Program News & Events

It’s no surprise that TCID Principal Instructor Baye Herald won a CU System award for creating Technical Communication Across the Professions, an Open Educational Resource (OER) textbook. She’s been innovating her entire career. In fact, the award is the capstone for many years of work helping people at UCCS become excellent teachers.

From a rural farm girl to first generation college student to international traveler to 17 years at UCCS, Cheryl Birkelo has been an inspiration not just for students but for colleagues as well. She has left a lasting mark on UCCS, the TCID program and the many students she’s helped over the years. To honor this legacy, TCID has established the Cheryl Birkelo Founder’s Scholarship.

As technical and scientific communication programs are growing in academia, the TCID program at UCCS--one of a handful of stand-alone technical communication departments in the United States--is helping lead the charge.

On Oct. 11, over 45 UCCS alumni, students, local community partners, and faculty attended the launch event for the Technical Communication and Information Design (TCID) degree at UCCS Downtown. The University of Colorado Board of Regents approved the degree in 2020, and a celebration was delayed until this year.