Graduation /coloradan/ en Coloradan editorial assistant reflects on writing, reading and the value of hard work /coloradan/2021/04/30/coloradan-editorial-assistant-reflects-writing-reading-and-value-hard-work <span>Coloradan editorial assistant reflects on writing, reading and the value of hard work</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2021-04-30T15:11:20-06:00" title="Friday, April 30, 2021 - 15:11">Fri, 04/30/2021 - 15:11</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/grace_dearnley.jpg?h=95f00406&amp;itok=xjpdz11f" width="1200" height="600" alt="Grace Dearnley"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/coloradan/taxonomy/term/164"> New on the Web </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/coloradan/taxonomy/term/746" hreflang="en">Graduation</a> </div> <a href="/coloradan/our-team/maria-kuntz">Maria Kuntz</a> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/article-image/grace_dearnley_0.jpg?itok=Ou-9QRdk" width="1500" height="1125" alt="Grace Dearnley"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p dir="ltr"></p> <h3 dir="ltr"><strong>Grace Dearnley (Engl'21) joined the Coloradan staff in 2020. What's next? Following her passions, catching up on her non-school reading list and aiming for a PhD.&nbsp;</strong></h3> <h3 dir="ltr">&nbsp;</h3> <p dir="ltr"><strong>What inspired you to come to ENGL/欧美口爆视频/A&amp;S?</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">I chose 欧美口爆视频 for the mountains. I wanted to be somewhere I could hike and snowboard with ease. The 300 days of sunshine also helped. I enrolled as an international affairs major, but when I took a women鈥檚 literature class in the second semester of my sophomore year, I immediately decided to transfer to the Department of English. I love that the College of Arts and Sciences prioritizes interdisciplinary learning.&nbsp;I felt that by studying literature I could actually study a wide range of topics since there is such a range of material in the books that are assigned.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>What is one of the greatest experiences or lessons from your time at 欧美口爆视频 Boulder that you'll carry with you into the next chapter of your life?</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">My time working in the UMC dining hall definitely shaped my work ethic. I truly learned the value of hard work. I remember scrubbing stains off the ceilings, waking up at 6 a.m., walking there because the busses didn鈥檛 start running until seven, to make&nbsp;meals for hundreds of students a day. I was doing work that wasn鈥檛 always fun, but I was surrounded by amazing co-workers from all ages and all walks of life. I learned so many lessons from them, and they inspired me to work hard out of respect for both myself and for everyone I work with. I鈥檒l always carry that with me, no matter what job I鈥檓 working in.&nbsp;</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Based on what you know now, what is your best piece of advice for other students?</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Always read the books that are assigned. You鈥檒l never regret reading a book but you might regret not reading it 鈥 especially when finals come around.&nbsp;</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Favorite memory?</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Snowboarding with my friends on countless bluebird days. Eating PB&amp;Js we brought from home and riding until the chair lifts closed. The drive up to the resorts is always one of the best parts of those days too, listening to music and taking in the view.&nbsp;</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>What does graduating from college represent for you?</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">For me, graduation represents the end of a formative chapter of my life, but also the beginning of new opportunities and possibilities. I feel like the entire world has just opened up for me, and I can choose to run unencumbered in any direction I鈥檇 like. It's freeing.&nbsp;</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>What are your plans beyond graduation?</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">I鈥檓 going to take it slow, follow my passions&nbsp;and trust that they lead me in the right direction. I鈥檇 like to be a professional writer. I鈥檓 learning so much working for the <em>Coloradan</em> now, and I鈥檓 excited to stay for a while to keep writing and learning. I鈥檒l apply for opportunities in the writing industry as they come my way. Eventually, I would love to go for a PhD. I鈥檓 also planning to make some real progress on my non-school reading list, which, since I started college, has been growing faster than I could keep up.&nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Fri, 30 Apr 2021 21:11:20 +0000 Anonymous 10821 at /coloradan Celebrating Our Buffs: 2019 Spring Commencement /coloradan/2019/05/13/celebrating-our-buffs-2019-spring-commencement <span>Celebrating Our Buffs: 2019 Spring Commencement</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2019-05-13T10:22:26-06:00" title="Monday, May 13, 2019 - 10:22">Mon, 05/13/2019 - 10:22</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/60290159_10161940559145171_4565128603003518976_o.jpg?h=f01cef71&amp;itok=c5iLfpmg" width="1200" height="600" alt="The Spring 2019 Commencement "> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/coloradan/taxonomy/term/164"> New on the Web </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/coloradan/taxonomy/term/746" hreflang="en">Graduation</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p>The Spring 2019 Commencement ceremony at&nbsp;Folsom Field was shortened due to snowy weather, but the fun continued&nbsp;at full force. Here, campus photographers Glenn Asakawa, Patrick Campbell and Casey A. Cass capture scenes&nbsp;from some of the Spring 2019 school, college, department and program ceremonies. Congrats, Class of 2019!</p><hr><div class="ucb-box ucb-box-title-hidden ucb-box-alignment-none ucb-box-style-fill ucb-box-theme-white"><div class="ucb-box-inner"><div class="ucb-box-title">&nbsp;</div><div class="ucb-box-content"><div class="row ucb-column-container"><div class="col ucb-column"> <div class="imageMediaStyle small_500px_25_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/small_500px_25_display_size_/public/2024-10/59715191_10161934783550171_250651671464509440_o.jpg?itok=H9yxUyB9" width="375" height="375" alt="Spring 2019 Commencement"> </div> </div><div class="col ucb-column"> <div class="imageMediaStyle small_500px_25_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/small_500px_25_display_size_/public/2024-10/59734449_10161934778250171_3351850524281405440_o.jpg?itok=lxi983nX" width="375" height="375" alt="Spring 2019 Commencement"> </div> </div><div class="col ucb-column"> <div class="imageMediaStyle small_500px_25_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/small_500px_25_display_size_/public/2024-10/59790672_10161934771005171_4874049009146134528_o.jpg?itok=oqCR6tmI" width="375" height="375" alt="Spring 2019 Commencement"> </div> </div></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="row ucb-column-container"><div class="col ucb-column"> <div class="imageMediaStyle small_500px_25_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/small_500px_25_display_size_/public/2024-10/59823197_10161940557005171_2112672405489975296_o.jpg?itok=VvgB_1OL" width="375" height="375" alt="Spring 2019 Commencement"> </div> </div><div class="col ucb-column"> <div class="imageMediaStyle small_500px_25_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/small_500px_25_display_size_/public/2024-10/59856429_10161940558670171_8022343187680985088_o.jpg?itok=RWkCAEGD" width="375" height="375" alt="Spring 2019 Commencement"> </div> </div><div class="col ucb-column"> <div class="imageMediaStyle small_500px_25_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/small_500px_25_display_size_/public/2024-10/59875967_10161934780515171_7675199350720430080_o.jpg?itok=xPLcKi0f" width="375" height="375" alt="Graduates under forever buffs sign"> </div> </div></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="row ucb-column-container"><div class="col ucb-column"> <div class="imageMediaStyle small_500px_25_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/small_500px_25_display_size_/public/2024-10/59971273_10161934774305171_5535264189347528704_o.jpg?itok=-aewgD2-" width="375" height="375" alt="Spring 2019 Commencement"> </div> </div><div class="col ucb-column"> <div class="imageMediaStyle small_500px_25_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/small_500px_25_display_size_/public/2024-10/59994875_10161940558110171_6335376120820531200_o.jpg?itok=vIZm0wT3" width="375" height="375" alt="Spring 2019 Commencement"> </div> </div><div class="col ucb-column"> <div class="imageMediaStyle small_500px_25_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/small_500px_25_display_size_/public/2024-10/60076505_10161934778505171_8284707359515738112_o.jpg?itok=CL0woZk_" width="375" height="375" alt="Spring 2019 Commencement"> </div> </div></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="row ucb-column-container"><div class="col ucb-column"> <div class="imageMediaStyle small_500px_25_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/small_500px_25_display_size_/public/2024-10/60123196_10161934770915171_2640193268175863808_o.jpg?itok=osNFN_aL" width="375" height="375" alt="Spring 2019 Commencement"> </div> </div><div class="col ucb-column"> <div class="imageMediaStyle small_500px_25_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/small_500px_25_display_size_/public/2024-10/60250903_10161934780150171_5090271428196958208_o.jpg?itok=ZZKIWTc8" width="375" height="375" alt="Spring 2019 Commencement"> </div> </div><div class="col ucb-column"> <div class="imageMediaStyle small_500px_25_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/small_500px_25_display_size_/public/2024-10/60290159_10161940559145171_4565128603003518976_o.jpg?itok=gBzkYnqj" width="375" height="375" alt="Spring 2019 Commencement"> </div> </div></div><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="row ucb-column-container"><div class="col ucb-column"> <div class="imageMediaStyle small_500px_25_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/small_500px_25_display_size_/public/2024-10/60293317_10161934774150171_539114559965757440_o.jpg?itok=PglPZYiM" width="375" height="375" alt="Spring 2019 Commencement"> </div> </div><div class="col ucb-column"> <div class="imageMediaStyle small_500px_25_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/small_500px_25_display_size_/public/2024-10/60349212_10161934782310171_7120300124516909056_o.jpg?itok=xq98uz27" width="375" height="375" alt="Spring 2019 Commencement"> </div> </div><div class="col ucb-column"> <div class="imageMediaStyle small_500px_25_display_size_"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/small_500px_25_display_size_/public/2024-10/59998166_10161940557420171_8052487218079465472_o.jpg?itok=LdBTChCa" width="375" height="375" alt="Spring 2019 Commencement"> </div> </div></div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>The main Spring 2019 Commencement ceremony at&nbsp;Folsom Field was shortened due to snowy weather, but the fun commenced at full force.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Related Articles</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 13 May 2019 16:22:26 +0000 Anonymous 9215 at /coloradan Campus Photo of the Week /coloradan/2018/05/07/campus-photo-week <span>Campus Photo of the Week</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2018-05-07T09:36:09-06:00" title="Monday, May 7, 2018 - 09:36">Mon, 05/07/2018 - 09:36</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/27010754557_a943ac615b_k.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&amp;itok=POO5f2qO" width="1200" height="600" alt="Grad Bash"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/coloradan/taxonomy/term/56"> Gallery </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/coloradan/taxonomy/term/428" hreflang="en">Alumni</a> <a href="/coloradan/taxonomy/term/746" hreflang="en">Graduation</a> <a href="/coloradan/taxonomy/term/776" hreflang="en">Photo of the Week</a> </div> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/article-image/41878599131_039b3a9571_k.jpg?itok=ZuGKbRXn" width="1500" height="1000" alt="Graduation bash"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p></p> <div class="feature-layout-callout feature-layout-callout-medium"> <div class="ucb-callout-content"> <p><a href="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article-image/41878599131_039b3a9571_k.jpg?itok=S87brEJh" rel="nofollow">&nbsp;</a><a href="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article-image/28009388288_e27b1ede29_k.jpg?itok=3QOUPOFq" rel="nofollow"> </a> <a href="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article-image/27010754557_a943ac615b_k.jpg?itok=v-Kzykdq" rel="nofollow"> </a><a href="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article-image/40980141255_e2fa20d55e_k.jpg?itok=i5KozU88" rel="nofollow"> </a> <a href="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article-image/40980221035_76f5e95969_k.jpg?itok=nx_Fc60R" rel="nofollow"> </a> <a href="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article-image/41836283492_68d1c4cdba_k.jpg?itok=VjCgIw9x" rel="nofollow"> </a> <a href="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/article-image/41878599131_039b3a9571_k.jpg?itok=S87brEJh" rel="nofollow">&nbsp;</a></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>On Thursday, May 3, more than 3,000 graduating seniors celebrated the end of the spring semester 鈥 and for most, the end of college 鈥 during Grad Bash at the Koenig Alumni Center. Some were headed off to faraway places such as the Virgin Islands or London. Some were staying in Boulder. All eagerly awaited the beginning of something new.<br> <br> At the event鈥檚 Career Services booth, students wrote their new employers on whiteboards and posed for photos. Companies included Lockheed Martin, Charles Schwab and Comcast NBC Universal. Others joined master鈥檚 programs at universities including Cornell, Columbia, Stanford and, of course, 欧美口爆视频 Boulder.<br> <br> In total, the university is awarding more than 8,000 degrees this May from graduates of the fall 2017 and spring and summer 2018 classes.<br> &nbsp;</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>On Thursday, May 3, more than 3,000 graduating seniors celebrated the end of the spring semester 鈥 and for most, the end of college 鈥 during Grad Bash at the Koenig Alumni Center. </div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 07 May 2018 15:36:09 +0000 Anonymous 8182 at /coloradan 欧美口爆视频鈥檚 First Graduate /coloradan/2017/03/01/cus-first-graduate <span>欧美口爆视频鈥檚 First Graduate </span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2017-03-01T00:00:00-07:00" title="Wednesday, March 1, 2017 - 00:00">Wed, 03/01/2017 - 00:00</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/drumm-diploma.gif?h=60f1114a&amp;itok=pak0u8bu" width="1200" height="600" alt="Drumm diploma "> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/coloradan/taxonomy/term/72"> Old 欧美口爆视频 </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/coloradan/taxonomy/term/746" hreflang="en">Graduation</a> </div> <a href="/coloradan/eric-gershon">Eric Gershon</a> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/article-image/drumm-diploma.gif?itok=Bb1a6N9u" width="1500" height="1175" alt="Drumm diploma "> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><h3></h3><h3>Drumm Roll, Please</h3><p>There are more than&nbsp;250,000 欧美口爆视频 Boulder alumni today. For a few moments on a spring day in 1882, there was just one: Henry Alexander Drumm.</p><p>When roll was called at the University of 欧美口爆视频鈥檚 first commencement, held at Old Main on June 8 of that year, Drumm鈥檚 name came first alphabetically in the class of six, making him, in a sense, the university鈥檚 first graduate.</p><p>Many years later, his diploma, pictured above, found its way into Norlin Library鈥檚 files. Today the original parchment resides in the 欧美口爆视频 Heritage Center, which occupies the top floor of Old Main, bringing the diploma full circle.</p><p>Drumm came from a pioneer family originally from Iowa, and he seems to have had a trailblazer鈥檚 taste and energy for trying new things, according to research by Heritage Center curator Mona Lambrecht. In the course of his 79 years, he worked as a barber, newspaper reporter, teacher,&nbsp;legal clerk, real estate and insurance broker, railroad level-man, lawyer and, for decades, mapmaker and publisher.</p><p>Raised in 欧美口爆视频, Drumm also lived in New York City 鈥 where he attended Columbia Law School 鈥 and Omaha, Neb.</p><p>After returning to 欧美口爆视频 for good in the late 1890s, he was elected to the state legislature and served on the Boulder City Council.</p><p>Amid all this, he married twice and fathered seven children.</p><p>Shortly after that first commencement, in 1882, the class organized an alumni association. Drumm served as founding president.</p><p>First among his classmates, Drumm was the last one standing when, on April 17, 1937, he died at home on Grove Street in downtown Boulder. He rests in peace in Green Mountain Cemetery, near Chautauqua Park.</p><p>Photo courtesy 欧美口爆视频 Heritage Center</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>There are more than 250,000 欧美口爆视频 Boulder alumni today. For a few moments on a spring day in 1882, there was just one: Henry Alexander Drumm.</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Wed, 01 Mar 2017 07:00:00 +0000 Anonymous 6398 at /coloradan Two Generations Leave Their Mark at 欧美口爆视频 /coloradan/2009/06/01/two-generations-leave-their-mark-cu <span>Two Generations Leave Their Mark at 欧美口爆视频</span> <span><span>Anonymous (not verified)</span></span> <span><time datetime="2009-06-01T00:00:00-06:00" title="Monday, June 1, 2009 - 00:00">Mon, 06/01/2009 - 00:00</time> </span> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle focal_image_wide"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/focal_image_wide/public/article-thumbnail/distefano_commencement_2009.jpg?h=89899943&amp;itok=Fh_L7CzF" width="1200" height="600" alt="distefano speaking at commencement"> </div> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-categories" itemprop="about"> <span class="visually-hidden">Categories:</span> <div class="ucb-article-category-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-folder-open"></i> </div> <a href="/coloradan/taxonomy/term/66"> Columns </a> </div> <div role="contentinfo" class="container ucb-article-tags" itemprop="keywords"> <span class="visually-hidden">Tags:</span> <div class="ucb-article-tag-icon" aria-hidden="true"> <i class="fa-solid fa-tags"></i> </div> <a href="/coloradan/taxonomy/term/428" hreflang="en">Alumni</a> <a href="/coloradan/taxonomy/term/746" hreflang="en">Graduation</a> </div> <span>Phil Distefano</span> <div class="ucb-article-content ucb-striped-content"> <div class="container"> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--article-content paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div class="ucb-article-content-media ucb-article-content-media-above"> <div> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--media paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div> <div class="imageMediaStyle large_image_style"> <img loading="lazy" src="/coloradan/sites/default/files/styles/large_image_style/public/article-image/distefano_commencement_2009.jpg?itok=rmgolF1a" width="1500" height="1007" alt="distefano speaking at commencement"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="ucb-article-text d-flex align-items-center" itemprop="articleBody"> <div><p></p><p>One of the great things about serving the University of 欧美口爆视频 at Boulder for 35 years as a professor, dean, provost and now chancellor is I get to see two generations of graduates joining our alumni family.</p><p>Not long after I started as an assistant professor of education at 欧美口爆视频-Boulder in 1974, Dain Fritz (Comm鈥77) and Hillary Kramer Fritz (Engl鈥78) graduated. On May 8 their son Matt became a newly minted graduate.</p><p>Seeing the family at commencement reminded me of the late summer day four years ago when I bumped into the Fritz family as they helped Matt move into Farrand Hall 鈥 the same hall where his mother lived as a freshman in 1974. Perhaps with nostalgia sweeping over her, Hillary said, 鈥淭he more things change, the more they stay the same.鈥</p><p>There is charm when the ivy-covered places on campus that nestle into our memories remain unchanged. But the fact is, things are changing more rapidly now than at any time during my 3陆 decades at 欧美口爆视频.&nbsp;<br>If you return to campus, you will see familiar sights you fondly remember. But like our classrooms, our residence halls are being reinvented for education in the 21st century.</p><p>We are moving forward with innovative residential colleges called for in our Flagship 2030 strategic plan. Freshmen through upperclassmen with common interests and ambitions will reside in combined living and learning environments alongside a resident professor who conducts lectures, seminars, recitations and tutoring in the residence hall.</p><p>This gives students the opportunity to pursue their academic passions together in both a structured and social environment, studying together and exchanging ideas. It also creates a small-college environment within a comprehensive research university.</p><p>The first residential college, the Kittredge Honors Program, opened this year at Arnett Hall. The Engineering Honors Program will open next fall in Andrews Hall with a faculty-in-residence. Soon, the Global Studies program will move into Smith Hall after it鈥檚 renovated.</p><p>Eventually students will be able to study with a resident professor, choosing from residence halls that focus on everything from natural sciences, fine arts and the American West to international interests, business, global leadership and liberal arts.</p><p>Some of the fondest memories for the next generation of students may come from experiences in their residential college or from other Flagship 2030 initiatives, such as experiential learning, civic engagement and studying abroad.</p><p>Watching two generations of the same family graduate from 欧美口爆视频 fills my heart. I have had the pleasure of watching all three become part of the Buff family. Now, Matt鈥檚 younger sister, Jacquelyn, has her eye on 欧美口爆视频!</p></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div>&lt;p&gt;Chancellor Phil DiStefano's column from the summer 2009 issue.&nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</div> <h2> <div class="paragraph paragraph--type--ucb-related-articles-block paragraph--view-mode--default"> <div>Off</div> </div> </h2> <div>Traditional</div> <div>0</div> <div>On</div> <div>White</div> Mon, 01 Jun 2009 06:00:00 +0000 Anonymous 7108 at /coloradan