1. UCCS Focusing on the Future
CU Board of Regents
April 19, 2007

2. Thank You
Charlie Sweet

3. Robert Wonnett, interim vice chancellor, Student Success
Re-introduction
Robert Wonnett, interim vice chancellor, Student Success

4. Opening Convocation Academic Update First freshman convocation Aug. 15
Mountain Lion Stadium
Convocation the ‘UCCS way’
Parents included
BBQ to follow
Walter Isaacson invited as keynote

5. Freshman Seminar Academic Update Uncommon readings Plato’s “Apology”
Martin Luther King’s “Letter from the Birmingham Jail”
Plato’s “Apology”
Facilitated discussion groups
VP Poliokoff
Regents invited

6. New Fall Programs Academic Update Doctorate in Nursing Practice
Doctorate in Educational Leadership
Bachelor’s in Criminal Justice
Bachelor’s in Innovation
DNP – Nine applications, nine accepted (Diane Busch provided)
Ed Leadership – Program approved in Dec. Two information sessions help w/70 attending. Now in paper review of 30 applications for 15 spots (Al Ramirez)
BCJ – Seven applications. Maybe best to emphasize that marketing about to begin and that Commander Rod Walker of CSPD has agreed to be an instructor (Marian Harris)
BI – 21 admitted, 22 pending as of April 1. 1 rejected, 1 waitlisted. 30 Business applicants (13 non res), 18 EAS (9 in game design) 4 non res (Terry Boult)

7. Academic Update (Facilities)
Dwire Hall
Use: Classrooms, offices, colleges of business, letters, arts and sciences, and public affairs
Cost: $10 million
State funds: $5 million
Dedication date: Aug. 16

8. Recreation Center Use: Student recreation Cost: $12 million
Academic Update (Facilities)
Recreation Center
Use: Student recreation
Cost: $12 million
State funds: $0
Dedication date: Aug. 16

9. Science and Engineering
Academic Update (Facilities)
Science and Engineering
Use: Research labs, classrooms
Cost: $53.1
State funds: $20 million
Completion date: 2009

10. Heller Center Project type: Renovation Use: Art classes, studios
Academic Update (Facilities)
Heller Center
Project type: Renovation
Use: Art classes, studios
Cost: $1 million
State funds: $0
Completion Date: Fall 2007

11. Mountain Lion Athletics
Highlights
3.15 student-athlete GPA
Best men’s basketball record in history
Volleyball, regional ranking
Softball 29-8
Women’s soccer begins Fall 2008
Two ESPN Academic All-Americans
Patrick Hannaway
Sarah Shepherd

12. Invest in success Mountain Lion Athletics
$40,000 investment doubles seating
Smallest NCAA DII facility
Referees express concern
Building campus life

13. Mountain Lion Athletics
Breakthrough solution
Interim field house
Approximately 1,500 seats
Basketball/volleyball court, track, indoor pitching, locker rooms, weight room
N. Nevada location
Summer 2008 opening
$2 million from President initiative funds

14. Thank you, President Brown
Steve Kirkham, director, Intercollegiate Athletics
Men’s Basketball Coach Russ Caton
Women’s Basketball Coach Jessika Stratton
Women’s Volleyball Coach Jessica Wood
Men’s Soccer Coach Flavio Mazzetti
Track Coach Graeme Badger

15. Mountain Lion Athletics
Long-term plans
3,500-seat field house
$20 million estimated cost
N. Nevada anchor
Gross Coliseum, Fort Hays State University

16. America’s premier comprehensive, regional research university
UCCS: America’s Premier Regional Comprehensive Research University
UCCS:
America’s premier comprehensive,
regional research university