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The Year in Preview

A preview of the exciting developments and initiatives happening at UCCS, including honoring past achievements and innovations for the future.

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The Year in Preview

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  1. The Year in Preview Deans, Directors and Chairs Meeting Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak Sept. 19 & 20, 2007

  2. “When I want to understand what is happening today, or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.” Oliver Wendell Holmes

  3. Honoring the Past Professor James Busey • UCCS founder • UCCS professor of political science 1965-1980 • CU-Boulder 1952-1965 • Campus memorial service July 30

  4. Leslie Manning Honoring the Past • Dean, Kraemer Family Library • 27 years CU service • Campus builder • “How do we buy a book?” • 86,000 to 1.2 million item collection • 700,000 in-person and 1.3 million web visits

  5. Professor Tim Tregarthen Honoring the Past • Professor of Economics, 1971-1996 • Computer-aided communication, scholarship • First Dwire Hall dedication -- Colorado Springs Gazette photo

  6. Honoring the Past

  7. Inventing the Future

  8. Dwire Hall • First true university building • Constructed 1972 • $10 million remodel and expansion • 9 conference rooms • 11 classrooms • 77 offices • 1 lecture hall • 1 coffee shop • 1 p.m. Aug. 16 rededication ceremony

  9. Honoring the Past

  10. Inventing the Future

  11. Campus Recreation Center • Features • Pool • Aerobic and fitness rooms • Two gyms • Green/LEED certification • 2:30 p.m. Aug. 16 dedication ceremony • Student fee-funded

  12. Inventing the Future • New Programs • Master’s of Engineering • Games and Media Integration track • Computer Science links to Geropsychology, VAPA • Connect technology to people • Doctorate of Nursing Practice • Doctorate of Educational Leadership • Bachelor of Innovation • Bachelor of Criminal Justice

  13. Inventing the Future • New Programs • Athletics • Women’s soccer, Fall 2008 • All teams GPA 3.15 (Spring 2007) • Most successful UCCS teams in history

  14. Inventing the Future • What’s Ahead: New faculty/staff • 29 new tenured, tenure-track faculty this fall (12 new positions) • 1 associate dean • 1 professor • 2 associate professors • 25 assistant professors • 18 new staff (positions)

  15. Inventing the Future • What’s Ahead: Vice Chancellors • Provost/VCAA • VCSS search • Peg Bacon, chair

  16. Inventing the Future • What’s Ahead: Strategic Planning • Campus priority setting forums • 3 p.m. Sept. 26 • 11 a.m. Oct. 25 • 9 a.m. Nov. 27 • Priorities linked to University budget

  17. Inventing the Future • What’s Ahead: Reciprocal tuition • Pikes Peak Community College • Space available • Tuition only • Faculty and staff • Spring semester launch

  18. Inventing the Future • What’s Ahead: Five-day schedule • Headcount steady since 2005 • 30% increase in Friday classes since 2005 • Importance? • Space utilization • Parking • Student behavior Student photo

  19. Inventing the Future • What’s Ahead: Enrollment • Fall enrollment 7,662, 1.9% increase • Increases in minority freshmen, transfer and graduate students • Increases in Business, LAS, SPA • COF impact

  20. Inventing the Future • What’s Ahead: University Advancement • Martin Wood, chief operating officer • Jennifer Hane, director, University Events and Alumni Relations • Branding, marketing, fundraising, alumni, and community relations focus

  21. Inventing the Future • What’s Ahead: UCCSConstruction • Frontage road to University Hall • Oct.-Nov. completion • Science and Engineering • Additional green space • November, structural steel • Spring 2009, completion • Summer 2009, move-in

  22. Inventing the Future • What’s Ahead: UCCSConstruction • Heller Center • Field House

  23. Inventing the Future • What’s Ahead: Near-campusconstruction • Union/Austin Bluffs • Dec. 2008 completion • N. Nevada • Just the beginning … -- Underpass bridge -- COSMIX ends, N. Nevada reconstruction begins

  24. Inventing the Future • What’s Ahead: Near-campusconstruction • LDS Church • Religious institute near FDC • Compliments campus look • Spring 2008 construction • 100 + additional students anticipated

  25. UCCS: Coming of Age in the 21st Century

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