Grantee Stories
More than 20,000 people in Colorado and beyond will benefit from community-based initiatives, K-12 programs, legal clinics and other projects in the coming year, thanks to support from the 2020–21 CU Boulder Outreach Awards.These annual awards fund
Social justice and the arts take center stage this fall as part of a virtual public series featuring CU Boulder and community artists and educators.“Dialogues on Art and Social Justice,” a series sponsored by the Boulder County Arts Allianceand CU
Since the start of the pandemic, the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship pivoted their model to continue to serve rural Colorado businesses in a virtual format. The impact of COVID on small businesses has only increased the value of these workshops during this economic and health crisis.
“The entrepreneurial mindset is needed now more than ever as we navigate this crisis. Demystifying the process of bringing an idea to market and scaling an organization’s impact is key to helping our rural economies,” explains Deming’s Executive Director Erick Mueller.
When the Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s season and summer camps were postponed to 2021, festival staff members started focusing on the more immediate future.
What types of virtual experiences could they offer to students and community members for whom spring and summer are synonymous with Shakespeare? While some plans are still in the works, Amanda Giguere, the festival’s outreach director, recently described how they pivoted their programs to help students and the community stay connected with the Bard.
Two months ago, CU Boulder faculty and staff members were putting the finishing touches on summer camps that serve K-12 students around Colorado and beyond.When the campus moved to remote learning on March 16, CU Boulder’s summer camp providers had
For Charla Agnoletti, a lifelong commitment to educational equity and social justice began growing up in Denver.As a student, she saw directly how race, language, class, gender, location or immigration status impacts access to quality
March 6, 2020 • Aguilar, Colorado – The University of Colorado Boulder is bringing the wonders of the cosmos and an inflatable planetarium to Aguilar on Friday, March 13.CU Science, Technology and Astronomy Recruits (CU-STARs), a
After more than a decade of research, fine-tuning and field testing around the world, from Boulder to Egypt, Tanzania and Guatemala, two theatre faculty at the University of Colorado Boulder will launch their SPEAK Vocal Empowerment Curriculum—a program meant to help women find their voice—with a workshop on March 9 in New York City, in conjunction with the 25th-anniversary celebration of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women.
Build a Better Book takes a different approach to science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. Its educators work with K-12 students in and outside of Colorado, most of whom are sighted, and teaches them how to design objects that are both fun and needed—books, games and more—that are accessible for all children.
December 19, 2019, Paonia, Colo. – A CU Boulder theatre and dance group is heading to Paonia in January to facilitate conversations related to recent economic and social changes in the community.“Let’s Talk, Paonia!” workshops for students and