- The president of Western Colorado University in Gunnison announced his retirement and resigned from his position Friday, just weeks after the Board of Trustees voted to let him keep his job despite outcries from faculty members. President Greg Salsbury’s last day will be June 29.
- Community colleges are doing a lot to tempt students back to college — not raising tuition, expanding scholarships, starting apprenticeship programs.
- In the last week, Colorado’s mask mandate has become less restrictive (again), fewer COVID vaccine sites are requiring appointments and cases are still rising among young people. Here’s a breakdown of where things are at.
- Ultimately, the action has no immediate consequence for Kennedy, but the resolution could impact his yearly performance evaluation in June.
- The University of Colorado system, Colorado State University system and other large Colorado universities announced their vaccine requirement jointly on Wednesday.
- Following the 2021 MLB postseason, a search for a permanent replacement will take place.
- But many universities will still have to raise tuition.
- Just over 56 percent of the Class of 2019 enrolled in a two- or four-year college within a year of graduating.
- While the Colorado School of Mines is holding in-person ceremonies this year, other schools like University of Colorado at Boulder and Colorado State University will stick with virtual commencements.
- The tuition increase is the first for the CU system in three years. Regents hope it will help make up for a budget shortfall of $218 million.
- College leadership consulted students, faculty, staff and the Board of Trustees before making the decision.
- Some of those who knew the man now accused of killing 10 in a Boulder King Soopers remembered him as troubled, but not someone they would have suspected to act on his aggression in such a horrifying way.
- A man is in police custody after a shooting attack that left at least 10 people dead, including a Boulder police officer, at a King Soopers grocery store.
- Of the nearly 2,400 Native American students enrolled in Colorado’s public institutions in 2019, 955 of them were attending Fort Lewis. A new bill attempts to raise that number.
- Great news: dressing up animals in jackets or sweaters is not only adorable — it also protects pets against the cold.
- The true effects of the incident as a superspreader event are yet to be seen.
