Campus and Community Life
Explore upcoming campus events, read stories celebrating UCCS successes, and discover the deep relationship between the university and our city.Health and Wellbeing Resources
- UCCS HealthCircle Primary Care Clinic:UCCS Primary Care Clinic offers free mental health counseling sessions on campus, virtually, or off campus. Licensed counselors and clinical social workers are ready to help. Call (719) 255-8001 to schedule an appointment.
- Colorado State Employee Assistance Program (CSEAP): UCCS employees are entitled to 8 free counseling sessions. CSEAP also offers leader consultation, critical incident response, and mediation services. Call (303) 866-4314 or complete the request online form for an appointment.
- First Priority Peer Support Program: Trained faculty and staff Peer Supporters offer confidential support for workplace stress, trauma, burnout, and more. Learn more or request peer support here.
- GRIT Program: Online modules, workshops, and community connections to build resilience and coping skills. Learn more here.
- Lyda Hill Institute “Take 5”: Quick self-care strategies (5–30 minutes) to help you feel more grounded. Learn more here.
- Insurance and Benefits: All CU medical plans offer one preventative mental health care visit at no cost per plan year. Check your plan’s provider directory for details.
- Additional Resources: Case management, referrals, and community support are available through the Wellness Center. Call (719) 255-4444 for assistance or learn more here.
Belonging and Academic Freedom
Care Centered Offices and Programs
We value inclusive care and belonging for all as a foundation for teaching and scholarship that prepares students, faculty, staff, and community members for both local and global multicultural realities. The Care Offices span disability services, international affairs, religious diversity, first-generation, military, student access services.
Academic Freedom and Expression
Freedom of expression, as guaranteed under the First Amendment, and academic freedom, as defined by the Laws of the Regents, while distinctly separate concepts, are central to UCCS’ academic mission and underlie our community values of inclusivity and critical thinking. Our Regent Law 5.B.2(A) protects your "freedom to inquire, discover, access, publish, disseminate, and teach truth as the individual understands it, subject to no control or authority save the control and authority of the rational methods by which knowledge is established in the field."
Additional Campus Locations
UCCS Downtown
UCCS Downtown offers classroom, conference, and lounge space to host events, workshops, group work sessions, and more. You can make a reservation up to two months in advance with 27 free hours per week (such as using all three spaces for an entire 9-hour day, one space for 9 hours for three days in a row, etc).
Kevin W. O’Neil Cybersecurity Education and Research Center
The Cyber Education and Research Center hosts various events and programs to educate, inform, and drive cybersecurity collaboration and progress. There are shuttle runs from the Centennial East stop to the Cybersecurity Center off Nevada Avenue. As faculty, note that some students may be traveling to and from this campus between classes.
Sustainability Initiatives and Events
The Office of Sustainability
As a response to the global climate crisis, UCCS has committed to reducing the University's carbon footprint through innovative practices, collaborative partnerships, and strategic investments. The UCCS Office of Sustainability supports that vision and mission to establish the university as a recognized leader in sustainability and climate action in campus operations, campus culture, curriculum and co-curricular education, student recruitment and retention and success, and in the greater community.
They host frequent events, farmer's markets, and action committees to involve yourself with campus service.
University Advancement
Alumni Engagement
The Alumni and Donor Engagement team serves to foster relationships with our community of alumni, donors, and friends by providing opportunities for engagement, delivering excellent benefits, pursuing impactful stewardship activities, and connecting constituents with meaningful volunteer, experiential, and philanthropic endeavors.
Development
University development professionals support fundraising on behalf of the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. Our donors are fueling success today and for generations to come. Private philanthropy allows UCCS to expand its excellence and impact by supporting the scholarships, buildings, centers, and programs that make UCCS an exciting place to learn, teach, research, and work.
Branding and Official Gear
UCCS Brand Guidelines and Downloads
Download the logo, letterhead, presentation templates, or submit artwork requests with the Brand Standards office. You can also use the UCCS Photo Database for high-quality downloadable photography for university-related projects.
The official UCCS colors are black and gold. Together, these colors are the foundation for all marketing materials.
Campus Apparel
You can shop for UCCS apparel, gifts, and school supplies online or in the University Center. The Campus Store is often used for event swag or giveaways for student engagement with stickers and water bottles as fan favorites.
Campus Maps and Guided Faculty Tour
The Campus Map is spread across Central, East, and West areas, with additional infrastructure downtown and along Nevada Avenue. The Central campus holds the most buildings including the Library, University Center, administrative buildings, several academic buildings, and residence halls. West campus includes the Ent Center for the Arts, Hybl Sports Medicine and Performance Center, the Lane Center for Academic Health Sciences, athletic fields, and residence halls. East campus holds our Campus Green House, Farm, University Hall, and plenty of parking with shuttles running the length.
The University of Colorado’s Four Campuses
The University of Colorado’s four campuses are on the traditional territories and ancestral homelands of the Cheyenne, Arapaho, Ute, Apache, Comanche, Kiowa, Lakota, Pueblo and Shoshone Nations.
"Remains dating back to 100 A.D. to about 1400 A.D. can be found on the UCCS campus. These 30 sites were used by the Plains Native Americans. Visitors and students alike can see the archaeological remnants of these populations throughout the campus grounds...Acknowledging that we live in the homelands of Indigenous peoples recognizes the original stewards of these lands and their legacies. With this land acknowledgment, we celebrate the many contributions of Native peoples to the fields of medicine, mathematics, government and military service, arts, literature, engineering and more. We also recognize the sophisticated and intricate knowledge systems Indigenous peoples have developed in relationship to their lands."
Read more about our Care and Belonging values with the complete land acknowledgement.
The Resilience of UCCS
The mission of the Lyda Hill Institute for Human Resilience is to advance human resilience to adversity by designing evidence-based solutions through interdisciplinary research, healing therapies, and community training and empowerment. This is accomplished through the work of our three divisions: Research, Healing, and Community Training & Empowerment.