A group of Pioneers alumni are redefining “goal oriented” and doing so in an unusual way. They are scoring goals for the Outlaws, Denver’s new professional lacrosse team. The Outlaws’ 26-man roster includes four former Pioneers players: attacker Matt Brown, BSBA ’05; defenseman Tom Ethington, BSBA ’02; midfielder Mike Law, […]
Although she lives and works 1,000 miles away in California, alumna Angela (Maestas) Robbins’ heart belongs at DU. As a senior educational administrator with the Los Angeles County Offi ce of Education, Robbins, BA ’91, coordinates a program that allows at-risk students to learn from DU professors. Each summer, she […]
In northern Ghanaian villages, women tend bees and make ceramic pots, generating products for the microbusinesses they established with the help of DU’s Ziblim Abukari.
Patricia Coan, JD ’81, always saw herself as someone “trying to make some sort of social justice happen.” That vision has taken her on a career path from critical care nursing to practicing law to her current role as a magistrate judge for the U.S. District of Colorado. Renewed for […]
H. Keys Allan, MBA ’70, says he’s always had an entrepreneurial spirit. Which is why in 1987, when he saw a table-tent advertisement for SPORTea — an energizing drink with no sugar, calories or artificial sweeteners — he knew he was on to something. “I’ve always felt that I’ve been […]
This June, more than 1,400 women will graduate from DU — nearly 57 percent of the graduating class. Things weren’t so different 120 years ago, when women comprised exactly half of the graduating class. The distinction was, in 1886 DU only graduated two students. Helen Fuller Officer was one of […]
When Peter Hassrick arrived on campus in the 1960s to study 19th- and early 20th-century western American art, he was treading new ground. “At that time, no one was particularly interested in western American art, but DU allowed me to tailor my studies,” says Hassrick, MA art history ’69. Because […]
Don Beuthel has been collecting stamps for as long as he can remember. His father was an avid collector introduced Beuthel to the hobby. The childhood pastime turned into a lifelong interest, and Beuthel’s 75,000-piece collection has connected him to the rest of the world. “Stamps are mirrors of a […]
When Bradbury Anderson, BA sociology ’71, took a sales job at the Sound of Music stereo store in 1973, he earned about $69 in the first two weeks. So, he did the only logical thing. He quit. Lucky for him, his resignation didn’t take. “I was in the smallest store […]
This June, more than 1,400 women will graduate from DU — nearly 57 percent of the graduating class. Things weren’t so different 120 years ago, when women comprised exactly half of the graduating class. The distinction was, in 1886 DU only graduated two students. Helen Fuller Officer was one of […]
Alumni Deena and Peter Hoagland have found healing in an unlikely place.
When William Kurtz was a child, his family told him that he could do anything he wanted in life. Luckily for the University of Denver and the entire community, Kurtz wanted to help people and the institutions that serve them. Kurtz recently was honored at Founders Day as the 2006 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]