During the 2022-23 academic year, we are highlighting one Colorado State University student or alum from each of Colorado's 64 counties. The Centennial State's land grant university has a connection to the diverse lands and people from the counties of Moffat to Baca, Montezuma to Sedgwick and everywhere in between.
The CSU College of Health and Human Sciences is proud to feature these exceptional graduates for Fall 2022. Read more about them in their stories!
The original dream of college had outstanding graduate Maya Alvarez looking out-of-state for colleges, but a sense of home kept her right here in her home state and had her packing her bags for Colorado State University.
Kamryn Montera, a first-generation Colorado State University student majoring in interior architecture and design, has been distinguished as a Fall 2022 outstanding graduate of the Department of Design and Merchandising for her excellence in academics, and for her will to push through tough times and reach her goal of graduating.
Ana Lucia Samayoa Ramos reflects on milestones: overcoming the language barrier, living through the pandemic, and navigating college as a first-generation student.
Wesley Brookshear wanted to grow in his profession as a paramedic and primary paramedic instructor. He found exactly what he was looking for in the “fantastic” online Adult Education and Training Program in CSU's School of Education.
For the third year, Social Work graduate student Shivani Kaushik was recently recognized with the Excellence in Research and Scholarship award at the 2022 CSU Graduate Student Showcase for her impactful research on the policies surrounding end-of-life care in the U.S. correctional system.
The BIPOC Joy Art Show challenges the constant focus on trauma that Black, Indigenous and People of Color are often reduced to, prioritizing happiness and hope over suffering and hardship.
The Dandelions Rising Project, a recently funded two-year grant in the amount of $143,600 from the Colorado Health Foundation, will focus on expanding healing and liberation efforts through a curriculum for BIPOC youth across the gender spectrum.
Scholarship donors met student recipients November 10 to hear about their plans, hopes, and dreams for the future. Students expressed their gratitude for the scholarship gifts provided by donors.