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Adela Aguirre, graduating first-generation senior

First-generation graduate overcomes adversity to pave the way for future underrepresented students

Dec. 13, 2022

For first-generation graduating senior Adela Aguirre, college did not go how she had planned. At times, she even wanted to quit. But through hard work, perseverance and involvement, she was able to find community and leave a profound impact on underrepresented students in her journey to becoming the first in her family to graduate college.

a beautiful photo of the CU campus during the Spring, featuring the Boulder landscape and a vibrant cherry blossom tree

CU Boulder offers opportunities to support undocumented students for Colorado Gives Day

Dec. 5, 2022

The Office of Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement (ODECE) is celebrating Colorado Gives Day by offering the campus community the opportunity to donate and support Boulder’s undocumented students. Each donation made to the Trailblazer Scholarship and Student Relief Fund will be matched up to $100,000 as part of the Colorado Department of Higher Education’s Colorado Opportunity Scholarship Initiative (COSI).

student volunteers write letters to elected officials advocating and raising awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous relatives

Indigenous student leaders invite the campus community to learn, raise awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous relatives

Nov. 11, 2022

On Nov. 5, senior undergraduate student Lila Crank partnered with the Volunteer Resource Center, the Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies and the Center for Inclusion and Social Change to raise awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit+ relatives.