New app enhances personal security
A personal security application that provides immediate emergency assistance is now available to the UCCS community. A person on campus can touch a button on a personal cell phone and bring help to his or (More)
Articles by Ron Fitz
“No Impact Man” is All Campus Read selection
The “All Campus Read” is a UCCS project intended to create community and promote discussion through a contemporary topic crossing school and college boundaries, and welcoming all students, faculty and staff. The annual effort includes (More)
Ice cream to sweeten fall semester beginning
An ice cream social to celebrate the fall semester is scheduled for 2:30-4 p.m. Aug 10 on the University Center Upper Plaza. The event is open to all staff members. Those attending should respond to (More)
Convocation looks at results of individual actions
An opening convocation ceremony featuring Tom Huber, professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, kicks off the UCCS 2011-12 academic year at 4:30 p.m. Aug. 17.
Huber, a president’s teaching scholar, will address a crowd of mainly freshman students in the Gallogly Events Center. He will speak about the power of individual action and how the results from this can have impacts beyond the original act. (More)
UCCS now offers short term car rentals
An hourly car rental program may reduce the number of vehicles rolling across UCCS. Campus administrators believe U Car Share will serve the environment as well as students. Through university partnership with the U-Haul Company, (More)
Not a sign but a monument
After more than a decade of planning, a sign at one of Colorado Springs’ busiest intersections announces UCCS’ presence. But at the July 20 dedication ceremony, participants declared it more than a sign. Pam Shockley-Zalabak, (More)
Motorcycles are newest chapter in Public Safety history
Getting a ticket from a motorcycle cop may not be the best welcome to campus this fall semester but it may be the first time some members of the UCCS community encounter the Department of (More)
Pre-collegiate students compete in leadership challenge
For all appearances, the leadership endurance course could have been a television reality game show. But the contest had some serious goals for students in the UCCS Pre-Collegiate Development Program. A UCCS institution since 1988, (More)
Small Business Development Center director promotes core values
Marcella Hurley, the new director of the Small Business Development Center at UCCS, holds a black belt in Shotokan Karate.
Those who understand karate know it is a discipline involving aspects of mind and spirit, not just fighting capability. The self-awareness Hurley gained through the discipline helped solidify core values in the philosophy she brings to her job. (More)
Goodwill drive nets furnishings and food
A couch a UCCS student purchased from a Goodwill store, along with other household furnishings, carpeting, clothes and electronic devices destined for the dumpster filled will be used again thanks to the May 9-14 campus (More)