Submitted by Jenifer Furda, Director of Community Engagement & Local Government
Honors: During the spring 2024 semester, 2,160 students achieved academic success with President’s or Dean’s List honors. The honors are open to all undergraduate students enrolled in at least 12 hours at UCCS.
Craft for a Cause Event: Red Leg Brewing Company on August 1 from 5:30pm-8pm for Craft for a Cause to celebrate the introduction of a new scholarship program at UCCS designed to support active-duty service members. During this open house community celebration, $1 from every Red Leg pint sold will be donated back to the HEROES Scholarship at UCCS. ENTERTAINMENT: The Jason Wulf Band. RSVP HERE: click here!
CSFD partners with UCCS for wildfire mitigation: The UCCS campus is now more protected from wildfires thanks to mitigation efforts by the Colorado Springs Fire Department (CSFD). The CSFD mitigated nearly 19 acres of UCCS property, reducing woody biomass by about 50% and eliminating what’s known as “ladder fuels,” which are plants that can carry a fire burning in low-growing vegetation to taller vegetation. “Fires become much more difficult to fight when they reach the tops of trees,” explained Cory Ashby, Wildfire Program Coordinator. CSFD partners with UCCS for wildfire mitigation – UCCS Communique
Theatreworks summer programming is back: Summer performances with Theatreworks, now known as ACT OUT, are back! This summer, the crew will be performing ‘Two Gents,’ based on Shakespeare’s ‘The Two Gentlemen of Verona.’ The performances, held outdoors and in other community spaces, are fun, free and open to all! The runtime is 65 minutes. At the heart of Theatreworks’ mission, and the motivation behind ACT OUT, is the desire to create opportunities for the dynamic and diverse communities of the Pikes Peak region to gather together in joy. The ACT OUT program, formerly called Free-For-All, began in 2019 with ‘Comedy of Errors’ and has grown to include a variety of community partner sites. Theatreworks summer programming is back, with a new name and new performance – UCCS Communique
Econ Forum Snap Shot: UCCS Economic Forum | Weekly Snapshot Video | July 2, 2024 (youtube.com) Welcome to your Weekly Economic Snapshot! In this week’s video: The latest financial projections for the Social Security program.
Two New Degrees offered at UCCS: The Regents approved a new Bachelor of Arts in Visual Art within the College of Letters, Arts & Science. The Regents also approved the new Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering within the College of Engineering and Applied Science. Aerospace engineering, as a discipline, is a combination of aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering.
Army ROTC: The UCCS Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) recently celebrated the commissioning of 39 cadets. “This year, we had an absolutely gifted and special class,” said Lieutenant Colonel Dave Campbell, Professor of Military Science, who helps oversee the Army ROTC program at UCCS. The commissioning ceremony signifies the start of their military career as an officer in the U.S. Army. It shows that they’ve completed their degree – usually a bachelor’s, although in this class, about 20% are earning their masters – and have completed at least four semesters of ROTC. While most Army ROTC cadets take the full four years, it’s possible to do it in two with credit for prior service. In this year’s class, about half of the cadets had come from active duty.
Of UCCS’s 39-cadet class, 11 of them – over 25% – were rated as the best cadet in their platoon at Advanced Camp. “Eleven of them were rated as the number one out of 40 in their platoon,” Lt. Col. Campbell said with pride. “Those 40 all come from those different schools, and nobody, no other program out of the 274 programs, even if they had 300 cadets to our 39, we had more number one rated cadets than they did. Which is crazy, right? They had 300 chances to get a number one cadet, and we had 39 – and we had 11. So they’re just a special class.” Army ROTC celebrates the commissioning of 39 cadets – UCCS Communique
