To most people getting a roof over their head is part of the American dream. Don’t count Ford Church (BSBA ’98) as “most people.” For him, the sky and stars make the best roof. It’s something he’s thought since he was an eighth grader when a weeklong backpacking trip in […]
All the ingredients for a successful future pizza shop were right at Jeff Rogoff’s (BA psychology ’93) fingertips as a DU student. He learned what bad pizza tasted like. “Unfortunately, I didn’t have much spending cash to go out and eat, so I lived on terrible pizza delivery,” Rogoff recalls. […]
Celeste Gamache (BA ’86, JD ’89) says fighting for her country, especially during two tours in Afghanistan, caused to her realize just how much she loves America and Colorado. “I’m willing to do anything to protect them, to include giving my life,” says Gamache, a major in the U.S. Air […]
To say Richard Berry (BSBA ’56) has the travel bug is like saying The Beatles kind of liked music. He says that as a Connecticut Yankee and recent high school graduate, he followed Horace Greeley’s advice to “Go West, young man.” But he didn’t stop at west. Indeed, he’s been […]
If you’re at a University of Denver hockey game and you happen to take notice of Pioneers’ forward and scoring machine Tyler Bozak, join the crowd. The sophomore standout has attracted numerous scouts, and rumors are flying around faster than a hard-slammed puck that he’ll be leaving DU for the […]
EMBA could stand for Executives Making Bold Achievements. That’s exactly what two students in DU’s DanielsCollege of Business Executive MBA (EMBA) program are doing by sharing their business acumen with women in India who desperately need the help. This story starts in 1996 when Katie Kramer visited India and saw firsthand […]
Perhaps it’s fitting that an artist describes her career today as a geometric shape: the circle. As a small girl growing up in Ontario, Gail Slatter Folwell (BFA ’83) would make and sell “crazy wire sculptures” of skiers and golfers. Then she fell in love with graphic design for many years […]
First, the bad news: Colorado appears to have joined the rest of the country by officially slipping into a recession, according to Tom Dunn, the author of new research on Colorado’s economy from the University of Denver’s Center for Colorado’s Economic Future (CCEF). “I believe Colorado is in recession based […]
Don’t judge Chase Squires until you walk a mile—no, scratch that—until you run 100 miles in his shoes. Squires, a DU senior public affairs specialist and University of Denver Magazine writer, is what you call an ultradistance runner—the folks who use a marathon to get warmed up and often run […]
Q: What does it mean to the University to have such a successful athletics program? A: I would be the first one to say that athletics is not the most important thing about a university at any level. However, it’s the most visible. I would look at the national exposure […]
EMBA could stand for Executives Making Bold Achievements. That’s exactly what two students in DU’s Daniels College of Business Executive MBA (EMBA) program are doing: boldly sharing their business acumen with women in India who desperately need the help. The story starts in 1996 when Katie Kramer visited India and […]
Jackie Brown is 54. She has a part-time job. She has a mortgage. And tonight, she has homework: a case study paper on how to help a teenage girl who was physically abused by her father and who is now fighting depression and anxiety because she’s about to leave a […]
Something’s going on under the water in the pool at the El Pomar Natatorium. Above the water, it all looks rather fun—competitive, yes—but definitely fun. Beneath the surface, though, is a lot of kicking, scratching, holding, poking and even pulling on swimsuits. Above the water a whistle pierces the humid […]
Some people spend their whole lives looking for their proverbial pot of gold. Others just buy a gold mine. Meet Paul Hintgen (BSBA ’86), the owner of Country Boy Mine in Breckenridge, Colo. It was established in 1887, and it’s the only mine with an underground tour in Summit County. It’s […]
Even though Chuck Ferries has spent much of his life racing down mountains, his life has been anything but downhill. “I’ve done pretty much whatever I wanted to do my whole life, so I guess you’d say I was free spirited,” says Ferries, a Pioneers skier who helped lead the […]