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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30TH, 2023
The next issue of the Email Digest will be sent out on Wednesday, September 6, 2023 and submissions will be due Monday, September 4, 2023 at noon.
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2023-2024 Ethics Champions for the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Collegiate Program
Chris Picicci, Professor of Italian, and Callico Vargas, Social Work Advisor and Master of Social Work Field Coordinator, were selected as 2023-2024 Ethics Champions for the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Collegiate Program (DFEI) at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs College of Business.
This prestigious honor includes selection as a champion by the Southern Colorado Ethics Consortium (SCEC) and a nomination by the university president. The Southern Colorado Higher Education Consortium is a collective of 12 higher education institutions in Colorado.
Ethics champions serve one to three years and receive a monetary stipend. They serve as advocates in their respective disciplines and promote principle-based ethics education in their discipline or school; encourage participation in ethics events; organize topical ethical workshops on campus; and present material at UCCS or their own campus to share their experience in teaching ethics education. The champions must also submit a summary report of accomplishments to the DFEI at UCCS.
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National Science Foundation Awards $33,000 Grant to Fund Microbiology Literacy Project
The project, “Increasing Science Literacy in Microbiology through the Use of Open Education Resources,” has been awarded funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF), with CSU Pueblo receiving $33,152. The goal of this project is to help students learn and engage with current science through use of no-cost, open education resources.
Associate Professor of Biology and Principal Investigator Dr. Amaya Garcia Costas and her students will join a team of faculty and students from Iowa State University, Middle Tennessee State University and Illinois College in the completion of this project during the next two years. “Many students leave science because they feel unconnected and uninspired by traditional teaching methods,” Dr. Garcia Costas said. “At the same time, teachers struggle to find teaching resources that are effective and innovative to engage their students in the scientific process. This project aims to address these issues using successful innovative methods such as having students practice science while working collaboratively in current topics and generating readily available teaching materials.”
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CSU Pueblo School of Education Program Among Top in the U.S. for Training Future Teachers in the Science of Reading
The undergraduate teacher preparation program at Colorado State University Pueblo has been recognized by the National Council on Teacher Quality (NCTQ) for its rigorous preparation of future teachers in how to teach reading, earning an “A” grade in NCTQ’s new report, Teacher Prep Review: Strengthening Elementary Reading Instruction.
The program is among just 23 percent nationwide to earn an “A” from NCTA for meeting standards set by literacy experts for coverage of the most effective methods of reading instruction—often called the “science of reading.”
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“Expressions Unbound: An Inmate’s Exploration of Art” exhibit unveiled Sept. 8 at Colorado State University Pueblo
“Expressions Unbound: Time, space, and self - an inmate’s exploration of art,” a student art show features the work of Colorado State University Pueblo Independent Study student, Christopher Levitt. This unique exhibit highlights Levitt’s diverse range of artistic expressions developed within the walls of a correctional facility. The event is scheduled at CSU Pueblo’s Art and Music Building in the Art Gallery on the lower level, on September 8th from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The exhibit will run until November 22. Admission is free and open to the public.
“As an incarcerated artist, I was cut off from the art world, a castaway floating on an easel in an endless ocean,” Levitt said. “I was found by the incredible staff of CSU Pueblo’s Extended Studies. They pulled me from the water and gave me a place to belong, to grow, and to shine as an artist.”
Proceeds from his art sales will go toward a newly established scholarship, The Levitt Fund, which he helped create as a way to ensure other incarcerated individuals have the opportunity to take art classes and further their education at CSU Pueblo. “I hope this scholarship brings more incarcerated artists out of obscurity and brings more art education to those who are incarcerated,” Levitt said. “This scholarship also allows not only more inmates to be exposed to art education, but I’m hoping that it will encourage that inmate who qualifies for that scholarship to turn around and make their cube mate or someone else at the prison say, ‘Let me teach you what I learned.’”
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