Events from December 2, 2025 – January 27 – University of Northern Colorado

Institute for Creative Teaching

Conner Williams — Thu, 11 Jun 2026 14:00:00 +0000

The 2026 Institute for Creative Teaching (ICT) is intended to provide a place of safety, kindness, and acceptance for us all to take time to replenish, to allow the influx of healing new ideas, and to experience the power that comes from making and being listened to. You’ll be joined by keynote speakers Danielle SeeWalker and Eiko Otake, alongside other teaching artists and practitioners who will...

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The Spitfire Grill: Little Theatre of the Rockies

Conner Williams — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 01:30:00 +0000

Musical in Langworthy Theatre June 11-13 at 7:30 p.m. June 14 at 2 p.m. When Percy Talbott, a young woman with an uncertain past, becomes a resident of tiny Gilead, Wisconsin, the town welcomes her with suspicion and distrust. Unexpectedly discovering the healing power of community while working at the Spitfire Grill, Percy awakens the entire town’s capacity for rebirth, forgiveness and hope.

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Defense of Dissertation, Felix Junior Appiah Kubi, Applied Statistics and Research Methods

Patrick Johnson — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:15:00 +0000

Felix Junior Appiah Kubi will defend his dissertation, “Adaptive Leverage Causal Inference: Multi-Stage Uncertainty-Aware Distillation for Integrating Gaussian Processes with Double Machine Learning.” Research Advisor: Han Yu; Committee: K. Shafie Holighi, V. Guetler, A.

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Defense of Dissertation, Alfredo De Jesus Balcacer Manzano, Music: Jazz Studies

Patrick Johnson — Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:00:00 +0000

Alfredo De Jesus Balcacer Manzano will defend his dissertation, “Combining the Dominican Republic’s Guitar Music with North American Jazz: Documenting and Tracing the Dominican Guitar History, Its Principal Performers, and How These Patterns Can Coexist in the Jazz Idiom.” Research Advisor: Stephen G. Kovalcheck; Committee: B. Casey, S. Garcia, D. Zaremba, R. Weis.

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The Spitfire Grill: Little Theatre of the Rockies

Conner Williams — Sat, 13 Jun 2026 01:30:00 +0000

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The Spitfire Grill: Little Theatre of the Rockies

Conner Williams — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 01:30:00 +0000

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The Spitfire Grill: Little Theatre of the Rockies

Conner Williams — Sun, 14 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0000

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Defense of Dissertation, Kiersten Nicole Jonkman, Music Performance

Patrick Johnson — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Kiersten Nicole Jonkman will defend her dissertation, “The Impact of Socioeconomic Status on the Pursuit of Music in Higher Education in the United States.” Research Advisor: Deborah Kauffman; Committee: W. Broadnax, R. Becker, C. Wesley Zoom link available upon request by emailing the Research Advisor in advance.

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Defense of Dissertation, Jonathan Joseph Senderak, Educational Leadership and Policy Studies

Patrick Johnson — Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:00:00 +0000

Jonathan Joseph Senderak will defend his dissertation, “The Voices of Special Education Leaders Experiences with Burnout.” Research Advisor: Amie Cieminski; Committee: J. Cooney, K. Gosselin, D. Hulac Zoom link available upon request by emailing the Research Advisor in advance.

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Defense of Dissertation, Angela Dawn Cox, Nursing Education

Patrick Johnson — Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:00:00 +0000

Angela Dawn Cox will defend her dissertation, “Nursing Instructor Perceptions of the Emotional Impact of High-Stakes Psychomotor Skills Assessments.” Research Advisor: Natalie Pool; Committee: D. Copeland, M. Henry, M. T. Allen Zoom link available upon request by emailing the Research Advisor in advance.

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