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About University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, also known as simply UCCS, is a campus of the University of Colorado System, situated in Colorado Springs, which is a Home Rule Municipality that serves as El Paso County's county seat, being the most populous city in the county, having a population estimated at a number of more than 400 000 inhabitants, during the 2009 census, fact which makes it the second most populous city in the state of Colorado, and the 46th most populous city in the country.

UCCS was established in 1965, and it currently has an enrollment of more than 6000 undergraduate and approximately 1500 graduate students. According to U.S. News & World Report college and university rankings, in 2006, it's College of Engineering and Applied Science is the fourth-best among public universities and the 16th best overall among bachelor and master's degree engineering schools, the university itself also being highly ranked, being placed, by the same publication, on the 32nd place, in master's universities in the West, for the 2009 rankings.

Athletics

The school mascot is Boomer, the mountain lion and the teams are known as the Mountain Lion, which compete in NCAA Division II, in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), in various sports, for both men and women, including in basketball, volleyball, cross country, trach and field and soccer. Their distinctive colors are gold and black.

Notable Alumni

Yusef Komunyakaa - first African-American to win Pulitzer Prize for poetry, John Herrington - first Native American to go to space, aboard Space Shuttle Endeavour in 2002, and Apolo Ohno - Olympic athlete, are UCCS' noteworthy alumni.