The nonprofit Write on Sports partnered with Metropolitan State University of Denver to introduce middle school students to careers in sports journalism, while also helping to build their writing and communication skills
Wellspring Community and Douglas County today announced a partnership to create a housing solution for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) in Douglas County.
Laci Gonzalez hates writing, but she loves sports. A soon-to-be ninth-grader at Arvada High School, Gonzalez attended the Write on Sports summer camp at Metropolitan State University of Denver. The camp is designed, in part, to introduce middle-schoolers such as Lacey to the breadth of careers within the sports industry.
Metropolitan State University of Denver is leading the development of a new advanced-manufacturing center on the Auraria Campus that aims to strengthen the state’s workforce and supply chains through so-called Industry 4.0 technologies such as artificial intelligence, augmented reality and the Internet of Things.
We know summer has finally arrived when farmers markets start popping up all over town like daffodils. There’s nothing like strolling among booths of farmers and artisans selling their wares on a Colorado summer morning. Where else can you find an eclectic mix of locally produced foods and handcrafted items all in one location?
In the past couple of years, it’s been common to try out some new do-it-yourself home projects or even some larger-scale renovation projects. Maybe you decided to hammer out a new deck to give yourself a more enjoyable outdoor oasis or perhaps you updated your home office while working more hours from home. But while the rest of us were figuring out which paint colors worked the best in our updated spaces, Becky Brown ’92 and Paul Williams ’89 were finishing up a much bigger—and much more complex—project.
Adrian Lara-Mejia was just 13 when he started his own landscaping business. With the help of his parents, operators of a Denver housekeeping business, he transformed an effort to earn extra cash into a growing enterprise with 25 clients. His parents also inspired him to take on his next goal: college.
In its 2022 evaluations of the state of mental health in the U.S., Mental Health America ranks Colorado poorly for access to mental health services, a shortcoming amplified for those of lesser means.
The median sale price of a home sold in the first half of 2022 in Aurora in Arapahoe County rose by $65,000 while total sales decreased by 26.1 percent.