Category: Colleagues

The University of Colorado is one of 23 Colorado institutions of higher education to receive grant funding from the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) for open education projects. This year, $1 million (http://masterplan.highered.colorado.gov/oer-in-colorado/) was awarded to 35 different grantees, among them: The University of Colorado Denver received $35,000 for ThinqStudio to establish an open…

On February 27, Margarita Bianco, associate professor in the School of Education & Human Development, was presented with the 2020 Diversified Teaching Workforce (DTW) Teacher Diversity Research Award from the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) at their annual meeting in Atlanta, GA. Through the Pathways2Teaching program she founded, developed, directs, and maintains,…

CU Denver hosted 62 youth and 20 adults on February 21 for the 2020 Black Education Impact Conference. High schoolers participated in career workshops and presentations themed around the topic: “Moving Beyond the Screen: Using the power of social media to promote higher education, social activism and community involvement.” The event was planned and orchestrated…

Thinking “STEM career:” Boys and Girls Club Engages in Education Research It’s not uncommon to hear elementary schoolers from Jack A. Vickers Boys and Girls Club in Denver’s Northeast Park Hill neighborhood dropping complex terms like “3-D printing,” “prototyping,” “drones,” “Raspberry Pi,” “flight simulation” and “spatial visualization.” This is especially true since the club’s partnership last…

As HR & Payroll Coordinator, Kelley will perform functions related to recruiting, on-boarding, off-boarding, payroll, leave usage, immigration paperwork, and record keeping and retention. Kelley joins us from a season of working remotely with an HR team based in Orlando, FL, and moved to the Denver area about a year ago. Some fun facts about…

February is Black History Month, and we should celebrate the university’s achievements in creating a diverse and inclusive culture. After all, at CU Denver students of color make up 40% of the total student body, and 57% of 2018 first-years are students of color. At the same time, it’s important to point out that equity…