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Robert von Dassanowsky, professor, Department of Languages and Cultures and Department of Visual and Performing Arts at UCCS, was a keynote presenter on the reception of the Danube in Austrian and Central European film at “The Black and Blue Danube Symposium” on the campus of Colgate University, Hamilton, N.Y., March 1-2. The interdisciplinary event examined the Danube River as a geographic and historical feature and a guiding cultural metaphor. … Three staff members joined UCCS in February: Heidi Wardell, enrollment and student services specialist, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences Department of Extended Studies; Christine Elder, head women’s volleyball coach, Athletic Department; and Tiffany Yep, office assistant, Campus Life.