Students in Focus
Scholarship recipient Jennifer Kaphammerâa first-year student majoring in music technologyâshares how the scholarship impacts and inspires her future in music and technology.
Spencer Hurt, a senior who started his college career without any experience in astrophysics, is one of 16 students to win a 2022â23 Churchill Scholarship, which supports a year of graduate study at Cambridge University.
With a dual degree in communication and sociology, Zoe Fleming is adept at analyzing and explaining why complex issues exist, in an effort to solve them. Fleming is CMCI's December 2021 William W. White Outstanding Graduate, awarded to the student with the highest GPA in the college.
Leah Rivera is the rare recipient of two awards bestowed by the College of Engineering and Applied Science: the Community Impact Award and the Justice, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Award.
Antonio Vigil, who is earning a degree in physics, has been named the College of Arts and Sciencesâ outstanding graduate for fall 2021.
COVID-19 will be top of mind for Laura-Elena Porras-Holguin when she graduates. The virus deeply impacted her family but also motivated her to finish her senior thesis and solidified her desire to pursue a masterâs degree in public health.
The College of Musicâs Outstanding Graduating Senior Award goes to Ariel Flach, dual music education and flute performance major. Flach personifies the collegeâs vision of the âuniversal musician,â emphasizing studentsâ preparedness for flexible careers.
For Lianne Brito, "resiliency" is her personal watchword. Overcoming obstacles has been a way of life, from growing up in Cuba to her journey as a doctoral candidate in geotechnical earthquake engineering.
Kristen Sim started the Teacher Leadership program thinking she might get a masterâs degree over time. Fast forward one year, one pandemic, six self-paced online courses, three capstones and a network of new colleagues, and Sim is now the program's first graduate.
Jenna Whiteplume is the first CU Boulder student benefitting from the Colorado American Indian Tribes In-state Tuition law. Colorado passed Senate Bill 29 earlier this year, granting in-state tuition to members of American Indian tribes with historical ties to Colorado.