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Continuing to Serve: An Internship Reflection

By John Bole, Graduate Student This Fall semester I was fortunate to be granted an internship working with the Military Legacy Foundation (MLF). The MLF is a local non-profit that is dedicated to the preservation and education of any military … Continue reading

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Student Robin Lynch’s presentation to the El Paso County Pioneers’ Association

Congratulations to UCCS History student Robin Lynch, who (after a 25-year career in the military) came to our graduate program and has been doing some amazing work in discovering some previously untapped sources on the history of poor farms and … 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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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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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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Discussion of White Flight

Paul Harvey Tonight in Christina Jimenez’s innovative graduate seminar on conceptions of state and citizenship, incorporating material from the Ancient world, India, Latin America, the MIddle East, and the U.S., I will be helping to moderate a discussion on one of … Continue reading

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Medieval History at UCCS

Some of you have had a chance already to take courses with our new Professor of Medieval European History, Roger L. Martinez. Currently he’s teaching two different sections of our graduate-level M.A. readings seminar in Medieval European history, where students … Continue reading

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Christina leads New Graduate Seminar

Christina Jimenez, who specializes in Mexican and Latin American history, is leading a new graduate seminar sequence starting this fall on The City and Citizenship in the modern world. The course will feature many members of the department visiting to … Continue reading

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