{"id":137641,"date":"2022-03-04T09:12:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T16:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=137641"},"modified":"2022-03-04T11:03:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T18:03:24","slug":"charlie-sweet-vice-chancellor-of-strategic-initiatives-retires-after-three-decades-with-cu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=137641","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Sweet, Vice Chancellor of Strategic Initiatives, retires after three decades with CU"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Charles “Charlie” Sweet will retire after a 33-year career with the University of Colorado system.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

After three decades, Charles \u201cCharlie\u201d Sweet, Vice Chancellor of Strategic Initiatives at UCCS, will bid the University of Colorado farewell \u2014 at least officially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sweet began his 33-year career at the University of Colorado at CU Boulder, where he started work as Associate University Counsel in 1988 before being named Senior Associate University Counsel in 1993. Sweet then held positions as Vice President and University Counsel for the CU System, housed at that time on the CU Boulder campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2009, Sweet retired from the CU system office \u2014 and the next day, began work at UCCS. As Vice Chancellor of Strategic Initiatives, he helped lead and facilitate several landmark campus projects from dream to reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of his largest initiatives included the William J. Hybl Sports Medicine and Performance Center, for which Sweet led the joint venture to integrate clinical services from Centura and academics from UCCS faculty within the facility. He also negotiated the contract between UCCS and Peak Vista Community Health Centers that led to the establishment of the Lane Center for Academic Health Sciences and the Health Circle clinics within it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sweet also worked with UCCS leadership to establish the UCCS Office of Compliance, and founded the UCCS Development Corporation, which helps UCCS to participate in the growing movement of venture philanthropy. He was even part of the team that helped to land the City for Champions project in Colorado Springs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cCharlie has had an amazing 30-year career spanning the CU system,\u201d said Venkat Reddy, Chancellor of UCCS. \u201cHis gift to CU has been his innovation and understanding of how to create the future we dream of. Many of our most inspiring projects could not have been realized without his leadership. We are thankful for his many years of service to UCCS and CU.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Across CU, Sweet is known for his strategic thinking, resourcefulness and ability to navigate complex issues. It\u2019s that same problem-solving acumen that helped him build the organizational infrastructure to support a highly functioning university counsel office across the four University of Colorado campuses. Indeed, that project will be his biggest legacy, according to Patrick O\u2019Rourke, Executive Vice Chancellor and Chief Operating Officer at CU Boulder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

O\u2019Rourke worked with Sweet for 20 years and is a firm believer in Sweet\u2019s abilities as a professional \u2014 and as a human being. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe really believes that what we do changes lives for the better, and we have to be able to do things that allow people to create knowledge and enable students to be successful,\u201d O\u2019Rourke said. \u201cAnd Charlie has one of the strongest moral compasses of anybody that I\u2019ve ever met, and he\u2019s always pushing on what\u2019s the right thing to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But even though he\u2019s retiring, this won\u2019t be the last CU sees of Sweet. He plans to stay busy with an ongoing project on the Boulder campus while working as a volunteer for UCCS. Instead of a \u201cgoodbye,\u201d this is Sweet\u2019s way of saying, \u201cDon\u2019t worry \u2014 I\u2019ll see you soon.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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