There are many amazing students who are a part of our McNeill community each year. Learn more about who some of these students are and their thoughts on events happening in and around the program each year.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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, 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...
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 : 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...
