{"id":129366,"date":"2021-01-05T10:52:33","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T17:52:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=129366"},"modified":"2021-01-05T16:42:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T23:42:02","slug":"the-10-most-popular-communique-stories-of-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=129366","title":{"rendered":"The 10 most popular Communique stories of 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As 2020 completed the transition to 2021, Communique looks back at the 10 most popular stories. The stories ranged from student honors, how UCCS responded to community and campus needs during the COVID-19 pandemic, and new college leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ranked with the most popular story first:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-uccs-communique\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"FhzHB6CV2M\"><a href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=118157\">More than 2,000 students earn President\u2019s and Dean\u2019s List honors<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;More than 2,000 students earn President\u2019s and Dean\u2019s List honors&#8221; &#8212; UCCS Communique\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=118157&#038;embed=true#?secret=FhzHB6CV2M\" data-secret=\"FhzHB6CV2M\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-uccs-communique\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"D5RmKLXMgN\"><a href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=122155\">Students can apply for CARES Act relief<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Students can apply for CARES Act relief&#8221; &#8212; UCCS Communique\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=122155&#038;embed=true#?secret=D5RmKLXMgN\" data-secret=\"D5RmKLXMgN\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-uccs-communique\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"WYxMnKmpsx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=124300\">More than 2,500 students earn President&#8217;s and Dean&#8217;s honors for spring 2020<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;More than 2,500 students earn President&#8217;s and Dean&#8217;s honors for spring 2020&#8221; &#8212; UCCS Communique\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=124300&#038;embed=true#?secret=WYxMnKmpsx\" data-secret=\"WYxMnKmpsx\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-uccs-communique\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"dMzxasNRLk\"><a href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=125342\">UCCS enters phase two of campus reopening July 27<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;UCCS enters phase two of campus reopening July 27&#8221; &#8212; UCCS Communique\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=125342&#038;embed=true#?secret=dMzxasNRLk\" data-secret=\"dMzxasNRLk\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-wordpress wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-uccs-communique\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wYxH5sMr3n\"><a href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=121195\">Zooming to a meeting? 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