Category Archives: student opportunities

Reacting to the Past: UCCS – PPCC Collaboration

Below is an article recently published in the Colorado Springs Gazette, detailing the exciting  and major grant for a collaborative project between UCCS and PPCC’s History Departments. Recently Roger Martinez of UCCS History and Glenn Rolfhing (M.A. UCCS, now Faculty … Continue reading

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History Department Award Winners, 2012-13 School Year

Here is a list of our student award winners for the 2012-13 school year. Congratulations to all for their accomplishments. They were recognized at our awards ceremony on Monday, April 22. UCCS HISTORY DEPARTMENT AWARDS CEREMONY, APRIL 22, 2013 OUTSTANDING … Continue reading

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History Department Heller Center Conference Friday April 12 4 – 9 p.m.

  Come join us for an Evening of History!  2nd Annual UCCS History Alumni Colloquium April 12th, 2013 Heller Center 4:00pm -9:00 pm Food, drinks, and music will accompany our all-star lineup of presenters: Directions at: http://www.uccs.edu/heller/contact-and-map.html Chair and moderator—Professor … Continue reading

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Colorado Coalfield War Archaeology Project Talk

From the UCCS Newsletter, notice of a wonderful event coming up soon: Karin Larkin of UCCS Anthropology will be discussing her work in archaeology around the site of the Ludlow Massacre in 1914: Tuesday, Feb. 19, 4:30 – 6, in … Continue reading

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Great Events on Feb. 21 and 22

Dear all: We’re just about to test a new system that can send out email to our current students and to our BA and MA alumni, which we hope can keep us better connected and let lots of people know … Continue reading

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Friends of the Fountain Cemetery: Fundraiser Followup

Here’s a great followup to a project that Barbara Headle of the History Department, Mike Larkin from Geography,and others have been running this year. Barbara Headle writes: The Communique ran a follow-up story on our students; since the presentation, our grand total … Continue reading

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Fountain Cemetery Crawl on KOAA Evening News.

Just a quick followup to our last post: KOAA evening news ran a story featuring the Fountain Cemetery Crawl, which resulted in raising over $2,000 for repairs and installation of security equipment at the cemetery. Read all about it here. … Continue reading

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Why Study History? Lessons Learned from an 8th Grade Open House

Why Do We Study History? Lessons learned from an 8th grade Open House by Amy Haines, Graduate Student in History, UCCS There are times when as a historian I question why I want to be one.  The questions I ask … Continue reading

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UCCS History Graduate Student Happy Hour!

UCCS History Graduate Students Please join the History faculty for an informal Happy Hour (no host) When: Sept 12, Wed, 4:30-6pm. Come for as long/short as you would like. Where: BJs, just across N. Nevada in University Village shopping center … Continue reading

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Anne Hyde Talks at UCCS from new book Empires, Nations, & Families

Tuesday, September 25th, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. in UC 303, PRofessor Anne Hyde of Colorado College will speak at UCCS, from her Bancroft-Prize winning book Empires, Nations, & Families: A History of the North American West, 1800-1860. The Bancroft Prize … Continue reading

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