{"id":21835,"date":"2016-01-21T21:23:43","date_gmt":"2016-01-22T04:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=21835"},"modified":"2016-01-22T09:15:40","modified_gmt":"2016-01-22T16:15:40","slug":"equestrian-photos-to-honor-former-instructor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=21835","title":{"rendered":"Equestrian photos to honor former instructor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“Aviary wild in Taos,” a photograph by Eileen Skahill, is one of the images organizers hope to display in honor of former instructor Margaret Mistry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A new effort to remember former UCCS instructor Margaret “Marge” Mistry is underway.<\/p>\n

Andrea Herrera, professor, Women’s and Ethnic Studies Program, in coordination with the Office of the Chancellor, is leading a campaign to raise funds to print, frame and display equestrian photographs to honor Mistry, a former senior instructor in the Department of Languages and Cultures.<\/p>\n

Mistry died following a September 2013 car accident south of Colorado Springs on Highway 115. She taught Spanish at UCCS beginning in 1991 after a long career with Colorado Springs School District 11. She co-founded UCCS Radio as an online radio station in 2003 and founded a UCCS chapter of Sigma Delta Pi, Spanish National Honorary Society.<\/p>\n

Mistry loved animals, according to Herrera, and would have enjoyed the images of wild horses donated by Eileen Skahill, lecturer, Department of Sociology.<\/p>\n

Donations\u00a0will support the printing, framing and display\u00a0of Skahill’s photos in the lobby of Dwire Hall as well as\u00a0the creation of a plaque\u00a0in Mistry’s memory.\u00a0A $500 goal has been set.<\/p>\n

Donations can be made at https:\/\/giving.cu.edu\/fund\/uccs-fund-excellence<\/a>. For more information, or to donate in person or by mail, contact Matthew Hudson, associate director, Office of Development, 255-5120, or matt.hudson@uccs.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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