{"id":136636,"date":"2021-12-10T12:17:50","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T19:17:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=136636"},"modified":"2022-02-10T14:41:04","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T21:41:04","slug":"one-time-cu-system-funds-available-for-strategic-plan-investments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=136636","title":{"rendered":"One-time CU System funds available for Strategic Plan investments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/strategicplan.uccs.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_9540-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-136641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_9540-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_9540-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_9540-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_9540-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>The UCCS 2030 Strategic Plan focuses on seven core strategies. One-time funds from the CU System will advance strategies on learning, engagement and inclusive belonging; infrastructure; and people and processes. Photo credit: Jeffrey M Foster<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As reported in\u202fCU Connections,\u202fthe University of Colorado is taking steps to accelerate efforts around its systemwide 2021-2026 Strategic Plan\u202fas well as campus strategic plans.\u202fWith the use of one-time funds to help accelerate strategic initiatives, CU is launching action steps to deliver on the pillars of these strategic plans.\u202f<meta charset=\"utf-8\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/connections.cu.edu\/stories\/strategic-plan-implementation-accelerating\" target=\"_blank\">Read the full announcement<\/a> on CU Connections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">CU,\u202flike many organizations\u202fthis fiscal year,\u202fhas reported\u202fa historic return on investments.\u202fOver the next few years, CU will leverage one-time funds to support strategic initiatives at all four campuses.\u202fThe CU Regents have approved $16.2 million for UCCS in fiscal year 2022\u201323 so far.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At UCCS,\u202fthese one-time\u202ffunds\u202fwill be used\u202fto\u202finvest in students\u202fand facilities, with\u202fa\u202fparticular focus on\u202fincreasing\u202fstudent\u202ffinancial\u202faid\u202fto make education more affordable; investing in research; funding campus sustainability and deferred maintenance needs;\u202fand\u202fhelping to fund\u202fthe\u202fengineering\u202fbuilding\u202frenovation,\u202famong other initiatives.\u202fEach of these initiatives are priorities laid out in the UCCS 2030 Strategic Plan.\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is positive news for the CU System and\u202ffor\u202fUCCS,\u201d said Chancellor Venkat Reddy. \u201cOur ability to\u202fprovide more financial aid opportunities for\u202four students makes\u202fUCCS more affordable and accessible.\u202fThe one-time nature of these funds allows\u202fUCCS to address critical strategic needs,&nbsp;however these monies&nbsp;cannot be used for base funded areas such as pay raises and wages.&nbsp;We look forward to partnering with our colleges and shared governance bodies\u202fas we\u202fcontinue to chart the next decade of success for UCCS.\u201d\u202f<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/strategicplan.uccs.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Learn more about the UCCS 2030 Strategic Plan<\/a> online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>With the use of one-time funds to help accelerate strategic initiatives, CU is launching action steps to deliver on the pillars of the system-wide and campus strategic plans. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=136636\" title=\"One-time CU System funds available for Strategic Plan investments\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":136648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[359,356,357,355],"class_list":["post-136636","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","tag-financial-strength","tag-learning-engagement-belonging","tag-retention-graduation","tag-strategic-plan"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Communique-Featured-Image-700x526px-92.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-zxO","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=136636"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137329,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136636\/revisions\/137329"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/136648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=136636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=136636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=136636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}