Celebrate your UCCS career with a virtual Longevity Award background

Each year, UCCS celebrates milestones of service and dedication to the university with the Longevity Awards. The awards recognize service of 5, 10, 15, 20, 25 and 30+ years at UCCS.

Three days of virtual Campus Longevity Awards celebrations will honor the recipients of the awards. Learn more about the May 18-20 celebrations for Longevity Award recipients.

No matter how long you’ve been at UCCS – one year or 30 years – you can celebrate the time you’ve dedicated to the university with a Teams and Zoom background. See the available backgrounds below, along with instructions on downloading and using the backgrounds on video calls.

How to Use These Backgrounds:

How to download a background:

  • Click on the photo, and then right-click on the image
  • Save to your computer (Desktop, Downloads, etc.)

How to add a virtual background on Teams during a meeting:

  1. While in the meeting, click on the three dots at the bottom of the screen
  2. Click on “Show background effects”
  3. On the top right corner of the sidebar, click “+Add new” to add your background

How to add a virtual background on Zoom before a meeting:

  1. Log into Zoom
  2. Click on the settings icon in the top right corner
  3. Click on “Virtual Background”
  4. Click on the + icon to add your background

How to add a virtual background on Zoom during a meeting:

  1. Click on the ^ icon next to “Stop Video” on the bottom of the screen
  2. Click on “Virtual Settings”
  3. Click on the + icon to add your background