Figure skating champion Michelle Kwan (BA ’09) joined hundreds of other graduates at the University of Denver’s undergraduate Commencement ceremony on Saturday, June 6. Kwan — who came to DU in 2006 — received a BA in international studies from the Josef Korbel School of International Studies. She minored in […]
Some 1,000 graduate students officially became University of Denver alumni during the graduate Commencement ceremony at Magness Arena June 5. Joseph Saunders (BS ’67, MBA ’68), chairman and CEO of Visa Inc., delivered the Commencement address, telling the audience he would offer the graduates simple advice to return to the […]
Competitive gymnast Nikki Brown has been dreaming about going to medical school for a long time. This August her dream will come true. Brown, a native of Louisville, Ky., will attend medical school at the University of Kentucky, where she plans to study pediatrics or orthopedics. She will graduate from […]
Anne Pennington (BA ’59) says she’ll remember walking in the Commencement ceremony June 6 with the Class of 2009 just as much as walking in her own class in 1959. And she says she’ll probably be more comfortable this year, too. Pennington married at the end of her junior year, […]
One name to be called at Saturday’s undergraduate commencement ceremony might be slightly more familiar to the crowd gathered in the Ritchie Center. Figure skating champion Michelle Kwan will join hundreds of other DU students receiving diplomas from Chancellor Robert Coombe. Kwan came to DU in 2006 to pursue an international studies degree […]
Construction has begun on Ruffatto Hall, which will house the Morgridge College of Education. While the daily physical changes are capturing the neighborhood’s attention, John and Carrie Morgridge are more excited about what will happen inside the building when it is complete. “We are excited about this project because Chancellor […]
After the first phone call before Christmas, Bill Robinson thought it was a joke. After the second call, he requested a letter to verify what he was hearing on the other end of the phone. “I felt, ‘My God. I can’t believe it,’ ” Robinson said. “I am humbled. I […]
Instead of taking a piece of campus with them, DU’s senior class is leaving a piece of campus behind. DU’s Class of 2009 has left DU with a 3-foot by 6-foot piece of stained glass that depicts campus landmarks with a mountain background. It was hung in a window above […]
The person who helped build the Josef Korbel School of International Studies into one of the best international studies programs in the nation will step down next year. Dean Tom Farer recently announced plans to leave the position on June 30, 2010, after 14 years. When Farer became dean, the […]
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Here is a sample of the questions elementary students were asked in the 2009 DPS Shakespeare Festival Challenge Bowl. The questions cover five categories: Elizabethan England; Famous Quotes; Richard III (this year’s featured play); Shakespeare’s Biography; Shakespeare’s Plays and Theaters. Queen Elizabeth was a descendent of what royal blood line? […]
The University of Denver will welcome a distinguished alumnus and a U.S. congresswoman at separate graduation ceremonies for graduate and undergraduate students. Some 1,500 graduate students and 1,200 undergraduates are eligible for Commencement. The graduate ceremony will be at 5 p.m. on June 5 at DU’s Magness Arena. The undergraduate […]
Here is a sample of the questions high school students were asked in the 2009 DPS Shakespeare Festival Challenge Bowl. The questions cover five categories: Elizabethan England; Famous Quotes; Richard III (this year’s featured play); Shakespeare’s Biography; Shakespeare’s Plays and Theaters. What did nobles carry around to help relieve the smell […]
Charla Agnoletti believes that in order to change the world, one must start at home. That guiding philosophy led her to the University of Denver four years ago. And after she graduates, that same philosophy will lead her to her next great adventure — teaching middle school in Denver’s public […]
Alvin Goldberg, a DU human communication studies professor emeritus, was a “ born intellectual” motivated by curiosity — for knowledge, books and for people in general. When he was hospitalized recently, “He even categorized the hospital’s pain chart. He called it a ‘rhetoric of pain,’” Temple Mecah Rabbi Adam Morris […]