NEWS AND PRESS

Alumni Board Scholar Profile: Q&A with 2016 Scholar Jessica Perea

Boettcher Scholar Year: 2016 Hometown: Colorado Springs, CO College/Degree: University of Colorado Boulder, Ethnic Studies What are you currently interested in pursuing after graduating? Currently, I am interested in pursuing a “mob” position with Dutch Bros. Coffee. This position would allow me to travel all over the U.S. to...

Alumni Board Scholar Profile: Q&A with 2005 Scholar Nick Breitnauer

Boettcher Scholar Year: 2005 Hometown: Cedaredge College/Degree: University of Colorado at Boulder, MCDB/Psychology, 2009 Tell us about your current work and how long you’ve been doing it. What is your favorite aspect of your current occupation? I am currently a primary care provider through Denver Health. I've been in...

Alumni Board Scholar Profile: Q&A with 2012 Scholar Laura Korell

Boettcher Scholar Year: 2012 Hometown: Limon College/Degree: University of Northern Colorado, B.A.: Elementary Education, 2016 Tell us about your current work and how long you’ve been doing it. What is your favorite aspect of your current occupation? I am a fifth grade teacher at one of the public elementary...

Alumni Board Scholar Profile: Q&A with 2016 Scholar Mari McCarville

Name: Mari McCarville Boettcher Scholar Year: 2016 Hometown: Crawford College/Degree: University of Denver, Music (BA) and Psychology (BA) and minor in leadership studies, 2020; Curriculum and Instruction (MA), 2021 What are you currently interested in pursuing after graduating? I will be starting my masters in elementary education at DU in...

Alumni Board Scholar Profile: Q&A with 1959 Scholar Joyce Julia Walker

Name: Joyce Julia Walker Boettcher Scholar Year: 1959 Hometown: Windsor College/Degree: University of Northern Colorado, B.A., 1963; University of Colorado, M.P.A., 1965 Tell us about your current work and how long you’ve been doing it. What is your favorite aspect of your current occupation? At 78, I'm finished with a...

David Von Drehle: Journalist, Boettcher Scholar and Bestselling Author

Imagine reaching an audience of one million people. Twice a week, David Von Drehle does exactly that. David, a 1979 Boettcher Scholar, is a columnist for The Washington Post who writes about national affairs, politics and mid-American life from his home in the Kansas City area. His...

Alumni Board Scholar Profile: Q&A with 2016 Scholar Eric Paricio

Boettcher Scholar Year: 2016 Hometown:  Centennial University & Degrees: Colorado State University, B.A. in vocal music with minors in physics and mathematics, anticipated 2020. What are you currently interested in pursuing after graduating? During my senior year in high school, I student directed the men's choir and fell in...

Alumni Board Scholar Profile: Q&A with 2009 Scholar Kaitlin Johnson

Name: Kaitlin Neumann Johnson Boettcher Scholar Year: 2009 Hometown: Wray College/Degree: DU – BA English and Spanish, MBA Tell us about your current work and how long you’ve been doing it. What is your favorite aspect of your current occupation?  As of May, I have two occupations. Since 2015,...

Boettcher Scholar Margaret Liu a pioneer of DNA vaccine research

Senior advisor in vaccinology at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. President of the International Society for Vaccines. Foreign adjunct professor, Karolinska Institutet. Executive vice-chair, International Vaccine Institute. Advisor to the World Health Organization. Margaret Liu has held these titles at various points in her world-renowned...

Alumni Board Scholar Profile: Q&A with 2015 Scholar Andrea Poliakon

Andrea Poliakon Boettcher Scholar Year: 2015 Hometown: Byers University & Degrees: University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, BS Biomedical Science What are you currently interested in pursuing after graduating? This summer I’m heading back to Byers to work as nursing aide. Ultimately, I want to become a neonatal nurse...