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Eastern Colorado Boettcher community gathers to celebrate 1952 scholar

By Tracy Wahl Boettcher Scholar Alumni Board Eastern Colorado is one of the most sparsely populated parts of the state of Colorado, especially as you move closer to the Kansas and Nebraska borders. But Boettcher Scholar Alumni have an outsized impact in those places – serving a variety...

10 March, 2017 / 0 Comments

Boettcher Investigator’s clinical trial is saving lives

For 2011 Boettcher Investigator Dr. Robert Doebele, the satisfying part of medicine is researching an idea in his lab, and then seeing that idea come to fruition in treating his patients. And that’s exactly what is happening in the first-of-its-kind clinical trial that he is...

09 March, 2017 / 0 Comments

Starbucks director and Boettcher Scholar pays forward the college experience through new program

How does an economics major from Littleton, Colorado become the director of the Starbucks College Achievement Plan? In her own words, “by continually taking on new challenges and pushing myself to try new things.” Mary Dixon has spent two decades working for the largest coffee chain in...

01 March, 2017 / 0 Comments

Alumni Board Scholar Profile: Q&A with 1997 scholar Alex Gordon

Members of the Boettcher Scholar Alumni Board are interviewing their fellow Boettcher Scholars to help the community get to know one another better. The following Q&A was compiled by Boettcher Scholar Gergana Kostadinova. Scholar Year: 1997 Hometown: Denver College(s), Degree(s), and Graduation Year(s): University of Denver, B.A. in communications,...

15 February, 2017 / 0 Comments

University of Colorado Denver’s Nadeen Ibrahim named Student Leader of the Year

DENVER— University of Colorado Denver senior Nadeen Ibrahim was named Colorado Leadership Alliance (CLA) 20167Student Leader of the Year at the CLA Summit on Saturday. The award is given by the Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation and the Boettcher Foundation annually. Ibrahim has made an impact in...

30 January, 2017 / 0 Comments

Boettcher Scholar helps refugees and hospital patients during visit to Kurdistan

When a recent trip to visit her ailing grandmother meant traveling to Iraq, Laveen Khoshnaw, a 2015 Boettcher Scholar, used her time to reconnect with family and while helping the local community. Laveen was born in the Kurdistan region of Northern Iraq. Her family fled the...

25 January, 2017 / 0 Comments

Alumni Board Scholar Profile: Q&A with 2013 scholar Chandler Price

Members of the Boettcher Scholar Alumni Board are interviewing their fellow Boettcher Scholars to help the community get to know one another better. The following Q&A was compiled by Boettcher Scholar Gergana Kostadinova. Scholar Year: 2013 Hometown: Pueblo College(s), Degree(s), and Graduation Year(s): University of Northern Colorado, Bachelor of Science in...

20 January, 2017 / 0 Comments

Boettcher Foundation Board of Trustees welcomes former Denver Post editor Greg Moore

DENVER, January 18, 2017 — Gregory Moore, former editor of The Denver Post, has joined the Boettcher Foundation Board of Trustees. Moore brings a deep knowledge of the issues impacting Colorado’s communities as well as a commitment to advancing the state. “Greg’s experience telling the stories...

18 January, 2017 / 0 Comments

Alumni Board Scholar Profile: Q&A with 2013 scholar Jordan Rudman

Members of the Boettcher Scholar Alumni Board are interviewing their fellow Boettcher Scholars to help the community get to know one another better. The following Q&A was compiled by Boettcher Scholar Gergana Kostadinova. Scholar Year: 2013 Hometown: Denver College(s), Degree(s), and Graduation Year(s): Colorado College, molecular biology major, music minor, graduating 2017 What...

17 January, 2017 / 0 Comments

Alumni Board Scholar Profile: Q&A with 1997 scholar Jessica Cuthbertson

Members of the Boettcher Scholar Alumni Board are interviewing their fellow Boettcher Scholars to help the community get to know one another better. The following Q&A was compiled by Boettcher Scholar Gergana Kostadinova. Scholar Year: 1997 Hometown: Rocky Ford College(s), Degree(s), and Graduation Year(s): Regis University, B.A., Communication Arts...