University of Colorado Denver College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Bain’s early memories revolve around the familial environment of the Tramway Building, whose denizens worked and played closely together. “On our lunch hours, we played bridge in the faculty-staff lounge on the eighth floor,” she says. “We had up to four ... Read More »

Our English classes in the morning and early afternoon were taken mostly by housewives in their twenties and thirties completing the undergraduate education that was interrupted by marriage and children. They were intense learners who came well prepared and then returned home to relieve baby ... Read More »

He started by restructuring CLAS. “It was important to have a stronger governance structure within the new university,” he says. He led the creation of college bylaws and established a CLAS council with faculty members elected from the departments as well as student members. He also ... Read More »

Messamore actually did enroll at Boulder as a traditional student in 1968 but did not stay long. “Boulder was not the place to be if you were married and working,” she remembers. “Almost all the students were in fraternities or sororities. Many were from out of state, few ... Read More »

Sugar remembers sitting in a class taught by emeritus professor Jana Everett and being introduced to the concept of microfinance for the first time. Everett was showing the class a film, which no one else seemed particularly interested in, when Sugar had what she describes as her "A-ha!" moment. ... Read More »