Out and About:
Festivities offer campus community a chance to get acquainted
February is a time for hearts, valentines and togetherness. Two events on the downtown Denver campus gathered together folks from the far-reaching UCDHSC community, including the Chancellor’s Open house and the Ombuds Open House.
After being introduced by Provost Mark Heckler, UCDHSC Interim Chancellor Greg Stiegmann confessed to not knowing much about the downtown Denver campus before he stepped into the position, but that he has been quite impressed with all that this campus has to offer. Stiegmann stressed UCDHSC must get the word out; that people are missing a lot by not knowing us.
The chancellor spoke on his education in Illinois and what brought him to Colorado. Stiegmann worked at a motorcycle shop in Champaign/Urbana while in college, and he and his buddy would drive out here—pre Interstate 70 days, when Colfax was the main highway—to ski. Eventually they set up a motorcycle shop in Aspen and he spent even more time here.
Stiegmann told the group he had been excited by the liver transplant work going on at the CU-Health Sciences Center in those days, so it was easy for him to make the decision to settle down in Denver.
The Ombuds office open house brought people to visit in order to be more aware of the services the office provides, including coaching, mediation, training in respect to conflict management and to make them familiar with our location. Despite subzero temperatures and bitter winds, more than 35 people showed up to check out what the office has to offer. Above from left, Lisa Neale, Melissa Connell and Mary Chavez-Rudolph show off a few of the goodies at their new office located in the CU-Denver Building Annex.