Mountain Lions, get your steps in this Walktober!
The UCCS PIPs (Positive Impact Points) team has added walking as a PIPs action for all. During the month of October, students have the opportunity to earn additional PIPs and monthly prizes by signing up for the in-app Walking Fitness Challenge.
Whether you are walking from your residence hall to the dining hall, exploring the campus trails or walking to class, you’ll earn PIPs by reaching the daily challenge of 8,000 or 12,000 steps.
How to earn PIPs:
- 8,000 steps daily: 50 PIPs
- 12,000 steps daily: 75 PIPs
(An overall max of 325 PIPs awarded weekly)
- Most steps in a day: 500 PIPs
- Drawing for most consistent average - any participant who reaches 8,000 steps 15 times during the month: 750 PIPs
- Most steps overall: 1,000 PIPs
- Drawing for any student who reached 12,000 steps four times during the month: 1,000 PIPs
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Important PIPs updates:
- Wellness Trivia Contest is live October 14-21
- Scholarship minimum is now 5,000 PIPs
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New engineering research center aims for sustainable electric transportation |
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Researchers at UCCS will play a key role in a multi-institutional effort, funded by a renewable $26 million National Science Foundation grant, to develop an international research center dedicated to advancing sustainable and electrified transportation.
Professors of engineering Gregory Plett and Scott Trimboli will contribute research to the center, named ASPIRE – Advancing Sustainability through Powered Infrastructure for Roadway Electrification – which aims to eliminate range and charging as obstacles to the broader electrification of all vehicles.
Key to the center’s work is the development of charging technology built into roadways and parking facilities. With the help of Ph.D., master’s level and undergraduate students, Plett and Trimboli will work to develop high-capacity, wireless-charging batteries that will enable electric vehicles to charge while in motion.
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Creek Week volunteers clear debris from UCCS’ adopted waterway |
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17 socially distanced volunteers pulled 25 bags of trash, two bikes, three shopping carts and an entire gutter from the waterway during the Oct. 1 cleanup event.
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UCCS ranks high in nationwide sustainability accolades |
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For the third consecutive year, UCCS is one of the nation’s most sustainable higher education institutions, according to the Princeton Review Green College Honor Roll and the Sierra Club’s official magazine.
“Sierra” magazine ranked UCCS the second-most sustainable university in Colorado out of a record 312 institutions in its annual “Cool Schools” green ranking. UCCS has earned a top-25 ranking in the competition three times since 2017. And as one of 30 institutions named to the Green College Honor Roll, UCCS was honored with a score of 99 – the highest possible score – in the Princeton Review’s Green Rating tallies.
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GOCA announces public sculpture Patrick Marold’s “The Windmill Project” to light up the night at UCCS
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UCCS Galleries of Contemporary Art announces a major new public sculpture “The Windmill Project” by artist Patrick Marold to be installed in October 2020, near the Ent Center for the Arts. Marold is a Colorado-based artist who explores the intersection between natural phenomena, energy and perception through art that includes renewable energy as its primary component.
“The Windmill Project” is comprised of 2,000 8-feet tall posts with wind-activated components which turn small generators powering LED downlights. When installed outdoors, the site-responsive sculpture illuminates the wind’s movement across the landscape and visualizes “a living body of light”. The project has been presented previously in Kjos, Iceland; Vail, Colorado; and Burlington, Vermont. It is part of the 2020-21 season of GOCA’s Art WithOut Limits public sculpture program, curated by Daisy McGowan. The work is also connected to a larger project, “The Space(s) Between,” a multi-site exhibition taking place during the 2020-21 season in collaboration with University of Denver’s Vicky Myhren Gallery and featuring outdoor artworks between Colorado Springs and Denver along the I-25 corridor.
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Green Action Fund Proposal Deadlines | Fall 2020
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Notification of Intent to Apply for Funding | Friday, Oct 16, 2020
Large Grant Application | Friday, Oct 23, 2020
Small Grant Application | Friday, Oct 30, 2020
Research Seed Grant | Friday, Oct 30, 2020
Sustainable Conference Grant | Rolling
Application to Become a Committee Member | Rolling
Call for student committee members! Interested in joining Green Action Fund? With some amazing students graduating in December 2020, we'll have open seats! Check out the website and reach out to our Project Coordinator, Natalie, to learn more about how to get involved!
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Sustainability Strategic Plan 2030
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The UCCS Sustainability Strategic Plan 2020 sunsets this year. The Sustainability Committee has been working to complete the UCCS Sustainability Strategic Plan 2030 by engaging our community.
Are you faculty, staff, or student at UCCS? Are you a Colorado Springs community member? Are you invested in helping make UCCS more sustainable?
Then we need your feedback, suggestions and engagement!
How can you support the 2030 plan?
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Join the Sustainability Committee and attend monthly meetings. Email jtonyan@uccs.edu with inquiries.
- Join a subcommittee and focus your efforts on one of the four core strategies.
- Talk about it! The more people who know about the plan, the more we can work towards reaching our goals!
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Due to COVID-19 regulations, the Sustainability Demonstration House and Office of Sustainability will be accepting visitors by appointment only.
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