Announcements and Events

  • April 01, 2025
  • Provost Proceedings

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

     
  • We’re continuing the Lunch and Learn sessions in the UMin lounge in the Student Center. These sessions are led by Regis General Counsel Janelle Ramsel and Pre-Law Advisor Meaghan Shaughnessy (Regis College), and provide insight and opportunities for discussion around federal government administration. Upcoming sessions include April 30 from 12:30-1:30 p.m.
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  • The Innovation Center in the Anderson College of Business and Computing hosts the 8th Annual Regis Innovation Challenge Finals on Thursday, April 17th from 5:30-8 p.m. The annual business competition will feature pitches by 5 teams including Regis and Arrupe Jesuit HS students, Nursing alumna Mina Tran, and two community businesses working with current students. This year's finalists include a tech solution to help with gestational diabetes, a culturally minded assisted living home, an all-natural food bar (who was named #1 by Consumer Reports!), a tech platform to help reduce crop losses in Africa, and a yet-to-be-identified finalist from Arrupe Jesuit HS. The event truly is a celebration! As the audience, you help determine which businesses to invest in (we will be investing over $20,000 in cash and prizes), vie for the special annual T-shirts, and more! Refreshments provided. RSVP here.
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  • Please access resources and updates from Teaching and Learning Excellence
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  • In collaboration with RHCHP and CoBe, we will be hosting two screenings of the film, Ilena's Smile, followed by discussion with faculty, staff, and students. The dates/times are April 16, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Peter Claver Hall, Room 328 and April 17, 11 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Pomponio Science Center, Room 212.
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  • The Queer Resource Alliance invites students to register for the 2025 Regis University Lavender Graduation Ceremony, an event that celebrates our LGBTQ+ graduates across the university. The event will be held on Monday, April 21, from 4-6 p.m. in Claver 410, and the program will include brief remarks, a reading of graduate names, and light hors d'oeuvres. If you know of any students graduating from any RU program (undergraduate or graduate level) who might like to participate, please share the following registration link with them!
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  • I’m thrilled to share some great accomplishments/honors for faculty. If you’re available April 17 from 3:30-5 p.m., please consider dropping by the Provost Suite to toast these amazing folks.
    • The following faculty received tenure this year: J'Lyn Chapman, Jeanine Coleman, Tyler Imfeld, Kate Partridge, Sarah Puett, and Janet Rumfelt
    • The following faculty received promotion: Julia Brumbaugh, Jean Berliner, Erin Choice, Susan Dalbey, Alice Davis, Mike Ennis, Amy Hezel, Nick Kallan, Abigail Schneider, Sue Sci, Megan Sobel Cohen, Walter Sulmeisters, Holly Vali, Becky Vartabedian, Erin Winterrowd, and Trudi Wright.
    • The following faculty were awarded Professor Emerit status: Heidi Barker, Camille Belle, Tom Bowie, Bobbi Miller, and Mark Reinking.
    • Finally, the following faculty received sabbaticals during the upcoming year: Stacy Chamberlin, Erica Ferg, Mike Ghedotti, Larissa Hoffman, Mausumi Mahapatro, Marty Munoz, Nancy Mulligan, Lara Narcisi, Ken Sagendorf, and Ted Zenzinger
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  • I am excited to announce our guest speakers for the 2025 commencement ceremonies. Don Mares will address graduates at the Graduate Student ceremony, and Chief Justice Monica Marquez will address graduates at the Undergraduate ceremony.

  • Very happy for Jonnia Torres-Carolan (Teaching and Learning Excellence) for successfully defending her dissertation. Please join me in congratulating Dr. Torres-Carolan!
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  • Becky Vartabedian (Regis College) presented on "Table Manners or Cancel Culture?" at the 2025 Night of Ideas sponsored by the Denver Project for Humanistic Inquiry and the Alliance Française Denver
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  • Amber Bentley (STARS) was one of 10 members of this year’s Colorado and Wyoming Network of Women Leaders’ Academic Management Institute cohort to present her project “STARS: A Centralized Approach to Student Achievement and Campus Unity at Regis University."
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  • Erin Norse (Regis College) had her book Water into Bones published (https://iupress.org/9780253072399/water-into-bones/).
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  • Erica Ferg (Regis College) gave a two-part public lecture series titled “Starry Nights: A Celestial History of Religion” at the Trinity United Methodist's Studying with Scholars Speaker Series in Denver, Colorado.
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  • Take a look at this book review by our director of communications, Sheryl Tirol, recently published in the national Catholic publication Our Sunday Visitor. She originally wrote it as part of a class assignment while working toward her MA in Creative Writing, which she’ll complete this spring.
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  • As discussed at previous townhalls, once all of the restructuring decisions have been finalized (which will be soon), I will send out a full report of all the changes – accompanied with a rationale for the change and any implications. In the meantime, please reach out to a Dean, Senator, or to me directly with any questions or conversations.