Environmental Design Diverse Scholars
Contact EDDS
Hugo Arreola Tinoco
EDDS Program Coordinator
hugo.arreolatinoco@colorado.edu
Val Hanao
Faculty Advisor
valeria.henao@colorado.edu
Our Mission
To enrich the academic experience of students through inclusive excellence and provide opportunities to build community with other students, staff and faculty in meaningful ways that promote a collaborative, cooperative and supportive environment.
Events
Environmental Design Diverse Scholars engage in various events throughout the semester, ranging from leadership experiences, opportunities to meet professionals in the design community and volunteer events throughout the state of Colorado. Furthermore, EDDS holds conversations surrounding design injustice, environmental issues, and gender inequality.
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, EDDS hosted a virtual podcast series with guest speakers to have conversations surrounding these topics of injustice.
EDDS involvement and leadership events vary throughout the year and will be advertised at the beginning of each semester. For questions or inquiries about EDDS please contact hugo.arreolatinoco@colorado.edu.
Creating Paths to Success
Environmental Design Diverse Scholars is home to Environmental Design students involved in one or more of the following academic scholarship programs in order to engage students and integrate with campus and community partners to build community, provide a social and academic support system, and foster persistence and retention through a wide array of programming activities.
CU Lead
Environmental Design Diverse Scholars is part of the CU-LEAD Alliance, a set of multidisciplinary academic neighborhoods in each college and school at the University of Colorado Boulder where students, faculty, and staff are united in promoting academic excellence within a diverse campus environment. CU-LEAD neighborhoods strive to build community through academic enrichment activities, scholarships, small group courses, personal links to faculty and staff, common gathering areas, counseling and mentoring, and opportunities for community engagement.
Environmental Design Diverse Scholars strives to provide an effective academic service program focused on improving retention, increasing civic engagement and graduating successful students into the design professions. EDDS reflects the University of Colorado Boulder's Flagship 2030 goal of fostering learning in a diverse world while creating a welcoming and inclusive environment.
"By 2030, CU-Boulder will be a model for the nation in applying best practices in support of diversity and inclusive excellence." -Flagship 2030