GOCA to open TILT Export project March 6
The UCCS Galleries of Contemporary Art will open “TILT/Export: Aftermath” featuring Pacific Northwest-based artists Grant Hottle and Paula Rebsom March 6 at the downtown GOCA121 gallery, 121 S. Tejon. (More)
February 2015
Sweet to return to UCCS
Charles Sweet, currently vice chancellor and managing senior associate university counsel at CU-Boulder, will return to UCCS and also have an appointment with the Office of University Counsel, university leaders announced Feb. 20. (More)
Taylor named Employee of the Quarter
Nancy Taylor does not enjoy being at the center of attention. In fact, she thinks that is why she’s able to do her job supporting the UCCS Aging Center. But after recently being named Employee (More)
Search begins for Kraemer Family Library dean
A 10-member search committee was charged this week to find a replacement for Teri Switzer, dean, Kraemer Family Library. Switzer plans to retire July 1 following a 42-year career in academic libraries and seven years (More)
Campus growth draws faculty views as part of 50th celebration
The growth of UCCS was personal for speakers at a College of Letter Arts and Sciences-sponsored 50th anniversary event this week. (More)
Visiting professor to discuss ISIS and Islam in campus speech
The director of the Arab studies program at the University of Houston will discuss Islam, violence, and the problem of ISIS during a March 9 speech at UCCS. (More)
Online education moving forward at rapid rate
Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak, Mary Coussons-Read, executive vice chancellor, Academic Affairs, and Venkat Reddy, associate vice chancellor for online education and initiatives, Academic Affairs, outlined the university’s plan to rapidly increase the number of degree programs available online at a Feb. 17 all-campus forum. (More)
Video feature: Winter celebrated
With the official start of spring more than a month away, University Communications and Media Relations’ Jeff Foster captured a reminder this week that winter in Colorado Springs is both beautiful and rapidly changing. Foster (More)
Berning presents “Food as Fuel”
Jacqueline Berning, professor and chair, Department of Health Sciences, Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences, presented “Food as Fuel : Eating for Optimal Performance on the Field and in the Classroom” Feb. 19 and 20 at North Park University, Chicago. (More)
Blackburn publishes new novel
Alexander Blackburn, professor emeritus, Department of English, recently published “The Voice of the Children in the Apple Tree,” a story of love that blossoms in the dawn of the atomic age. (More)