Month: March 2015

Visiting professor, Dr. Nick Parker, formerly of Texas Tech University, will teach a new course this summer at Adams State University related to sustainability. Parker earned his doctorate in wildlife and fisheries science from Texas A&M University and a master’s degree in science from Memphis State University. His primary interests are rural economic development, integrated […]

Adams State University sociology students and faculty attended the Western Slope Undergraduate Sociology Conference. Pictured, left to right, Evan Gibson, Robert Adams, Andrew Quintana, Dr. Tom Heddleston, assistant professor of sociology; Sloan Foster, Collin Powell, and Dr. Grace Young, professor of sociology. The five students presented at the 9th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium on Saturday, […]

Mt. Blanca Summer Music Conservatory will hold a workshop on the Adams State University campus June 22 through June 27. The weeklong program is for young string musicians, aged 10 years through high school. The Mt. Blanca Summer Music Conservatory program is designed for strings students, violin, viola, cello and double bass. This program provides […]

Adams State University will host a lecture by Dr. Brenda Romero, Associate Professor and Coordinator of Ethnomusicology at the University of Colorado in Boulder, "The Indita Gendered Ballad of Early New Mexican Folk Music," Thursday, March 12 from 6-7:30 p.m. in McDaniel Hall, Room 101. The event free and open to the public. Parking is […]

Adams State University announced it has received a $30,000 grant from the Daniels Fund to provide Boundless Opportunity Scholarships to non-traditional students. The grant will provide $2,000 to 15 undergraduate students who meet the criteria, according Dr. Michael Mumper, senior vice president for Enrollment Management & Program Development. Boundless Opportunity Scholarships help highly-motivated students achieve […]

The Veterans At Adams State Club presents the colors at commencement ceremonies.Beginning with the spring semester of the 2015 academic year, the Board of Trustees of Adams State University adopted a policy that grants in-state tuition status to eligible Active Duty, Reserve National Guard or Honorably Discharged members of the Armed Forces of the United […]

Adams State University is one of two Colorado colleges to become the nation’s first "PARCC Pioneers." The university is committing to use high school PARCC assessment scores for placement into college courses beginning in 2016, according to Dr. Frank Novotny, vice president for Academic Affairs at Adams State. Aims Community College in Greeley is pledging […]

San Luis Valley pre-kindergarten teachers spent three Fridays in February learning how to bring nature into the classroom and their students outside to discover, learn, and experience the environment. The Adams State University Teacher Education Department collaborated with the Colorado State Forest Service Project Learning Tree and Rocky Mountain Service Employment Redevelopment (RMSER) to provide […]

The Adams State University Nielsen Library and the Adventure Program will host an ongoing lecture series this semester entitled Earth, Water, and Sky: Conversations on the Great Outdoors – San Luis Valley and Beyond. The first event, Fly Fishing Around the San Luis Valley: the Zen, Aesthetics, and Conservation of Chasing Trout, a talk by […]

Alex Wier, who has presented solo recitals at numerous universities around the U.S. and is a member of the percussion trio Atlas Percussion, will perform at a guest percussion concert at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 12, in Adams State University Leon Memorial Hall. Wier is a percussionist active as both a performer and educator. He […]