NEWS AND PRESS

By Curtis L. Esquibel Today is going to be a good day in the eyes of Katrina Ruggles. The habitual optimist, this is the daily devotion she gives herself as she scans her overscheduled calendar. This day, in particular, has significance. Ruggles will teach in person to...
29 April, 2021 /
By Kat Falacienski, 2020 Boettcher Scholar and Boettcher Foundation Intern “We need to take this virus seriously,” I insisted. It was early March 2020. “There are already fourteen cases in Washington, and I just saw a news report that estimated that the virus had been circulating...
29 April, 2021 /
By Curtis L. Esquibel The first day of school jitters these were not. In two-plus decades of teaching, Tonya Saenz typically would greet the annual launch of another school year with the same nervous excitement of anticipation – a feeling of optimism blended with possibility. But August 27,...
29 April, 2021 /
Press Release Governor's Office DENVER — Governor Jared Polis today announced the recipients of the 2020 Colorado Governor’s Citizenship Medals, an annual award stewarded by CiviCO on behalf of the sitting Governor of Colorado to recognize top community leaders from around the state. The 2020 recipients will be...
26 April, 2021 /
By Laurie Laker Colorado College "Bringing together fantastic kids with fantastic minds, in less than fantastic circumstances, it really couldn't have gone much better," says Jordan Baker, inaugural member of Colorado College's Stroud Scholars Program and a student at Fountain-Fort Carson High School in Fountain, Colorado. Named in...
26 April, 2021 /
By Don Morreale YourHub, Denver Post This column tells the stories of the people whose faces appear on “A Colorado Panorama: A People’s History,” a two-block-long tile mural on the southeast side of the Colorado Convention Center. Inspired by Howard Zinn’s groundbreaking book, “A People’s History of the United...
26 April, 2021 /