{"id":21630,"date":"2016-01-14T13:55:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-14T20:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=21630"},"modified":"2022-11-29T15:08:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-29T22:08:07","slug":"photo-feature-50th-anniversary-event-celebrates-campus-founding-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=21630","title":{"rendered":"Photo feature: 50th anniversary event celebrates campus founding, future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Campus and state dignitaries celebrated the 50th anniversary of the campus Dec. 3 at Berger Hall.<\/p>\n<p>More than 300 people attended the official closing celebration for the UCCS 50th anniversary year including Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers, donors, faculty and staff.<\/p>\n<p>The program began with a moment of silence for UCCS Police Officer Garrett Swasey who was killed Nov. 27, becoming the first UCCS police officer to be killed in the line of duty.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"740\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/34qqDSgb2KM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/IMG_2398.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-21642\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-21642 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