Announcements and Events

  • May 01, 2025
  • Provost Proceedings

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

     
  • Please join me in congratulating Loretta Notareschi (RC) for being awarded the 2025 Regis College Faculty Lecturer of the Year award. This is one of the college’s most prestigious awards, chosen by members of two committees. Look for information about Loretta’s lecture in the fall.
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  • Please access these updates from Teaching and Learning Excellence. Among other resources, there is a summary of the La Raza Report shared in an April Good Trouble Conversation.
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  • AJCU is looking for a new Executive Editor of Conversations. More information, including how to apply, is in the link.
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  • Bethany Lucas, John Sakulich, Allyson Sterling, and Gena Nichols (RC) received $50,000 from the Sisters of St. Francis to fund STEM outreach, student research across STEM departments, and REGIS Research summer camp. Funding will strengthen the STEM pipeline for seven students by providing financial support as they develop STEM skills. Funds will support student professional development opportunities and outreach to K-12 schools to build community and promote diverse STEM representation.
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  • RHCHP’s The Center for Play Therapy (at Thornton Campus) was renewed through the Association for Play Therapy for 3 years – thanks and congratulations to all involved.
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  • Rick Rokosz (Anderson) was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Verde Valley Archeological Center. The museum contains exhibits on Native American culture from the Verde Valley. It offers educational programs, hosts the Verde Valley Archaeology Fair and the International Archaeology Film Festival.
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  • There is a new Carnegie Classification called “Opportunity Colleges and Universities”, and in that Regis is classified as “Higher Access, Higher Earnings” for 2025. This classification reflects the number of students enrolled from underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities & Pell-eligible students and whether those students who attend make more money than their peers regardless of if they graduate.

  • Please check out the archival recording of the Climate Mass performance at Carnegie Hall in April. Music is by Loretta Notareschi (RC) Lyrics from the Latin Mass and Alyse Knorr (RC), New England Symphonic Ensemble with Raul Dominguez conducting, singers from around the country including Regis University, First Universalist Church of Denver, Stargate High School, and others.
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  • Ilana Sucher (RHCHP) and Pete Cogan (RHCHP) co-authored a manuscript with two pharmacy students. The article can be found here.
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  • Precious Palmer (Center for Career and Professional Development) received the Diversity Initiative Award an award from the Colorado Career Development Association. The Diversity Initiative Award promotes and recognizes an individual or team who through their initiatives and commitment, have demonstrated a high degree of cultural responsiveness and inclusive practices within the domain of career-related activities.  She was recognized for her hard work supporting and advocating for underrepresented and historically marginalized groups of students throughout her career and has made significant impacts at Regis through her work with undocumented students, students of color, international students, and more.
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  • I recently came across this article from the AJCU on the role of DEI and Belonging work as a pursuit/fulfillment of mission, and wanted to share as we look towards the academic year ahead.
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  • Scott Dimovitz (RC) had a publication: “Angela Carter and the ‘New American Spiritual Apocalypse.’” Angela Carter's Pasts: Allegories and Intertextualities. Ed. Anna Watz and Sarah Gable. Bloomsbury Academic. February 20, 2025. This publication is available by request from the Regis Library here.
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  • Thanks to all who played in the Faculty/Staff vs. Students Soccer Friendly, thanks for all of those who came out that chilly day for community, and thanks to the Staff Council for organizing it. We played the students a lot closer this year, and Chris Malarkey (RHCHP) and I literally bled for the team.
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  • Related to April’s newsletter, two items related to my 360 evaluation that I wanted to share include this
    Discernment Tool that frames institutional history and mission in decision-making. The Academic and Student Affairs Leadership Team will use it in our conversations, I am encouraging Deans to utilize it in their areas, and hope you might find some use of it too. Additionally, I wanted to share the Provost April Report. I will include these in future newsletters, pulling a summary from what I send to the President each month, and is shared in response to encouragement for increased communication and awareness of what I am doing.