McCord-Herbst Student Veterans Center opens to fanfare
With speeches and a ribbon cutting, city and university leaders joined with donors to officially open the McCord-Herbst Student Veterans Center Friday afternoon. (More)
Articles by Tom Hutton
New faculty join campus
Forty-nine new faculty members joined UCCS for the fall semester. Over the next few weeks, those who hold instructor, assistant professor, associate professor and professor positions will be introduced to the campus. Today’s introductions include nine instructors from the College of Business, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and the Kraemer Family Library. (More)
Regents approve indoor track and field facility, baseball diamond
The University of Colorado Board of Regents agreed Thursday that UCCS should proceed with building a $12 million indoor track and field facility and baseball diamond on the western edge of the campus. (More)
Enrollment surpasses 12,000; records set
More than 12,000 students enrolled at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs for the fall 2016 semester, an almost 7 percent increase from last year’s record student enrollment. (More)
GOCA, Recreation and Wellness combine for Wednesday program
The Galleries of Contemporary Arts and the Recreation and Wellness Center will offer free meditation and yoga sessions during Michael Theodore’s monumental kinetic installation “micro/macro.” The sessions will be available on Wednesdays from Sept. 14 to Nov. 16. (More)
Pilot health improvement program open to campus and community members
Faculty, staff, students, and members of the Colorado Springs community can experience a four-week program on improving diet, sleep and exercise at no charge. (More)
Campus changes tactics in fight against impaired driving
UCCS will take a new approach to alcohol education this year, utilizing positive messages and heavy use of media to close the gap between perceived and actual behaviors. (More)
New faculty join campus
Forty-nine new faculty members joined UCCS for the fall semester. Over the next few weeks, those who hold instructor, assistant professor, associate professor and professor positions will be introduced to the campus. Today’s introductions include 12 assistant, associate and professors from the College of Business, College of Education, College of Engineering and Applied Science, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences. (More)
Longtime faculty member to lead Aging Center
Sara Qualls, Kraemer Family Professor of Aging, was recently named director of the UCCS Aging Center, a community-based nonprofit mental health facility. (More)
Donor shares personal story during statue rededication
The donor of a mountain lion sculpture shared a history lesson and love story during Aug. 23 rededication ceremonies. (More)