed in the DU family as well:
The Peikers regularly host DU-related visitors,
from job candidates to prospective students to
parents and grandparents of current students. In
addition to their overnight guests the family also
hosts weddings, birthday parties and tea parties
in its historic mansion.
It was in another American recession that the
Peikers first hatched the dream of owning their
own bed and breakfast.
“My daughter and I were both out of work
— this was ’87, ’88 — quite literally we were
standing in the unemployment line,” Peiker says.
“We looked at each other and said, ‘There’s got to
be something better than this.’”
Wayne Armstrong