Category Archives: awards

Congratulations to Ian Smith, UCCS Outstanding Staff Award Winner!

Congratulations to our wonderful departmental assistant, impresario, and wiseacre Ian Smith, winner of the 2013 UCCS Outstanding Staff Award! Below is a story from the UCCS newsletter about the award. Outstanding Staff Award winner goes beyond position description April 25, … 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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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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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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Excellence in UCCS History Students: 2011-2012 Student Award Winners in the History Department

We will see History students, friends and families at our annual Student Awards celebration Tuesday, May 1, 3:30 – 5:00, in UC 303. We’ll be celebrating all student achievement through the year, including especially the following notable recognitions! Come at … Continue reading

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Excellence in Teaching: The History Department’s Christopher V. Hill, G. Carole Woodall, and Janet Myers Win Major Teaching Awards

In an unprecedented year, three faculty members in the Department of History have won significant campus-wide and college teaching awards. Professor Christopher V. Hill, who teaches and researches in the field of the history of India and environmental history, won … Continue reading

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