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On Saturday, June 6th, UCCS students Emily Nguyen and Jessi Asuquo hosted a peaceful march to insight social change within the Colorado Springs community. During this event, they held 8 minutes and 45 second of silence for George Floyd and discussed the racial injustices that many people in the black community face today, before marching on behalf of all the people who have died unjustly in this country. A short movie of the event was featured on LAS Peak Moments.
LAS Peak Moments – YouTube Friday Release!
Meet Madison Fox, current UCCS student studying Pre-Med Biochemistry and a LAS Peak Ambassador, Cody Stein, UCCS Alum, previous LAS Peak Ambassador, and post-bac research fellow at the National Institutes of Health, and Dr. James Kovacs, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at UCCS.
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Nine LAS students were selected to receive funding from the College of LAS this summer for their work on research projects directed by LAS faculty members. Students, faculty mentors, and project names are listed below.
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UCCS French students, parents, faculty, and guest speakers celebrated graduating seniors and two new members of the National French Honor Society on May 7, 2020. Read more below…
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The Online BA in Communication, offered by the UCCS Department of Communication, was selected to be part of a CU System initiative to promote select online degree programs for fall 2020. The UC-Denver Office of Digital Education is currently working with faculty in the UCCS Communication department – as well as with the Provost’s Office and the offices of Marketing and Admissions at UCCS – on a targeted marketing effort as a part of a larger collaborative system effort that includes a total of 14 degree programs across the Boulder, Denver, Anschutz, and Colorado Springs campuses. Faculty members Janice Thorpe and Connie Staley, together with department chairperson David Nelson, are leading the Communication department’s contribution to this accelerated marketing caompaign. Read more below…
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More than 75 faculty in the College, along with representatives from the Career Center, Public Safety, and the B.I. program offer words of congratulation and encouragement in a video tribute to the graduating class of 2020. The video features original music composed and played by Colin McAllister from the department of Visual and Performing Arts, and closes with a message from Interim Dean Rex Welshon. Margie Oldham, LAS Director of Community Relations, lead the effort to create the video.
Click here to view the video, and congratulations to our 2020 graduates and their families!
| Dear LAS Faculty, Staff, and Students, Due to the current restrictions we are under, we are unable to host our traditional LAS Awards Ceremony and reception in honor of our many outstanding students and award winners. We are all saddened by this, and although we would prefer to be together as a college to celebrate these academic honors, the amazing accomplishments of our students deserve our celebration and recognition, nonetheless. It is with great pleasure that I announce on Friday, May 8th, LAS will launch a special website and video in recognition of our graduates and our departmental outstanding students and scholarship awardees. Please join me as we congratulate all awardees and all students of the Class of 2020. It is both a pleasure and an honor to serve you and the Class of 2020 as Interim Dean of the College of Letters, Arts & Sciences. I wish our students all the best as they embark on their future professional and academic endeavors. Congratulations, graduating Class of 2020! Robert C. (Rex) Welshon Interim Dean College of Letters, Arts & Sciences |
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The College of LAS thanks Rex Welshon for his service as Interim Dean, January 2019 through June 2020. To express your appreciation to Rex for his service, please post a Comment below.
After about three years in planning and preparation, the new bachelor’s degree in Technical Communication and Information Design (TCID) has received final approval and will enroll its first class in fall of 2020. The bachelor’s degree will prepare students for rapidly growing career fields and high-salary positions in user experience design, technical writing, web creation, and professional communication. Read more below…
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Alumni of the Department of Psychology graduate programs are having an impact in their respective sub-fields.
The research of Jacob Fiala, a recent graduate of the M.A. Psychology program, Clinical Psychology track, was recently described in detail in a Blog post at Psychology Today: “Do Conservatives View Trump Differently From Liberals?” Jacob conducted this research under the direction of Fred Coolidge, Professor of Psychology. Jacob is currently working as a Psychometrist at the UCCS Aging Center, but will be leaving next year for a doctoral program in Florida.
Dr. Sarah Steinmetz, a 2010 graduate the Clinical Track of the Psychology M.A. program, is at the National Center for PTSD. Her Center recently launched an app called COVID Coach. The app is designed to help folks stay sane, cope with stress and anxiety, and find resources during the COVID-19 pandemic. Covid Coach is free and intended for everyone. To download for iOS: https://lnkd.in/g7SdrFH Android: https://lnkd.in/gA484yR
Carrie Yeager will be graduating this spring, and is the first student to graduate from the Trauma Track of the Psychology Ph.D. program. Carrie was recently featured in a Communique article: “Commencement Feature: Yeager brings technology background to address trauma treatment,” written by Ian Gassman.