After more than five years of work, Arvada, Colo., resident Beau Beckley (Mgmt’07) published his first book Make Moves — Success Through Motion (Beckley Books). The book is a recording of Beau’s life journey as well as his observations on life. He has consolidated and documented 27 years of life lessons into seven values. Beau is one of the founding members of the university’s Colorado Creed, a code of values for students to follow.

Posted Dec. 1, 2012

After graduating Andrew Dunkle (Art’07) taught English for a year in Taiwan and lived there for an additional year during which he co-founded www.gooverseas.com, a website for studying, teaching, volunteering and interning abroad. While building the site he became interested in travel writing and is a top content contributor to the website. Andrew is CTO of the website and lives in Berkeley, Calif.

Posted Dec. 1, 2012

At the first annual Brilliance Awards architectural lighting design recognition ceremony in June, Josh Miller (ArchEngr’07) received a merit award in the exterior and landscape category for his work with AE Design Group for the Denver Civic Center Park. Josh lives in Littleton, Colo.

Posted Dec. 1, 2012

Along with a few other Forever Buffs Kate Schlag (Mktg’07) works for Clean Energy Fuels, the largest provider of natural gas as a transportation fuel in North America. The company is building America’s Natural Gas Highway, a $450 million dollar investment to move goods across the major trucking corridors in America. Kate lives in Newport Beach, Calif.

Posted Dec. 1, 2012

Last summer Hélène Tournier (Mktg’07) received the 1er Prix Or, Grand Prix V.I.E Afrique Australe 2012 award. She is part of VIE (International Business Volunteer), a government program that helps young European professionals find work for French companies overseas for six-to-24 month periods. The award promotes the expertise of young international volunteers and rewards their professional expertise and personal efforts.

Posted Dec. 1, 2012

CU couple Keziah Swales (Fin’07) and Karl Wonstolen (Fin’07) married in August in Boulder. They met in 2004 at the Leeds School of Business. Keziah is a consultant at Accenture and Karl is an analyst at Fisher Investments. They live and work in San Francisco.

Posted Mar. 1, 2013

Since graduating, musician Ryan Bloom (Mus’07) played the drums on an album for Candlelight Records and moved to Bellingham, Wash., where he works as a drum teacher. He used both of these experiences and his CU education to write a book, Double Bass Drumming Explained: A Comprehensive Reference on the Art and Science of Double Bass. The book was self-published in May 2012 and can be found at www.bloomdrums.com.

Posted Jun. 1, 2013

Author Aileen El-Kadi (PhDSpan’07) published her book Sam No Es Mi Tio last year. The book chronicles the Latin American experience in the U.S. It was published in 12 countries and was ranked second best-seller, nonfiction book by Amazon in 2012. Aileen lives in El Paso, Texas, where she is an assistant professor and director of Brazilian studies at the University of Texas at El Paso.

Posted Jun. 1, 2013

As a CU freshman in 1989-90 Dave Upthegrove (EnvCon’07) was appointed to the board of the CU Environmental Center. He writes this helped spark his interest in environmental issues. Today he is a member of the Washington state legislature serving as chairman of the House environment committee. He lives in Des Moines, Wash.

Posted Sep. 1, 2013

Osteopathic medical student Amber Hull (IntPhys’07) was elected to the American Osteopathic Association’s Board of Trustees as the student representative and will serve as chair of the Council of Student Affairs. Amber studies at the Midwestern University/Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine. She plans to practice obstetrics and gynecology.

Posted Dec. 1, 2013

Assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering Jason Bara (PhDChemEngr’07) developed a carbon-capture process using imidazole solvents. This process is licensed by ION Engineering in Boulder. He lives in Tuscaloosa, Ala., and teaches at the University of Alabama.

Posted Dec. 1, 2013

Last year Matt Dority (Econ, Fin’07) joined Hunter Manchak (Econ, Engl, Jour’05) and Marcus Choi (MechEngr’05) in running the 2013 Arizona Tough Mudder, a 10-12 mile-long military-style obstacle course. The event has raised more than $5 million for the Wounded Warrior Project. The three Buffs volunteered to be in a photo shoot for General Mills as part of the Tough Mudder sponsorship with Wheaties cereal. Their photo was chosen, and the three appeared on a few million Wheaties boxes.

Posted Mar. 1, 2014

While pursuing her doctorate degree in ovarian cancer research, Melissa Price (MCDBio’07) has been working with a large consortium that is trying to identify genetic risk factors across multiple cancer types and the underlying biology of these factors that contribute to disease. For her project Melissa is performing the functional follow-up on one of these factors to see how the genetic variation affects the cellular process in order to understand how ovarian cancer arises in certain individuals. On another note Melissa and her husband Charles Buckley (EPOBio’07) had a baby girl, Clara Buckley, Sept. 26, 2013. The family attended the CU-Boulder MAVEN mission to Mars weekend festivities in Cocoa Beach, Fla., in November. They live in Wesley Chapel, Fla.

Posted Mar. 1, 2014

Granted, it’s not exactly avalanche season but that doesn’t mean that Scott Havens (Engr’07) isn’t busy. With a team of five graduate students at Boise State University, he studies avalanches with the help of sound waves and hopes to create a real-time avalanche monitoring system. To get there, the quintet strives to build and implement infrasound — the sound below the threshold of human hearing in the 1-20 Hz range — microphones to track the avalanches. The relatively cheap devices also are used to measure volcano eruptions and tornadoes.

Posted Jun. 1, 2014

Two CU alums bring some laughter to Chicago! Jessica Stegner (Thtr’07) and Yvette Rebik (Jour’06) joined the improvisational comedy organization ComedySportz in Chicago earlier this year. Jessica performs long-form improvisation and sketch comedy, something that Yvette has also been doing for the past eight years. Yvette is part of various independent improvisation teams but says performing at ComedySportz Chicago has always been her dream.

Posted Jun. 1, 2014

Door to Door Organics, an online grocer, partners with local farmers and artisan producers to deliver organic produce and natural groceries in Colorado and nine additional states. President and CEO Chad Arnold (MBA’07) has done such a good job that his company, which is based in Louisville, Colo., won Naturally Boulder’s “Company of the Year” award and received a $3.25 million Series A round investment from Greenmont Capital in 2012. Chad lives in Boulder.

Posted Jun. 1, 2014

Few people can say they were a part of a space mission. Kevin Heng (MAstro’05, PhD’07) can. He works as a professor for the University of Bern in Switzerland, which leads the CHEOPS — Characterizing Exoplanets Satellite — space mission and the PlanetS framework for exoplanet and solar system research. Kevin joined the university’s Exoplanets and Exoclimes Group after finishing a term at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton.

Posted Sep. 1, 2014

Each year no more than 2.5 percent of Colorado lawyers are selected as “Colorado Super Lawyers Rising Stars.” This year Ryan Kalamaya (Law’07) was honored with this award. Ryan works at the firm Reynolds, Kalamaya & Voboril in Eagle County. He is the only attorney in the central Rocky Mountains named to the list in the family law category.

Posted Sep. 1, 2014

Of the 14 people in Emily Hite Smith (Hist, Jour’07) and Ryan Smith’s (A&S ex’07) wedding party, 11 were CU graduates. In all, almost half of the guests were CU alumni. The couple were married at the Koenig Alumni Center on CU-Boulder’s campus on June 28, 2014. They met in Boulder in 2005 when both lived at the Campus Townhouses on 11th and Pleasant Streets. The wedding had a James Bond-theme. Everyone took a break from dancing to sing the CU Fight Song. Emily is a media supervisor at LEVEL Brand and Ryan is a banker at Wells Fargo. They live in Minneapolis.

Posted Dec. 1, 2014

As NASA’s deputy social media manager, Jason Townsend (PolSci) of Washington, D.C., coordinates more than 450 social media accounts for the space agency. They broadcast about NASA’s people, missions and programs.

Posted Mar. 1, 2015

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