— When Debra Bascom walked into a University of Colorado Colorado Springs classroom six years ago, the then 47-year-old mother of five was petrified. “I was older than the professors,” Bascom, one of 842 UCCS (Full Press Release)

University of Colorado Colorado Springs graduates will forego traditional black robes for the university’s 37th Spring Commencement Ceremonies. Instead, each of the 842 students participating in festivities, as well as the faculty and administrators who (Full Press Release)

The University of Colorado Board of Regents will present an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters to former University of Colorado Colorado Springs faculty member Don Birkeland at the 2011 Spring UCCS Commencement. The 37th UCCS (Full Press Release)

The dean of the University of Alaska Anchorage College of Education will become dean of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs College of Education for the 2011-12 academic year, university officials announced May 13. Mary (Full Press Release)

Members of the Colorado House of Representatives voted in favor of proposed changes in the roles and missions of UCCS and Colorado State University-Pueblo Friday. The action by the House of Representatives follows approval by (Full Press Release)

The University of Colorado Colorado Springs will rename the campus’s largest building the Osborne Science and Engineering Center to honor a landmark estate gift to the campus at a 10:30 a.m. May 12 ceremony. At (Full Press Release)

Formal dedication ceremonies for a 12-foot-tall bronze sculpture at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs are scheduled for 4 p.m. May 6 at Mountain Lion Field, part of the Four Diamonds Sports Complex, 5100 N. (Full Press Release)

Winners of the 28th annual Colorado Math Olympiad at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs were announced April 29 during a campus awards ceremony attended by university and Colorado Springs dignitaries. 196 middle and high (Full Press Release)

DENVER — Undergraduate students at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs will pay an additional $450 per year in tuition costs beginning next fall, according to plans approved today by the CU Board of Regents. (Full Press Release)

A national competition to spur development of sports, health and outdoor-related businesses in the Pikes Peak region was launched today by the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. The UCCS College of Business Center for Entrepreneurship (Full Press Release)