There is no “I” in Florence Roujas. In her first season as a Pioneer, the slalom and giant slalom standout won six races and was named DU Female Athlete of the Year. She earned All-America status after the 2005 NCAA championships in Vermont, where she helped DU to its 18th […]
As one of seven children and the first in his family to go to college, Fernando Guzman needed encouragement to go from picking walnuts to picking up a doctoral degree. He got that encouragement from his family, fellow migrant farm worker students and Chicano activists who provided a network of […]
Jack Miller helped the University of Denver raise $275 million, met alumni in 23 countries and now is a successful fundraising consultant. He also is the recipient of DU’s 2006 Randolph P. McDonough Service to Alumni Award, presented at Founders Day. But Miller’s path to success was not direct. In […]
The University of Denver was founded as Colorado Seminary in 1864 and was located at 14th and Arapahoe streets near what is now the Boettcher Concert Hall parking garage. The seminary was renamed the University of Denver in 1880, and shortly thereafter, University leaders began discussing a move. They felt […]
Presidential libraries always make me cry. And each time it happens, I find myself rather surprised. It happened again last summer when I drove from Denver to Little Rock, Ark., to visit Clinton’s library. En route I listened to Edmund Morris’ Theodore Rex, a nine-hour set of tapes on the […]
In her black and white “photographic canon” Force of the Spirit, Kim Daus-Edwards offers readers a window into the Bible, sharing theological insights through photography. Daus-Edwards says she uses her imagery to dig deeper into the meaning of scripture and to explore Biblical concepts without using words that are the […]
After more than four years of planning, fundraising and construction, the School of Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management (HRTM) moved out of Columbine Hall and into its new building in December. Located just south of Driscoll Student Center, the $18 million hospitality facility, funded almost entirely by private donations, is […]
There are likely only a handful of people who’ve been lucky enough to see a wild lynx, considering that the animal is listed on the endangered species list. Even fewer have had an opportunity to actually hold one. Tom Blickensderfer, JD ’88, has done both. “It took two shots to […]
Veronica “Ronnie” Caropreso, BBA ’92, earned a business degree at the Women’s College because, she says, she was a technology geek who wanted the vocabulary to “translate tech.” Since graduating, her ability to talk tech in the boardroom has earned Caropreso increasingly challenging and rewarding positions. Yet, it was Caropreso’s […]
When Tom Marsico, MBA ’79, was 15, he visited eight European cities, including Berlin. “It gave me an appreciation for the freedoms and opportunities we have in the United States,” he says. “I was fortunate at that young age to understand what it means to live in a democracy.” Marsico […]
Nicholas Pohlit, BS ’49, took on a fight against pollution during a time when few around him understood its toll on human health and the environment. By taking advantage of opportunities and working hard, he earned a “plum job” as executive director of the National Environmental Health Association. Pohlit, who […]
When Louise “Nan” (Smith) Speer graduated from DU in 1943, she and five friends who had lived together in Schuler Hall decided that no matter where they went, they’d stay in touch. They’d already endured one separation: In their senior year they had to leave the dorm and move in […]
Penrose Library houses this 1907 portrait of Apache leader Geronimo, which is part of a complete set of the first edition of The North American Indian by renowned photographer Edward Curtis. In 1906, J.P. Morgan offered Curtis $75,000 to produce a 20-volume set containing 1,500 American Indian photographs. Curtis spent […]
Before Vanessa Devereaux was crowned 2005 Colorado State Fair Fiesta Queen last April, she was asked to articulate the issues that burden and encumber the Latino community. Devereaux, a sophomore biochemistry major, delivered a bilingual speech in which she addressed the loss of culture and native language among American Latinos: […]