{"id":26989,"date":"2017-06-16T10:46:42","date_gmt":"2017-06-16T16:46:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=26989"},"modified":"2018-06-01T10:24:55","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T16:24:55","slug":"photo-feature-cu-regents-get-geography-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=26989","title":{"rendered":"Photo feature: CU Regents get geography lesson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7557.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-26991\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7557-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7557-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7557-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7557-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7557-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7538.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-26993\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7538-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7538-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7538-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7538-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7538-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> Members of the CU Board of Regents went back to school June 16, learning a bit about the state\u2019s history and geography.<\/p>\n<p>Rebecca Theobald, assistant research professor, Geography and Environmental Studies Department and coordinator for the Colorado Geographic Alliance, led the regents and campus leaders in lessons including shifts in the state\u2019s industries and population using a giant Colorado map prior to the official start of the second day of the Regents&#8217; meeting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7531.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-26994\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7531-300x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7531-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7531-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7531-750x1125.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7531-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u201cAnd what was the second largest city in Colorado in 1890?\u201d Theobald asked.<\/p>\n<p>Soon, a regent was directed to place a marker on Pueblo and, later, Colorado Springs, which was the state\u2019s third largest city at that time. Denver was the state&#8217;s largest city in 1890.<\/p>\n<p>The stocking-footed regents walked on the vinyl map, placing markers, observing the locations of their districts and getting a quick lessons in migration patterns and history.<\/p>\n<p>The Colorado Geographic Alliance is part of a network of 54 geographic alliances supported by the National Geographic Society. COGA provides resources and professional development for elementary and secondary teachers to geography education in Colorado schools. Administrative offices are located on campus. Visit the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.uccs.edu\/~coga\/\">COGA website<\/a>\u00a0 for more information.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212; Photos by Jeffrey M Foster<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7490-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-27017\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7490-2-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7490-2-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7490-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7490-2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7490-2-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7499.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-27019\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7499-750x500.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7499-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7499-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7499-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7499-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Members of the CU Board of Regents went back to school June 16, learning a bit about the state\u2019s history and geography. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=26989\" title=\"Photo feature: CU Regents get geography lesson\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":26991,"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":[1,13],"tags":[197],"class_list":["post-26989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-photo-features","tag-photo-feature"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/IMG_7557.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-71j","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26989","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=26989"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26989\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27021,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26989\/revisions\/27021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26989"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26989"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26989"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}