Grantee Stories
In May 2022, 10 graduate students in CU鈥檚 Masters in the Environment (MENV) program journeyed into the Amazon and Atlantic forests with the Colorado-Brazil Program for Sustainable Development Education to consider those intersections.
Inspired by X贸chitl Ch谩vez, director of CU's American Music Research Center Susan Thomas secured grants to study and preserve the history of music in Pueblo and surrounding areas, and began interviews in 2021.
Helanius J. Wilkins鈥 project aims to reflect 鈥榬e-bodying belonging to become better ancestors鈥- The CU Boulder Outreach Awards are well known. The Community Impact, Micro, and Undergraduate Community-Engaged Scholarship Grants are newer to our office鈥檚 funding opportunities and important gateways to conducting community-engaged scholarship.
Working with teaching artists is one way CU Science 91制片厂国产AVy fosters STEM engagement and career exploration among high school students.
This year鈥檚 projects represent units across campus and will impact more than 16,000 people through innovative pre-K-12 programs, community-based initiatives, legal assistance, STEM education and more.
The director of the Attention, Behavior, and Learning Clinic is this year's recipient of the staff award that honors exemplary outreach and engagement work.
More than 20,000 people in Colorado and beyond will benefit from community-based initiatives, K-12 programs, legal clinics and other projects in the coming year, thanks to support from the 2020鈥21 CU Boulder Outreach Awards.These annual awards fund
Social justice and the arts take center stage this fall as part of a virtual public series featuring CU Boulder and community artists and educators.鈥淒ialogues on Art and Social Justice,鈥 a series sponsored by the Boulder County Arts Allianceand CU
Since the start of the pandemic, the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship pivoted their model to continue to serve rural Colorado businesses in a virtual format. The impact of COVID on small businesses has only increased the value of these workshops during this economic and health crisis.
鈥淭he entrepreneurial mindset is needed now more than ever as we navigate this crisis. Demystifying the process of bringing an idea to market and scaling an organization鈥檚 impact is key to helping our rural economies,鈥 explains Deming鈥檚 Executive Director Erick Mueller.