Alumni in Focus
- At 7 a.m. on Friday, July 23 in Colorado, those up and awake watched the long-awaited opening ceremonies of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, where six University of Colorado alumni will be representing Team USA during the next two weeks
- Voice performance graduate Mary Kettlewell applauds the Graduate Certificate in Arts Administration for opening doors to her new position as program administrator at the Texas Commission on the Arts, a small state government commission in Austin dedicated to funding arts organizations in Texas.
- Forever Buff Kara Goucher, a two-time Olympic runner and marathoner, is headed to the Olympics again—this time as a commentator for NBC TV.
- Since 1948, the university has produced over 90 Olympic athletes who have competed in events across the globe. In honor of the upcoming Tokyo Games, here’s a look at CU’s storied history of Olympians.
- Luis Granda, recently named assistant director of donor and patron relations for the Boulder Philharmonic, attributes his arts administration education at CU Boulder as pivotal preparation for his new career.
- An alumna has built her brand, Past Life the Collective, as “a sustainable, small-batch label for those who speak the truth, walk their own path and raise hell.”
- Alumna Jessica Dee Sawyer works with her sister and cousin as a co-president of the well-known Smarties Candy Company.
- Meet CU Boulder alumna Claire France, who launched a new endeavor called My Launch Box aimed at addressing the food scarcity issues she witnessed as a student teacher.
- A tireless quest to expand knowledge and practices of human caring has sent education alumna Jean Watson around the world more than 20 times, sharing her theory of human caring and healing to educate the next generation of nursing and medical healers.
- Under direct pressure from organizing groups and a civically engaged public mobilized by state violence against Black men, women and children, school districts are reducing or eliminating contracts with police, specifically school resource officers.