UCCS housing Red Cross volunteers for wildfire relief
UCCS will house 18 volunteers from the American Red Cross July 11 through July 15 as the organization supports individuals displaced by multiple wildfires in Colorado. (More)
Dassanowsky co-production of Austrian documentary runs in Vienna theaters
Independent film producer and professor Robert von Dassanowsky scored critical success in co-producing the Austrian documentary film “Der Bauer zu Nathal” (The Farmer of Nathal). (More)
Mountain Lions rank 11th in NCAA Division II community service
UCCS student-athletes ranked No. 11 among NCAA Division II institutions for most volunteer hours in 2017-18, in data collected by Helper Helper. The Mountain Lions volunteered more than 4,250 volunteer hours in the past year. (More)
Theatreworks 2018-19 season opens with Shakespeare at the Ranch: Macbeth
Shakespeare lovers, it’s that time of year again—time to celebrate the Bard at Rock Ledge Ranch Historic Site as part of Theatreworks’ annual Summer Shakespeare tradition. (More)
NextFifty Initiative awards half-million dollar grant to UCCS Aging Center
The UCCS Aging Center will increase mental health care services for at-risk local seniors through a half-million dollar grant from the NextFifty Initiative. (More)
Campus Drupal web migration complete
Most users probably didn’t notice the subtle changes on the main UCCS homepage in May 2018, but the update marked one of the final steps of a nearly three-year project to migrate the uccs.edu website into Drupal. (More)
Four earn Quality Matters certifications for online courses
Four faculty members completed the Quality Matters certification for five online courses in the second quarter of 2018. (More)
Students, staff and alumni part of successful U.S. Senior Open operation
When Colorado Springs hosted 156 of the world’s top seniors golfers and 134,000 fans June 28 through July 1, UCCS staff, students and alumni were among the hundreds of volunteers, interns, staff and caddies who helped stage one of the sport’s largest annual events. (More)
In Memory: Ken Eurek
A celebration of life for Ken Eurek, 68, a lecturer in the Department of Languages and Culture, will be at 2 p.m., July 6, at St. Mary’s Cathedral, 22 W. Kiowa St., Colorado Springs, Colorado, 80903. (More)
Twelve join UCCS in June
Twelve people accepted teaching and non-teaching positions at UCCS in June 2018, according to the Office of Human Resources. (More)