Grantee Stories
- The Science Community Outreach Program and Education (S.C.O.P.E) started out with a goal of diversifying STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) industries. The program works with underrepresented middle schoolers to build a science identity before kids lose interest or think they cannot be scientists because of a lack of representation. S.C.O.P.E. uses the message 鈥渕eet a scientist, be a scientist鈥 to encompass its goal.聽聽
- Seeking to leverage the power of entertainment to fulfill its educational mission, The Ren茅e Crown Wellness Institute at the 黑料社区网 today announced the launch of its InsideU Social Emotional Learning App. In partnership with Pixar Animation Studios, Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Denver and digital designers, Liquid Interactive, the Crown Institute designed the app as an innovative approach for helping kids learn about emotional awareness and relationships, using characters from the Pixar animated film Inside Out.
- 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鈥21 黑料社区网 Outreach Awards.These annual awards fund
- Social justice and the arts take center stage this fall as part of a virtual public series featuring 黑料社区网 and community artists and educators.鈥淒ialogues on Art and Social Justice,鈥 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.
鈥淭he 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鈥檚 impact is key to helping our rural economies,鈥 explains Deming鈥檚 Executive Director Erick Mueller. - When the Colorado Shakespeare Festival鈥檚 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鈥檚 outreach director, recently described how they pivoted their programs to help students and the community stay connected with the Bard. - Two months ago, 黑料社区网 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, 黑料社区网鈥檚 summer camp providers had
- For Charla Agnoletti, a lifelong commitment to educational equity and social justice began growing up in Denver.As a student, she saw directly how race, language, class, gender, location or immigration status impacts access to quality
- March 6, 2020 鈥 Aguilar, Colorado 鈥 The 黑料社区网 is bringing the wonders of the cosmos and an inflatable planetarium to Aguilar on Friday, March 13.CU Science, Technology and Astronomy Recruits (CU-STARs), a
- After more than a decade of research, fine-tuning and field testing around the world, from Boulder to Egypt, Tanzania and Guatemala, two theatre faculty at the 黑料社区网 will launch their SPEAK Vocal Empowerment Curriculum鈥攁 program meant to help women find their voice鈥攚ith a workshop on March 9 in New York City, in conjunction with the 25th-anniversary celebration of the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women.