1. UCCS
Creating Futures
El Paso County Delegation Lunch Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak September 26, 2011 1

2. America’s Premier Regional Comprehensive
Research University 2

3. Statutory Role & Mission
The Colorado Springs campus of the University of Colorado shall be a comprehensive baccalaureate and specialized graduate research university with selective admission standards. The Colorado Springs campus shall offer liberal arts and sciences, business, engineering, health sciences, and teacher preparation undergraduate degree programs, and a selected number of master’s and doctoral degree programs.

4. Learning & Teaching 9,335 campus-based students 13,000 students served
24% students of color
1,354 freshman – up 17%
972 transfers – up 5.5%

5. Learning & Teaching
UCCS graduation rates on par with similar universities
Pell Grant, 1st generation, minority student graduation rates equivalent to majority population – better than peers
50 percent fewer staff
21 percent lower expenditures per student

6. Learning & Teaching Kirk Wilcox Endowment Fund
Help fund/supplement accounting faculty positions in the College of Business and Administration
National recruiting to begin for Fall 2012 inaugural placement
Initial focus will be tax accounting

7. Learning & Teaching Anschutz Foundation Funding
$268K awarded over 3 years to support partnerships with:
Otero Junior College and Fountain Fort Carson, D8
Implements hands-on STEM camps developed through the PIPES program at UCCS
Partners with campus faculty, staff, and K12 teachers to run workshops and camps
Evaluates the longitudinal impact of hands on STEM
activity on long term student retention
Enables sharing of PIPES STEM curricula to support ongoing STEM outreach efforts

8. Learning & Teaching Scholarships
Kane Scholars – largest merit scholarship
Reach Your Peak – fully endowed, largest need-based on campus
KPWE
Reisher Scholars
Daniels Opportunity Scholarships
Chancellors Leadership Class
DOS – largest grant award given this year

9. Heller Center for the Arts and Humanities
Community & Culture
Heller Center for the Arts and Humanities
Main House
Community Retreat Location
Presidential Teaching Scholars
Center for the American West (Boulder- Pat Limerick)
Programming
3 classes meeting regularly at the Heller Center this semester
Organic garden
Summer jazz concerts
Student art club
Arts and crafts classes for students and the community
Interns
Past interns have jobs at the Pro Rodeo Hall of Fame, the Buena Vista Heritage Society, and the Ft. Carson Museum

10. Heller Center for the Arts and Humanities
Community & Culture
Heller Center for the Arts and Humanities
Guest House Renovation
Anonymous gift for completion
Most of the removal work has taken place
Anticipated completion – early Spring 2012

11. Community & Culture Summit Village Expansion
Breaking ground in 2012 / open August 2013
Two New Towers (west of Columbine), 55,000 gross square feet
Approximately 197 beds
Project Budget: $16.0 million (to be paid through rents of students)
Commitment to academic and social success
Support student recruitment and retention
Sustainable design-LEED Gold
18 additional beds available in existing spaces through conversion by August 2012

12. Community & Culture
UCCS to host the 2012 FISU World University Softball Championships
August 2-11, 2012 / 4 Diamonds
Athletes on 8-10 women’s softball teams
Sponsored by The Sports Corporation, El Pomar, USOC and UCCS
FISU is the Olympic version of the elite college and university teams competing for world championships

13. Discovery & Innovation
UCCS Center of the Colorado Initiative
in Molecular Biotechnology (CIMB)
UCCS-CIMB has been established as an academic center at UCCS.
Dr. Camley has been appointed as the Director.
Dr. Pinchuk is negotiating with a company for funding his work on biosensors and has submitted a bioscience discovery evaluation grant.
The UCCS-CIMB multidisciplinary seminar series began with a seminar on 07/25/11.
Physics and Biology faculty are identifying possible areas of joint research.
Drs. Leinwand and Perkins from Boulder will be visiting in the fall to tour the UCCS-CIMB labs.

14. Discovery & Innovation
UCCS Center of the Colorado Initiative
in Molecular Biotechnology (CIMB)
Labs and office space under the control of UCCS-CIMB - $5,700,000
Equipment - $300,000
Start-up costs - $300,000
Initial base operating budget - $93,487
Faculty commitment - $114,273

15. Discovery & Innovation
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)
Approximately $2 million / project runs until 2014
Focus
Secondary trauma and burnout in military behavioral health providers
Project Includes 2 Phases
Phase One
Initial assessments of current secondary trauma and burnout levels across the Army – specific emphasis at Fort Carson
Partnering with the Warrior Resilience Program in San Antonio, TX
Phase Two
Develop a cutting edge secondary trauma and burnout prevention program that will be implemented at Fort Carson
Program will be scientifically evaluated

16. Academic Health Services Building
Health & Wellness
Academic Health Services Building
Peak Vista Senior Center
Beth-El College of Nursing
Center on Aging
$730K from CHF for senior caregiver program

17. Health & Wellness Campus Location N Main Campus Site N. Nevada Ave.
Austin Bluffs Pkwy

18. Health & Wellness Proposed Site N Austin Bluffs Pkwy N. Nevada Ave.
Main Campus
Proposed Site
Austin Bluffs Pkwy
N. Nevada Ave.

19. Health & Wellness 3D Site Analysis N Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3
Austin Bluffs Pkwy
Phase 2
Phase 1
N. Nevada Ave.

20. Health Initiatives in Southern Colorado
Health & Wellness
Health Initiatives in Southern Colorado
The Southern Colorado Rural Nursing Education Collaborative
Beth-El College of Nursing
Goal - to increase nursing and nurse faculty workforce pipeline so health outcomes in rural Southern Colorado can improve
$730K from CHF for senior caregiver program

21. Health Initiatives in Southern Colorado
Health & Wellness
Health Initiatives in Southern Colorado
“Integrated Care Programs for Seniors and Caregivers”
CU Aging Center
Colorado Health Foundation: $731,872
Other funders:
Caring for Colorado Foundation
Daniels Fund
El Pomar Foundation
The Marson Foundation
$730K from CHF for senior caregiver program