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Alumni Board Scholar Profile: Q&A with 2014 scholar Brandon Kahlil Thomas

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 Angelique Diaz. Scholar Year: 2014 Hometown: Aurora College(s), Degree(s), and Graduation Year(s): University of Colorado-Boulder, Linguistics (B.A./M.A.), December 2018 What are you...

14 December, 2016 / 0 Comments

Boettcher Scholar returns home to improve her community in the San Luis Valley

Andréa Benton Mestas, a 1989 Boettcher Scholar, has given back to her home community of Alamosa for more than two decades in various roles at Adams State University. Currently the Title V activities director, Andréa focuses on Hispanic student success by using her own story...

12 December, 2016 / 0 Comments

Boettcher Scholar smiles his way through dental school

Matt Iritani has always wanted to be a dentist. In fact, before he could sign his own name, Matt used crayons to draw a picture of himself as a dentist — a picture that he has kept all these years as a reminder of his...

05 December, 2016 / 0 Comments

Boettcher Scholar Alumni Board bids farewell, welcomes new members

By Jose Martinez III Boettcher Scholar Alumni Board Someone once told me that gratitude means nothing if we do not take the time to express it. With this sentiment, we on the Alumni Board would like to take a moment to say thank you to two very...

16 November, 2016 / 0 Comments

Alumni Board Scholar Profile: Q&A with 2015 scholar Veronica Fernandez-Diaz

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 Angelique Diaz. Scholar Year: 2015 Hometown: Originally from Mexico, spent most time in Thornton College(s), Degree(s), and Graduation Year(s): Colorado...

15 November, 2016 / 0 Comments

Alumni Board Scholar Profile: Q&A with 1974 scholar Ron Wiley

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 Angelique Diaz. Scholar Year: 1974 Hometown: Boone College(s), Degree(s), and Graduation Year(s): Colorado State University - B.S. Bio-Agricultural...

15 November, 2016 / 0 Comments

Boettcher Scholar juggles multiple roles as public servant

Professor, school board member, entrepreneur, and puppy trainer. Any of these roles could be a full-time gig for most people, but in true Boettcher Scholar style, JulieMarie Shepherd Macklin finds a way to juggle all of these and more. A 2004 Boettcher Scholar from Hinkley High...

31 October, 2016 / 0 Comments

Denver Post: Colorado foundations ride economic recovery to provide more grants

By Aldo Svaldi The Denver Post Assets at Colorado foundations rose 24.3 percent between 2011 and 2014, which in turn led to an 11.2 percent jump in contributions to charitable causes, according to a report Thursday from Philanthropy Southwest. “The philanthropic sector has recovered from the great recession,”...

27 October, 2016 / 0 Comments

Alumni Board Scholar Profile: Q&A with 2014 scholar Reilly Quist

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: 2014 Hometown: Delta College(s), Degree(s), and Graduation Year(s): University of Colorado Denver, Major-Biology, Minor-Ethics,...

18 October, 2016 / 0 Comments

Boettcher Scholars learn “unreasonable” lessons in entrepreneurship

By Carlos Solorzano 2004 Boettcher Scholar “The reasonable man [& woman] adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in adapting the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man [& woman]” This is a powerful quote from George Bernard Shaw, and the way of...