February 8 | 3:00pm ET 

 

UCCS transitioned to self-operated dining services in May 2014. Prior to that, the campus had been contract-managed by various companies over the decades. The primary reasons for making the change to self-operations included: 

 

1. developing a student employment program and increasing the number of available campus jobs;

2. improving the overall food quality and customer service delivered to campus as measured by national benchmarks;

3. integrating sustainability deliverables in support of the University's strategic plan;

4. incorporation of production from the UCCS Farm;

5. integrating academic programs with dining services to create experiential learning opportunities;

6. collaborating with Health Services, Counseling Services, and Recreation to create an integrated wellness model;

7. harnessing relationships between UCCS and the US Olympic Training Center; and

8. Putting UCCS on the national stage for dining operations.