Soaring student receives Provost’s Award for outstanding achievement
When Natalie Gramer pilots a plane, the world below recedes. “It just makes sense,” she said. “You look out over…
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He was homeless. Now, he’s receiving MSU Denver’s highest student honor
Justin Guy had no plans to apply for the President’s Award at Metropolitan State University of Denver. One of his…
How tragedy led an aspiring counselor to help those impacted by addiction
Nikki Beavers was 13 years old when she lost her Uncle Joseph to an overdose. For a long time, she…
A debilitating car accident didn’t stop Cielo Garcia Chavez from achieving her dreams
To better understand Cielo Garcia Chavez, you only have to go back to the start of her senior year in…
Quadruplets to graduate together from MSU Denver
In 2000, four healthy babies were born one after the other in a Denver hospital, a rare and special moment…
Purple Heart veteran to receive MSU Denver’s highest student honor
When his vehicle ran over a land mine in Afghanistan in 2007, Jamie Farmer hit the windshield and was knocked…
Qué significa ser un estudiante universitario de primera generación
Read this story in English. Las probabilidades estaban en contra de Diyonus Walls, mujer, negra y estudiante de primera generación,…
What it means to be a first-generation college student
Read this story in Spanish. The odds were stacked against Diyonus Walls, a first-generation student and Black woman who will…
Why wait?
Hannah Baty admits she felt a bit of culture shock when she enrolled at Metropolitan State University of Denver at…
ESPN anchor who helped usher in a new era of sports coverage to speak at Commencement
The year is 2018. Penn State’s Nittany Lions are hosting the Ohio State Buckeyes in a Big Ten powerhouse Big…