Megan Read, 25, a senior majoring in English with a minor in secondary education at Colorado State University-Pueblo, has been named first place winner in the Fall 2009 BrainTrack Teaching Scholarship competition. BrainTrack is a biannual scholarship available for college students seeking to elementary through high school students. Read won $1,000 for essays she wrote and which will be applied toward her teacher education.

David Oliver, who coordinated the Help Desk Services office in the Information Technology Services department at Colorado State University-Pueblo, died unexpectedly at home Tuesday, Jan 26.

A training session designed to enhance awareness on campus diversity was the purpose of a Safe Zone Training held Thursday, Jan. 27, in the Cotton Room in the Occhiato University Center at Colorado State University-Pueblo. “The main goal (of the training) is for students, faculty, and staff to become more aware of our campus climate towards those with different sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, ages, religions, disabilities and gender identities,” Tommy Farrell said.

The TODAY’s Spotlight on Reading/Writing features CSU-Pueblo faculty, staff and students sharing their reading and writing experiences. The column is co-sponsored by the English and Foreign Languages Department and the English Club. This week’s feature highlights  mass communications student Julia Barnett.Name/department/educational background: Julia Barnett/mass comm major/freshman What has been your greatest ... Read More

Nearly $400 raised by the Colorado State University-Pueblo Automotive Booster Club during its Saturday campus car tuneup clinic will go toward the ongoing Haiti relief effort.

“Dear Dr. King, my name is Byron Embry. I am a 33-year-old professional athlete, husband and father of three. I lay in bed at night tossing and turning wondering why no one has confidence in my leadership…Did you deal with discouragement anytime in your leadership?”

The start of many events designed to raise money to help the earthquake-ravaged island nation of Haiti gets underway this weekend at Colorado State University-Pueblo. The CSU-Pueblo Automotive Booster Club will hold a car tune-up clinic from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 23 outside the Technology building. More events....

The Colorado State University-Pueblo women’s basketball team showed why it is a premier program in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference by grinding out a 65-56 win over Mesa State (4-10, 3-6 RMAC) Saturday night. The team failed to find a rhythm to its game as Mesa State kept the game close by not allowing the ThunderWolves to stretch the lead any higher than 11.

The Colorado State University-Pueblo men’s basketball team started slow and eventually fell short Saturday night against #17 Mesa State, losing 78-64. Mesa State opened up the game firing on all cylinders, shooting a magnificent 67 percent from both the field and beyond the arc.The Mavericks were paced by senior guard Mike Dominguez, who scored 17 of his 30 points in the first half.

The TODAY’s Spotlight on Reading/Writing features CSU-Pueblo faculty, staff and students sharing their reading and writing experiences. The column is co-sponsored by the English and Foreign Languages Department and the English Club. This week’s feature highlights  Professor David Sandoval. Name/department/educational background: Dr. David. A. Sandoval. I took a BS from Eastern ... Read More

Holding a benefit concert and blood drive were among the possible Haiti fund-raising efforts discussed during a Monday meeting in the Associated Student Government Chambers at the Occhiato University Center at Colorado State University-Pueblo. Anyone interested in missionary work can learn more by visiting http://dex.cidi.org/. The next meeting will be held today at noon and at 5 p.m. in the ASG Chambers.