Hailey Glass rewrites the book on student leadership
What is a Changemaker? A peek at Provost’s Award recipient Hailey Glass’ packed résumé offers a clue. As a Political…
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New Aerospace Missions program to lift off this fall
He’s only 28, but Tyler Gilchrist has already made his mark in the space industry — and left his name…
MSU Denver Commencement speaker is a trailblazer who soars in the arts and in space
There are exceptional people, and then there are exceptional people. Ed Dwight is one of the latter. In the 1950s,…
Libyan refugee charts path from MSU Denver to Harvard
After Ratag Abdelmalik receives her degree in Criminal Justice and Criminology from Metropolitan State University of Denver this month, she…
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…
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…