Dual Careers. Dual Retirement. Department Notes Secretary Shirley Hood and Dr. Bob Carbaugh celebrate decades in the Department of Economics BY TARA ROBERTS
For 20 years, Shirley Hood and Dr. Bob Carbaugh have support- ed CWU students as they struggled, learned, graduated, and went into the world. They’ve experienced technology transforming the university. Through every change, one thing has remained constant: their friendship. The two have worked together since Hood became secretary for the economics department in 2002 (later adding the
Connecting at Central Carbaugh grew up in Spokane and discovered his love of economics at Gonzaga University. He earned his doctorate from Colorado State Univer - sity in 1974 and taught at South Dakota State and University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire. In 1985, he began his career at Central. Hood, who’s also from Spokane, studied criminal justice at Washington State University. She worked as a probation officer and cared for her sons. For a few years when the boys were young, her family lived in Ellensburg—down the street from Carbaugh. The Hoods moved away and returned in 1999, and Hood soon reconnected with Carbaugh in the economics department. She quickly learned his reputation as a coworker. “I would say something like, ‘Bob Carbaugh’s my boss,’ and people would just look at me like, ‘Well, how could anything be better than that?’” she said. “That’s the kind of guy he is.” Carbaugh said Hood has been an A+ colleague. “She is so energetic and so personable,” he said. “She’s just a dedicated and caring individual.
department of finance and supply chain man- agement). Carbaugh, a professor of economics, was co-chair at the time. This summer, they’re retiring. Hood and Carbaugh each knew the time was right, but it was hard to leave behind such a special team. “When you work with good people, you usually have a pretty wonderful job,” Hood said.
Dr. Bob Carbaugh
An SNL Moment One Monday in 2000, Robert Carbaugh arrived on campus to find a pile of emails in his inbox. He’d had a brush with fame over the weekend. A Saturday Night Live sketch imagining Al Gore and George W. Bush as a presidential odd couple featured Will Ferrell as Bush reading a Nickelodeon magazine, and Darrell Hammond as Gore reading a textbook. “Sure enough, the cover of the book is facing the cam - era. It’s my book, Carbaugh, International Economics ,” Carbaugh said. “How he came up with that book, I have no idea.” Watch the clip at youtu.be/oMCKaBku83U, starting at 4:08.
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