UCCS Focusing on the Future
CU Board of Regents
April 19, 2007
Thank You
Charlie Sweet
Re-introduction
Robert Wonnett, interim vice chancellor, Student Success
Academic Update
Opening Convocation
 First freshman convocation
Aug. 15
 Mountain Lion Stadium
 Convocation the ‘UCCS way’
 Parents included
 BBQ to follow
 Walter Isaacson invited as
keynote
Academic Update
Freshman Seminar
Uncommon readings
 Martin Luther King’s “Letter from
the Birmingham Jail”
 Plato’s “Apology”
 Facilitated discussion groups
 VP Poliokoff
 Regents invited
Academic Update
New Fall Programs
Doctorate in Nursing
Practice
 Doctorate in Educational
Leadership
 Bachelor’s in Criminal
Justice
 Bachelor’s in Innovation
Academic Update (Facilities)
Dwire Hall
Use: Classrooms, offices,
colleges of business, letters, arts
and sciences, and public affairs
Cost: $10 million
State funds: $5 million
Dedication date: Aug. 16
Academic Update (Facilities)
Recreation Center
Use: Student recreation
Cost: $12 million
State funds: $0
Dedication date: Aug. 16
Academic Update (Facilities)
Science and Engineering
Use: Research labs, classrooms
Cost: $53.1
State funds: $20 million
Completion date: 2009
Academic Update (Facilities)
Heller Center
Project type: Renovation
Use: Art classes, studios
Cost: $1 million
State funds: $0
Completion Date: Fall 2007
Mountain Lion Athletics
Highlights
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3.15 student-athlete GPA
Best men’s basketball record in history
Volleyball, regional ranking
Softball 29-8
Women’s soccer begins Fall 2008
Two ESPN Academic All-Americans
 Patrick Hannaway
 Sarah Shepherd
Mountain Lion Athletics
Invest in success
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$40,000 investment doubles seating
Smallest NCAA DII facility
Referees express concern
Building campus life
Mountain Lion Athletics
Breakthrough solution
 Interim field house
 Approximately 1,500 seats
 Basketball/volleyball court,
track, indoor pitching, locker
rooms, weight room
 N. Nevada location
 Summer 2008 opening
 $2 million from President
initiative funds
Thank you, President Brown
 Steve Kirkham, director, Intercollegiate Athletics
 Men’s Basketball Coach Russ Caton
 Women’s Basketball Coach Jessika Stratton
 Women’s Volleyball Coach Jessica Wood
 Men’s Soccer Coach Flavio Mazzetti
 Track Coach Graeme Badger
Mountain Lion Athletics
Long-term plans
 3,500-seat field house
 $20 million estimated cost
 N. Nevada anchor
Gross Coliseum, Fort Hays State University
UCCS: America’s Premier Regional Comprehensive
Research University