{"id":143329,"date":"2022-10-19T13:48:26","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T19:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=143329"},"modified":"2022-10-19T13:48:27","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T19:48:27","slug":"meet-a-mountain-lion-richard-radabaugh-senior-instructor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=143329","title":{"rendered":"Meet a Mountain Lion: Richard Radabaugh, Senior Instructor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Richard Radabaugh is a Senior Instructor at UCCS.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

“Meet a Mountain Lion” is a series of stories introducing members of the UCCS community to campus. Meet Richard Radabaugh, a Senior Instructor at UCCS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Tell us about your background, and what brought you to UCCS.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I am a retired police officer. I spent 30 years with the Colorado Springs Police Department. I attended law school (DU) on a scholarship while I was a police officer. Passed the Bar exam and stayed a police officer and a lawyer until June 2002. I retired on a Friday and began work as a deputy district attorney on Monday. I was conducting my first jury trial that Wednesday. I stayed there several years and then went out into private practice, specializing in representing police officers involved in critical incidents. I started teaching here at UCCS in 2012.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2. What do you do at UCCS?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I teach criminal justice classes. I am a faculty advisor to the Mock Trial team, the Law Society and the American Criminal Justice Association. I am a board member of the UCCS Privacy Board. I conduct quarterly training for the board. I also lead the study abroad program for our college and have taken over 100 students to different countries abroad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3. What do you love about UCCS?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I love teaching the students the most. It keeps me feeling young (I am an old man). I love being in the classroom; I hated teaching remote during COVID. The interaction with the students is what keeps me coming back each semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4. What are you working on right now?       <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I have several projects in the works. I am going to try and schedule training days for our American Criminal Justice Team as we are heading into competition season. I am the administrator for the Mock Trial team and getting them set up for their competition coming this February. I am also working with the law society to schedule events for them this semester.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

5. What energizes you at your job?      <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My answer would be the same as why I love teaching here. I love interacting with the students, being involved in the campus life. It is fun to see everyone getting started in their careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

6. What’s an accomplishment you’re proud of?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On a personal level, I was honored to be selected as the instructor of the year for 2018. On a professional level, it is seeing my students being accepted into the police academy or law school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

7. What’s a goal you have for the future?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Eventually retire and settle down, long-term. Short-term, winning some of the competitions our students compete in. Taking a study abroad group to London in May 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

8. What do you do with your free time?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I make custom knives, ride motorcycles and travel internationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9. What’s the best compliment you’ve ever received?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

That I cared and was a good role model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Do you know a Mountain Lion that UCCS should meet? We want to hear all about them!<\/a> Invite them to share their story, and we’ll tell it to the UCCS community.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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