Sustainability Summit
Call for Proposals & Participation
Summit Mini-Lecture Series
Each session in the Summit Mini-Lecture Series will feature expert speakers, hands-on learning, and interactive discussion designed to inspire, inform, and strengthen our community’s sustainability knowledge. While smaller in scale than our full summit, this series offers consistent engagement and learning throughout the academic year, keeping sustainability at the forefront of our campus and community conversations.
When: First Tuesday of each month (exc. JAN/MAY); 4-6 pm (includes social hour)
Where: Clyde's Gastropub, UCCS University Center
Who: Students, faculty, staff, and community members interested in sustainability and applied solutions
We look forward to seeing you at our first session and throughout the series as we continue building a resilient, innovative, and sustainable future together.
Session One
Tuesday, September 2 2025 at 4:00 PM M- 6:00 PM
Clyde's Gastropub
Session one of the 2025-2026 Sustainability Summit Mini-Series will feature researcher and professor, Dr. Sameer Prasad, of the UCCS College of Business.
How to Set Up Developmental Projects Overseas: From Orphanages to Schools, to Large-Scale Feeding Programs, to Health Care Networks and Natural Farming
2025 Sustainability Summit
Past Sustainability Summits
Each year, we encourage self-nominations for presentations along with inviting folks from various campus departments to speak to initiatives, programs and projects from the previous year. If you have a presenter recommendation, feel free to submit their name, contact information and presentation topic to sustain@uccs.edu
2021 Event Webpage + Event Recording - including the keynote conversation with Patricia Cameron, Founder & Executive Director for Colorado Blackpackers
2020 Presentation Videos | a virtual event
2019 Presentation Slides | UCCS Sustainability Event Webpage | 2019 Sustainability Summit Event Recording - including the keynote presentation from Jeni Cross, the Director of Research for the Institute for the Built Environment and Associate Professor of Sociology at Colorado State University