May 2011 – Page 2 – UCCS Communique

LAS dean search committee named

May 12, 2011

A 15-member committee will be charged next week with seeking a new dean for the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences.

Peg Bacon, provost, announced the committee members. The committee will meet May 17 to begin the process of selecting a replacement for Tom Christensen, dean, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences since 2005. Christensen announced in March his plan to return to teaching and research as a professor in the Department of Physics and Energy Science. (More)

Campus P.O. Box closes this summer

May 12, 2011

As of July 1, P.O. Box 7150 will no longer be used as a mailing address for UCCS. The change is more than two years in the making. Larry Lawrence, administrative assistant, Mail and Shipping, described plans for more efficient mail service in the Jan. 30, 2009 issue of Communique. He announced that the UCCS street address, 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway, Colorado Springs, CO, 80918, would be the single campus address. (More)

UCCS in the news, early May

May 12, 2011

UCCS in the headlines in the first half of May. Includes articles and stories from the Colorado Springs Independent, New York Times, La Junta Tribune, KKTV, and more. The Colorado Springs Independent wrote about alternative (More)

Soifer service recognized

May 12, 2011

Alex Soifer, professor, Interdepartmental Studies, received the Colorado Mathematical Olympiad Service Excellence Award from Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak April 29 in recognition of 28 years of outstanding service to the university and the region. The award (More)

Blaze prompts fire safety warnings

May 11, 2011

UCCS faculty and staff were reminded of the importance of fire safety following a wind-whipped fire in a median near the Campus Recreation Center Monday afternoon. Following Monday’s fire, the Department of Public Safety reminded (More)

Fenell joins ROTC Hall of Fame

May 11, 2011

David Fenell, interim dean, College of Education, was inducted into Oklahoma State University’s ROTC Hall of Fame prior to the university’s officer commissioning ceremonies May 6 in Stillwater, Okla. After 26 years of military service, (More)

GOCA exhibit to celebrate former director

May 10, 2011

The UCCS Galleries of Contemporary Art will present an exhibition in memory of its late director, Gerry Riggs, May 13. GOCA founded the Gerry Riggs Exhibition Fund to bring one national exhibition to UCCS each (More)

Colorado General Assembly approves mission change for UCCS, CSU-Pueblo

May 6, 2011

Members of the Colorado House of Representatives voted in favor of proposed changes in the roles and missions of UCCS and Colorado State University-Pueblo Friday.

The action by the House of Representatives follows approval by the Colorado Senate. The bill, SB 11-204 now goes to Governor John Hickenlooper for his signature. (More)

Social media policy plans shared

May 6, 2011

Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak announced forthcoming changes for use of social media at UCCS. See the memo outlining the changes. (More)

Osborne Center for Science and Engineering will honor largest gift in campus history

May 6, 2011

UCCS will rename the campus’s largest building the Osborne Center for Science and Engineering to honor a landmark estate gift to the campus at a 10:30 a.m. May 12 ceremony. At this event, Colorado Springs (More)