Updates and Announcements
Please send any accomplishments, announcements, etc. to provost@regis.edu or directly to Jake Bucher.
- Save the date/time for Feb. 6, 12:30-2 p.m., for an Institutional townhall.
- To stay informed on University Senate, please check this link for updated minutes.
- Please access updates from Teaching and Learning Excellence. As a reminder, we will keep this site active with new and helpful information.
- A reminder that the Provost has open office hours each Monday, 9-10 a.m. and Thursday, 2-3 p.m. at the main campus, and Thursdays, 5-6 p.m. at the Thornton campus. If those times are not convenient, please reach out to set up a time to connect.
- Please see this Accessibility Resource document: Accessibility Resources.docx. It explains the U.S. ADA Title II digital accessibility regulation and outlines what we need to do to ensure course content is accessible. TLE has created several how-to guides for faculty and will host a virtual office on Wednesday, Jan. 28, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to answer faculty questions and provide additional support for those who need more hands-on assistance. Virtual Office Zoom link is: https://regis.zoom.us/j/93779803649.
- For continued updates about implications of federal decisions on financial aid, please consult "Big Beautiful Bill" and Financial Aid Updates | Regis University.
- Faculty and staff who teach, advise, or otherwise work directly with undergraduate students at Regis University are invited to apply to participate in a four-day learning community in May 2026 (with a one-day follow-up in August, and two short gatherings per semester). This learning community will support faculty and staff as they deepen their understanding of vocational exploration and discernment and become better equipped to support students as they seek out meaningful work in their lives and become workplace-ready – all in the context of HSI servingness, community-engagement, and equitable high-impact experiential learning practices. Apply here by Jan. 23.
- Karen Adkins (Regis College) has had two recent publications: “Speaking Into the Air: Private Friendships and Public Dialogue." Revue d'etudes Benthamiennes 28, and "Mentoring the First Big Project: Two Pages at a Time.” In Welch, Brynn, Ed. Innovations in Teaching Philosophy: A Toolkit for the 21st Century Classroom.
- Jake Bucher and co-author Suhad Tabahi had their article “Reevaluating Reparative Justice: Insights from Initiatives in a Midwestern U.S. Municipality” published in Social Alternatives, Vol. 43 (2).
- Alyse Knorr (Regis College) received a $5000 NetVue grant to complete a project on exploring how the discipline of Creative Writing can enrich vocational discernment in higher education.
- Sheryl Tirol (University Communications) had this piece on Korean television dramas published in The Denver Catholic.
- Becky Vartabedian (Regis College) had a chapter published on “Integrative Pedagogy is Inclusive Pedagogy,” in Innovations in Teaching Philosophy: A Toolkit for the 21st Century Classroom: 79-91.
- Erica Ferg (Regis College) and Rev. Kevin Spinale, S.J., had a review of the book Teaching With AI published in the Jesuit Conversations on Higher Education Magazine. Read "In review: "Teaching With AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning," by José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024. 270 pages" here.