Announcements and Celebrations

Join us tonight

5 p.m., Oct. 20, 2022

Regis University, Mountain View Room

Admission is FREE

Join PBS12 and partners for an important community conversation and a screening clip of the acclaimed documentary,  The U.S. & The Holocaust by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein.  

The evening will include taped remarks by Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser as well as a screening clip of the film. Through riveting firsthand testimony of witnesses and survivors who as children endured persecution, violence and flight as their families tried to escape Hitler,  The U.S & The Holocaust delves deeply into the tragic human consequences of public indifference, bureaucratic red tape, and restrictive quota laws in America.  

Following the screening clip, there will be a panel discussion led by Dr. Dan Leshem, Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) at JEWISHcolorado. Panelists will include Adam Rovner, PH.D., Director of the Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Denver; Estelle Nadel, a Holocaust survivor; Pamela Roth, the daughter of Holocaust survivors; and Todd Hennessy, co-founder of Colorado Holocaust Educators. Get your ticket.  

Mental Health Colorado: Virtual Summit on Women's Well-Being   
All are invited to this virtual conference series: Women’s Mental Well-Being. This free conference – hosted by Mental Health Colorado – will offer 60-minute afternoon panels the week of Oct. 24. Experts by experience, advocates, practitioners, and others will address and discuss some of the unique mental health experiences faced by women and other people of marginalized genders.  Panelists will cover topics such as perinatal experience, violence, criminal justice, eating disorder, and work.     

Register today and learn more here.   

ODEIE hosts infomational session on HSI

The Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusive Excellence hosted the first university-wide informational session and dialogue on our efforts to become a federally-designated Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI). The two-hour dialogue took place last Thursday, Oct. 13, in the Mountain View Room. Faculty, staff and students learned what the designation means and how it is aligned with our Jesuit mission. Rich discussions between students, administrators, staff, and faculty ensued and are helping to shape our work to become only the second Jesuit university in the United States to earn HSI status and to lean into what it truly means to be a Hispanic Serving Institution. Our values compel us to offer a culturally affirming experience for not only our Hispanic students, but for all our students and employees, as well as to live up to our responsibility to be a voice and force for justice in our larger Hispanic community. For more information, please contact Dr. Rene Gonzalez, Program Manager for HSI initiatives, at gonza385@regis.edu or our general email at diverse@regis.edu.  

Regis to welcome students for Dia de los Muertos 

Nov. 1, 2022 

Regis will welcome approximately 150 high school students from Denver area schools on campus to celebrate Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). The students will be displaying mini-altars they have created on the second floor of Main Hall. While here for the day, they will be given a tour of campus, enjoy lunch and watch the movie Coco. Please be sure to welcome our guests when you see them walking around!

In addition, Regis students will put on events throughout the day, with an event for commuter students starting at 3:30 p.m. followed by a dialogue at 4 p.m. with students about the cultural significance of the day.

At 5:15 p.m., a Mass will be offered in Spanish in the St. John Francis Regis Chapel, along with other events for our university and neighborhood community. Coco will be shown again for Regis students at 7 p.m. in the Mountain View Room following the Mass.

Mark your calendars: Volunteering to help during this event will be Mission-leave eligible. Stay tuned! More details about volunteering will be shared with faculty and staff in the coming days.

Updates from RUAC

RUAC was presented with the Academic Unit Review from the Mile-High MFA program on Oct. 5, 2022.  Members congratulated Dr. Andrea Rexilius on the thorough review of this program.  

The concept proposal for new Biomedical Sciences certificate was approved to move forward on Oct. 5, 2022.