January 2015 – UCCS Communique

Budget outlook: Cautious optimism

January 30, 2015

Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak and Susan Szpyrka, vice chancellor, Administration and Finance, traced the sources and uses of the campus budget and looked ahead to fiscal years 2016 and 2017 before a room full of faculty and staff in the University Center Theater Jan. 29. (More)

UCCS hires new dean to lead College of Education

January 30, 2015

A professor of higher education and student affairs at Ohio University’s Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of Education will lead the UCCS College of Education. (More)

Research, creative works are topics of faculty retreat

January 29, 2015

Kelli Klebe, associate vice chancellor for research and faculty development, Academic Affairs, and Mary Coussons-Read, executive vice chancellor, Academic Affairs, will lead a faculty retreat Feb. 5 to discuss how UCCS can support faculty who engage undergraduate students in creative works and research. (More)

Reading Rainbow star to headline speaker series

January 29, 2015

Former “Star Trek” actor and “Reading Rainbow” host LeVar Burton will speak at 7 p.m. April 14 at the Gallogly Events Center. Burton will discuss literacy in America and what colleges, universities, and their students, can do to truly improve literacy rates. (More)

Café Scientifique to explore preterm births in America

January 28, 2015

At Feb. 10’s Café Scientifique, Mary Coussons-Read, executive vice chancellor, Academic Affairs, and professor, Department of Psychology, will discuss new research investigating stress in pregnancy. (More)

SPA to begin new lecture series, Community Conversations

January 28, 2015

The School of Public Affairs will launch a new lecture series Feb. 10 at the Lodge. (More)

New ticket policy in place for Blackout Night

January 28, 2015

In anticipation of large crowds anxious to see the nationally ranked UCCS Mountain Lion Basketball teams take on the Western New Mexico University Mustangs Jan. 30, the UCCS Athletic Department recently announced a new ticket policy. (More)

University Relations becomes University Communications and Media Relations

January 28, 2015

The office previously known as University Relations has a new name, University Communications and Media Relations. (More)

Galleries of Contemporary Art to open “Echafaudages/Temporary Frameworks”

January 27, 2015

The UCCS Galleries of Contemporary Art will open “Echafaudages/Temporary Frameworks” by Argentina-born, Canada-based artist José Luis Torres Feb. 6. (More)

50th Anniversary celebrations officially get underway

January 23, 2015

From now until next fall, a series of events are planned to celebrate the 50th Anniversary. Each month, colleges will highlight their activities and connections with the greater Colorado Springs community. A special website, http://www.uccs.edu/50th, will provide details of celebrations and events throughout the year. (More)