Month: April 2016

Adams State Trustees award faculty tenure, promotions, and sabbaticals

Four Adams State University faculty members were granted tenure April 8, as approved by the university’s Board of Trustees. Seven faculty were promoted in rank. The board also approved Emeritus Faculty status and sabbatical requests. Tenure & Promotions Dr. Christopher Adams – also promoted to Associate Professor of Chemistry Dr. Cheri Meder – also promoted […]

Adams State University honors student leadership

Article by Maya Ramirez ’16 Photo by Daniel Parsons ’18Adrian Reyes received the Vice President of Student Affairs Outstanding Leadership Award. Adams State University hosted the Eighth Annual Student Leadership Banquet, on April 1 in the Student Union Building banquet rooms. The room was filled with some of the biggest student leaders on campus. Everyone […]

Hampton Sides to speak on Adams State campus

The Adams State University Department of History, Anthropology, Philosophy, Political Science, and Spanish will host Hampton Sides, national best-selling author of In the Kingdom of Ice, Ghost Soldiers, Blood and Thunder, Hellhound On His Trail, and other bestselling works of narrative history and literary non-fiction. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. with a book […]

ASU Trustees reappoint President McClure for three more years

The Board of Trustees for Adams State University voted unanimously to renew President Beverlee J. McClure’s contract for the next three years. The action was taken, and McClure accepted, at the board’s regular meeting on campus, April 8. McClure’s multi-year contract maintains her current salary of $205,000 per year, with possible bonuses based on performance, […]

Adams State will celebrate Grizzly Daze

Article by Maya Ramirez ’16 Photo by Daniel Parsons ’18The 2015 Backyard Bash included balancing small objects on your forehead. Adams State University students get ready for the annual Grizzly Daze, from April 18 through April 22. Hosted by the Grizzly Activity Board (GAB), events bring out your Grizzly Spirit. The events include a photo […]

Adams State PD sponsors Special Olympics Torch Run

Adams State University Chief of Police Paul Grohowski invites all campus and community members to participate in the 2016 Annual Law Enforcement Torch Run (LETR) to benefit Special Olympics. It will be held Saturday, April 30, beginning at 9 a.m. The three-mile run will begin and finish corner of First Street and Edgemont Boulevard in […]

Tickets for Arcadia go on sale April 11

Nick Harlan (Septimus Hodge) and Katie Miller (Thomasina Coverly) rehearse a dance scene. After 23 years, Dr. Paul Newman, professor of theatre, directs his final production in the Adams State University Theatre Main Stage. Arcadia opens April 22. Tickets go on sale Monday, April 11, at the ASU Theatre Box Office. Comedy, mystery, and thermodynamics, […]

Roberto Falomir joins Adams State Police Department

The Adams State University Police Department welcomed Officer Roberto Falomir at a swearing-in ceremony, April 1. He previously served two years as a Costilla County Sheriff’s Deputy and has worked with ASUPD part-time since December. Falomir is also an instructor in less-lethal tactics and weaponry. "We are pleased to have someone of Roberto’s caliber join […]

First Ladies importance is subject of next faculty lecture

The First Ladies of the United States are often overlooked for their importance to the presidency; however, to understand all aspects of the presidency, one needs to recognize how first ladies have influenced the highest political office in the land. The Adams State University Faculty Lecture, Exceptional Presidential Companions: The First Ladies as an Essential […]

Adams State hosts presentation on green practices for businesses

In his book, Getting Green Done, Auden Schendler focuses on calculating the financial benefits of each change in order to make beneficial decisions. Schendler, vice president of Aspen Ski Company, will address the realities of implementing green practices in your business, from 11:30 a.m. until 1 p.m. Monday, April 18, in the Adams State University […]