We regret to inform you that Dr. Fernie Baca, who served as a Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education (CLDE) faculty in CU Denver’s School of Education & Human Development from 1976 – 2001, passed away on May 17, 2023. In addition to her teaching, Dr. Baca served for a number of years as CU Denver’s associate vice chancellor for research. She retired with emeritus status from the University of Colorado in 2001. We extend our deepest sympathy to the Baca family.
First-generation SEHD students have benefited from Dr. Baca’s generosity for many years. In 2009, she created an endowed scholarship program to support first-generation undergraduate and MA students in SEHD’s Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education program. To contribute to this fund in memory of Dr. Baca, please visit https://giving.cu.edu/fund/fernie-baca-scholarship-fund.
We are collecting signatures on sympathy cards for Fernie’s family. The cards are located in SEHD’s 11th Floor lobby. If you can’t make it to campus but would like to provide a note to the family, please email julia.cummings@ucdenver.edu.
No services are scheduled at this time. To receive service updates, please visit: https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/thornton-co/fernie-baca-11295861