In January, Lina Paumgarten, MA counseling psychology ’05, embarked upon a three-month, 3,600-mile bicycle trip along the east coast of Australia. Through pledges, she hopes to raise $10,000 to help fund a community orphans home being built in Meru, Kenya, by the nonprofit Peace Initiatives International (PII). Paumgarten, who originally […]
What do South American rainforests, water quality and Denver land-use patterns have in common? They are all issues that Denver Post editorial writer Penelope Purdy, MA communication ’98, deals with on a daily basis. Purdy knew at a young age that she wanted to write, and her connection to the […]
If you were one of the skiers or snowboarders carving Colorado’s slopes this winter, you may have passed by Tamara Hoppes, BA business and marketing ’87, who is attempting to snowshoe up every one of the thousands of ski runs at Colorado’s 23 ski resorts. Hoppes has been preparing for […]
What comes to mind when you think of a music march? John Phillip Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever”? Sir Edward Elgar’s “Pomp and Circumstance”? How about the “Thunderbirds March” by Bynum Weathers? Weathers, PhD comparative history ’71, has been a music lover since his days as a young boy in […]
They are not your traditional college athletes. They don’t have a coach, and their uniforms, if you can call them that, are baggy winter parkas and pants. Tricks are their currency: air to fakie, alley oop, half-cab, grind, McTwist. They don’t shoot, skate, run or score goals. They ride. They […]
What you see is what you get with Peter Coors, MBA ’70. He loves his business, and he loves his family. And even though he operates the $5.4-billion Coors Brewing Co. in Golden, Colo., family never plays second fiddle. “Sorry I was little late. My daughter stopped by with my […]
Lindbergh connection I read Mike Flanagan’s excellent article “Remembering Lucky Lindy” in the magazine [summer 2004]. While I was aware of Lindbergh’s national tour following his famous transatlantic flight in 1927, I did not know of DU’s connection to his visit to Denver. With this in mind, I am compelled […]
DU real estate Professor Mike Crean was a reluctant celebrity last summer when area newspapers ran articles about the anniversary of his world-record golf shot. Crean, who has been playing golf for 49 years, made the longest hole-in-one in American history on July 4, 2002. Although the 517-yard par-5 hole […]
Nationally, approximately one third of new teachers leave the profession after three years, and urban schools see most of this rapid turnover. Teachers in urban schools are chased out by challenges like poverty, crowded classrooms and low pay. But, DU is trying to help. The University’s College of Education has […]
In my neighborhood, the Blessed Virgin lives in a bathtub. I live in Sunnyside, a northwest Denver neighborhood bounded on the south and north by West 38th Avenue and I-70 and on the east and west by Inca Street and Federal Boulevard. Once, my neighborhood was home to small farms […]
In a competitive job market, how do new graduates beat out their competition? One way is to up the ante and walk out of college with a bachelor’s and a master’s degree. DU’s Daniels College of Business has the programs to help students get their educational job done quickly. For […]
An old tradition found a new DU home in December. For 74 years, the DU Women’s College (previously Colorado Women’s College) decked its halls with greenery and celebrated student accomplishments in the annual Hanging of the Greens ceremony. After the Women’s College moved from Park Hill to the University Park […]
Maybe it is the media’s tendency to unearth new chapters of the same story that fuels headlines about organizations running afoul of the law or making mistakes that harm their clients or employees. As more ethical breaches and blunders come to light, the news can be disheartening. Yet there have […]
Most of you have probably seen U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice all over the news lately. After all, she arguably is DU’s most notable alumna and is one of the world’s most recognizable public figures. Working on behalf of the United States with much less fanfare is another notable […]
DU Pioneers share a few things you probably never knew about living in Antarctica.