{"id":18103,"date":"2015-03-11T13:42:11","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T19:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=18103"},"modified":"2020-04-14T16:09:36","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T22:09:36","slug":"50-ways-to-celebrate-the-50th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=18103","title":{"rendered":"50 ways to celebrate the 50th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/UCCS-50th-Anniversary-Mark.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-16090\" src=\"\" alt=\"UCCS-50th-Anniversary-Mark\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/span>What can campus community members do to celebrate the 1965 founding of UCCS during it year-long birthday celebration?<\/p>\n<p>Andrea Cordova, office manager, Office of the Chancellor, and a group of staff recently came up with a list of actions, large and small, to help faculty, staff and students celebrate. It&#8217;s a fluid list, one designed to get the campus thinking. Pick one, a few, or all or add your ideas in the comment section.<\/p>\n<p><strong>50 ways to celebrate UCCS<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Attend an athletic event.<\/li>\n<li>See a show in one of two Gallery of Contemporary Art locations (campus or 121 S. Tejon). See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/goca\">http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/goca<\/a> for details.<\/li>\n<li>Make a donation of $19.65, $196.50 or $50. For details, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cufund.org\/giving-opportunities\/colorado-springs\/\">http:\/\/www.cufund.org\/giving-opportunities\/colorado-springs<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Hike a campus trail. There&#8217;s a map at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/campusrec\/current-trail-access.html\">http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/campusrec\/current-trail-access.html<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Read Douglas McKay&#8217;s books \u201cAsylum of the Gilded Pill\u201d and \u201cUCCS \u2013 The First 25 Years: A Selective History.\u201d They are available from the Kraemer Family Library or the Bookstore.<\/li>\n<li>Be a mentor to faculty, staff or students.<\/li>\n<li>Eat at Clyde&#8217;s in the University Center.<\/li>\n<li>Attend May Commencement ceremonies.<\/li>\n<li>View the campus history display in Cragmor Hall.<\/li>\n<li>Attend a Theatreworks production. For shows, visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatreworks.org\/\">http:\/\/www.theatreworks.org<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>View a display of campus photographs on the fourth floor of Main Hall.<\/li>\n<li>Read &#8220;Discovering Place \u2013 A UCCS Field Guide&#8221; edited by Tom and Carole Huber. Copies are available at the Bookstore.<\/li>\n<li>Attend a Heller Center for Arts &amp; Humanities event. For details, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/~heller\/\">http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/~heller<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>View \u201cFACES: Cuban Artists in the Diaspora,\u201d by Carlos Cardenes at the Kraemer Family Library.<\/li>\n<li>Have lunch at the Lodge.<\/li>\n<li>Visit the Foucault pendulum in the Osborne Center for Science &amp; Engineering.<\/li>\n<li>Check out the plant select garden on El Pomar Plaza.<\/li>\n<li>Visit the Sept. 11 memorial between the Osborne Center and the Engineering Building.<\/li>\n<li>Attend a guest speaker series event such as Caf\u00e9 Scientifique or EPIIC Nights.<\/li>\n<li>Take your picture with the marble mountain lion statue.<\/li>\n<li>Relax in the amphitheater in front of Dwire Hall.<\/li>\n<li>Buy a UCCS-branded item at the Bookstore and display it proudly.<\/li>\n<li>Walk the entire campus pedestrian spine.<\/li>\n<li>Volunteer with the UCCS Greenhouse and Garden. To learn more, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/greenhouse\/contact-us\/volunteer.html\">http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/greenhouse\/contact-us\/volunteer.html<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Visit the 50<sup>th<\/sup> Anniversary website, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/~50th\/\">http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/~50th<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Attend a monthly Chancellor&#8217;s All-Campus Forum.<\/li>\n<li>Share UCCS photos and documents with the Archives Department.<\/li>\n<li>Attend a student club sponsored activity.<\/li>\n<li>Walk or run the \u201cBash the Bluffs\u201d 5K run\/walk: To learn more, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/campusrec\/special-events.html\">http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/campusrec\/special-events.html<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Follow UCCS on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/UCCS\/243117181362\">Facebook<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UCCS\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Have lunch at The Roaring Fork dining hall (starting fall 2015).<\/li>\n<li>Attend the December Commencement ceremony.<\/li>\n<li>Use the HealthCircle Clinics at the Lane Center.<\/li>\n<li>Make a donation of $50 to the program of your choice and receive a paver stone in the Legacy Garden outside Columbine Hall. For more information, contact Jennifer Hane, <a href=\"mailto:jhane@uccs.edu\">jhane@uccs.edu<\/a>).<\/li>\n<li>Relax in the Recreation Center hot tub.<\/li>\n<li>Sign up for Pedal Perks. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/pedalperks\/index.html\">http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/pedalperks\/index.html<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Join a pickup game at Alpine Field or stop by to check out the view.<\/li>\n<li>Visit a campus building where your office isn&#8217;t located.<\/li>\n<li>Take a campus shuttle to University Village Colorado for lunch or shopping. To see a schedule, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/pts\/transportation.html\">http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/pts\/transportation.html<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Give Clyde, the campus mascot, a high five.<\/li>\n<li>Donate food to Clyde\u2019s Cupboard. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=14377\">http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=14377<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Say hello to people on a campus tour.<\/li>\n<li>Write a thank you note to someone on campus.<\/li>\n<li>View art created by UCCS students at University Village Colorado shopping center.<\/li>\n<li>Put a UCCS decal or sticker on your vehicle.<\/li>\n<li>Shoot a game of pool at the University Center.<\/li>\n<li>Visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/~sustain\/\">http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/~sustain\/<\/a> to learn about campus sustainability efforts.<\/li>\n<li>Watch a UCCS YouTube video at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/UCCSedu\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/UCCSedu<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Attend an outdoor trip with SOLE. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/campusrec\/outdoor.html\">http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/campusrec\/outdoor.html<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Donate children\u2019s books to the Family Development Center.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>What can campus community members do to celebrate the 1965 founding of UCCS during it year-long birthday celebration? <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=18103\" title=\"50 ways to celebrate the 50th anniversary\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19870,"comment_status":"open","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":[343],"class_list":["post-18103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","tag-50th-anniversary"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/UCCS-50th-Anniversary-Mark-300x300.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-4HZ","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18103","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18103"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121061,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18103\/revisions\/121061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}