Failure is what led Juan Carlos “JC” Montañez back to school. Not a typical type of failure like in a career or academia, but rather, kidney failure. JC was working on a multi-million dollar architecture project in Latin America when he had to start his life over….
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Bump, Set, Spike, Study
“This was one of the best experiences I’ve ever had and one of the best investments I ever made in myself,” explains Katelin Batten about her MS in Leadership and Organizations. Serving as the associate head coach for women’s volleyball at the University of Denver,…
University College Student Competes in Go Code Colorado
In Go Code Colorado, an annual hackathon competition the first statewide effort of its kind, teams are challenged to transform public data into useful business insights. The potential of public data is boundless, which makes competing in Go Code Colorado even more…
2017 Alumni Achievement Award Winners
Congratulations to the 2017 University College Alumni Achievement Award winners! Award recipients will be recognized at the annual holiday celebration on December 12. Read their stories below… Recent Graduate Award: Vanessa Schoenecker Vanessa Schoenecker…
Captain Darren Howard: Achieving Success While Balancing Family and School
Key Takeaways Captain Darren Howard, an active-duty U.S. Air Force bioenvironmental engineer and father of four, pursued a Healthcare Leadership master’s degree at College of Professional Studies while balancing work and family responsibilities. He credits the…
University College Alumna Publishes Book
Emily de Schweinitz Taylor is an alumna of the Communication Management program and recently published a book titled Raising Mediators: How Smart Parents Use Mediation to Transform Sibling Conflict and Empower Their Children. We asked Emily about her professional…






