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achieve advertising application brilliant effect causes innovation changes cost creativity customer develop business goal good growth human idea industry inform lead life local management market organizational orientation power price process product promotion reduce research segmentation services sources strategy structure system technology time value view vision achieve advertising application brilliant effect changes cost creativity customer develop business goal good growth history human idea industry inform lead life local management market method organizational orientation power price process product promotion reduce research segmentation services sources strategy structure system technology time value view vision achieve advertising application brilliant effect causes changes creativity customer develop business goal good growth history human idea inform lead life local management market method organizational orientation power price process product promotion reduce research sources strategy structure system technology time value view vision achieve advertising application brilliant effect causes changes cost creativity customer develop business goal good growth history idea industry inform lead life local management market method organizational orientation power price process product promotion reduce research segmentation services sources strategy structure system technology time value view vision achieve advertising application brilliant effect causes changes cost creativity customer develop business goal good growth history human idea industry inform lead life local management market method organizational orientation power price process product promotion reduce research segmentation services strategy structure system technology time value view vision method changes research segmentation business organizational research goal technology creativity life application business goal good reduce time vision brilliant business growth history human life local management orientation power price promotion reduce segmentation services strategy system time value view application brilliant effect causes changes creativity develop good lead life market method price process reduce research structure system view application brilliant effect causes creativity customer idea industry lead life management market organizational price process sources system time value achieve application cost business goal good lead local management orientation reduce services view vision method technology life power value achieve effect changes market price application brilliant effect creativity business life market organizational process system technology business idea local services view vision growth system life sources Fellow Mavericks: When classes start up again this fall, Colorado Mesa University students will be able to take advantage of a brand-new business incubator and accelerator in Piñon Hall — the Maverick Innovation Center. I'm very excited about this addition to our campus because it will bring students with disparate interests and a knack for inventing together. They'll collaborate with one another to generate ideas, build prototypes and turn their concepts into real businesses in a place specifically designed to facilitate creativity. The Maverick Innovation Center is not the first business incubator on a university campus, but I think the people involved in the project are what sets it apart from others. The center will be run by Tom Benton, who brings more than three decades of experience as a banker. His knowledge will be complemented by inventors like alumnus Tom Osborn, an innovator with hundreds of patents to his name. Hands-on experiences like this are what make CMU so unique. I hope you feel that your time at Colorado Mesa University has proved valuable to you and that you're telling people what a great school you attended. You never know who you may be influencing, whether it's a prospective student, a donor or a policy maker. One of the best ways to let people know how proud you are to be a Maverick is to purchase a new Colorado Mesa University license plate. Thanks to Rebecca McKenna, CMU's Director of Alumni Relations, for her work in obtaining the new plates. I hope to see you on the road showing off your CMU spirit. Go Mavs! Sincerely, Tim Foster, President Colorado Mesa University C O V E R S T O R Y SUMMER 2015 VOLUME 4.3 President Tim Foster Executive Director of Marketing and Public Relations Kimberly Williams Director of Marketing and Publications Michael Mansheim Editor Stephanie Summar Director of Media Relations Dana Nunn Senior Graphic Artist and Creative Projects Manager Jeremy Smith Graphic Artist and Creative Projects Coordinator Lisa Smith Director of Alumni Relations Rebecca McKenna Board of Trustees Betty Bechtel, Tilman Bishop, Kathleen Eck, Paula Herzmark, Jose D.L. 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