{"id":19492,"date":"2015-09-01T12:16:43","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T18:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=19492"},"modified":"2020-04-14T16:04:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T22:04:01","slug":"alumnus-sparks-business-scholarship-effort-to-honor-uccs-50th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=19492","title":{"rendered":"Alumnus sparks business scholarship effort to honor UCCS 50th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students at the College of Business will benefit from a new scholarship effort designed to ensure tomorrow\u2019s business students have the same opportunities as todays&#8217;, college leaders announced Aug. 31.<\/p>\n<p>In honor of UCCS\u2019s 50<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary, a College of Business alumnus challenged fellow alumni and the business community to raise $100,000. The alumnus will match up to $50,000 of that total, which when reached will enable this 50<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary business scholarship endowment to fund up to four student scholarships each year in perpetuity. The alumnus asked that his name not be shared.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_19495\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19495\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IMG_7513-Venkat-Reddysm.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-19495\" src=\"\" alt=\"Venkat Reddy\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-19495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Venkat Reddy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to invite College of Business alumni and the entire Colorado Springs community to celebrate this wonderful occasion with us,\u201d Venkat Reddy, dean, College of Business, said. \u201cFor 50 years, our graduates have impacted the Pikes Peak region through their innovation, entrepreneurship and business leadership. Through their giving, the Colorado Springs community will help outstanding students continue this tradition.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In October, the college will commemorate its 50<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary with numerous events bringing together alumni, faculty, staff, students and community members, with the signature event occurring Oct. 2in Dwire Hall, home of the College of Business.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I attended the College of Business at UCCS, it was a relatively small campus, yet when you look across the campus now it extends farther and farther,\u201d Brenda Smith, business &#8217;76, said. . \u201cWhat I\u2019m most proud of today is the impact they\u2019ve had on so many students and so many lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To make a gift toward the 50<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary endowment and learn about other College of Business 50<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary activities, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/business\">www.uccs.edu\/business<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212; Eric Nissen, College of Business<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Students at the College of Business will benefit from a new scholarship effort designed to ensure tomorrow\u2019s business students have the same opportunities as todays&#8217;, college leaders announced Aug. 31.  <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=19492\" title=\"Alumnus sparks business scholarship effort to honor UCCS 50th\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19493,"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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[343],"class_list":["post-19492","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\/IMG_6187-Venkat-Reddy-200x300.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-54o","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19492","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19492"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19492\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121048,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19492\/revisions\/121048"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}