What it means to be a first-generation college student

The odds were stacked against Diyonus Walls, a first-generation student and Black woman who will graduate in December with a…

Why wait?

Hannah Baty admits she felt a bit of culture shock when she enrolled at Metropolitan State University of Denver at…

More young people are registered to vote. But will they?

While more young people have become eligible to vote since the 2020 election, they don’t appear to be nearly as…

Emergency Fund keeps dreams in focus

When Alejandra Webster completed her Nursing degree at Metropolitan State University of Denver in December 2020, her skills were in…

Students look to the stars

For a while there, it seemed the only way to avoid the photos from the James Webb Space Telescope was…

Archaeological dig to help uncover legacy of displaced Aurarians

When Melissa Roybal was a student on the Auraria Campus, she came to school every day not knowing that the…

You got your degree. Now what?

This past spring, Yolanda Huillca was filled with excitement and anxiety — excitement because she was about to earn her…

School, interrupted

Carrie Berglund first started college in 1989, but family responsibilities caused her to stop her education one semester shy of…

Vax scholarship keeps education dreams alive

Autumn Gilmore faced a conundrum. The junior double majoring in Chemistry and Biology at Metropolitan State University of Denver ran into some major financial…

Passing on standardized tests

Miguel Angel Escobar Garza excelled at Denver’s Abraham Lincoln High School, graduating in 2015 with a GPA north of 3.0….