Student Ambassador FAQ

The deadline to apply for Spring 2023 is December 1st, 2022.

DFEI Student Ethics Ambassador Application Spring 2023

The Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Collegiate Program drives the strengthening of principle-based ethics education throughout each participating school. The ultimate goal is to instill a high standard of ethics in our young people. To date, more than 450,000 students, faculty, and business people have been reached by the Collegiate Program.

The Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Collegiate Program was established by the Daniels Fund Board of Directors in 2009 as a five-year pilot. The effort was officially launched in early 2010 with eight business schools at universities in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming as initial partners. In 2019, the Daniels Fund board approved funding for the current phase of the program, which now consists of twelve partners.

Schools participating in the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Collegiate Program become members of the Consortium. Working together, Consortium members leverage individual school achievements to further strengthen and expand ethics education in the region.

For more information see, Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Collegiate Program.

The Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Collegiate Program at UCCS College of Business (DFEI at UCCS) is a resource for principle-based ethics education, serving students, educators, and the business community.

The UCCS College of Business is one of eight original participating schools in the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Collegiate Program. and is an active member of the Consortium. While housed in the College of Business, the DFEI at UCCS supports the entire campus to strengthen the teaching of principle-based ethics, promote the practical application of ethics-based principles in the curriculum, provide student opportunities to practice ethical leadership and ethical decision-making, and engage the business community.

At UCCS, we are LEADING STUDENTS TO SUCCESS THROUGH THEIR ETHICAL COMPASS.

In the 2020-2021 academic year, we reached 11,819 Students, 728 Educators/Staff, and 15,784 Community Members.

Bill Daniels believed deeply in ethics and integrity, and the importance of absolute ethical principles. As an exceptionally honest and fair businessman, he always based his decisions on what he believed was right – not just on what he thought was best for himself or his company. This attitude and style of conducting business earned Bill tremendous respect and loyalty throughout the business world.

We believe ethics education must convey that principles are constant foundations — not relative to a specific situation — and that doing what is right prevails over self-interest when the two may appear to be in conflict.

The Daniels Fund and the Collegiate Program partner schools established these straightforward and understandable principles that form the foundation of all Ethics Initiative activities.

In 2019, the DFEI at UCCS created a unique opportunity for students to engage in the ethics initiative, partner with an ethics fellow, and gain program-based work experience.

Students who are selected to participate in this unique opportunity will be paired with a Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Fellow Faculty Member to create ethics programs, conferences, and/or curricula to be delivered to UCCS and the greater southern Colorado DFEI community.

The prestigious Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative (DFEI) fellowships are awarded to UCCS educators who demonstrate excellence in pedagogical activities related to applied business, professional and organizational ethics. Fellows are expected to make a substantial contribution to facilitating the objectives as part of the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative. A DFEI at UCCS Ethics Fellow encourages learning opportunities in ethical thought and decision making to their respective college and area of focus as well as develops materials for ethical education in the classroom, workshop, or other platform. Ethics Fellows share their ideas in Ethics Roundtables at UCCS. During their term (academic year), they serve as the primary contact for their college and area of focus to the DFEI at UCCS team. A DFEI Ethics Fellow earns a stipend during their term and receives training and support from the DFEI at UCCS.

In 2016, the DFEI at UCCS offered an Ethics Champion program to colleges in the Southern Colorado Higher Education Consortium (SCHEC) through the support of the DFEI at UCCS. In 2019, the Daniels Fund awarded us additional funds to expand the ethics champion program into a Southern Colorado Ethics Consortium.

The SCEC includes Adams State University, Fort Lewis College, CSU-Pueblo, Lamar Community College, Otero College, Pikes Peak Community College, Pueblo Community College, Trinidad State College, and Western Colorado University. College presidents selected one faculty member to be an Ethics Champion for their campus. The Ethics Champions promoted ethics education on their campus.

See more information at SCEC Website.

UCCS Ethics Fellows will engage with ethics champions, present at workshops on Southern Colorado campuses, and learn from the ethics champions at the Champion/Fellow Orientation and Ethics Roundtables

• Submit your application posted on the Student Ethics Ambassadors webpage

• Statement of consideration (500 – word statement detailing why you are interested in this program, how you will support the program, and what you hope to gain from this experience.)

• Faculty/staff nomination (if you do not have a nomination, you will be interviews)

• Completed applications emailed to rmccann@uccs.edu

• Attend the Champions orientation

• Share DFEI activities and events with students

• Assist or attend two DFEI events

• Work with assigned UCCS Ethics Fellow to organize and execute one educational activity on behalf of DFEI

• Serve in an advisory capacity for DFEI at UCCS

The StudentCPT at UCCS is part of a national network of college students who demonstrate a commitment to ethical leadership. The UCCS chapter provides all students from all majors with opportunities to participate in training sessions, conferences, community service and business ethics competitions. Our chapter is supported by the Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative at UCCS and the NASBA Center for the Public Trust (CPT), which has staff and resources available to help our chapter maximize its effectiveness. We strongly encourage all of our Student Ethics Ambassadors to join the UCCS chapter and become officers! For more information contact Chase Culver at st-el01@uccs.edu.

You will be paid at the end of each month throughout the semester (i.e. August– December 2022 / January – May 2023).

After completing your first year as a UCCS DFEI Ambassador you have the opportunity to continue on to another year as long as you will still be a student here at UCCS.

Tracy Gonzalez-Padron, PhD
Director, DFEI at UCCS
719.255.3794 tgonzale@uccs.edu

Chase Culver
Ethics Initiative Assistant
719.255.3705 st-el01@uccs.edu