Thoughtful plan and snappy presentation impress judges DENVER – Florida State University may have won the NCAA BCS National Football Championship but the school’s veteran student organization had to settle for second best against the University of Colorado Denver— CU Denver took top honors at the 2nd Annual Chapter Business Plan Competition at the Student Veterans of America’s National Conference.  Read more

Meeting with Senator Simpson was beyond thrilling! I have never been able to engage so fully with tax reform and fiscal change. However, he offered up many words of wisdom, including, “What goes up must come down. Do not ever make the mistake of getting too full of yourself”. This is what I enjoyed most, his willingness to share advice that can be translated into any career field and applied widely throughout life.  Read more

Katrin V. Jeschonnek is an MS candidate in Management & Organization at the University of Colorado Denver Business School. Katrin is originally from a small town called Taufkirchen, near Munich in Germany. She graduated from the University of Regensberg before attending CU Denver. Katrin received the Dean’s Super Merit scholarship for her performance, demonstrated leadership ability, and commitment to professional success.  Read more

LEOGANE, Haiti – Dr. Blair Gifford, Professor of Management and Health Administration at the University of Colorado Denver Business School, has been hard at work to improve economic and health conditions in Haiti. His project, the development of a vocational training school and midwifery training in Leogane, is making great strides in building economic and health stability in Haiti.  Read more

Jonathan Groeschel is an undergraduate finance student at the University of Colorado Denver Business School. Jonathan was born in Georgia, but being part of a military family has meant living in a lot of different cities. Before coming to CU Denver, Jonathan studied at the College of Southern Maryland. Jonathan received the Xcel Energy scholarship to take the Introduction to Commodities course in the new Commodities Center.  Read more

Christine Narayan is an undergraduate student at the University of Colorado Denver Business School working on earning her Bachelor’s degree in Financial Management & Accounting. Christine was born in Fiji, but has lived in Colorado most of her life. Her hard work at CU Denver has earned her the Dean’s Continuing Education scholarship.  Read more

Yulia Pastukhova is a management student at the University of Colorado Denver Business School. Yulia is from Irkutsk, Russia—a city of around 590,000 –which is one of the largest cities in Siberia. When she started her undergraduate career at CU Denver, Yulia was not sure whether she would be able to afford to stay for more than a semester.  Read more