{"id":162265,"date":"2025-02-25T12:19:40","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T19:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=162265"},"modified":"2025-02-25T17:12:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T00:12:04","slug":"martin-wood-announces-retirement-after-more-than-three-decades-uccs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=162265","title":{"rendered":"Martin Wood announces retirement after more than three decades at UCCS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper-container\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-162278\" data-id=\"162278\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-2.49.39\u202fPM-1200x900.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-2.49.39\u202fPM-1200x900.png 1200w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-2.49.39\u202fPM-1067x800.png 1067w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-2.49.39\u202fPM-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-2.49.39\u202fPM-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-2.49.39\u202fPM-326x245.png 326w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-2.49.39\u202fPM-80x60.png 80w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-2.49.39\u202fPM-174x131.png 174w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-2.49.39\u202fPM-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-2.49.39\u202fPM-70x53.png 70w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-2.49.39\u202fPM-150x113.png 150w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-2.49.39\u202fPM-1400x1050.png 1400w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Screenshot-2025-02-24-at-2.49.39\u202fPM.png 1960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Martin posing before the 2004 installation of the mountain lion statue&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"901\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-162272\" data-id=\"162272\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_2016-03-25_13.24.54-1200x901.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_2016-03-25_13.24.54-1200x901.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_2016-03-25_13.24.54-1066x800.jpg 1066w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_2016-03-25_13.24.54-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_2016-03-25_13.24.54-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_2016-03-25_13.24.54-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_2016-03-25_13.24.54-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_2016-03-25_13.24.54-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_2016-03-25_13.24.54-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_2016-03-25_13.24.54-70x53.jpg 70w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_2016-03-25_13.24.54-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_2016-03-25_13.24.54-1400x1051.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_2016-03-25_13.24.54.jpg 1599w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">&#8230;and striking the same pose 12 years later when the statue was moved to its current location on El Pomar Plaza, with donor Chan Bergen looking on<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"933\" height=\"1400\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-162271\" data-id=\"162271\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_0268-933x1400.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_0268-933x1400.jpg 933w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_0268-533x800.jpg 533w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_0268-512x768.jpg 512w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_0268-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_0268-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_0268-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_0268-1200x1800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_0268-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 933px) 100vw, 933px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Martin handing his daughter, Michelle, her diploma at her 2012 graduation from UCCS<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-162276\" data-id=\"162276\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_img_7591-1200x800.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_img_7591-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_img_7591-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_img_7591-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_img_7591-150x100.jpg 150w, 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https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_1163-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_1163-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_1163-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_1163.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Martin celebrating cybersecurity legislation with Governor Hickenlooper on campus<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-162269\" data-id=\"162269\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_1534-1200x900.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_1534-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_1534-1067x800.jpg 1067w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_1534-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_1534-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_1534-326x245.jpg 326w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_1534-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_1534-174x131.jpg 174w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_1534-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_1534-70x53.jpg 70w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_1534-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_1534-1400x1050.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/IMG_1534.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Martin celebrating the five-year anniversary of the opening of UCCS Downtown<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"531\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-162274\" data-id=\"162274\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_2553-1200x531.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_2553-1200x531.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_2553-768x340.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_2553-1536x679.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_2553-150x66.jpg 150w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_2553-1400x619.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_2553.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Martin at a UCCS Advancement team-building event<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-162270\" data-id=\"162270\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_0767-1200x800.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_0767-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_0767-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_0767-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_0767-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_0767-1400x933.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_0767.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Martin celebrating the opening of the Kevin W. O&#8217;Neil Cybersecurity Education and Research Center <\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"583\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-162275\" data-id=\"162275\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_5358-1200x583.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_5358-1200x583.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_5358-768x373.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_5358-1536x746.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_5358-150x73.jpg 150w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_5358-1400x680.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_IMG_5358.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Martin receiving the 2018 Outstanding Fundraising Executive award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Southern Colorado<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-162273\" data-id=\"162273\" src=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/52941688703_c388fb0dec_o-1200x800.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/52941688703_c388fb0dec_o-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/52941688703_c388fb0dec_o-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/52941688703_c388fb0dec_o-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/52941688703_c388fb0dec_o-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/52941688703_c388fb0dec_o-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/52941688703_c388fb0dec_o-1400x934.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Martin Wood with Mayor Yemi Mobolade<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Senior Vice Chancellor for University Advancement Martin Wood has announced his retirement, effective August 4, 2025, after 31 years at UCCS.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Martin Wood\u2019s impact on UCCS has been truly immeasurable,\u201d said Chancellor Jennifer Sobanet. \u201cFor more than three decades, he has been a driving force behind the university\u2019s growth, forging invaluable partnerships, securing transformational funding, and strengthening our ties with the community. His dedication, vision, and leadership have left a lasting mark on this institution, and I am deeply grateful for his service.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Martin came to the university in 1993 as a Vice President with the CU Foundation. In 2004 he moved to UCCS to build a new University Advancement division, overseeing development, alumni relations, marketing communications, community relations, government and military relations, as well as executive events and public-private partnerships. He has served as Vice Chancellor for the past twenty years, working with four different chancellors, and served on the chancellor\u2019s leadership team for over thirty-one years.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt has truly been an honor and privilege to spend a large part of my career at UCCS,\u201d he said. \u201cI feel very fortunate to have come to the campus in the early nineties and be a part of the explosive growth that took place over a decade. I had four great chancellors to work with: Linda Bunnell-Shade, Pam Shockley-Zalabak, Venkat Reddy and Jennifer Sobanet.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cA big thank you to the faculty, staff, deans and vice chancellors I\u2019ve worked with over the years,\u201d Martin continued. \u201cThe campus\/community relationship is very special and so critical to the development of the university. It has been a joy to work with so many community leaders and build great things together.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under his leadership, the university fundraising team raised over $320 million dollars, and the endowment has grown to nearly $100 million. Martin also led efforts to raise over twenty individual gifts of a million-plus dollars and led fundraising efforts to build and name eight buildings, as well as secure naming rights for an additional nine buildings and key facilities on campus.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Martin was critical in negotiating many landmark projects for UCCS, including the establishment of UCCS Downtown in 2018 and, in 2004, the acquisition of the marble mountain lion that rests on El Pomar Plaza.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other vital campus projects with Martin\u2019s stamp on them include the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience, the acquisition of the building that houses University Hall, and the acquisition of the building that houses UCCS cybersecurity.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Martin also co-founded UCCS Regional Connect and the Chamber Colorado Springs Leadership trips. He was part of the community team that won the City for Champions projects and led a university team that worked with then-Governor John Hickenlooper to designate UCCS as the statewide higher education leader in cybersecurity and create the National Cybersecurity Center.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An active leader in the community, Martin has contributed to numerous boards, notably serving as chair of the Penrose Hospital Community Board, Colorado Springs Chamber\/EDC, Colorado Springs Convention and Visitor\u2019s Bureau, Colorado Springs Sports Corp, Pikes Peak Community Foundation, National Cybersecurity Center, Pikes Peak Waterways, and the Colorado Springs Regional Leadership Forum.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He has collected many community accolades and was a recipient of the 2010 Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce Profiles in Leadership award and a recipient of the 2018 Outstanding Fundraising Executive award by the Association of Fundraising Professionals Southern Colorado. In 2018, he received a special Chancellor\u2019s award for his work in cybersecurity. Martin is also a 2008 graduate of the Colorado Springs Leadership Institute and, from 2022-2024, was selected as an Honorary Commander at the U.S. Air Force Academy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As Martin is ending his 47th year in higher education, he isn\u2019t saying goodbye. He will be returning to the university in early August in a part-time role as Senior Advisor to the Chancellor, working and advising her on key strategic programs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m thrilled that Chancellor Sobanet has asked me to continue after retirement as a Senior Advisor to the Chancellor in a part-time role, supporting key campus programs and activities,\u201d Martin said. \u201cI have been fortunate to live the Mark Twain quote, \u2018find a job you love and you will never work a day in your life.\u2019\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Senior Vice Chancellor for University Advancement Martin Wood has announced his retirement, effective August 4, 2025, after 31 years at UCCS. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=162265\" title=\"Martin Wood announces retirement after more than three decades at UCCS\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":162276,"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":[1,9],"tags":[61,62,51],"class_list":["post-162265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-personnel","tag-advancement","tag-chancellors-office","tag-featured"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/thumbnail_img_7591.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-Gdb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162265","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\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=162265"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":162348,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162265\/revisions\/162348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/162276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=162265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=162265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=162265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}