After spending six years in the Air Force, Tim Fellows decided that the best way to decompress and figure out his next steps in life was to take a little walk. A nice, 2,200-mile, five-month-long walk.
Raven Pinto wants to help find solutions to build sustainable healthy communities on Native reservations.
Meet just a few of the outstanding students who have earned their degrees at Colorado State University.
Here are a few stories of personal challenges overcome, family responsibilities shouldered, educational changes in direction that finally led to a true passion, as well as learning, growth and success along the way to graduation.
Graduating high school at the age of 16 put Jordan Roggen on an early path to higher education, but family health challenges led her on a different journey.
When he was in high school, Franklin Alvis of Colorado Springs was convinced he’d attend college out of state. Then his family home burned to the ground in the 2012 Waldo Canyon Fire, which made him want stay in Colorado.
Kirty Krieger says she decided to major in microbiology in the same way Harry Potter decided to become a wizard: “The major chose me.”
The road to Djibril Diol being the first in his family to earn a degree was long, as he worked to meet family obligations in both the U.S. and his native Senegal.
Ariana Vargas made an important decision that ignited a fire within and defined her future career trajectory.
It’s not often that you can look back and say that a student made CSU better. But in Jovan Rivera-Lovato’s case, it would be true.