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Hignite

Hignite honored as UCCS Employee of the Quarter

Fostering a positive work environment is a core value for Kristy Hignite, human resources and business senior professional, Facilities Services. This positivity sparked her nomination as the Employee...
UCCS student Marcus Pumphrey, left, with Mark Buchanan, UCCS lecturer.
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CU faculty, staff help honor students at Capitol

UCCS student Marcus Pumphrey, left, with Mark Buchanan, UCCS lecturer. Four University of Colorado faculty members, staff and partners last week took part in the honoring of eight students who are...
UCCS celebrates campus leaders at annual ceremony

UCCS celebrates campus leaders at annual ceremony

UCCS Chancellor Venkat Reddy recognized the work by campus faculty, staff, students and alumni during the annual award ceremony April 25 in Berger Hall. More than 150 family, friends and colleagues...
Martínez-Dávila’s new book explores how religious converts shaped early modern Spain

Martínez-Dávila’s new book explores how religious converts shaped early modern Spain

A new book by Roger Louis Martínez-Dávila, associate professor, Department of History, will explore how Jewish converts to Catholicism adapted and thrived during the 14th and 16th centuries in “...
Herbst

Surprise! UCCS staff throw 90th birthday party for Herbst

Clancy Herbst thought he was visiting campus for a meeting with the staff at the Herbst-McCord Student Veterans Center April 3. But his wife, Linda, had been working with the staff for an early 90th...
Scott

Scott’s career celebrated at retirement event

Friends, family and colleagues celebrated the work of Gayanne Scott, assistant vice chancellor, Finance and Human Resources, as she marked the end a 28-year career at UCCS.
Bayer, Witkowsky

Bayer, Witkowsky present at ACPA National Convention

Brad Bayer, senior executive director, Student Life and Leadership, and Patty Witkowsky, assistant professor, Department of Leadership, Research and Foundations in the College of Education and...
Six faculty members receive Compass Curriculum Course Development Grant

Six faculty members receive Compass Curriculum Course Development Grant

The UCCS Compass Curriculum program awarded six stipend awards to faculty members to address specific student needs within their colleges. Each person will be awarded the $1,000 stipend after the...
CU School of Medicine Colorado Springs Branch honors outstanding physician teachers

CU School of Medicine Colorado Springs Branch honors outstanding physician teachers

The University of Colorado School of Medicine Colorado Springs Branch and the El Paso County Medical Society Powered by ProPractice will recognize local physicians and health care leaders at the...
Three faculty earn Quality Matters certification

Three faculty earn Quality Matters certification

Three faculty members recently completed the Quality Matters certification for online courses.
Napierkowski

Napierkowski to lead faculty relations

Harriet Napierkowski, a long-time instructor in the English Department, will serve as the new faculty relations manager. Provost Tom Christensen made the announcement Feb. 28.
Holder

Holder no longer hides from his past

As a young boy, Curt Holder spent hours drawing maps, tracing over the family atlas with pencil onto white paper before adding roads, rivers, the largest cities. He made thousands over the years and...
Caudill

Caudill named co-editor of “Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice”

Jon Caudill, associate professor, School of Public Affairs, and director of the criminal justice masters program, has been named the co-editor of the journal “Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice,” a...
Aging Center director receives Makepeace Community Trustee Award

Qualls receives Makepeace Community Trustee Award

The Makepeace Community Trustee Award honors an individual whose consistent community leadership has created a long-lasting legacy that spans beyond the Pikes Peak region.
Gatlin

Gatlin named Employee of the Quarter

When a year-long program review was scheduled for the Office of Student Financial Services, Jacqui Gatlin, associate director, embraced the challenge of being one of the first in the administration...
Regent Kyle and Sally Hybl honored by governor’s proclamation
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Regent Kyle and Sally Hybl honored by governor’s proclamation

Jeff Foster/UCCS Regent Kyle and Sally Hybl, front; rear from left, Martin Wood, UCCS senior vice chancellor; Gov. John Hickenlooper; Venkat Reddy, UCCS chancellor; Joey Vijayam, UCCS student body...
Church

Church searches for untold stories

Minette Church has unearthed shards of ceramics, broken toys and other artifacts from people who lived long ago, trying to connect the past to the present.
Krakowlak

Krakowiak examines character traits in media

K. Maja Krakowiak, associate professor, Department of Communication, co-authored “Are Good Characters Better for Us? The Effect of Morality Salience on Entertainment Selection and Recovery Outcomes”...
Litchfield

Litchfield named new chief financial officer, vice chancellor at UCCS

An associate vice provost at one of the nation’s most prestigious universities will become vice chancellor for administration and finance at UCCS, university officials announced Jan. 11.
Landis

Landis receives True West Award

Kevin Landis, associate professor, Visual and Performing Arts Department, and director of the Academic Theatre Program, received a 2017 True West Award Dec. 20 from the Denver Center for the...
Murphy

Murphy joins board of directors

Megann Murphy, associate director, Event Services, was named to the board of directors for the Southern Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce in September 2017.
Dunn

Dunn to present at AEI conference Jan. 16

Josh Dunn, professor, Political Science Department, will join a panel discussion during a research conference at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C. The conference, titled “Bush-...
Ferris

Ferris named College of Business dean

The director of a financial research institute and a professor of finance will be the new dean of the UCCS College of Business.

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