Grantee Stories

  • Helanius J Wilkins
    Helanius J. Wilkins鈥 project aims to reflect 鈥榬e-bodying belonging to become better ancestors鈥
  • The CU 海角社区 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.
  • High school student traces tree rings onto plexiglass
    Working with teaching artists is one way CU Science Discovery fosters STEM engagement and career exploration among high school students.
  • Poppies at Chautauqua park in 海角社区, CO
    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.
  • Nomia Chabildas works with a patient
    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.
  • rural workshop outreach awards
    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 海角社区 Outreach Awards.These annual awards fund
  • art
    Social justice and the arts take center stage this fall as part of a virtual public series featuring CU 海角社区 and community artists and educators.鈥淒ialogues on Art and Social Justice,鈥 a series sponsored by the 海角社区 County Arts Allianceand CU
  • The Demystifying Entrepreneurship: Rural Colorado Workshop Series (RCWS)
    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.
  • image from a Shakespeare performance
    When the Colorado Shakespeare Festival鈥檚 season and summer camps were postponed to 2021, festival staff members started focusing on the more immediate future.
    What types of virtual experiences could they offer to students and community members for whom spring and summer are synonymous with Shakespeare? While some plans are still in the works, Amanda Giguere, the festival鈥檚 outreach director, recently described how they pivoted their programs to help students and the community stay connected with the Bard.
  • ODECE Summer Bridge Program
    Two months ago, CU 海角社区 faculty and staff members were putting the finishing touches on summer camps that serve K-12 students around Colorado and beyond.When the campus moved to remote learning on March 16, CU 海角社区鈥檚 summer camp providers had
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