New campus award honors former dean of students
The 2011 Campus Awards Ceremony will be at 3:30 p.m. May 3 in Berger Hall. The annual spring ceremony honors members of the UCCS community for their contributions and work during the past year. (More)
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Landis wins Faculty Assembly run-off
Kevin Landis, associate professor, Visual and Performing Arts, was elected a College of Letters, Arts and Sciences representative to the UCCS Faculty Assembly in a run-off election. He defeated David Weiss, associate professor, Chemistry, for (More)
Shockley-Zalabak earns community trustee award
Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak was selected as the 2011 recipient of the Makepeace Community Trustee Award by Leadership Pikes Peak. Shockley-Zalabak received the award April 16. The award honors an individual whose exemplary and sustained community (More)
Joseph C. Woodford to receive 2011 UCCS Lifetime Entrepreneurship Award
Joseph C. Woodford of Woodford Manufacturing will receive the UCCS College of Business Lifetime Entrepreneurship Award at an April 29 campus luncheon.
Woodford will be recognized for his dedication to empowering individuals and improving the quality of life in the Pikes Peak region. (More)
Benavidez recognized for her work with first generation students
Josephine Benavidez received the 2011 UCCS Outstanding Staff Award for her work as director of the Pre-Collegiate Development Program. The award is given to acknowledge outstanding achievements and contributions of a UCCS staff member who (More)
Websites recognized in design contest
Three UCCS websites were recently recognized by the Universal Design and Accessibility Committee at CU Boulder. The sites were: UCCS Communique – communique.uccs.edu. The site, which was created by Jeff Foster, multimedia marketing coordinator, University Advancement, (More)
Student Employee of the Year brings innovation to Department of Corrections
Ryan Hollamby, graduate student, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, became this year’s UCCS Student Employee of the Year, after introducing technology used in geography to the Colorado Department of Corrections. He will receive a (More)
Kartis honored for her contributions to UCCS and her community
Mary Lou Kartis, assistant to the dean, School of Public Affairs, received the annual Service Excellence Award for her contributions to UCCS. Each year the University of Colorado Staff Council recognizes and rewards individuals from (More)
Soifer gives conference presentation
Alex Soifer, professor, Interdepartmental Studies, presented “A Proof from The Book: A Lower Bound of the Polychromatic Number of the Plane” at the 42nd Southeastern International Conference on Combinatorics, Graph Theory, and Computing at Florida (More)
Organization elects von Dassanowsky
Robert von Dassanowsky, professor, Languages and Cultures and Visual and Performing Arts, was recently elected vice president of the Modern Austrian Literature and Culture Association, the international academic organization for Austrian studies. He will take (More)