Archive for February, 2016

Founders Day expanded to two-day celebration of all things DU

It is a year of transformation at the University of Denver. Chancellor Rebecca Chopp’s new strategic plan, DU IMPACT 2025, lays out a bold vision for the future of the institution, and Founders Day, traditionally a one-night celebration honoring the University’s founding in 1864, has been transformed into a two-day […]

Retooling school: DU revamps the student experience to reflect a diverse and fast-changing world

Retooling school: DU revamps the student experience to reflect a diverse and fast-changing world

The past five years have seen a tremendous amount of change in higher education, and the next 10 years promise to bring even more. By the year 2025, college students will be just as likely to be first-generation college students as not, and chances are, they’ll need skills for jobs […]

DU grads Ben Deda and Erik Mitisek are the minds behind Denver Startup Week, the country’s largest free entrepreneurial event

DU grads Ben Deda and Erik Mitisek are the minds behind Denver Startup Week, the country’s largest free entrepreneurial event

When Artifact Uprising co-founder Jenna Walker attended her first Denver Startup Week in 2013, she had no idea the event would change her life. “We had been operating for close to a year, but when we attended Denver Startup Week, we started to realize how many resources were in Denver […]

First-year students develop friendships and pursue their passions through DU’s distinctive residential learning program

First-year students develop friendships and pursue their passions through DU’s distinctive residential learning program

When Sydney Limond, a junior majoring in environmental science and mathematics, got the news that she would be attending the University of Denver, she puzzled, like so many soon-to-be college students, over what the first year would hold. Where would she find friends? Would she like her classes and professors? […]

Chopp inaugurated as DU’s 18th chancellor

Chopp inaugurated as DU’s 18th chancellor

In a Sept. 18 address capping ceremonies installing her as the University of Denver’s 18th chancellor, Rebecca Chopp called on Coloradans to imagine a renewed relationship between higher education and democracy and previewed DU IMPACT 2025, the institution’s ambitious strategic plan, scheduled for a formal release in spring 2016. “There […]

Psychology professor recognized for her work with domestic violence victims

Psychology professor recognized for her work with domestic violence victims

On campus, Anne DePrince is a professor and chair in the psychology department and serves as director of the Center for Community Engagement and Service Learning, which coordinates the University’s public-good work. But her work with the community doesn’t stop there. DePrince and her psychology students work with a number […]

Social work student inspired by health care internship

Social work student inspired by health care internship

Kayley Carson, a second-year student in the Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW), has been passionate about social work since she was an undergraduate. While studying psychology at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Mo., she was inspired to pursue social work after completing an internship in palliative care with the […]

Iranian exile and DU alum recognized as a ‘great immigrant’ by Carnegie Foundation

Iranian exile and DU alum recognized as a ‘great immigrant’ by Carnegie Foundation

In the winter of 1979, with Iran in the throes of a revolution that would transform the nation from a pro-Western, one-party state into an Islamic theocracy, Ali Malekzadeh was far from his home country in more ways than one. The previous year, Malekzadeh (BSBA ’77, MBA ’78) had finished […]

Knowles Foundation grant fuels alumna’s teaching career

Knowles Foundation grant fuels alumna’s teaching career

Faven Habte (BS ’10) stepped into her science classroom at Chicago’s Bronzeville Scholastic Institute last fall hoping to ignite a passion for her discipline among her students—much the same way her own passion was sparked and stoked by her high school and college mentors. “My goal is that my students […]

Jazzman Steve Wiest leads a learning revolution at the Lamont School of Music

Jazzman Steve Wiest leads a learning revolution at the Lamont School of Music

Two years ago, multiple Grammy-nominated jazz composer and trombonist Steve Wiest did something completely unexpected. He left one of the world’s best large jazz ensembles — located at the University of North Texas — to teach at the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music. Why Lamont? With its world-class […]

DU celebrates Black History Month with a slate of activities

To celebrate Black History Month, the DU chapter of the Black Student Alliance (BSA) has organized a variety of programs throughout February. The theme for the programming is “Hallowed Grounds: Sites of African-American Memories,” which, says DU BSA president Rory Moore, complements programming across the nation that will honor the […]

DU offers first-generation student a path to success

Private colleges may seem like daunting institutions with unattainable standards and a price tag that is too large to even consider for most students. But, according to research done by the Council of Independent Colleges, a higher proportion of first-generation and low-income students enroll at private colleges than at public […]

Senior plans event to inspire young black women in Denver

Senior plans event to inspire young black women in Denver

Senior Brooklyn Batey, a defender on the University of Denver women’s lacrosse team, is more than just a Division I athlete. Over the last year, Batey has been working hard to organize a new summit at DU for young African-American women in Denver. The summit, Black Women Lead, Empower, Aspire […]

$2 million gift endows international professorship at Daniels College of Business

In recognition of Ron Rizzuto’s 40 years of teaching and research at Daniels College of Business, the Anna and John J. Sie Foundation today provided a $2 million gift to establish an endowed chair in his name. The Ron Rizzuto Chair for Excellence in International Executive Education will support Rizzuto’s […]

Sculptor and alumna Gail Folwell goes pro

Sculptor and alumna Gail Folwell goes pro

For six months, renowned artist Gail Folwell (BFA ’83) worked tirelessly on her newest project: a 7-foot-tall sculpture for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s parade route in downtown Canton, Ohio. On Aug 7, 2015, the city of Canton, in conjunction with the Pro Football Hall of Fame, unveiled “The […]