Enrique Benavidez, who preliminary elections results point to as incoming student body
president, speaks at the Bears in Solidarity event at the Bank of Colorado Arena April 20. Photo by Rowan Williams
Racial tensions at UNC were addressed Tuesday April 20 when UNC president Andy Feinstein spoke at the Butler-Hancock Sports Center. He, alongside university staff and student leaders, spoke on the issues of empowerment, trauma and healing, particularly for students of color.
Feinstein began his speech addressing the guilty verdict in Derek Chauvin’s trial announced earlier that day.
“I, personally, am happy about the verdict,” Feinstein said. “But I’m also sorry about what this country has had to go through over the last year.”
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The first UNC in-person commencement ceremonies since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic will take place this May.
President Andy Feinstein announced the university’s plans to hold undergraduate commencement ceremonies in-person this past January. At the time of that announcement, Weld County still maintained an average of over 150 new COVID-19 cases per-day, but that number has declined since then.
Since around mid-February, Weld County’s case numbers have plateaued at an approximate average of 50-70 new cases per-day as more and more people receive one or more doses of a coronavirus vaccine. That number could potentially go down even more in the coming weeks, as Colorado opened vaccine eligibility to the general public Friday.
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Colorado’s higher education institutions have remained flexible to operational changes during this COVID-19 pandemic to balance student needs with health and safety. After one year, a combination of masks, social distancing, falling COVID-19 cases and the state’s ongoing vaccine rollout have administrators planning for more in-person courses this fall.
Yet revenue losses from decreased student enrollment and state cuts to higher education funding continue creating major financial complications for Colorado’s public universities. Board members at the University of Northern Colorado, Colorado State University, and the University of Colorado Boulder each elected to keep tuition level for the 2020-2021 school year. Now, all three schools are considering raising student tuition and fees to account for budget shortfalls and increased operational costs.
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