Faculty

TODAY: AI ENCORE: Applications in Teaching and Learning II

On behalf of the Office of the Provost, Library Services, ITS, Center for Teaching, Learning & Leadership, and the Graduate School

Artificial Intelligence is changing the way we live, work, and play. The Provost’s Office is hosting a second panel discussion on the role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in teaching and student learning at CSU Pueblo.

The one-hour interactive session will feature three CSU Pueblo community members who will bring their own unique perspective to the conversation; attendees will have opportunities for active engagement with panel presenters and each other in small group breakouts.

Bring your questions, observations, wonderings, and ideas about the role of AI in teaching and learning at CSU Pueblo and join us for a lively discussion. 

Students Community Partners

THURSDAY: A new student club is coming to CSU Pueblo! 

Un nuevo capitulo de estudiantes llega a CSU Pueblo!!!

On behalf of HSB

Join us to learn more about the creation of a chapter of the Hispanic Business Students Association -HBSA.

Ven y se parte de la creación del capitulo de la Asociación Hispana de Estudiantes de Negocios!!!

Pizza, cookies, and refreshments will be served.

Pizza, galletitas, y bebidas!!! 

When/Cuando: Jueves, Mayo 4 de 2023

Time/Hora: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

HBSA chapters prepare their students to be future leaders, serve in the community, promote DEI, and create a progressive learning environment.

Los capítulos de HBSA preparan estudiantes en todo el país para ser futuros lideres, que sirven a su comunidad, promueven DEI, y crean un ambiente de aprendizaje progresivo.  

VEN Y ÚNETENOS!!!

Faculty Staff

LAST DAY FRIDAY: Spring '23 Professional Learning Events & Opportunities

On behalf of the Center for Teaching, Learning, & Leadership

We are excited to kick off the Spring '23 term with several professional learning opportunities for faculty, administrative professional staff, and campus leadership!

More information about CTLL events and opportunities is shared in the link below.

Students

LAST DAY FRIDAY: Banner 101 for Students

On behalf of the PACK Center

With semester winding down the PACK Center would like to provide some opportunities for students to get a Self Service Banner (SSB) refresher before heading into the summer months. Beginning April 4th through May 5th, the PACK Center will have staff and computers available in the Wolf Den on designated dates and times to walk you through some of the main features of Banner. 

During these times you can learn the following. How to look up and register for courses, how to look up your bill and how to read your account balance, how to use "Plan Ahead" a new feature in SSB, and also how to look access your transcript and review your grades when they are posted. Staff will be available the following dates and times. 

Mondays | 11:45am - 2:45pm & 3pm - 4pm

Tuesdays | 2pm - 5pm

Wednesdays | 9am - 12pm

Thursdays | 8am - 10am

Fridays | 9am -12pm

We look forward to seeing you soon.

Students



MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY (FINALS WEEK): STRESS BUSTERS WEEK!

On behalf of SEAL

May 8th

PAWS FOR A BREAK DURING FINALS WEEK: Stop by the OSC Patio to visit our lovable Roch and meet a couple of cute puppies! Grab a drink and a hot dog from Mr. ThunderDog

himself! OSC Patio; 11 am-2:30pm

May 9th

FABULOUS FAMILY DAY: Join the PACK Family at fountain plaza for music and fun activity tables hosted by Family Advisory Board (F.A.B.) Fountain Plaza; 11 am-2 pm

May 10th

RELAXATION STATIONS: Take a break at the Stress-Free Zone and relax at the acupuncture and massage chair stations. Receive a free stress relief goodie bag! OSC Lobby; 11 am-2 pm

May 10th

Pancake and Pastries Late Night Breakfast: Join the Pack for pancakes and bacon at both the Red Plate and World Fare food stations, a variety of pancake toppings at the salad bar, an assortment of pastries and dessert, and ice cream! OSC Pack Cafe; 8 pm-11 pm

May 11

SUMMER SEND OFF: Enjoy a beach theme day full of fun and laughter with water games, jumbo games, music, and refreshments! In between Art&Music & OSC buildings; 11 am-2 pm

May 12

COLOR ME MINDFULNESS: educe your stress with a fun coloring activity that focuses on mindfulness. Snacks and refreshments provided. OSC Lobby; 9 am-5 pm

Faculty Staff

On behalf of the Office of Institutional Equity and the Disability Resource and Support Center

To better accommodate for our faculty, staff, students, and community partners, campus has three elevators that will be going through maintenance and an upgrade. We realize some people may have concerns or need accommodations. Please do not hesitate to reach out; we are happy to assist.

If you are a student who unable to attend classes or would like to request further accommodation, contact the Disability Resource and Support Center in the OSC, Room #201.

If you are an employee who requests further accommodation, contact the Office of Institutional Equity in LARC, Room #187.

Students

HELP WANTED - SU23 Student Receptionists (work study eligible)

On behalf of the PACK Center

The PACK Center is looking to hire a few new student receptionists.

You must be work study eligible, enrolled in at least 3 credits SU23 and at least 6 credits FA23.

Strong customer service skills, proficient using Microsoft programs, and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment preferred.

Stop by LARC 151 to drop off your SU23 class schedule and fill out an application or send your resume and a copy of your SU23 class scheduled to irene.macias@csupueblo.edu.

Questions? Call Irene at 719-549-2582. 

Students Faculty Staff

NEW: Tempered Steel Book Release

On behalf of English

The Tempered Steel Lit. Magazine is an annual literary magazine publishing CSUP students art, fiction, and poetry works. We are releasing this year's edition on Thursday, May 11th, 2023 at 5:30 pm. 

Students Faculty Staff



Spring 2023 Graduation Contract Deadline

On behalf of the Registrar's Office

The final due date for graduation and certificate contracts to be submitted either electronically or via hard copy to the Registrar’s Office is Friday, May 12th at 4:00 p.m. with a $25 late fee, payable to the Cashier.                                                                                             

Please note the email address for electronic submission of graduation contracts: graduationcontracts@csupueblo.edu.

Please review the following common issues on all graduation contracts before submission:

• Intended semester for graduation, degree intent and all major(s), emphasis area(s) and minor(s) are correct and reflect what is in Banner and on DARS audit. 

 • All DARS audit deficiencies noted are fixed prior to contract submission. (Exceptions and petitions must be reflected on the DARS audit prior to submission.)

• ALL required signatures are present. We are unable to accept email approval of graduation contracts in lieu of signatures. 

 • A current “green” DARS audit is attached and reflects accurate student enrollment information. For electronic contract submission please save the audit as a pdf and attach it to the email.

All contracts are reviewed before being placed in the degree conferral queue. If any of the above issues are found, the contract will be returned and due to the lateness in the semester may require filing the contract for a later term.

Faculty Community Partners



NEW: Call Out for Aztlán Center 2023 Grant Proposals

On behalf of the Aztlán Research Center

Greetings, Faculty,

The Aztlán Research Center would like to invite you to apply for grants related to research and/or curriculum development projects. The Aztlán Research Center Grant Program seeks to award CSU Pueblo faculty and staff, as well as qualified Pueblo community members, with fundamental support for teaching, learning, and research that will lead directly to a greater understanding of issues related to the Chicanx, Latinx, and Indigenous peoples and environments of the Southwest. Please feel free to share this announcement with your colleagues (see attached PDF file). 

You can access the 2023 grant application via an embedded link within the announcement. 

The deadline for 2023 grant proposals is Friday, May 19th. 

Applicants can address inquiries regarding funding decisions to the Director of the Aztlán Research Center Tom Sommer (thomas.sommer@csupueblo.edu) or Project Archivist Charlene Garcia Simms (charlene.simms@csupueblo.edu).

Thank you,

Tom Sommer 

University Archivist & Aztlán Research Center Director

Students Faculty Staff Retirees Community Partners



President's Blue & Red Gala to Honor Dr. Margie Massey

On behalf of the CSU Pueblo Foundation

CSU Pueblo Professor of Education, Dr. Margie Massey, Johnson Controls, Eric and Renee Carson, and alumnus Timothy Simmons, 1969, will be honored as part of the Colorado State University Pueblo 2023 President’s Blue and Red Gala on Saturday, May 20. Proceeds from the Gala directly benefit future generations of CSU Pueblo students through scholarships and programs.

The 2023 President’s Blue and Red Gala will begin at 5:30 p.m. with cocktails in the Occhiato Student Center Ballroom Foyer.

Tickets for the 2023 President’s Gala are $150 per person or $1,750 for a corporate table of eight. Information on tickets, sponsorships, and corporate tables is available through the CSU Pueblo Foundation, 719-549-2307.

Students Faculty Staff



Upcoming: Thunderwolf Flea Market

On behalf of Student Affairs Emergency Fund and APC

Spring Cleaning? Donate your stuff to support students! Hold on to your gently-used furniture, home goods, clothing, kids stuff, sports equipment, or anything that still has use (not trash!). Your donations will be featured at the Thunderwolf Flea Market on June 3rd. Proceeds from the event will benefit the Student Affairs Emergency Fund and the APC Textbook Scholarship. You can take your donations to Residence Life and Housing starting May 26th – details to follow.

Faculty Staff

Reminder | Banner ZOOM Open Office Hours

On behalf of the Registrar's Office

Banner questions? Stop by the Registrar's Office Zoom Open Office Hours hosted Mondays at 2pm and Thursdays at 9am. See you then!

Students Faculty Staff



Summer 2023 Graduation Contract Deadline

On behalf of the Registrar's Office

The due date for Summer 2023 graduation contracts is 5:00 p.m. on 06/09/23. Contracts may still be submitted after this date, however a $25 will automatically be assessed and placed on the student bill.

All electronic contracts should be sent to the designated email: graduationcontracts@csupueblo.edu.

PLEASE DO NOT SEND DUPLICATE COPIES OF CONTRACTS IN EITHER ELECTRONIC OR HARD COPY FORMAT, AS THIS CREATES CONFUSION AND HINDERS THE ENTRY PROCESS.

Please review the following common issues on all graduation contracts before submission:

• Intended semester for graduation, catalog year, degree intent and all major(s), emphasis area(s) and minor(s) are correct and reflect what is in Banner and on DARS audit. 

 • All DARS audit deficiencies noted are fixed PRIOR to contract submission. (Exceptions and petitions must be reflected on the DARS audit prior to submission.)

• ALL required signatures are present. 

• A current “green” DARS audit is attached and reflects accurate student enrollment information. For electronic contract submission please save the audit as a pdf and attach it to the email.

All contracts are reviewed before being placed in the degree conferral queue. If any of the above issues are found, the contract will be returned for corrections before being placed in the queue, and may then be subject to a late fee if re-submitted after the deadline.

Please note degree conferral and participation in the commencement ceremony follow separate processes and deadlines. The information in this announcement refers solely to degree conferral. Information regarding the commencement ceremony can be found by clicking the website link below or emailing commencement@csupueblo.edu. 

Faculty Staff

NEW: June Blackboard Maintenance - Old Courses Will Be Moved to Offline Archive

On behalf of Academic Technology

In late June of 2023, we will be performing annual maintenance in our Learning Management System by moving courses from Spring 2017-Spring 2020 to an offline archive. These courses will no longer be available within Blackboard. Courses from Summer 2020 to the present and template courses will not be affected at this time. This is part of our regular Blackboard maintenance and is conducted in order to retain space in the system for courses in upcoming semesters, and prevent an overload of information for faculty and students who have been enrolled in courses from 2017 to the present.

If you are an instructor and would like to retain a personal copy of any of your courses from between Spring 2017-Spring 2020, please ensure that you have archived and exported your courses to a device for your personal records by Monday, June 19th.

Students Faculty Staff Retirees Community Partners

NEW: Blackboard Ultra Base Navigation Upgrade Coming July 2023

On behalf of Academic Technology

In late July of 2023, the dashboard of Blackboard will be updated to the Ultra Base Navigation view! After Ultra Base Navigation is activated, the landing page of Blackboard will be updated and consistent for every user who logs in to Blackboard. Activating Base Navigation is the first step towards moving our LMS from the Original to the improved Ultra experience. Academic Technology will provide more information and support on this upgrade to Ultra Base Navigation as we approach the July deadline for the transition.

Faculty Staff

Need Help Putting Together a Successful Grant Proposal?

On behalf of Office of Research and Sponsored Programs

CSU Pueblo has recently employed Hanover research to provide targeted guidance for the university's programmatic and research grant activities by helping faculty and staff craft the most competitive submissions to secure more external grant funding.

Hanover is available to provide insights to identify, craft, and submit the most competitive proposals, including - Capacity Development (the development of the institutional capacity to pursue and manage grant funding through training, strategic assessment, and benchmarking.

Includes grantsmanship workshops, one-on-one guidance, and cohort-based support through Hanover's Grant Academy); Funding Research (exploring and evaluating grant opportunities aligned to programs, funding levels, and research needs.



Facilitates planning through research on historical and future funding trends while monitoring which funders our peers are targeting.); Pre-Proposal Support (streamlining the assessment and development of competitive project concepts, helping to navigate funder expectations and providing coaching on program officer outreach before proposal development; Proposal Support (helping bolster grant proposal projects through hands-on review and revision services, ensuring that the most competitive proposals are submitted; and Proposal Development (providing primary writing and project management capabilities, ushering institutional teams from iterative drafts to polished, on-time submissions).

If you are interested in the Hanover offerings, please contact the Executive Director of Research for additional information and to enter your project into the queue. Also, an overview of the Hanover offerings can be found via the link below.

Faculty Staff

Pepsi Partnership for Your Events!

On behalf of Marketing, Communications, and Community Relations

PEPSI wants to partner with you for your on-campus and department sponsored events! Be sure to order with MCCR Operations Coordinator, Kelsey Herman, and plan ahead by at least two weeks to ensure the beverages of your choice.

Students Faculty Staff



Finals Week Hours in Testing Center

On behalf of the Testing Center

To accommodate students and faculty for finals week, we will be having extended hours from May 8, 2023 through May 12, 2023.

Appointments are still mandatory. Non-academic testing (e.g., Accuplacer) will be limited during this week to accommodate final exams for students. The hours are as follows:

Monday-Thursday | 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Friday | 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Students Faculty Staff Community Partners

GRE, TOEFL iBT, and Praxis Exams Available On-Campus

On behalf of the Testing Center

CSU Pueblo's Testing Center has been approved by ETS to offer the following exams to our campus and the Pueblo community: Praxis, GRE, and TOEFL iBT! Students and community members will register for each of the exams with their respective test publisher and select CSU Pueblo as the testing site.

Students Faculty Staff

8 Week Class

On behalf of Colorado State University, Pueblo

EPER 249 Challenge Course Leadership class

On behalf of the School of Health Science and Human Movement

Are you looking for 1 more class? Want to do something fun? Ever wonder what those telephone poles and cables are near the Thunderbowl off of Rawlings Blvd?  

EPER 249 Challenge Course Leadership will be offered here on campus from 8/22-10/12 (8 week course, 2 credit hours) outside at the ropes course learning teambuilding, communication, and group facilitation techniques as well as belay, low and high ropes course elements, and the zip line from 11:00a.m.-12:50 p.m. Tuesday and Thursdays.

Location of Class:

Ropes Course on Rawlings Blvd.

Students Faculty Staff

NEW: Fall 2023 Course - Pharmaceutical Chemistry, CHEM 491

On behalf of Chemistry

You have likely seen advertisements on TV promoting new medications. Pharmaceutical companies such as, Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Eli Lilly, Abbvie, Bristol Myers Squibb, and Merck, are always looking for emerging biologists, chemists, and engineers from schools like CSU Pueblo.

As a 40 year veteran of one of these pharmaceutical giants, I want to share the available opportunities in this field. The topics covered include the diverse specialized work that you would encounter and likely get to choose from. Being a practicing synthetic organic chemist in both chemical development and large-scale production technical services, I will be teaching the molecular progression from lab-scale discovery to post-launch, long-term production of ton-scale agricultural, pharmaceutical, and antibiotic molecular structures. This course also covers techniques and strategies employed to quickly and successfully solve a myriad of challenges in this field.

Students Faculty Staff

NEW: Public Management Emphasis with the Online MBA program

On behalf of Political Science

Get your masters and launch a career that makes a difference! In addition to the management training all MBA students receive, the specialized public management knowledge and skills provided by the Public Management emphasis are invaluable for a career in public service, or with any business making positive social impact. It can lead to positions in nonprofit leadership, city planning, fundraising and grant writing, program management, policy analysis, budgeting, and many other careers. 

As part of the online MBA, it is designed to be able to be completed in one year. In addition, undergraduate students can start graduate coursework early by enrolling in the 3+2 program, and get both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in as little as five years. Whether you majored, or are majoring, in political science, history, social work, communication, business, art, the humanities, or even the hard sciences, this program is for you. Get a career where you can do well by doing good!

For more info or to enroll, contact Gene Lucero at gene.lucero@csupueblo.edu, or Ryan Strickler at ryan.strickler@csupueblo.edu