archiveJanuary 19, 2015

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Facilities management works to keep campus safe during winter

Photo courtesy of csupueblo.edu The CSU-Pueblo Alert emergency system and the facilities management department aim to keep students and staff safe during dangerous winter conditions. The emergency alert system began in the fall of 2008 when the university partnered with Rave Wireless to provide an emergency text-messaging program. In the event of an emergency, unexpected delay or closure due to inclement weather, a text message will be sent to all registered cell phones. “The purpose of the program is to notify students and staff of a significant event on campus...
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Busy semester for Student Engagement and Leadership

Student Engagement and Leadership officeOUC Room 006Photo credit: Dustin Cox The Office of Student Engagement and Leadership at Colorado State University - Pueblo is set to bring some exciting events and activities to campus for students during the 2015 spring semester. First is the Distinguished Speaker Series with former basketball coach Ken Carter. The Hollywood movie “Coach Carter” was made about his experiences, and he will speak about them in the Occhiato University Center Ballroom Tuesday at 7 p.m. CSU-Pueblo alumnus and former basketball player Kevin Coates will be introducing...
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Gone in a Puff: remembering when the world changed

Photo credit: Charlie Kelly, Associated Press As a child growing up during the Civil Rights Movement, I had been intentionally sheltered from the growing discord in hopes that it would “blow over” and life would get back to the 1950s version of normal. But progress would not be denied. My sister, who is 16 years my senior, was quite aware of the pivotal events going on in the world.  She had friends who went to Vietnam and never came back.  She had friends who marched for Civil Rights.  She knew...