Parking fees can now be deducted pretax from your paycheck
This year, new legislation was passed allowing employers to offer pretax parking for commuters. Now, the university will begin deducting these payments before taxes. (More)
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Short-term disability benefits for Classified Staff have changed
Short-term disability benefits for University of Colorado Classified Staff have changed, as of July 1, with updates to how paid leave factors into the benefit. (More)
Clyde’s Kudos: June 2020
Weekly hikes, random acts of kindness and thanks for a great boss: Communique celebrates 44 teams and individuals who received Clyde’s Kudos in June 2020. (More)
UCCS receives $3.35 million U.S. National Security Agency grant to implement faculty development in cybersecurity
The UCCS College of Business will use a $3.35 million grant from the U.S. National Security Agency to educate, train and develop faculty in cybersecurity. (More)
New UCCS students to receive Chromebooks in fall 2020
All new incoming full-time undergraduate students, including first-time freshmen and transfer students enrolled in at least 12 hours, will be eligible to claim a Chromebook that they can use for the duration of their UCCS academic career. (More)
UCCS, PPCC finalize pair of cybersecurity articulation agreements for transfer students
Pikes Peak Community College and UCCS have developed two articulation agreements that will allow PPCC cybersecurity students to seamlessly transfer to UCCS to finish their four-year degree. (More)
Prepare for your summer cooking with Chef Corey
Corey King, executive chef of Dining and Hospitality Services, made watermelon gazpacho, demonstrated proper knife sharpening techniques and shared his passion for working with students, in a live edition of Kitchen Shenanigans June 25. (More)
Tom Christensen, provost, to return to the classroom in 2021
Tom Christensen, former dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and longtime UCCS professor of physics, will step down from his position as provost on June 30, 2021. He will return to the classroom for a final year of teaching before retiring in May 2022. (More)
Florida transfer joins women’s basketball program
Mercy Gonzalez, a transfer from Eastern Florida State College, has signed a National Letter of Intent to play basketball for the Mountain Lions, announced today by UCCS head women’s basketball coach Lynn Plett. (More)
Hunt named to Colorado Athletic Trainers’ Association Hall of Fame
With nearly 20 years of work with Olympic and Paralympic athletes, senior instructor Margie Hunt will be inducted into the CATA Hall of Fame this summer. (More)