The CSU-Pueblo Today family lost one of its members recently.

Professor Emeritus Richard Joyce, retired professor of journalism and former adviser for the Today, died Sunday, Feb. 2 at Parkview Hospital. 

Joyce served as the faculty adviser for the Today from 1994 through 2004. During his years teaching in the mass communications department and advising the Today, Joyce quickly earned a reputation as a passionate professor, a true journalist and a “pull no punches” editor, who was also a supportive and kind mentor and teacher.

Many of Joyce’s former students remember him as a great philosopher with a wealth of knowledge, which he thoroughly enjoyed sharing. He was known to challenge students to think beyond the obvious, and he elicited many meaningful conversations in all of his classrooms.

Joyce was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, in 1947. He served in Vietnam as a member of the U.S. Air Force, teaching English as a second language.

Joyce graduated from the University of Southern Colorado in 1981 with a bachelor’s degree in mass communications. He served as managing editor of the Canon City Daily Record and ultimately joined the faculty of the mass communications program at USC in August 1994. He became assistant professor in mass communications in 1995 and was granted tenure and promoted to associate professor on May 20, 2001.

Joyce retired from CSU-Pueblo at the end of the spring 2016 semester, and he received Professor Emeritus status in May of the same year. He became an adjunct faculty member the summer of 2016 and retired once again in May 2018.

Joyce was a proud alum of CSU-Pueblo who also served many years on the Alumni Association Board of Directors and volunteered thousands of hours at alumni events.

A celebration of Joyce’s life will be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 23 at the Pueblo Union Depot. The family requests no food or flowers but donations may be made to the Richard A. Joyce Memorial Scholarship, CSU Pueblo Foundation, 2200 Bonforte Blvd., Pueblo, CO 81001.

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CHASS Southern Colorado Conference for the Humanities, Arts, & Social Sciences

April 17^th and 18^th 

Interconnected and Interdependent: Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences in a New Decade

Sponsored by the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at

 Colorado State University-Pueblo

Colorado State University-Pueblo’s College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences’ (CHASS) Southern Colorado Conference—or SOCO conference—is an annual multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary event intended to highlight the diversity of work and research created by scholars and artists in the region. This year’s theme reflects the essential relationship between the various disciplines represented in CHASS, as well as how these diverse epistemologies overlap, connect, and rely upon each other to help individuals find meaning in a rapidly changing world at the beginning of a new decade.

This year’s keynote speaker is the esteemed author, preacher, activist, and University Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University Dr. Michael Eric Dyson. One of America’s preeminent public intellectuals, Dr. Dyson’s books are consistently found on The New York Times bestsellers list, while his insights on topics covering everything from politics, race, sports, and hip-hop appear regularly in the pages of The New Republic and The Undefeated. His newest book, Jay-Z: Made in America, is a masterful examination of one of our country’s most important artists.

The spotlight speaker for this year’s conference is Master Luthier and Lead Instructor of the Appalachian School of Luthiery, Doug Naselroad. Winner of numerous local and national awards and recognitions and Artist-in-Residence at the Appalachian Artisan Center, Doug is the creator of Culture of Recovery, a creative therapy program that helps people of the Appalachian region overcome drug addiction through arts and entrepreneurial apprenticeships.

Submission Guidelines and Requirements

Reflective of this conference’s broad theme, we welcome all proposals related to the humanities, arts, and social sciences and in various media, to include: posters, art exhibitions, roundtables, musical performances, and traditional panel paper presentations.

Please submit all proposals to SOCOconference@csupueblo.edu. All submissions should include presenter name(s), a title, the format (poster, art, roundtable, performance, paper presentation), a 50-word abstract, and a 500-word summary or description. Visit our webpage for further guidelines and expectations. [Hyperlinked]

Registration for the conference is $50. Accepted presenters and invited guests will receive a copy of Michael Eric Dyson’s recent book and an invitation to a private reception with the author prior to his keynote address on the evening of Friday, April 17^th.

Please direct questions to Dr. Kevin Van Winkle (kevin.vanwinkle@csupueblo.edu) or Dr. Rachel Zimmerman (rachel.zimmerman@csupueblo.edu) with the subject “SOCO Conference.”

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Are you a past member, or a business that specializes in media, marketing, public relations or advertising? Perhaps you have a media professional working in your organization?

A discount is offered for three or more individuals from the same business. Being a member of the SCPC is an important, affordable, networking tool for professionals working in the field, or for those just wanting to be a part of a great group of individuals dedicated to exploring Pueblo’s hot topics and issues.
SCPC meets the second Tuesday of the month from September to May during lunch at various Pueblo locations.

Membership Dues:                                                                Lunch Meetings:
Individual: $30                                                                         Dues paid member: $15
Business: $75 (up to three people                                Student: $10
then $25 for each additional person)                          Non-member: $20 Student: $10

Check SCPC out on the Web: www.socopressclub.org

Find them on Facebook: www.facebook.com/SouthernColoradoPressClub
Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/socopressclub
Email: socopressclub@gmail.com to sign up for a lunch meeting or to get an application for membership. Or write to the club at: Southern Colorado Press Club, P.O. Box 1438, Pueblo, CO 81003.

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The Career Center hosts Career Week starting Sunday, Feb. 16, with the suit-up event at JC Penney located in the Pueblo Mall. This event allows our students and staff to purchase professional attire up to 60 percent off the retail price. This also includes jewelry, handbags, and more. There will also be a discount on medical scrubs.

Career Week will feature several job readiness events, leading to the Spring Career Fair Wednesday, Feb. 26. This will be located in the OSC ballroom and features many potential employers. Mark your calendars and look out for additional information provided around campus.

The Career Center isn’t just about these events in February. They are here to assist you year-round offering assistance in writing/editing resumes and cover letters free of charge to current students and alumni. It is located in the LARC room #187 and open Monday-Friday 8am-5pm. You can also reach them by calling 719-549-2980 or stop in to make an appointment.

–Shantel Frazier

It’s only been a semester and we’re about to enter a new, crazy decade. It’s the beginning of December, but before the month is out, how about we take a moment to remember the events that took place through these fine 10 years? The impeachment of President Donald Trump has drowned in our ears, mass shootings are becoming the norm, and Apple is finally stepping up to the plate with three cameras on the iPhones. From 2010 to 2020, it’s been a ride. Does anyone else remember when people thought the world was going to end in 2012 because the Myan calendar ended? That was fun. Anyway, let’s look back through time.

I, your Spring 2020 TODAY editor, was born in 1999 and it still boggles my mind that I go to school with others born in the year 2000 or the fact that we’re going into the year of 2020; the 201’s will no longer be a thing.

There was that decade of 2000 to 2010, but most of us weren’t old enough to really remember it. Do you want to know one thing that I’ll remember from this decade and maybe you’ll remember them too? All the amazing dances: the Whip/Nae Nae, Dab, Milly rock, JuJu on that Beat, Woah and we can’t forget 2013s Harlem Shake and “Twerking.” Many dance trends set, so many more to come… and how about the social media evolution? The legend we all know as Vine was created in 2013, Snapchat in 2011, Instagram in 2010. How about the demon known as Musically, created in 2014, revamped now as Tik Tok?

Flappy Bird was all the rage in 2014 and all of a sudden it disappeared from every platform. That mobile game was one of the first to make people contemplate the addiction of video games. Everyone loves a good “challenge” and in this decade we’ve had a fair share of them. We’ve had “Keke, do you love me challenge?,” Ice Bucket challenge, Chubby Bunny challenge, Cinnamon challenge, Running man challenge, Tidepod challenge (don’t be stupid). We were really creative in this decade.

I don’t think we can talk about this decade correctly without getting a little political. Can we all realize that we re-elected President Obama and elected President Trump in the same damn decade? Mind blown (BOOM). Also the #MeToo movement publicly started on October 5, 2017 when actress Ashley Judd accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault. We all musn’t forget the plethora of mass shootings we have accumulated. The Aurora movie theater, Las Vegas, and Sandy Hook were and are all lessons to be learned from.

Maybe in the next decade we’ll realize we may have more terrorists inside our country than out. It’s up to our generation now to try and change the way our society functions. Gay marriage is now legal across the US, a huge milestone. It’ll take baby steps, but I’m sure we’ll create and see a country we can be proud of.

LOL, got a little preachy, but to sum up all opinions, feelings, and concerns of these 10 years, I have to say, is it’s been a hell of a ride. America is a very young country and its citizens are still learning how to be human. On the bright side, I’ll be a senior next year and won’t have to worry about school anymore, just finding a job.

Everyone have a great 2020 and see you later!

Written by: Reenua Jones

Are you a past member, or a business that specializes in media, marketing, public relations or advertising? Perhaps you have a media professional working in your organization?

A discount is offered for three or more individuals from the same business. Being a member of the SCPC is an important, affordable, networking tool for professionals working in the field, or for those just wanting to be a part of a great group of individuals dedicated to exploring Pueblo’s hot topics and issues.

SCPC meets the second Tuesday of the month from September to May during lunch at various Pueblo locations. The 2020 session continues: Tuesday, Feb. 11,
11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., Pueblo Department of Public Health and Environment, 101 W. 9^th St. Randy Evetts, Public Health Director, will be our special guest speaker.

Membership Dues:                                                 Lunch Meetings:

Individual: $30                                                       Dues paid member: $15

Business: $75 (up to three people                           Student: $10
then $25 for each additional person)                      Non-member: $20 Student: $10

Check SCPC out on the Web: www.socopressclub.org

Find them on Facebook: www.facebook.com/SouthernColoradoPressClub

Follow on Twitter: twitter.com/socopressclub

Email: socopressclub@gmail.com to sign up for a lunch meeting or to get an application for membership. Or write to the club at: Southern Colorado Press Club, P.O. Box 1438, Pueblo, CO 81003.

Put the next meeting on your calendar: February 11.