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Fall 2025

Messages and announcements from the Fall 2025

Welcome to the Fall: News and Resources

August 26, 2025 at 10:00 am

I hope you all had a restorative and/or productive summer, whichever you hoped for! This fall, Academic Affairs is focused on the theme of Building Forward. I chose this theme to focus on the future we strive to create for our students and our community. Thank you for joining me in building our community forward. I have several announcements, reminders, and resources to kick off the Fall 2025 semester.

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Interim Vice Provost & Associate Vice Chancellor for Faculty Affairs

August 13, 2025 at 1:13pm

The Office of Faculty Affairs has progressed with the appointment of Dr. Emily Skop as Interim Vice Provost & Associate Vice Chancellor to fill our immediate commitments to faculty success, compliance in the tenure, grievance, and sabbatical processes, and strategic initiatives related to faculty recruitment, development and retention.

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Spring 2025

Messages and announcements from the Spring 2025 term.

Video Message from the Provost - Spring 2025 Wrap Up

Friday 5/16/2025, 1:02 pm

As I reflect on Spring 2025, several moments of celebration, campus-building, and vision-planning stand out. I’ve put those thoughts into this short video message as writing does not always convey the appreciation I feel for our Mountain Lion pride.

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Successful Conclusion of Dean Searches for COE, LAS, CPS

Thursday, 5/15/2025 at 4:08pm

This email brings positive and anticipated news regarding the national dean searches that occurred this semester. These searches attracted a deep pool of strong candidates, and I am thrilled to announce the appointments for the Deans of the College of Education (COE), the College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences (LAS), and the College of Public Service (CPS). 

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Work Updates on our Campus Review, Research, and Federal Transition Impacts

Sent Thursday, 5/8/2025 at 4:34pm

The spring semester brought uncertainty, change, and challenging impacts resulting from the federal transition. As part of these updates, I offer below a summary of recent efforts from across campus leadership to address the various impacts on our campus. 

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Academic Guidelines and Links for Spring

To get you started off on the right foot, we’ve included below some reminders, key deadlines, and links to tools to help you thrive in Spring 2025. I begin with the academic deadlines before offering the syllabus statements as you finish preparing for the term. The second half contains event reminders and links to various toolkits and resources that UCCS made available for the spring. 

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