Grantee Stories
Helanius J. Wilkins’ project aims to reflect ‘re-bodying belonging to become better ancestors’- The ñ Outreach Awards are well known. The Community Impact, Micro, and Undergraduate Community-Engaged Scholarship Grants are newer to our office’s funding opportunities and important gateways to conducting community-engaged scholarship.
Working with teaching artists is one way CU Science Discovery fosters STEM engagement and career exploration among high school students.
This year’s 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.
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.
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 2020–21 ñ Outreach Awards.These annual awards fund
Social justice and the arts take center stage this fall as part of a virtual public series featuring ñ and community artists and educators.“Dialogues on Art and Social Justice,” a series sponsored by the Boulder County Arts Allianceand CU
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.
“The 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’s impact is key to helping our rural economies,” explains Deming’s Executive Director Erick Mueller.
When the Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s 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’s outreach director, recently described how they pivoted their programs to help students and the community stay connected with the Bard.
Two months ago, ñ 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, ñ’s summer camp providers had