School of Education building

Class of 2019: Paying it forward in higher ed

May 8, 2019

The first cohort of master’s in higher education students graduated this spring. The School of Education program is a collaboration with departments across campus that combines scholarly work and experiential learning.

Curtis Gile and team in front of water catchment system

Class of 2019: Curtis Gile

May 8, 2019

Engineers Without Borders led Gile to Rwanda, where he developed a system for collecting clean water, and earned him Mechanical Engineering’s outstanding graduate for international engagement award.

ATLAS Center on campus with Flatirons in background

Class of 2019: Opening doors, making learning systems more inclusive

May 7, 2019

The dissertations of the five 2019 graduates—all women—of ATLAS’s technology, media and society doctorate program emphasize empowering groups that tend to be less engaged in engineering fields.

Daniel Senior

Class of 2019: Daniel Senior

May 7, 2019

After serving in the Air Force, college life didn’t challenge Senior the way he’d hoped; so he sought out a job in University Libraries, where his supervisors say he always went above and beyond.

Valeria Praga-RodrĂ­guez

Class of 2019: Valeria Praga-RodrĂ­guez

May 7, 2019

An educator, mother, advocate and learner, Praga-Rodríguez worked to support English learners of all linguistic backgrounds during her time in the Educational Equity and Cultural Diversity master’s program.

Esmeralda Castillo-Cobian teaching in classroom

Class of 2019: Esmeralda Castillo-Cobian

May 7, 2019

A passionate advocate and student of students, Castillo-Cobian has brought her experiences as a first-generation college student to her studies at CU Boulder and into her K-12 classrooms.

Marc Thomson in front of Flatirons

Class of 2019: Marc Thomson

May 7, 2019

The College of Engineering and Applied Science’s outstanding graduate thrived in two tough majors, all while participating in research and internships at world-class labs.

Sean Okonsky

Class of 2019: Sean Okonsky

May 7, 2019

Struggling with depression and substance use that had led to academic probation, the chemical engineering student found support and success on campus—now he’s headed to graduate school at Penn State.

Nick Fisher runs the football

Class of 2019: Nick Fisher

May 7, 2019

Buff football fans know Fisher as No. 7, the starting safety. But there’s more to the story on how the “old Nick” transformed into a successful student with an advertising degree who “will make a difference.”

Thomas Morales

Class of 2019: Thomas Morales

May 6, 2019

The first-generation student found his passion for the law listening to Supreme Court arguments in class. Now with a law degree in hand, Morales wants to help others as a litigation associate.

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