Jacaranda Palmateer, director of DU’s counseling services, was attending classes at DU on Sept. 11, 2001. In this video, she talks about her experiences at DU that day. DU Today has posted videos of Christopher Hill, dean of DU’s Korbel School of International Studies and former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (BA’74, PhD […]
Alyssa Bonelli admits her summer routine was a grind — an ultimately fulfilling one, yet a grind nonetheless. First, before the senior on the DU volleyball team could indulge in workouts with her teammates in preparation for her final season, Bonelli had to go to work. Except work for a […]
DU is marking the 10th anniversary of 9/11 with several events, websites and videos. To participate, attend any of the events or visit DU’s 9/11 website. Christopher Hill, dean of DU’s Korbel School of International Studies; Condoleezza Rice, (BA ’74, PhD ’81) former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor; and Jacaranda Palmateer, a DU student at […]
On Sept. 4, the University of Denver welcomed 1,250 first-year and 215 transfer students. They all participated in Discoveries orientation, which is designed to introduce incoming students to the University’s resources and community standards. Student sessions included undergraduate requirements, major and minor requirements, academic and campus resources, laptop configuration and […]
“Hero lifts vehicle, saves man from drowning.” It’s a headline suitable for the Daily Planet in a Superman comic, but for Scott Larson, it’s no fictitious tale. Larson is credited with saving a man’s life on June 18 near Buena Vista, Colo. That afternoon, the 21-year-old DU senior finished hiking […]
As students enter college for the first time or return for another year, many will be tempted to open credit card accounts — and many of them will accumulate huge debts before they graduate. Joe Paretta — a life coach and self-described former debt sufferer — wants people to avoid […]
Online teaching isn’t new. But, it’s conventionally been targeted toward nontraditional students or used when a professor couldn’t be in the classroom. DU’s Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) has a different approach. Through a pilot program, they’re helping professors set up online courses for traditional undergraduate courses. The idea […]
Nicholas Sauer (BA ’05) was elected to the board of education for District 220 in his hometown of Barrington, Ill., in 2009. The board’s youngest member, he already is well respected and shares governance responsibility for a $121 million operating budget, 14 buildings, 1,165 staff members and 9,150 students. […]
New York City is a big — and oftentimes scary — place for newcomers, but John Ritter (BA ’72, BS ’72) is always there to provide some direction. “Whenever I receive a call from a student or a DU graduate who is moving to New York, I try to make […]
Every January for most of the past two decades, DU alumnus Patrick Grant (MBA ’73) has sat tall in the saddle at Denver’s National Western Stock Show, shepherding the annual event through another 16-day exhibition. Corralling 16,000 head of livestock. Welcoming cattlemen, ranchers and rodeo hands from 45 nations. Raising […]
You’d think her job as chief financial officer and executive vice president of corporate services for Home Depot would keep her busy enough, but Carol Tomé (MBA ’81) also finds time to serve on the boards of the United Parcel Service and the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, and to […]
DU skier Lindsey Cone was featured on the CBS Evening News’ August 31 broadcast. Cone, a native of Killington, Vt., talked about her efforts to get back to DU in time for fall quarter in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. Vermont has experienced significant flooding and damage resulting from the hurricane, which moved […]
Dennis Powers (JD ’66) grew up near the New Jersey shore, where he sailed, surfed, water-skied, kayaked and fished. He has channeled his love of the sea to pen five maritime books. His first, The Raging Sea (Citadel, 2005), was about the devastating 1964 tsunami that crashed down the West […]
Former English Professor Bill Zaranka, who served as DU’s provost from 1989–2001, says he doesn’t really know how he ended up in the job. It certainly was not part of his plan. As a writer, all he wanted was isolation and huge blocks of free time — the exact opposite […]
Penrose Library put some of the treasures from its Carson-Brierly Dance Library on display in spring 2011 with “Ballet Struck: Lillian Covillo and Colorado Ballet,” a special exhibit of vintage dance memorabilia. The programs, photographs and scrapbook pictured here were donated by Colorado Ballet co-founder Covillo, who died in November […]