A photograph of Nardos Abayenh. She is wearing her graduate cap, decorated with flowers of varying shades of pink and white. She is posing in front of a large natural landscape, fields behind her and in the distance, tree covered hills and mountains.

McNeill Graduates: Nardos Abayenh

May 8, 2023

To celebrate our McNeill graduates and community, we have interviewed graduating students on their experiences at CU Boulder. The fourth and final graduate we are introducing for this Senior Spotlight is Nardos Abayenh. How would you describe yourself and what you do? Nardos: I would describe myself as a passionate...

A photograph of James Solis Gutierrez. He is wearing a white henley shirt and is staring into the camera. In the background there is palm trees in front of a large cliff.

McNeill Graduates: James Solis Gutierrez

May 4, 2023

To celebrate our McNeill graduates and community, we have interviewed graduating students on their experiences at CU Boulder. The third graduate we are introducing for this Senior Spotlight is James Solis Gutierrez! How would you describe yourself and what you do? James: I would describe myself as an artist who...

A photograph of Janeth Villalobos. She is wearing a black blazer.

McNeill Graduates: Janeth Villalobos

May 1, 2023

To celebrate our McNeill graduates and community, we are have interviewed graduating students on their experiences at CU Boulder. The second graduate we are introducingfor this Senior Spotlight is Janeth Villalobos! How would you describe yourself and what you do? Janeth: I am an open, fun, high-energy person who is...

A photograph of Eduardo Torres. In the photo, he is smiling and wearing a red graduation robe with a black bowtie.

McNeill Graduates: Eduardo Torres

April 25, 2023

To celebrate our McNeill graduates and community, we have interviewed graduating students on their experiences at CU Boulder. The first graduate we are introducing for this Senior Spotlight is Eduardo Torres! How would you describe yourself and what you do? Eduardo: I would describe myself as a warmhearted person who...

Cassandra Maldonado-Ontiveros

Cassandra Maldonado-Ontiveros

July 26, 2022

My name is Cassandra Maldonado-Ontiveros and I am an upcoming third-year undergraduate student here at the University of Colorado Boulder. As a Colorado native, I had anticipated a fairly easy transition to college in terms of environmental adaptation. However, my senior year of high school, the pandemic took away some...

Deen Q.

Deen Qasemi: Geosciences Researcher

April 25, 2022

McNeill Junior, Deen Qasemi, will be spending the majority of his summer participating in a competitive summer research program. Soon after the semester ends Deen is traveling to Pennsylvania for the GeoPEERS REU- Geosciences Program in Energy and Environmental Resource Sustainability. Deen learned about this opportunity from his Geochemistry Professor...

Vianney A.

Vianney Aguilar: Professional Actress

April 25, 2022

McNeill Scholar Vianney Aguilar credits a Selena Quintanilla sweatshirt, encouragement from her mother and a “stroke of luck” with helping her secure the lead role in the Su Teatro production- Papi, Me and Cesar Chavez . Vianney is a Theater major and was feeling slightly discouraged after not receiving callbacks...

John Maldonado

Student Spotlight: McNeill Students in UPP

April 21, 2021

John Maldonado, Junior and Integrative Physiology major is one of several current McNeill scholars participating in the Undergraduate Pre-Health Program (UPP) at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus. UPP works with students who are historically underrepresented within health care professions and supports them in their journey to health professional...

Tamanna Talwar

Tamanna Talwar: CU Map the System Competition Winner

April 21, 2021

McNeill Scholar and Emerging Health Professionals Coordinator, Tamanna Talwar, participated in CU’s Map the System competition in which students take a systems-thinking approach to tackling social and/or environmental challenges. She was encouraged to enter the competition after taking Suffering and Care in Society with Dr. Don Grant. Tamanna titled her...

Bimpe Thillot

Bimpe Thillot: Building an Anti-Racist Future

March 4, 2021

Bimpe Thillot : Building an Anti-Racist Fut ure BA in Integrative Physiology and BA in Ethnic Studies Class of 2020 Bimpe joined the McNeill community her first semester on campus in Fall 2016 . As part of the Delta Gamma sorority, Bimpe has been working from within the Greek system...

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