jkowens .com
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Welcome to my home page. These sites relate to activities being pursued during the spring and summer of 2011 that benefit from access to the Internet.
I have been privileged to be associated with the Pacific Coast Banking School for many years as an instructor in this outstanding three year program. The link takes you to a support site developed for my course "Global Finance" presented during the 2011 Resident Session.
My association with WTAMU began with my undergraduate education and I have enjoyed teaching here since 1978. The link connects to a course support site that I maintain for students in my current classes at the University. I presently serve them as a Professor of Finance and Head, Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance. It has been a great career with WTAMU and we are optimistic we will receive AACSB accreditation in 2012 which would be a fantastic way to end my years with them since it is the highest level of accreditation for a business school and when I first came to WT it was considered impossible to imagine being at this level.
This site reflects my current interest in hand-crafted pens and pencils plus a long standing avocation involving stained glass and glass etching. I sell some of my work directly through commission, some of it is sold in a local jewelry store and some of the standardized objects are sold on E-BAY. I have also recently begun building bicycles out of salvaged old bike parts and metal tubing. My most recent bike is a tadpole recumbent trike with an electric "pusher" trailer which was fun to build and to learn about electric motor concepts. The motor is a 36 volt brushless hub motor from China and powered by three 12 volt batteries wired in series. New projects are always fun but I still really enjoy making the pens and giving them away or donating them to various charities for their event auctions. I sell just enough of them to afford the hobby and the rest goes to other causes. Recently (Summer, 2012) sent 25 pens made from .30 caliber bullet casings with desert camo acrylic fronts to my daughter who is serving in the Middle East for distribution to her military comrades.
This links to my personal site with family pictures, bicycle related links and anything else that is of interest to me or those with whom I spend a lot of time. Carolyn has a strong interest in cooking so I will be adding some material related to that interest and will continue to regale on-lookers about my great family.