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With the 2023 calendar year coming to a close, President Feinstein and his Cabinet provided a comprehensive update to the Board of Trustees during the Finance and Audit Committee and Board of Trustees meetings on Dec. 7 and 8.

The University of Northern Colorado is hosting its fall 2023 commencement ceremonies on Friday, Dec. 8 and Saturday, Dec. 9. Approximately 765 students will graduate this semester with around 469 earning bachelor’s degrees and nearly 300 earning a master’s, specialist or doctoral degree.

Graduate students are putting their scholarly skills on display during the fall 2023 Graduate Research Symposium on Tuesday, Dec. 5. This event also showcases the annual Northern Colorado Three-Minute Thesis competition, where students have three minutes and one slide to explain their thesis or dissertation projects in plain language.

This year, Andrew Alirez will step away from his academic career and college wrestling in pursuit of realizing that goal next summer at the 2024 Olympics in France.

The University of Northern Colorado’s vision to meet the critical and growing demand for doctors across the state just received a major endorsement. The Weld Trust has committed $25 million earmarked for the university’s proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine.

University of Northern Colorado President Andy Feinstein delivered his annual State of the University address to a full house on Sept. 26, in the University Center Rocky Mountain Grand Ballroom.

Joining the university in 1994 as an assistant professor of geography, Jim Doerner, a full professor of Geography, GIS, and Sustainability, became permanent dean in April 2023 for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS).

The University of Northern Colorado recently received notification from the Colorado Department of Higher Education that CDHE was the victim of a cybersecurity ransomware incident that resulted in the unauthorized copying of personal information stored in their network systems.

Isabella Marcus-Porter was our Bear in Mind host for this season. She just graduated, meaning it’s time for a new one. Katie Nord will be taking over next semester. In this episode, Katie and Isabella shared their excitement for the future of this podcast.

The University of Northern Colorado’s Board of Trustees held its final meeting of fiscal year (FY) 2023 on Friday, June 9. Among several items on a lengthy agenda, the board received an update on phase II of the university’s strategic plan Rowing, Not Drifting 2030, heard a summary report from the Presidential Evaluation Committee regarding a comprehensive review of UNC President Andy Feinstein and approved the university’s FY24 budget.