Announcements and Events

  • September 05, 2024
  • Provost Proceedings

Please send any accomplishments, announcements, etc. to provost@regis.edu or directly to Jake Bucher.

 

  • The Provost Office is continuing the schedule of office hours: Mondays 9-10 a.m. and Thursdays 2-3 p.m. in Main Hall 217, and Wednesdays 5-6 p.m. at the Thornton Campus. These are open times for any and all to come by, and we are working on a schedule for themed (and lightly catered) hours for the first Thursday of each month. While these are scheduled open hours, anyone can connect directly for an appointment to talk through any questions, concerns, ideas, etc. if the open hours do not work.

 

 

  • The Program Optimization rubric will soon be populated with data, and will be shared out with programs.

 

 

 

  • Congrats to Gena Nichols (Regis College), Stephanie James (RHCHP), and Alan Stark (Provost Office) for their selection to the inaugural HACU (Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities) Volaré program that supports capacity building for research at Hispanic-Serving Institutions.

 

  • Ghulam Mujtaba’s (Anderson) paper, “FISTNet: Fusion of Style-path Generative Networks for Facial Style Transfer" has been accepted for publication in the journal, Information Fusion. You can read the paper here.

 

  • Congrats to Susan Sci (Regis College) for her recent publication “Mediating the Death of a Parent: Zoom and the Deathbed Vigil.” You’re Muted: Performance, Precarity, and the Logic of Zoom, edited by Mark Nunes and Cassandra Ozog, Bloomsbury, 2024, pp. 47-65.

 

  • Mycah Harrold had her book chapter titled “Consumer Sexual Well-Being, Gender, and Health” published in Routledge Studies in Critical Marketing: Consumer Research Theories of Sexuality.

 

  • Carmen Nightengale (Student Achievement and Retention Services (STARS)) has been selected to the Board of Directors at the Colorado/Wyoming Network of Women Leaders.

 

  • The Students of Africa (SOA) and the Africa Center at The University of Denver honored Luka Powanga (Anderson) with a certificate of appreciation for his contributions toward increasing energy access for underserved communities in Africa. 

 

  • Karen Adkins (Regis College) had her work “De-Centering the Professor (Not by Design)” published in The Art of Teaching Philosophy: Reflective Values and Concrete Practices.

 

  • Congratulations to Ed Lindoo (Anderson), whose paper, “Generative AI and its Impact on the CS Classroom and Programmers” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges. Ed’s other paper, “Effectively Teaching Supply Chain Logistics By Way of the anyLogistix simulator” has been accepted for publication in the Supply Chain Management Journal.

 

 

  • David Bauman’s (Anderson) paper, “You Can’t Say That! A Normative Account of Speech Rights and Limits in Organizations,” was published in the journal Philosophy of Management. You can read the paper here. 

 

  • Please mark your calendars for "All My Eyes See: An Evening with Fr. William Hart McNichols and Christopher Pramuk." Widely known as one of the world’s most gifted living religious artists and iconographers, Rev. William Hart McNichols joins co-author Chris Pramuk, Regis University's Chair of Ignatian Thought and Imagination, for a book presentation and signing on Tuesday, Sept. 17, at 7 p.m., in the St. John Francis Regis Chapel. Described as "a deep journey into the heart of a great spiritual teacher," All My Eyes See: The Artistic Vocation of Fr. William Hart McNichols (Orbis, 2024) will be available for purchase and signing. 

 

  • Please join the Community for Belonging and Equity (CoBE) for these upcoming events/engagements:
    • Lotería Kick-Off! (Sept. 18, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.) in Walker’s Pub. Play some games of Lotería and enjoy some Hispanic desserts!
    • Good Trouble Conversation: Sociedad Protección Mutua de Trabajadores Unidos (Oct. 3, 12:30-1:30 p.m.) in Claver Hall 328.
    • GOZA hosted by SOMOS (Oct. 9, 6-8 p.m.) on the Student Center patio. Closing celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Fiesta with food and music!

 

  • Be on the lookout for opportunities to engage with Mission, including:
    • Ignatian Pedagogy 2.0, Fall 2024, Via Zoom, Dates and Times TBD (Six Sessions Total). You’ve had an introduction (or 2…or 3) to Ignatian Pedagogy, but that only scratches the surface. This learning community will take our understanding of the theory and practice to a deeper level.  This learning community will explore the historical roots of the tradition along with contemporary best practices in education. 
    • Ignatian Spirituality and Practices, Fall, 2024, In-Person, Dates and Times TBD. Offered through Regis’ new Ignatian This learning community will explore the fundamental insights and practices of Ignatian (Jesuit) Spirituality. We will learn about Ignatian forms of prayer and also put them into practice in our daily lives.

 

  • Following-up from one of the topics from the annual workshop, for anyone looking for resources to support undocumented students, please consider Resources for Undocumented Students.

 

  • If you are wanting to support civic engagement and civil discourse this election season, please consider sharing this link with your students/colleagues: Voting Resources.

  • Teaching and Learning Excellence offers a wide range of resources on instructional design, teaching practices, and innovative technologies to support your teaching efforts. For the latest information and details on two upcoming professional development workshops, visit the Teaching and Learning SharePoint site.
    • Exploring D2L Creator+: Enhancing Course Content without Technical Expertise: Sept. 19 - 11 a.m. – noon
    • Rethinking Attendance Policies: Balancing Flexibility and Accountability
      Oct. 18 - 11 a.m. - noon

 

  • Updates from Strategic Marketing and Communications: Have news to share in the Regist? Strategic Marketing and Communications can help! Please make sure to submit content to the team via the request form, located on OneRegis, by Friday each week. SMC cannot guarantee that any content submitted past Friday will make the next issue. Additionally, all media inquiries should be routed through SMC and Communications Director Sheryl Tirol, who can be reached at stirol@regis.edu.