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Nine faculty selected as ethics fellows

Nine faculty selected as ethics fellows

Nine new faculty members will serve as Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative at UCCS Fellows during the 2018-19 academic year. The prestigious Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Faculty fellowships are awarded...
Bailey named SCWCC Business Leader of the Year

Bailey named SCWCC Business Leader of the Year

Tatiana Bailey, director, UCCS Economic Forum, was recognized as the 2018 Business Leader of the Year during the Southern Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce Accolades Awards Luncheon Aug. 21 at the...
Fritz named Employee of the Quarter for dedication to veteran clients

Fritz named Employee of the Quarter for dedication to veteran clients

Janet Fritz, business services program manager, Veterans Health and Trauma Clinic, is known as a miracle worker by her co-workers.
Smith

Smith returns to alma mater as associate vice chancellor of research

Jessi L. Smith, current psychology professor at Montana State University, will join UCCS as the Associate Vice Chancellor of Research Aug. 15. She will be the first full-time person to serve in this...
Wienholtz

Wienholtz joins regional board of NASPA

Sabrina Wienholtz, director of student clubs, organization and leadership, Student Life, will serve a two-year term on the regional board for NASPA – National Association of Student Personnel...
Smith to retire after nearly 50 years of nursing education

Smith to retire after nearly 50 years of nursing education

After nearly 50 years of practice, academia, and teaching nursing and other health care professionals, Nancy Smith, dean, Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences,...
Hanenberg begins term as president of American College Health Association

Hanenberg begins term as president of American College Health Association

Stephanie Hanenberg, executive director, Health and Wellness, will serve as president for the American College Health Association for the 2018-19 year. She began her term June 1 during the 2018...
Mark McConkie

In memoriam: Mark McConkie

Memorial services for Mark McConkie, 69, professor emeritus in the School of Public Affairs, will be at 11 a.m., June 25, at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 150 Pine Ave. Colorado...
In memoriam: Ronald M. Fitz

In memoriam: Ronald M. Fitz

Ronald M. Fitz of Colorado Springs died suddenly at his Colorado Springs home on May 6 at the age of 64.
Lowans

Lowans named Theatreworks artistic director

An accomplished director with more than 50 directing credits in Boston and Chicago will be the next artistic director for Theatreworks. Caitlin Lowans will begin as the new director August 1.
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.

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