Dear Friends,
It was almost 20 years ago (February 8, 2001) that I, along with the rest of KUNC’s staff at the time, learned that the University of Northern Colorado Board of Trustees was planning on selling the license of KUNC to Colorado Public Radio the following day. To say the news came as a shock is an understatement.
The morning after the pending sale was made public, nearly thirty members of the KUNC listening community appeared before the trustees. They asked the board to reconsider then UNC President Hank Brown’s recommendation to sell the license. After hearing emotional stories from several listeners explaining how important KUNC was to them, the board announced it would put out an RFP for the sale of the license with a deadline of Wednesday, February 28.
A male (the bright red bird) and female cardinal go a-courtin . Male and female cardinals each have their own separate songs. Gary Carter/Getty Images
Many bird-watchers (and bird-listeners) believe that a singing bird must be a male bird. But that s not true. And that misconception can have a lot of serious consequences. Two ornithologists (scientists who study birds) recently put out a call to action for scientists and laypeople alike to pay more attention to the singing habits of female birds. The paper was published online on March 14, 2018, in the journal The Auk: Ornithological Advances.
Traditionally, female songbirds have been overlooked because more males sing, says the paper s co-author Lauryn Benedict, a University of Northern Colorado biology professor. But the ratio isn t overwhelmingly in favor of males, as it turns out. Worldwide, we think that females sing in about two-thirds of all songbird species, she emails. That s a pretty rough estimate, though, beca
Lindsay Schultz of Colorado Springs has been promoted to CEO of MRC Recruiting, an executive search firm specializing in precious metals mining and the resource sector, that is headquartered in Denver and Albuquerque, N.M. She has been with the company for 15 years and was vice president. She has a bachelor’s degree in human resources and organizational behavior from the University of New Mexico and a master s degree in business administration from Arizona State University.
Tammy Rivera of Colorado Springs will be promoted to managing partner of BKD CPAs & Advisors for its Colorado and Salt Lake City operations on June 1. She has been with the accounting firm for 21 years as an audit manager and was appointed as a partner in 2017. She has a bachelor s degree in accounting from Colorado State University.
The University of Northern Colorado football program won’t participate in the Big Sky Conference and FCS spring championship season.
Instead, the Golden Bears, led by rookie head coach Ed McCaffrey, will pursue a modified non-conference schedule in late spring.
The school cited the health and safety of its student-athletes and coaches along with “staffing and faculty challenges associated with multiple sports competing simultaneously.”
Northern Colorado is the fifth Big Sky program to either opt out of the spring season or to pursue a modified spring schedule. The others are Montana, Montana State, Portland State and Sacramento State.
The Big Sky pushed its football schedule from last fall to the spring in response to the coronavirus pandemic.