Tag: pikes peak state college
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Programming, partnerships and outreach expand to fill gaps in health care workforce
What’s the first thing a primary care doctor addresses when they meet with a 28-year-old female patient with trouble staying asleep, fatigue, a lack of appetite, headaches and skin flare-ups like acne and eczema? CU Boulder employee and University of Colorado Colorado Springs graduate student Mary Gately posed that question to a group of high…
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Pikes Peak State College placed on secure status Friday after ‘threat’
A ‘received threat’ toward Pikes Peak State College prompted its leaders to place the school on secure status Friday, according to a news release. The status means access to the school will be limited to faculty and staff, and the college’s career orientation has been canceled. Normal operations will resume on Saturday. In separate messages…
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Springs Ensemble Theatre’s ‘POTUS’ delivers a chaotic day inside the White House
A collective gasp echoes across the room in one of the most high-profile homes in the U.S., the White House. Diplomats’ jaws drop. Journalists raise their recorders. Some of the nation’s top officials begin whispering amongst themselves. “Did he really just say that?” He, being the country’s president. And just like that, the women behind…
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Pikes Peak State College celebrates Native American scholarship graduates
In the days ahead of Pikes Peak State College’s commencement ceremony, graduating student Margo Condon would be the first person to tell you she didn’t think she’d be there two years ago. A 42-year-old, first-generation student who sustained a brain injury during her time in the military, she admitted that she only began attending because…
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Canvas system is online after a cyberattack. CU system isn’t confident moving ahead
Tens of thousands of students studying for final exams around the world Friday regained access to a key online learning system after a cyberattack had earlier knocked it offline, throwing schools and universities into turmoil. Canvas was embraced by the University of Colorado system about a decade ago and quickly became a mainstay of the educational —…
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Pikes Peak State College, Colorado College announce transfer pathway
Colorado Springs’ community college and private liberal arts college are coming together to create a new pathway for their students. Starting in fall 2026, Colorado College will begin enrolling up to two students from Pikes Peak State College each year. Students who earn an associate degree with a grade-point-average of 3.3 or higher will be eligible…
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Former PPSC lecturer accused of sexually assaulting student makes first court appearance
A former Pikes Peak State College lecturer on Tuesday appeared in an El Paso County courtroom for the first time on 77 counts of sexually assaulting a child while in a position of trust. Jason Gunderson, 48, is accused of having an illegal 13-month sexual relationship with one of his American Sign Language (ASL) students…
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As new teacher training options develop, workforce gaps begin to close
On a Friday morning, to start the day at French Elementary School, second-year teacher Brynn Johnson’s first graders led the way, reading in unison, through their morning reading before recapping the book’s material and themes. While Johnson gravitated toward teaching at an early age, whether through role-playing as one or her own passion for reading,…
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‘I’d sacrifice my freedom for you’: Pikes Peak State College instructor allegedly had sexual relationship with minor student
Deputies arrested an American Sign Language faculty member at Pikes Peak State College on Friday after he allegedly engaged in a sexual relationship with a minor student for over a year. Jason Gunderson, 48, is accused of grooming one of his 16-year-old students and illegally beginning a 13-month sexual relationship with her after turning 17,…
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D-11 board discusses health care innovation school
Colorado Springs District 11’s board of education discussed a proposal to potentially expand its school portfolio and fill an ongoing workforce gap. The board was presented with a possible innovation school in partnership with Pikes Peak State College to expand early college and career learning in health care during a March 18 work session. If…