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A reception held at the Ent Center for the Arts at UCCS celebrated the first full year of the Alumni Volunteer Program, which created opportunities for more than 600 alumni to support student success from 2021–22. (More)
When Katherine Daniel ’20, ’21 learned that Teller County, Colorado residents are at twice the risk of skin cancer than others in the state, she turned a research project from class into a real-life initiative to bring sun safety to children in Woodland Park. (More)
Autumn Rivera’s approach to teaching, one that emphasizes fun and personal growth, earned the UCCS alum 2022 Colorado Teacher of the Year. Now, as Rivera is one of four finalists for National Teacher of the Year, she hopes to inspire other teachers to lead in their own way. (More)
A UCCS alumna, Jackie Berube-Black ’10, is the 15th woman to enter the USA Weightlifting Hall of Fame as an athlete. Black earned her master’s degree in exercise physiology from UCCS in 2010. (More)
A graduate of the Bachelor of Innovation program in Business Administration at UCCS, Jason Conger has taken his education from Colorado Springs to Boulder, Berlin and Finland, where he now works as a Growth Lead for Supercell, developer of the popular mobile game “Clash of Clans.” (More)
Stacy Davis needed to use every aspect of her UCCS education in 2020 — the beginning of the COVID-19 era — when her personal training business, Restore Fitness, came to a crossroads. (More)
UCCS’ 2021 Giving Tuesday tally far outstripped 2020’s record of giving, with donors raising $141,000 for UCCS student scholarships and support services. (More)
All things are possible with passion and hard work, said Jill Schramm MSN ’06, DNP ’09 as she addressed the graduates of the fall UCCS Class of 2021. But the key to creating a good life, she reminded graduates, is to also strive for balance. (More)
Kobby Hanson, a graduating senior electrical engineering major at UCCS, will start full-time at Lockheed Martin Space in July 2022 after a scheduled deployment to Qatar in January as part of his service in the Air Force Reserves. (More)
Amity Warme ’20 is a rising star in the rock climbing world, and this fall, she will earn her second UCCS degree: a Master of Sciences in Sports Nutrition. (More)