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The University of Denver is currently ranked 82nd among all public and private "National Universities" by U.S. News & World Report
in the 2012 rankings.
The undergraduate business program, The Daniels College of Business
, was ranked 67th best in 2008 by BusinessWeek
, and it was ranked the 71st best program by U.S. News in a 2008 ranking. It was ranked 74th in 2010 by Bloomberg Businessweek. In 2011, The University of Denver's Daniels College of Business was ranked 64th in the Bloomberg Businessweek Undergrad Business School Rankings, as well being ranked 2nd in the nation for its ethics programs among 111 undergraduate business schools by Bloomberg Businessweek.
The Sturm College of Law
is currently ranked the 77th best Graduate Law School by U.S News in a 2011 ranking, and 13th for its part-time law program.
The Graduate School of Social Work is consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report
in the top 30 to 40 of all Social Work
graduate schools in the nation.
The Financial Times
has ranked the Daniels College of Business
Executive MBA program in the top 100 programs in the World in a 2011-2012 ranking.
In a 2009 survey performed by the College of William and Mary
and published by Foreign Policy Magazine, the Josef Korbel School of International Studies
ranked 10th in the world for its graduate masters program, ahead of such schools as Syracuse, University of Chicago, Yale, Stanford, University of California-Berkeley, and MIT.
In 2006, Men's Fitness magazine ranked DU in the top-25 fittest colleges in America because the university actively promotes a healthy lifestyle for its students. The Coors Fitness Center has top-of-the-line equipment, personal trainers, nutritionists and fitness classes. Students also can play in 30 club and 22 intramural sports, and DU is located near some of the city's best recreational opportunities and the great outdoors.
The Aspen Institute
’s 2011-2012 edition of Beyond Grey Pinstripes, a biennial survey and alternative ranking of business schools, recently ranked The Daniels College of Business
the 15th best MBA program in the World. The survey puts emphasis on how well schools are preparing their students for the environmental, social, and ethical complexities of modern-day business.
Divisions:
Colleges:
Schools:
Institutes and Centers:
Programs:
Interdisciplinary Programs:
Students in the graduate programs represent over half of the total enrollment of the school.
Aside from the Sturm College of Law, the university operates on a quarter system, sometimes known as trimester academic calendar, in which an academic year is divided into three academic quarters lasting 10 weeks per each quarter. This academic system allows students to take more classes each year than students in a more traditional 15-week semester system.
Offering students a learning experience abroad, the Cherrington Global Scholars program offers every undergraduate the chance to study abroad at no cost above the normal university tuition, room and board. The University of Denver has almost 70 percent of its undergraduate student body study abroad before graduation, placing it first in the nation among all doctoral and research institutions in percentage of undergraduate students participating in study abroad programs .
The art and music scene of DU is currently on the rise due to the recent construction of the Robert and Judi Newman Center for Performing Arts
. This building houses the Lamont School of Music, the University of Denver Department of Theater
, and the University's Newman Center Presents performing arts series. The Lamont School of Music is a structured conservatory setting which allows students to focus on their talents in a competitive manner. The theatre department, reestablished in 1985, is currently being transformed into a nationally competitive theatre school. Recently, their show "Henry the VI part iii" was selected as one of the best in the region was considered for national recognition. For the second straight year, a DU show has been held for regional honors.
With the recent addition of more faculty members and renovation beginning on Margery Reed Hall, the Theatre Department has become a magnet for theatre students in the region. Much of the faculty have many professional connections with local theatre companies (Curious, DCPA), as well as contacts in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and many other regions, providing students with many available options for internships and quick job placement.
The university was the first in the country to establish what has continued to be an innovative and internationally recognized Digital Media Studies program, organized as a joint venture between the departments of Mass Communications and Journalism Studies, Art, and Computer Science. DMS faculty and students are currently working on an NSF-funded video game design and development initiative aimed at increasing interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in select Denver high schools.
Recently, the University of Denver Sturm College of Law has also undergone an internal renaissance. In 2003, the University of Denver ATLA
trial team won the national championship in New Orleans, taking Harvard
's title from the previous year.
The Institute for Public Policy Studies (IPPS) boasts two former Colorado Governors as teaching faculty. Richard Lamm
was joined in January 2007 by Bill Owens.
Denver is one of the few schools in the US that personally interviews every undergraduate applicant (with interviews in more than 25 cities per year), demonstrating that the university is very interested in the person, not just the applicant's credentials. The Hyde interview is named after an influential DU professor, Ammi Hyde, and most students describe the process as insightful rather than painful, so the interview should not be considered a deterrent for prospective students who are nervous that they will not perform well.
The university has recently established an Undergraduate Research Center. This Center provides funding for the Partners in Scholarship program, offering students the opportunity to work directly with a faculty member over the course of a quarter or over the summer. The student may design the research project with the faculty member's approval or may work with a faculty member on an existing research project, thus affording students an opportunity for close mentorship and relationship-building that strengthens the student's overall learning experience. Annual conferences on campus highlight student research efforts
The Ricks Center For Gifted Children is a private school on the campus of DU that teaches preschool through eighth grade. Since April 1997, the school has been accredited by The North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCACASI). It was founded and is currently directed by Norma Hafenstien.
The central campus area also includes Evans Chapel, an 1870s-vintage small church which was once located in downtown Denver, and was relocated to the DU campus in the early 1960s. Buchtel Tower (1913) is all that remains of the former Buchtel Chapel, which burned in 1983. The administrative offices are located in the Mary Reed Building, a former library built in 1932 in the Collegiate Gothic style. Margery Reed Hall (named for the daughter of Mary Reed) was also built in the collegiate gothic style in the early 1930s.
Under the leadership of former Chancellor Daniel Ritchie (now Chairman of the Denver Center for Performing Arts
), about $500 million in capital improvements have taken place in the last decade and the learning inside these new buildings has improved in the same period, as admissions selectivity and rankings have improved dramatically.
In autumn 2003, DU opened a new $63.5 million facility for its College of Law, what was later named the "Sturm College of Law." The building includes a three-story
library
with personal computer
s accessible to students. Donald and Susan Sturm, owners of Denver-based American National Bank, had given $20 million to the University of Denver College of Law. The gift is the largest single donation in the 112-year history of the law school and among the largest gifts ever to the university.
The Daniels College of Business was completed in September 1999 at the cost of $25 million dollars. The business school has been nationally recognized by organizations such as Forbes magazine, Business Week, and the Wall Street Journal where it is ranked seventhth in the nation for producing students with high ethical standards.
Additionally, the university also recently opened the $75 million Robert and Judi Newman Center for Performing Arts
, which houses the acclaimed Lamont School of Music. The Center includes June Swaner Gates Concert Hall, a 1,000 seat, four-level opera house, the Frederic C. Hamilton Family Recital Hall, a 250-seat recital hall with the largest (3,000 pipes) "tracker" organ in the region, and the Elizabeth Ericksen Byron Theatre, a 300-seat flexible theatre space. The Newman Center serves as home to many professional performing arts groups from the Denver region as well as the University's Newman Center Presents multi-disciplinary performing arts series.
In the last two years, DU has also built and opened a new building for the School of Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management (Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management). Inside the building there are numerous classrooms, a large wine cellar, meeting rooms, and an all-purpose dining room that hosts numerous city and university events, weddings, and formal parties. The school helps DU rank near the top of all hotel schools in the United States. The program had its first graduating class in 1946.
The university has the second highest telescope in the world located at 14,148 feet near the summit of Mount Evans
called the Meyer-Womble Observatory
. This telescope is most commonly used by the university's Natural Science and Mathematics Department, and more specifically the Department of Physics and Astronomy at DU.
Nagel Residence Hall was completed in the Fall of 2008 to house upperclassman and is one of the most unique buildings on campus, offering a wide collection of art throughout the building donated by the Nagel family. The building is certified Gold in LEED standards to be environmentally friendly and more sustainable. As well as Nagel, Nelson Hall is another LEED residence hall that was built in the last eight years.
In reference to new campus improvements to help DU athletics, DU completed the first ever (Peter S. Barton) lacrosse-only stadium that was specifically designed for the sport in 2005, as well as new Ciber field soccer stadium (2010) on the northern end of campus. Ciber field also contains new studio space for the School of Art adjoining the main grandstand, as well as the Pat Bowlen varsity sports weight training facility underneath the stands.
The environmentally friendly $25 million dollar Morgridge College of Education was opened in June 2010.
The university has five residence halls, Johnson McFarlane Hall (JMac), Centennial Halls, Centennial Towers, Nelson Hall and Nagel Hall. Johnson McFarlane Hall was recently energy star certified as one of the most energy efficient buildings on campus, and is the oldest co-ed dorm in the western United States.
and the school has been fielding varsity teams since 1867. Denver is a full NCAA Division I member, best known as a major power in winter sports. Ice hockey is DU's flagship spectator sport, with seven NCAA titles including back to back crowns in 2004 and 2005, and regularly selling out the new 6,000 seat Magness Arena
on campus, the showpiece of the Ritchie Center for Sports and Wellness. As of August, 2010, The Pioneers' 28 NCAA titles are in the top 8 of all NCAA schools in terms of total titles - behind Southern California (76), UCLA (71), Stanford (60), Oklahoma State (48), Arkansas (43), Michigan (31), and Penn State (30).
Skiing
is another strong sport at Denver, with 21 NCAA titles (more than any other school in Division 1 history) with the Pioneers dominating the current decade. The Pioneers "three-peated" with NCAA titles in 2010, 2009 and 2008, won it in 2005 and as well as three consecutive titles from 2001 to 2003.
" with "Ruckus" was met with a lukewarm response and never gained much traction. By 2006, a movement to bring back the Walt Disney creation had begun to gain momentum. In 2008, a survey of the DU community showed an overwhelming 87% supported reclaiming Boone. Nonetheless, on October 20, 2008, Chancellor Robert Coombe opposed the will of the overwhelming majority via an email to students, citing that Boone "does not reflect the broad diversity of the DU community". Princeton Review indicates that minorities compose just 7% of the student body. The issue has been covered by the Denver Post, NBC affiliate KUSA, and ABC affiliate KMGH. Editorials by Valerie Richardson in the Washington Times and Mike Rosen
in the Rocky Mountain News have been highly critical of the administration.
By this point, DU had essentially shelved Ruckus, and in November 2008, the university announced its intention to identify a new mascot, Boone's departure was far from final. Chancellor Coombe had acknowledged Boone's place in DU's history and stated that "it seems reasonable that students and alumni be allowed to use the image as a celebration of that past, to the extent that they may choose."
Thus, an independent group of alumni resurrected "Denver Boone
" on their own as the unofficial mascot of the DU students and alumni community. A costume was privately procured and the initiative was funded entirely by independent alumni contributions.
The new mascot was unveiled by students and alumni at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., as part of the 2009 Frozen Four festivities.
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
in the 2012 rankings.
The undergraduate business program, The Daniels College of Business
Daniels College of Business
The Daniels College of Business is one of twelve graduate programs at the University of Denver. Founded in 1908, the Daniels College of Business is the eighth oldest business school in the United States...
, was ranked 67th best in 2008 by BusinessWeek
BusinessWeek
Bloomberg Businessweek, commonly and formerly known as BusinessWeek, is a weekly business magazine published by Bloomberg L.P. It is currently headquartered in New York City.- History :...
, and it was ranked the 71st best program by U.S. News in a 2008 ranking. It was ranked 74th in 2010 by Bloomberg Businessweek. In 2011, The University of Denver's Daniels College of Business was ranked 64th in the Bloomberg Businessweek Undergrad Business School Rankings, as well being ranked 2nd in the nation for its ethics programs among 111 undergraduate business schools by Bloomberg Businessweek.
The Sturm College of Law
Sturm College of Law
The University of Denver Sturm College of Law is one of two law schools in the state of Colorado, and the only law school in the Denver metro area. Founded in 1892, the Sturm College of Law is one of the first in America's Mountain West...
is currently ranked the 77th best Graduate Law School by U.S News in a 2011 ranking, and 13th for its part-time law program.
The Graduate School of Social Work is consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
in the top 30 to 40 of all Social Work
Social work
Social Work is a professional and academic discipline that seeks to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of an individual, group, or community by intervening through research, policy, community organizing, direct practice, and teaching on behalf of those afflicted with poverty or any real or...
graduate schools in the nation.
The Financial Times
Financial Times
The Financial Times is an international business newspaper. It is a morning daily newspaper published in London and printed in 24 cities around the world. Its primary rival is the Wall Street Journal, published in New York City....
has ranked the Daniels College of Business
Daniels College of Business
The Daniels College of Business is one of twelve graduate programs at the University of Denver. Founded in 1908, the Daniels College of Business is the eighth oldest business school in the United States...
Executive MBA program in the top 100 programs in the World in a 2011-2012 ranking.
In a 2009 survey performed by the College of William and Mary
College of William and Mary
The College of William & Mary in Virginia is a public research university located in Williamsburg, Virginia, United States...
and published by Foreign Policy Magazine, the Josef Korbel School of International Studies
Josef Korbel School of International Studies
The Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver is a professional school in international affairs offering undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral opportunities. It is a full member of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs , a grouping of...
ranked 10th in the world for its graduate masters program, ahead of such schools as Syracuse, University of Chicago, Yale, Stanford, University of California-Berkeley, and MIT.
In 2006, Men's Fitness magazine ranked DU in the top-25 fittest colleges in America because the university actively promotes a healthy lifestyle for its students. The Coors Fitness Center has top-of-the-line equipment, personal trainers, nutritionists and fitness classes. Students also can play in 30 club and 22 intramural sports, and DU is located near some of the city's best recreational opportunities and the great outdoors.
The Aspen Institute
Aspen Institute
The Aspen Institute is an international nonprofit organization founded in 1950 as the Aspen Institute of Humanistic Studies. The organization is dedicated to "fostering enlightened leadership, the appreciation of timeless ideas and values, and open-minded dialogue on contemporary issues." The...
’s 2011-2012 edition of Beyond Grey Pinstripes, a biennial survey and alternative ranking of business schools, recently ranked The Daniels College of Business
Daniels College of Business
The Daniels College of Business is one of twelve graduate programs at the University of Denver. Founded in 1908, the Daniels College of Business is the eighth oldest business school in the United States...
the 15th best MBA program in the World. The survey puts emphasis on how well schools are preparing their students for the environmental, social, and ethical complexities of modern-day business.
Academic Programs
In addition to traditional undergraduate programs, the University of Denver is home to the following graduate entities:Divisions:
- Division of Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Divisions of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences
Colleges:
- Daniels College of BusinessDaniels College of BusinessThe Daniels College of Business is one of twelve graduate programs at the University of Denver. Founded in 1908, the Daniels College of Business is the eighth oldest business school in the United States...
- Sturm College of LawSturm College of LawThe University of Denver Sturm College of Law is one of two law schools in the state of Colorado, and the only law school in the Denver metro area. Founded in 1892, the Sturm College of Law is one of the first in America's Mountain West...
- The Women's College of the University of DenverThe Women's College of the University of DenverThe Women’s College is one of eight undergraduate colleges at the University of Denver and the Rocky Mountain Region’s only all-women’s college...
http://www.womenscollege.du.edu/ - University College University of DenverUniversity College University of DenverUniversity College is the school of professional and continuing studies of the University of Denver, geared to the needs of working adults. University College delivers graduate certificates and master’s degrees, in online and on campus formats. Non-credit personal development programs are also...
http://universitycollege.du.edu/ - Morgridge College of Education
Schools:
- Graduate School of Professional Psychology
- Graduate School of Social WorkGraduate School of Social Work at the University of DenverThe Graduate School of Social Work at the University of Denver , is the oldest graduate school of social work in the Rocky Mountain Region. Founded in 1931, GSSW is currently ranked 36th by US News and World Report...
- Josef Korbel School of International StudiesJosef Korbel School of International StudiesThe Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver is a professional school in international affairs offering undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral opportunities. It is a full member of the Association of Professional Schools of International Affairs , a grouping of...
- Lamont School of Music
- School of Engineering and Computer Science
- Media, Film, and Journalism StudiesUniversity of Denver Department of Media, Film and Journalism StudiesThe University of Denver Department of Media, Film and Journalism Studies is located in Mass Communications Building on the University of Denver campus at the corner of South Gaylord Street and East Harvard Avenue...
Institutes and Centers:
- Conflict Resolution Institute
- Intermodal Transportation Institute
- Institute for Public Policy Studies
- Center for Judaic Studies
- Edward W. & Charlotte A. Estlow International Center for Journalism and New Media
Programs:
- Graduate Tax Program
- DU-Iliff Joint Program
- Graduate School of Social Work Doctoral Program
- Josef Korbel School of International Studies-Sturm College of Law Joint Program
- Daniels College of Business-Sturm College of Law Joint Program
Interdisciplinary Programs:
- Cognitive Neuroscience - (Psychology and Biology)
- Video Game Design - (Computer Science and Digital Media Studies)
Students in the graduate programs represent over half of the total enrollment of the school.
Aside from the Sturm College of Law, the university operates on a quarter system, sometimes known as trimester academic calendar, in which an academic year is divided into three academic quarters lasting 10 weeks per each quarter. This academic system allows students to take more classes each year than students in a more traditional 15-week semester system.
Offering students a learning experience abroad, the Cherrington Global Scholars program offers every undergraduate the chance to study abroad at no cost above the normal university tuition, room and board. The University of Denver has almost 70 percent of its undergraduate student body study abroad before graduation, placing it first in the nation among all doctoral and research institutions in percentage of undergraduate students participating in study abroad programs .
The art and music scene of DU is currently on the rise due to the recent construction of the Robert and Judi Newman Center for Performing Arts
Robert and Judi Newman Center for Performing Arts
The Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts is located on the University of Denver campus in Denver, Colorado at the southwest corner of Iliff and University. Robert and Judi Newman were asked by former Chancellor Daniel L. Ritchie to spearhead the fundraising effort for the...
. This building houses the Lamont School of Music, the University of Denver Department of Theater
University of Denver Department of Theater
The University of Denver Theater Department offers Bachelor of Arts degrees in Theater. Fields of study include but are not limited to: acting, directing, design, stage management, and dramaturgy.- About the Department:...
, and the University's Newman Center Presents performing arts series. The Lamont School of Music is a structured conservatory setting which allows students to focus on their talents in a competitive manner. The theatre department, reestablished in 1985, is currently being transformed into a nationally competitive theatre school. Recently, their show "Henry the VI part iii" was selected as one of the best in the region was considered for national recognition. For the second straight year, a DU show has been held for regional honors.
With the recent addition of more faculty members and renovation beginning on Margery Reed Hall, the Theatre Department has become a magnet for theatre students in the region. Much of the faculty have many professional connections with local theatre companies (Curious, DCPA), as well as contacts in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and many other regions, providing students with many available options for internships and quick job placement.
The university was the first in the country to establish what has continued to be an innovative and internationally recognized Digital Media Studies program, organized as a joint venture between the departments of Mass Communications and Journalism Studies, Art, and Computer Science. DMS faculty and students are currently working on an NSF-funded video game design and development initiative aimed at increasing interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in select Denver high schools.
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
The American Association for Justice , formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America is the leading organization for lawyers representing plaintiffs in the United States...
trial team won the national championship in New Orleans, taking Harvard
Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, it is the oldest continually-operating law school in the United States and is home to the largest academic law library in the world. The school is routinely ranked by the U.S...
's title from the previous year.
The Institute for Public Policy Studies (IPPS) boasts two former Colorado Governors as teaching faculty. Richard Lamm
Richard Lamm
Richard Douglas "Dick" Lamm is an American politician, Certified Public Accountant, college professor, and lawyer. He served three terms as 38th Governor of Colorado as a Democrat and ran for the Reform Party's nomination for President of the United States in 1996.He is currently the Co-Director...
was joined in January 2007 by Bill Owens.
Denver is one of the few schools in the US that personally interviews every undergraduate applicant (with interviews in more than 25 cities per year), demonstrating that the university is very interested in the person, not just the applicant's credentials. The Hyde interview is named after an influential DU professor, Ammi Hyde, and most students describe the process as insightful rather than painful, so the interview should not be considered a deterrent for prospective students who are nervous that they will not perform well.
The university has recently established an Undergraduate Research Center. This Center provides funding for the Partners in Scholarship program, offering students the opportunity to work directly with a faculty member over the course of a quarter or over the summer. The student may design the research project with the faculty member's approval or may work with a faculty member on an existing research project, thus affording students an opportunity for close mentorship and relationship-building that strengthens the student's overall learning experience. Annual conferences on campus highlight student research efforts
The Ricks Center For Gifted Children is a private school on the campus of DU that teaches preschool through eighth grade. Since April 1997, the school has been accredited by The North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCACASI). It was founded and is currently directed by Norma Hafenstien.
Campus
The heart of the campus has a number of historic buildings. The longest-standing building is University Hall, built in the Romanesque Revival style which has served DU since 1890. The cornerstone to this building is exactly one mile high. Just a few blocks off campus also hosts the historic Chamberlin Observatory, built in 1894. It is still a fully operational observatory and is open to the public twice a week as well as one Saturday a month.Under the leadership of former Chancellor Daniel Ritchie (now Chairman of the Denver Center for Performing Arts
Denver Performing Arts Complex
The Denver Performing Arts Complex located in Denver, Colorado, is the second largest performing arts center in the world after New York City's Lincoln Center. The DPAC is a four-block, site containing ten performance spaces with over 10,000 seats connected by an tall glass roof...
), about $500 million in capital improvements have taken place in the last decade and the learning inside these new buildings has improved in the same period, as admissions selectivity and rankings have improved dramatically.
In autumn 2003, DU opened a new $63.5 million facility for its College of Law, what was later named the "Sturm College of Law." The building includes a three-story
Storey
A storey or story is any level part of a building that could be used by people...
library
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
with personal computer
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
s accessible to students. Donald and Susan Sturm, owners of Denver-based American National Bank, had given $20 million to the University of Denver College of Law. The gift is the largest single donation in the 112-year history of the law school and among the largest gifts ever to the university.
The Daniels College of Business was completed in September 1999 at the cost of $25 million dollars. The business school has been nationally recognized by organizations such as Forbes magazine, Business Week, and the Wall Street Journal where it is ranked seventhth in the nation for producing students with high ethical standards.
Additionally, the university also recently opened the $75 million Robert and Judi Newman Center for Performing Arts
Robert and Judi Newman Center for Performing Arts
The Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts is located on the University of Denver campus in Denver, Colorado at the southwest corner of Iliff and University. Robert and Judi Newman were asked by former Chancellor Daniel L. Ritchie to spearhead the fundraising effort for the...
, which houses the acclaimed Lamont School of Music. The Center includes June Swaner Gates Concert Hall, a 1,000 seat, four-level opera house, the Frederic C. Hamilton Family Recital Hall, a 250-seat recital hall with the largest (3,000 pipes) "tracker" organ in the region, and the Elizabeth Ericksen Byron Theatre, a 300-seat flexible theatre space. The Newman Center serves as home to many professional performing arts groups from the Denver region as well as the University's Newman Center Presents multi-disciplinary performing arts series.
In the last two years, DU has also built and opened a new building for the School of Hotel, Restaurant, and Tourism Management (Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management). Inside the building there are numerous classrooms, a large wine cellar, meeting rooms, and an all-purpose dining room that hosts numerous city and university events, weddings, and formal parties. The school helps DU rank near the top of all hotel schools in the United States. The program had its first graduating class in 1946.
Mount Evans
Mount Evans is a mountain in the Front Range region of the Rocky Mountains, in Clear Creek County, Colorado. It is one of 54 fourteeners in Colorado, and the closest fourteener to Denver...
called the Meyer-Womble Observatory
Meyer-Womble Observatory
Meyer-Womble Observatory is an astronomical observatory near the summit of Mount Evans in Colorado, United States, operated by the University of Denver. Located at and 14,148 feet , it is the third highest optical telescope in the world...
. This telescope is most commonly used by the university's Natural Science and Mathematics Department, and more specifically the Department of Physics and Astronomy at DU.
Nagel Residence Hall was completed in the Fall of 2008 to house upperclassman and is one of the most unique buildings on campus, offering a wide collection of art throughout the building donated by the Nagel family. The building is certified Gold in LEED standards to be environmentally friendly and more sustainable. As well as Nagel, Nelson Hall is another LEED residence hall that was built in the last eight years.
In reference to new campus improvements to help DU athletics, DU completed the first ever (Peter S. Barton) lacrosse-only stadium that was specifically designed for the sport in 2005, as well as new Ciber field soccer stadium (2010) on the northern end of campus. Ciber field also contains new studio space for the School of Art adjoining the main grandstand, as well as the Pat Bowlen varsity sports weight training facility underneath the stands.
The environmentally friendly $25 million dollar Morgridge College of Education was opened in June 2010.
The university has five residence halls, Johnson McFarlane Hall (JMac), Centennial Halls, Centennial Towers, Nelson Hall and Nagel Hall. Johnson McFarlane Hall was recently energy star certified as one of the most energy efficient buildings on campus, and is the oldest co-ed dorm in the western United States.
Athletics
DU's athletic teams are known as the Denver PioneersSettler
A settler is a person who has migrated to an area and established permanent residence there, often to colonize the area. Settlers are generally people who take up residence on land and cultivate it, as opposed to nomads...
and the school has been fielding varsity teams since 1867. Denver is a full NCAA Division I member, best known as a major power in winter sports. Ice hockey is DU's flagship spectator sport, with seven NCAA titles including back to back crowns in 2004 and 2005, and regularly selling out the new 6,000 seat Magness Arena
Magness Arena
Magness Arena is a 7,200-seat multi-purpose collegiate sports arena in Denver, Colorado. It was built from 1997 to 1999 as part of the Daniel L. Ritchie Center for Sports & Wellness, a $84 million, sports complex at the University of Denver. It is home to the University of Denver Pioneers ice...
on campus, the showpiece of the Ritchie Center for Sports and Wellness. As of August, 2010, The Pioneers' 28 NCAA titles are in the top 8 of all NCAA schools in terms of total titles - behind Southern California (76), UCLA (71), Stanford (60), Oklahoma State (48), Arkansas (43), Michigan (31), and Penn State (30).
Skiing
Skiing
Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....
is another strong sport at Denver, with 21 NCAA titles (more than any other school in Division 1 history) with the Pioneers dominating the current decade. The Pioneers "three-peated" with NCAA titles in 2010, 2009 and 2008, won it in 2005 and as well as three consecutive titles from 2001 to 2003.
Fight Song
The fight song for the University of Denver is Fairest of Colleges, written in 1916. The lyrics are:- D-rah! E-rah! N-rah! VER Boom.
- Denver, our Denver,
- We sing to thee,
- Fairest of colleges,
- Give her three times three,
- Rah, rah, rah!
- Long may we cherish her
- Faithful and true.
- University of Denver
- For me and you.
Mascot
- Pioneer Pete (1920s to 1968)
- Denver BooneDenver BooneDenver Boone was the official mascot of the University of Denver from 1968 to 1998. He was designed by a Walt Disney artist and named by a DU student. Despite being retired and replaced by the DU administration in 1998, he was revived by independent members of the DU student and alumni community in...
/Boone the Pioneer (1968 to 1998) - Ruckus (1998 to 2008)
- (Unofficial) Denver BooneDenver BooneDenver Boone was the official mascot of the University of Denver from 1968 to 1998. He was designed by a Walt Disney artist and named by a DU student. Despite being retired and replaced by the DU administration in 1998, he was revived by independent members of the DU student and alumni community in...
/Boone the Pioneer (2009–present)
Recent Mascot Changes
Although the DU community indulged the Department of Athletics and Recreation's 1998 efforts to rebrand itself by creating a more marketable image, replacing "Denver BooneDenver Boone
Denver Boone was the official mascot of the University of Denver from 1968 to 1998. He was designed by a Walt Disney artist and named by a DU student. Despite being retired and replaced by the DU administration in 1998, he was revived by independent members of the DU student and alumni community in...
" with "Ruckus" was met with a lukewarm response and never gained much traction. By 2006, a movement to bring back the Walt Disney creation had begun to gain momentum. In 2008, a survey of the DU community showed an overwhelming 87% supported reclaiming Boone. Nonetheless, on October 20, 2008, Chancellor Robert Coombe opposed the will of the overwhelming majority via an email to students, citing that Boone "does not reflect the broad diversity of the DU community". Princeton Review indicates that minorities compose just 7% of the student body. The issue has been covered by the Denver Post, NBC affiliate KUSA, and ABC affiliate KMGH. Editorials by Valerie Richardson in the Washington Times and Mike Rosen
Mike Rosen
Michael "Mike" Rosen is an American radio personality and political commentator. He is the host of The Mike Rosen Show on talk radio station 850 KOA in Denver, Colorado, as well as a weekly opinion columnist for The Denver Post and previously a weekly opinion columnist for the Rocky Mountain News...
in the Rocky Mountain News have been highly critical of the administration.
By this point, DU had essentially shelved Ruckus, and in November 2008, the university announced its intention to identify a new mascot, Boone's departure was far from final. Chancellor Coombe had acknowledged Boone's place in DU's history and stated that "it seems reasonable that students and alumni be allowed to use the image as a celebration of that past, to the extent that they may choose."
Thus, an independent group of alumni resurrected "Denver Boone
Denver Boone
Denver Boone was the official mascot of the University of Denver from 1968 to 1998. He was designed by a Walt Disney artist and named by a DU student. Despite being retired and replaced by the DU administration in 1998, he was revived by independent members of the DU student and alumni community in...
" on their own as the unofficial mascot of the DU students and alumni community. A costume was privately procured and the initiative was funded entirely by independent alumni contributions.
The new mascot was unveiled by students and alumni at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., as part of the 2009 Frozen Four festivities.
Chancellors
Chancellors of the University of Denver http://www.du.edu/experience/vision/history.html:- David Hastings MooreDavid Hastings MooreDavid Hastings Moore was an American bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1900. He also gained notability as a Union Army Officer in the American Civil War, as a Pastor, as the Editor of an important Methodist periodical, and as a University Chancellor.-Birth and Early Life:David...
(October 1880-June 1889) - William Fraser McDowellWilliam Fraser McDowellWilliam Fraser McDowell was an American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, elected in 1904. He was born in Millersburg, Ohio, U.S.-Education:...
(1890-June 1899) - Henry Augustus BuchtelHenry Augustus BuchtelHenry Augustus Buchtel was an American minister, educator, and public official, born near Akron, Ohio. He was the seventeenth governor of Colorado....
(December 1899-September 1920)
- Heber Reece Harper (November 1922-January 1927)
- Frederick Maurice Hunter (July 1928-September 1935)
- David Shaw Duncan (September 1935-March 1941)
- Caleb Frank Gates (March 1941-November 1943)
- Ben Mark Cherrington (November 1943-February 1946)
- Caleb Frank Gates (February 1946-August 1947)
- James F. Price (April–October 1948)
- Alfred Clarence Nelson, interim (October 1948-November 1949)
- Albert Charles Jacobs (November 1949-March 1953)
- Chester M. Alter (August 1953-July 1966)
- Maurice Bernard Mitchell (September 1967-March 1978)
- Ross Pritchard (October 1978-January 1984)
- Dwight Morrell Smith (January 1984-July 1989)
- Daniel L. RitchieDaniel L. RitchieDaniel L. Ritchie is the Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Denver, a former CEO of major communication corporations, and a Harvard alumnus...
(July 1989-June 2005) - Robert CoombeRobert CoombeRobert Coombe is a chemist and an educator. He has been a faculty member at the University of Denver since 1981. In 2005 he became the chancellor of the university.-Education and Work Background:...
(July 2005–present)
Notable alumni
Scientists
- Henry Otley Beyer, father of anthropologyAnthropologyAnthropology is the study of humanity. It has origins in the humanities, the natural sciences, and the social sciences. The term "anthropology" is from the Greek anthrōpos , "man", understood to mean mankind or humanity, and -logia , "discourse" or "study", and was first used in 1501 by German...
and ethnologyEthnologyEthnology is the branch of anthropology that compares and analyzes the origins, distribution, technology, religion, language, and social structure of the ethnic, racial, and/or national divisions of humanity.-Scientific discipline:Compared to ethnography, the study of single groups through direct...
in the PhilippinesPhilippinesThe Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam... - Asa Grant Hilliard III, renowned egyptologist and professor of educational psychology
- Arnold KramishArnold KramishArnold Kramish was an American nuclear physicist and author who was associated with the Manhattan Project. While working on the project, he was nearly killed in an accident at the Philadelphia Naval Yard where a prototype thermal diffusion isotope separation device was being constructed...
(1923–2010), nuclear physicist on the Manhattan ProjectManhattan ProjectThe Manhattan Project was a research and development program, led by the United States with participation from the United Kingdom and Canada, that produced the first atomic bomb during World War II. From 1942 to 1946, the project was under the direction of Major General Leslie Groves of the US Army...
who was almost killed in a radioactive explosion. - Donald Menzel, former Director, Harvard College Observatory
- Del ThiessenDel ThiessenDelbert Thiessen is an American psychology professor emeritus whose research focused on evolutionary mechanisms of reproduction and social communication....
, noted psychology theorist
Politics, Government and Military
- George W. Casey, Jr., four-star general and 36th Chief of Staff of the United States ArmyUnited States ArmyThe United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
, former commander of U.S. forces in Iraq - Heraldo MuñozHeraldo MuñozHeraldo Muñoz Valenzuela is a Chilean politician and diplomat, the former Chilean Ambassador to the United Nations, and currently Assistant Secretary General, Assistant Administrator, and Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Development Programme.Muñoz was...
, former Chilean Ambassador to the United Nations - Ahmad IsmailAhmad IsmailDatuk Ahmad Ismail , is a Malaysian politician and a member of the United Malays National Organisation , serving as the chief of UMNO's Bukit Bendera division in the state of Penang....
, mayor of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - Condoleezza RiceCondoleezza RiceCondoleezza Rice is an American political scientist and diplomat. She served as the 66th United States Secretary of State, and was the second person to hold that office in the administration of President George W. Bush...
, former U.S. Secretary of State under President G.W. Bush - Michelle KwanMichelle KwanMichelle Wingshan Kwan is an American figure skater. She is a two-time Olympic medalist, a five-time World champion and a nine-time U.S...
- Former U.S. Olympic Figure Skater and current State Department employee. U.S. Public Diplomacy Envoy - Susan Waltz, Chair, International Executive Committee, Amnesty InternationalAmnesty InternationalAmnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
, Professor of public policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan - Cindy CourvilleCindy CourvilleDr. Cindy Lou Courville was the U.S. Ambassador to the African Union from 2006 to 2008. Previously she was Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for African Affairs at the National Security Council where she helped craft United States policy towards Africa.-Professional...
, former U.S. Ambassador to the African Union - Ed Schafer, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President G.W. Bush, former Governor of North Dakota
- Jami MiscikJami MiscikJudith A. "Jami" Miscik rose from the analytic ranks of the Central Intelligence Agency to become Deputy Director for Intelligence, the Agency's seniormost analytic post. In 2005 she left CIA to become Global Head of Sovereign Risk for the now-bankrupt financial services firm Lehman Brothers....
, former Deputy Director for Intelligence at the CIA, Vice-Chairman of Kissinger Associates, Inc. in New York. - James Nicholson, former Secretary of Veterans Affairs under President G.W. Bush
- Gale NortonGale NortonGale Ann Norton served as the 48th United States Secretary of the Interior from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush...
, former U.S. Secretary of the Interior under President G.W. Bush - Current U.S. Senator Mike EnziMike EnziMichael Bradley "Mike" Enzi is the senior U.S. Senator from Wyoming and a member of the Republican Party.Raised in Thermopolis, Wyoming, Enzi attended George Washington University and the University of Denver. He expanded his father's shoe store business in Gillette before being elected mayor of...
(R-Wyo.) - Former U.S. Senator Byron DorganByron DorganByron Leslie Dorgan is a former United States Senator from North Dakota and is now a senior policy advisor for a Washington, DC law firm. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party, the North Dakota affiliate of the Democratic Party. In the Senate, he was Chairman of the Democratic...
(D-N.D.) - Former U.S. Senator Pete DomeniciPete DomeniciPietro Vichi "Pete" Domenici is an American Republican politician, who served six terms as a United States Senator from New Mexico, from 1973 to 2009, the longest tenure in the state's history....
(R-N.M.) - Robert Dieter, U.S. Ambassador to Belize
- Fred KargerFred KargerFred S. Karger is an American political consultant, gay rights activist and watchdog, former actor, and candidate for the Republican nomination for the 2012 US Presidential election...
, campaign strategist and 2012 Presidential Candidate, first ever openly gay candidate - Paul Trivelli, former U.S. Ambassador to Nicaragua
- Loy Henderson, former U.S. Ambassador to Iran
- Frank AguonFrank AguonFrank Blas Aguon, Jr. is a Guamanian Democratic politician. He has served for six terms as a Senator in the Legislature of Guam. Aguon has also run as a candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Guam in the 2006 and 2010 gubernatorial elections. Aguon is currently the running mate of former Guam...
, Guam Senator - Owen AspinallOwen AspinallOwen Stuart Aspinall was an American attorney and politician who served as the 45th Governor of American Samoa from August 1, 1967, to July 31, 1969. He was born in Grand Junction, Colorado, to longtime United States Representative Wayne N. Aspinall...
, 45th Governor of American Samoa - Wayne Aspinall, former member, U.S House of Representatives (D-Colo.)
- Mike McKevittMike McKevittJames Douglas "Mike" McKevitt was a U.S. Representative from Colorado.Born in Spokane, Washington, McKevitt graduated from Grant High School in Sacramento, California....
, former member, U.S, House of Representatives (R-Colo.) - William D. FordWilliam D. FordWilliam David Ford was a U.S. Representative from Michigan.Ford was born in Detroit and attended Henry Ford Trade School, Melvindale High School, Nebraska State Teachers College, and Wayne State University....
former member, U.S. House of Representatives (D-Mich.) - Mo UdallMo UdallMorris King "Mo" Udall was an American politician who served as a U.S. Representative from Arizona from May 2, 1961 to May 4, 1991...
, former member, U.S. House of Representatives (D-Ariz) - Byron Rogers, former member, U.S. House of Representatives (D-Colo.)
- John Patrick WilliamsJohn Patrick WilliamsJohn Patrick "Pat" Williams is a former Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Montana during the years 1979–1997....
, former member, U.S. House of Representatives (D-Mont.) - Paul LaxaltPaul LaxaltPaul Dominique Laxalt of Nevada was a former Republican District Attorney, Lieutenant Governor, Governor and U.S. Senator. In the media, the words "son of a Basque sheepherder" often accompanied his name. He was one of Ronald Reagan's closest friends in politics...
, former Nevada governor and U.S. Senator (R-Nev.) - Charles Brannan former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under President H. Truman
- Oscar Chapman former U.S. Secretary of Interior under President H. Truman
- John Arthur LoveJohn Arthur LoveJohn Arthur Love was a United States attorney and Republican politician who served as the 36th Governor of the State of Colorado from 1963 to 1973....
, former Gov. of Colorado and Dir. of U.S. Energy Policy under President Nixon. - M. Javad ZarifM. Javad ZarifMohammad Javad Zarif , is a former Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations. He presented his credentials to the United Nations Secretary-General on August 5, 2002. From 1992 until his appointment to the U.N., he had worked as the Deputy Foreign Minister for...
, former Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations - Mary CheneyMary CheneyMary Claire Cheney is the second daughter of Dick Cheney, the former Vice President of the United States, and his wife, Lynne Cheney. She is openly lesbian, has voiced support for same-sex marriage, and has been credited with encouraging her father to support same-sex marriage as well...
, Political activist and daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney - Alvin WiederspahnAlvin WiederspahnAlvin Laramie Wiederspahn, usually known as Al Wiederspahn , is a prominent attorney in Cheyenne who served for ten years as a Democrat in the Wyoming House of Representatives and the Wyoming State Senate...
, former member of both houses of the WyomingWyomingWyoming is a state in the mountain region of the Western United States. The western two thirds of the state is covered mostly with the mountain ranges and rangelands in the foothills of the Eastern Rocky Mountains, while the eastern third of the state is high elevation prairie known as the High...
legislature and prominent CheyenneCheyenne, WyomingCheyenne is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming and the county seat of Laramie County. It is the principal city of the Cheyenne, Wyoming, Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Laramie County. The population is 59,466 at the 2010 census. Cheyenne is the...
attorney and historical preservationist - Peter GroffPeter GroffPeter C. Groff is a member of the Obama administration and a former Colorado legislator and President of the Colorado Senate. An attorney, public servant, and political veteran, Groff was elected as a Democrat to the Colorado House of Representatives in 2000, then re-elected in 2002...
, President, Colorado Senate - Terrance CarrollTerrance CarrollTerrance Carroll is an American lawyer, minister, former Colorado legislator and former Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives, the first African American ever to hold that office in Colorado...
, Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives - Dr.Ibrahim Abdulaziz Al-Assaf, Finance Minister, Saudi ArabiaSaudi ArabiaThe Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World...
- Abu Bakar Abdullah, Director-General of the Malaysian Government's Public Service Department
- Andrew RomanoffAndrew RomanoffHarlan Andrew Romanoff is an American politician. A Democrat, he was a member of the Colorado House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008, serving as Speaker from 2005 to 2008...
, former Colorado (D) House Speaker and 2010 U.S. Senate Candidate (Colo.) - David MalpassDavid MalpassDavid R. Malpass is an American economist and also ran in the 2010 Republican primary for U.S. Senate in New York. He is the founder and president of Encima Global LLC, an economic research and consulting firm based in New York City...
, 2010 U.S. Senate Candidate (R-NY), former chief economist, Bear StearnsBear StearnsThe Bear Stearns Companies, Inc. based in New York City, was a global investment bank and securities trading and brokerage, until its sale to JPMorgan Chase in 2008 during the global financial crisis and recession... - John V. GarzaJohn GarzaJohn Vincent Garza, was born on March 13, 1955 in Herlong, California. Garza currently serves as a Republican state representative representing District 117 in Bexar County, Texas. Rep. Garza has worked in affordable housing development and sales for over 25 years...
, member, Texas House of Representatives (R-San Antonio)
Business and Industry
- Brad AndersonBrad Anderson (executive)Bradbury "Brad" Anderson is the former CEO and Vice Chairman of consumer electronics retailer Best Buy. He retired on 6/22/11 and was replaced by Brian J. Dunn. In fiscal 2006, he earned a salary of $1,164,283 and a bonus of $2,692,250. His annual compensation for fiscal year 2007 was $5.6...
, former CEO, Best BuyBest BuyBest Buy Co., Inc. is an American specialty retailer of consumer electronics in the United States, accounting for 19% of the market. It also operates in Mexico, Canada & China. The company's subsidiaries include Geek Squad, CinemaNow, Magnolia Audio Video, Pacific Sales, and, in Canada operates... - James C. KennedyJames C. KennedyJames Cox Kennedy is the chairman of Cox Enterprises, the media conglomerate founded by his grandfather, James M. Cox. According to the Forbes 400 list in 2008, he is the 49th richest person in the United States, through his $6.5 billion stake in the company....
, former CEO and current Chairman of Cox EnterprisesCox EnterprisesCox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, United States, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. He was the Democratic candidate for the President of the United States in the election of 1920... - Peter MortonPeter MortonPeter Morton was the co-founder with Isaac Tigrett of the Hard Rock Café, a chain of casual dining restaurants. His father is Arnie Morton, founder of Morton's, and his son is Harry Morton, founder of Pink Taco restaurants...
, founder, Hard Rock CafeHard Rock CafeHard Rock Cafe is a chain of theme restaurants founded in 1971 by Americans Peter Morton & Isaac Tigrett. In 1979, the cafe began covering its walls with rock and roll memorabilia, a tradition which expanded to others in the chain. In 2006, Hard Rock was sold to the Seminole Tribe of Florida, and...
chain - Roger BirnbaumRoger BirnbaumRoger Birnbaum is an American film producer who owns the company Spyglass Entertainment and is co-CEO and co-Chairman of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.Birnbaum was born in Teaneck, New Jersey, where he graduated from Teaneck High School...
, CEO, Spyglass EntertainmentSpyglass EntertainmentSpyglass Entertainment is an American film production company, co-founded by Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum in 1998. The studio was founded with an investment from European media conglomerates Kirch Group and Mediaset, and a five-year distribution deal with The Walt Disney Company...
(major movie producer) - Scott Mitchell RosenbergScott Mitchell RosenbergScott Mitchell Rosenberg is a film, television producer, comic book publisher, and the chairman of Platinum Studios, an entertainment company that controls a large independent library of comic book characters and adapts them for film, television and other media...
- CEO/Chairman Platinum StudiosPlatinum StudiosPlatinum Studios, Inc. is a publicly traded media company based in the United States. It controls a large independent library of comic book characters, which it seeks to adapt, produce, and license for all forms of media including print, film, online, mobile / wireless, gaming, and merchandising...
; Founder, Malibu ComicsMalibu ComicsMalibu Comics was an American comic book publisher active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, best known for its Ultraverse line of superhero titles. The company's headquarters was in Calabasas, California. Malibu imprints included Aircel Comics and Eternity Comics...
, screenwriter of movies Con AirCon AirCon Air is an Academy Award–nominated 1997 American action-thriller film directed by Simon West and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer. It stars Nicolas Cage, John Cusack and John Malkovich...
and Men in BlackMen in BlackMen in Black , in American popular culture and in UFO conspiracy theories, are men dressed in black suits who claim to be government agents who harass or threaten UFO witnesses to keep them quiet about what they have seen. It is sometimes implied that they may be aliens themselves... - Peter Coors, Chairman, Molson Coors Brewing CompanyMolson Coors Brewing CompanyMolson Coors Brewing Company is a company that was created by the merger of two of North America's largest breweries: Molson of Canada, and Coors of the United States, on February 9, 2005...
- Andrew C. TaylorAndrew C. TaylorAndrew C. Taylor is a U.S. businessman. He is Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Enterprise Holdings. Andrew Taylor is the son of Jack C. Taylor, who founded Enterprise Rent-A-Car in 1957.-Early life and career:...
, CEO, Enterprise Rent-A-CarEnterprise Rent-A-CarEnterprise Holdings, Inc. is a privately held company formed in 2009 to operate rental car subsidiaries: Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Car Rental, Alamo Rent A Car, WeCar and its commercial fleet management, used car sales, and commercial truck rental operations.Enterprise Holdings was formed as... - Joseph SaundersJoseph SaundersJoseph Saunders is the CEO of the multi billion dollar credit card distribution company Visa Inc., appointed in 2007. Before joining Visa International, he was assigned as president of card services for Washington Mutual, Inc. since acquiring Providian Financial Corporation in October 2005...
, Chairman and CEO, Visa Inc. - Jim Lentz, President, Toyota USA
- Tom Marisco, founder and CEO, Marsico Capital Management, served on U.S. Treasury Department’s Treasury Borrowing Advisory Committee
- Richard HiltonRichard HiltonRichard Howard "Rick" Hilton is an American entrepreneur and hotelier. He is the Chairman and co-founder of Hilton & Hyland, a real estate brokerages firm based in Beverly Hills that specializes in homes and estates in Beverly Hills, Holmby Hills, Bel-Air, Brentwood, Pacific Palisades, Malibu, and...
, chairman, Hilton and Hyland Real Estate - Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, Chairman/CEO Emirates Airlines
- Dale Wolf. CEO, Coventry Health CareCoventry Health CareCoventry Health Care, Inc. is a diversified national insurer in the United States.Based in Bethesda, Maryland, Coventry operates health plans, insurance companies, network rental and workers’ compensation services companies...
- Mark Gasta, CHRO and SVP, Vail ResortsVail ResortsVail Resorts, Inc. runs four ski resorts in Colorado, as well as two in Lake Tahoe and a summer resort in Wyoming. They also own luxury resort hotels throughout the United States. The company trades on the New York Stock Exchange, symbol MTN...
- Tom O'Brien, CEO, Tom's of MaineTom's of MaineTom's of Maine is a brandname and manufacturer of natural-ingredients-only personal care products, a partially owned subsidiary of Colgate-Palmolive since 2006. The company's products are intentionally made without ingredients that are either chemically derived, have a negative environmental...
- Gabriel Flanagan. CEO, Flanagan Mutual, CFO, Committee to Elect President Obama 2012
- Steve Whisler, former CEO, Phelps DodgePhelps DodgePhelps Dodge Corporation was an American mining company founded in 1834 by Anson Greene Phelps and William Earle Dodge, Sr.. On March 19, 2007, it was acquired by Freeport-McMoRan and now operates under the name Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.-History:...
Mining - Heidi Ganahl, Founder, Camp Bow Wow chain
- Pat Grant, former CEO, National Western Stock ShowNational Western Stock ShowThe National Western Stock Show is held every January at the National Western Complex in Denver, Colorado. First held in 1906, it is the world's largest stock show by number of animals and offers the world’s only carload and pen cattle show in the historic Denver Union Stockyards.The stock show is...
- Ted J. KleisnerTed J. KleisnerTed J. Kleisner is the Current CEO, President, and Chief Financial Officer of the Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company located in Hershey, Pennsylvania. He was given the title on January 1, 2007 after the retirement of former CEO, Scott J. Newkam. He was formerly president and CEO of CSX...
, President and CEO, Hershey Entertainment & Resorts Company - Michael Morton, Co-Founder, N9NE GroupN9NE GroupThe N9NE Group is a partnership that owns and operates restaurants and nightclubs in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, Chicago and Dallas.The N9NE Group was founded by Michael Morton and Scott DeGraff. The two have been friends since age nine, which is the source of the company's name...
- Jacob Dubie, CEO Dubie Family Maple
- Carol Tome - CFO and Executive Vice President, Corporate Services, The Home DepotThe Home DepotThe Home Depot is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services.The Home Depot operates 2,248 big-box format stores across the United States , Canada , Mexico and China, with a 12-store chain...
- Marc Schulman, President and CEO, Eli's CheesecakeEli's CheesecakeEli's Cheesecake is a cheesecake company based in Chicago, Illinois. Eli's original plain cheesecake, which has been called "Chicago's most famous dessert", is made of cream cheese, sour cream, eggs, sugar, and vanilla in a butter shortbread cookie crust...
- Tyler Merrill. CEO, "The Dream" Bicycles Inc.
- James Unruh, former CEO, UnisysUnisysUnisys Corporation , headquartered in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States, and incorporated in Delaware, is a long established business whose core products now involves computing and networking.-History:...
- Pam Turbeville, CEO, Navistar Financial
- Sean Menke, President and CEO, Pinnacle AirlinesPinnacle AirlinesPinnacle Airlines, Inc. is an American regional airline, which is a subsidiary of Pinnacle Airlines Corp., and operates as Delta Connection for Delta Air Lines...
- Emily Cinader Scott, Former Chairman, J.CrewJ.CrewJ.Crew Group, Inc. is a multi-brand, multi-channel, specialty retailer. The company offers an assortment of women's, men's and children's apparel and accessories, including swimwear, outerwear, loungewear, wedding, bags, hair accessories, belts, jewelry, and shoes. As of January 30, 2010, it...
- Howard P. James, former CEO, Sheraton Hotels
- Joseph Warrington,President, Waterville USAWaterville USAWaterville USA, or simply known as Waterville, is a water and amusement park located a quarter-mile from the Gulf of Mexico in the city of Gulf Shores, Alabama, on Gulf Shores Parkway...
Media
- Lowell ThomasLowell ThomasLowell Jackson Thomas was an American writer, broadcaster, and traveler, best known as the man who made Lawrence of Arabia famous...
, radio commentator - Aaron HueyAaron HueyAaron Huey is an American photojournalist and documentary photographer who is most widely known for his walk across America in 2002 and his work on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He grew up in Worland, Wyoming, graduating from Worland High School. At the age of 18, he studied as a Rotary...
, photojournalist & contributing editor,Harper's Weekly - Andrew RosenthalAndrew RosenthalAndrew Rosenthal is an American journalist and editorial page editor of The New York Times. Rosenthal is in charge of the paper's opinion pages, both in the newspaper and online. He oversees the editorial board, the Letters and Op-Ed departments, as well as the Editorial and Op-Ed sections of...
, editorial page editor, The New York Times - David Von Drehle, editor-at-large for Time magazine
- James C. KennedyJames C. KennedyJames Cox Kennedy is the chairman of Cox Enterprises, the media conglomerate founded by his grandfather, James M. Cox. According to the Forbes 400 list in 2008, he is the 49th richest person in the United States, through his $6.5 billion stake in the company....
, Chairman, former CEO, Cox EnterprisesCox EnterprisesCox Enterprises is the successor to the publishing company founded in Dayton, Ohio, United States, by James Middleton Cox, who began with the Dayton Daily News. He was the Democratic candidate for the President of the United States in the election of 1920... - Edward W. EstlowEdward W. EstlowEdward W. Estlow was a College footballer, journalist and businessman, best known as CEO at E.W. Scripps Newspaper Company from 1976-1985. The Edward W. and Charlotte A...
, former CEO, E.W. Scripps Company - Don Levy, Senior Marketing VP, Sony Pictures DigitalSony Pictures DigitalSony Pictures Digital is an operating unit of Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc....
- Peter FuntPeter FuntPeter Funt is most notable for his role as an actor, co-host, host, and producer for the hit TV show, Candid Camera. He worked for the Denver-radio station KHOW, ABC Radio Network, a writer for the New York Times, and various other media organizations throughout his career...
, President and host, Candid CameraCandid CameraCandid Camera is a hidden camera/practical joke reality television series created and produced by Allen Funt, which initially began on radio as Candid Microphone June 28, 1947... - Scott Feldman, New York television news anchor
- Ed SteinEd Stein (cartoonist)Edward Alan Stein is a liberal American cartoonist and former editorial cartoonist for the now-closed Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado. Stein drew editorial cartoons five days a week, and previously published a local daily comic strip called Denver Square...
, editorial cartoonist, Rocky Mountain News - Clarke CanfieldClarke CanfieldClarke Canfield is a New England journalist, reporter for The Associated Press, and author of Those Damned Yankees, The Not-So-Great History of Baseball's Evil Empire.-Biography:...
, Associated Press reporter and author - Mike RosenMike RosenMichael "Mike" Rosen is an American radio personality and political commentator. He is the host of The Mike Rosen Show on talk radio station 850 KOA in Denver, Colorado, as well as a weekly opinion columnist for The Denver Post and previously a weekly opinion columnist for the Rocky Mountain News...
, conservative talk radio host - James W. "Jim" CaseJames W. "Jim" CaseJames W. "Jim" Case is a University of Denver graduate who worked for NBC, CBS and various other media organizations throughout his career. He is most notable for his involvement in the 1959 KRMA-TV series, The Ragtime Era, which he directed during his time with the station...
, program director, KRMA-TV
Sports
- Eric AlexanderEric AlexanderEric Alexander is an American jazz saxophonist, known for his sophisticated hard bop and post-bop style.Alexander began as a classical musician, studying alto saxophone at Indiana University with Eugene Rousseau in 1986...
, scaled Mt. Everest with first blind climber to summit - Michelle KwanMichelle KwanMichelle Wingshan Kwan is an American figure skater. She is a two-time Olympic medalist, a five-time World champion and a nine-time U.S...
, World Champion Figure Skater, Graduated June 2009. - Glenn AndersonGlenn AndersonGlenn Christopher Anderson is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger in the National Hockey League who played for the Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers, and St. Louis Blues...
NHL Hall of Famer and who scored 498 career NHL goals and won six Stanley Cups - Jerome BiffleJerome BiffleJerome Cousins Biffle was an American athlete who competed mainly in the long jump.Biffle attended Denver East High School, where he won all-state honors in the 100 and 220-yard sprints, high jump and broad jump before landing at the University of Denver. Biffle was known as "the one-man track...
, 1952 Olympic gold medalist in the long jump - Vince BorylaVince BorylaVincent Joseph Boryla is a retired American basketball player, coach, and executive. His nickname was "Moose". He graduated from East Chicago Washington High School in 1944. He played basketball at the University of Notre Dame and the University of Denver...
1948 US Olympic Gold medalist, NBA player, head coach and long-time NBA executive - Tyler BozakTyler BozakTyler Bozak is a Canadian ice hockey centre currently playing for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League . Bozak has also played for the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League...
, hockey forward with Toronto Maple Leafs - Nat BorchersNat BorchersNat Borchers is an American soccer player who currently plays for Real Salt Lake in Major League Soccer.-Youth and College:...
, soccer defender with Real Salt Lake (MLS) - Chris ButlerChris Butler (ice hockey)Chris Butler is an American professional ice hockey defenseman currently playing for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League . He was a fourth round selection of the Buffalo Sabres, chosen 96th overall at the 2005 NHL Entry Draft...
, hockey defenseman with Calgary Flames - Matt CarleMatt CarleMatthew Carle is an American professional ice hockey defenseman who plays for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
, hockey defenseman with Philadelphia Flyers, 2007 NHL all-Rookie team and 2006 Hobey Baker Award winner - Suzy ChaffeeSuzy ChaffeeSuzanne "Suzy" Chaffee is a former Olympic alpine ski racer and actress. Following her racing career, she modelled in New York with Ford Models and then became the pre-eminent freestyle ballet skier of the early 1970s...
, former Olympic, World Cup and professional freestyle skier - Joe ColborneJoe ColborneJoe Colborne is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was drafted by the Boston Bruins in the first round, 16th overall, in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft.-Playing career:...
, hockey forward with Toronto Maple Leafs - Kevin DineenKevin DineenKevin William Dineen is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who is currently the head coach of the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League.-St. Michael's Buzzers:As a seventeen year old, Dineen played with the St...
, former NHL all-star player and current coach, Florida Panthers (NHL) - Sam EtcheverrySam EtcheverrySam "The Rifle" Etcheverry was a professional American and Canadian football player and head coach. Etcheverry played the quarterback position, most famously with the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League, and was named Canadian football's Most Outstanding Player in 1954...
, Canadian Football Hall of Fame quarterback - Mark Grimmette and Brian MartinBrian Martin (luger)Brian Martin is an American luger who competed from 1990 to 2010. Competing in four Winter Olympics, he won two medals in the men's doubles event with a silver in 2002 and a bronze in 1998....
Two-time U.S. Olympic medalist Luge Pair - Merle HarmonMerle HarmonMerle Reid Harmon was an American sportscaster who was the play-by-play voice for five Major League Baseball teams, two in the American Football League and the World Football League's only full season of nationally syndicated telecasts.-Early life and career:Born and raised in Salem, Illinois,...
Sports Broadcaster, ABC and NBC TV, plus many MLB and NFL teams - Monty HoytMonty HoytMonty Hoyt was an American figure skater. He was the 1962 U.S. national champion, the 1961 Junior national champion, and the 1959 Novice national champion. He represented the United States at the 1964 Winter Olympics, where he placed 10th.After winning the U.S...
Olympic Figure Skater, Graduated 1967. - Cliff KorollCliff KorollClifford Eugene Koroll is a retired professional ice hockey right winger. After earning all-WCHA honors at the University of Denver in 1968, Koroll signed an NHL contract and played his entire National Hockey League career spanning from 1969 to 1980 with the Chicago Black Hawks...
, former Chicago Blackhawks coach and winger (11 yrs) - Floyd LittleFloyd LittleFloyd Douglas Little is a Pro Football Hall of Fame running back, and was a three-time American football All-American running back at Syracuse University. In 1967 he was the 6th selection of the first common AFL-NFL draft...
, Hall of Fame Running Back, Denver Broncos (MS Judicial Admin '75) - Keith MagnusonKeith MagnusonKeith Arlen Magnuson was a professional ice hockey defenceman from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan who played in the National Hockey League between 1969 and 1979...
, former Chicago Blackhawks coach and defenseman - Peter ManninoPeter ManninoPeter Mannino is an American professional ice hockey goaltender who currently plays for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...
, goaltender with Winnipeg Jets organization - Bill MastertonBill MastertonWilliam J. Masterton was a Canadian-American professional ice hockey centre who played one season in the National Hockey League for the Minnesota North Stars before succumbing to an injury he suffered during a game against the Oakland Seals in 1968...
, former Minnesota North Star, The NHL's Bill Masterton Trophy is named in his honor - Peter McNab, Former NHL hockey player, current color analyst for the Colorado Avalanche
- Craig PatrickCraig PatrickCraig Patrick is a former American hockey player, coach and general manager, the son of Lynn Patrick and the grandson of Lester Patrick...
, former Pittsburgh Penguins executive vice president/general manager & Assistant Coach for the US Olympic Hockey Team in 1980 - Gregg PopovichGregg PopovichGregg Popovich is an American basketball coach, and is currently the head coach of the National Basketball Association's San Antonio Spurs. With the resignation of Jerry Sloan as head coach of the Utah Jazz on February 10, 2011, Popovich is the longest tenured coach in the NBA and also the...
, Head Coach, NBA Champion San Antonio Spurs - Dan SchatzederDan SchatzederDaniel Ernest Schatzeder is a former professional baseball player who pitched in the major leagues from - for nine different teams. Schatzeder played college baseball at the University of Denver...
, winning pitcher of Game 6 of the 1987 World Series - Paul StastnyPaul StastnyPaul Stastny is an American professional ice hockey center, an alternate captain for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League . Of Slovak lineage, Stastny is the son of Hockey Hall of Famer Peter Stastny, who played for the Avalanche's predecessor, the Quebec Nordiques...
, forward, Colorado Avalanche, NHL, runner up for 2006–2007 Rookie of the Year - Phil Heath, IFBB pro bodybuilder and 2011 Mr. OlympiaMr. OlympiaMr. Olympia is the title awarded to the winner of the professional men's bodybuilding contest at Joe Weider's Olympia Weekend - an international bodybuilding competition that is held annually by the International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness . Joe Weider created the contest to enable the...
Winnner
Arts and Letters
- Chris BroderickChris BroderickChristopher Broderick is the virtuoso guitarist of the American thrash metal band Megadeth. He currently resides in Sherman Oaks, California...
, heavy metal guitarist (MegadethMegadethMegadeth is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California which was formed in 1983 by guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine, bassist Dave Ellefson and guitarist Greg Handevidt, following Mustaine's expulsion from Metallica. The band has since released 13 studio albums, three live albums, two...
, Jag PanzerJag PanzerJag Panzer were an American power metal band from Colorado Springs, Colorado.-Biography:Jag Panzer came together in late 1981, being inspired by the onslaught of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal...
, NevermoreNevermoreNevermore is an American heavy metal band from Seattle, Washington. Formed in 1991, they are known to incorporate elements from styles such as thrash, power, progressive, and neo-classical metal into their songs, and also makes use of acoustic guitars and a wide range of vocal styles.-Early years...
) - Hao Jiang Tian, Basso Cantante Opera Singer, Metropolitan Opera
- Neil SimonNeil SimonNeil Simon is an American playwright and screenwriter. He has written numerous Broadway plays, including Brighton Beach Memoirs, Biloxi Blues, and The Odd Couple. He won the 1991 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Lost In Yonkers. He has written the screenplays for several of his plays that...
, playwright - Mark HarrisMark HarrisMark Harris may refer to:*Mark Harris , Welsh professional bodybuilder*Mark Harris , American writer of the baseball novel Bang the Drum Slowly*Mark Harris English association football player...
, Author, Bang the Drum SlowlyBang the Drum SlowlyBang the Drum Slowly is a novel by Mark Harris, a sequel to The Southpaw . It was first published in 1956, and was later made into a 1956 U.S... - Ted ShackelfordTed ShackelfordTed Shackelford is an American actor best known for his role as Gary Ewing on the CBS television series Knots Landing, in which he starred from 1979–93...
, Television Actor, Knots LandingKnots LandingKnots Landing is an American primetime television soap opera that aired from December 27, 1979 to May 13, 1993 on CBS. Set in a fictitious coastal suburb of Los Angeles in California, the show centered on the lives of four married couples living in a cul-de-sac, Seaview Circle... - SinbadSinbad (entertainer)David Adkins better known by his professional name of Sinbad, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He became well known in the 1990s from being featured on his own HBO specials, appearing on several television series, and starring in the films Necessary Roughness, Houseguest, First Kid,...
, Comedian, (David Adkins) - Cedar WaltonCedar WaltonCedar Anthony Walton, Junior is an American hard bop jazz pianist.-Biography:Walton grew up in Dallas, Texas. His mother was an aspiring concert pianist, and was Walton's initial teacher. She also took him to jazz performances around Dallas...
, Noted Jazz Pianist - John Edward WilliamsJohn Edward WilliamsJohn Edward Williams was an American author, editor and professor. He was best known for his novels Stoner and Augustus.-Life:...
, Author and National Book Award Winner - Ted ShawnTed ShawnTed Shawn , originally Edwin Myers Shawn, was one of the first notable male pioneers of American modern dance. Along with creating Denishawn with former wife Ruth St. Denis he is also responsible for the creation of the well known all-male company Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers...
, Modern Dance Pioneer - Duane MichalsDuane MichalsDuane Michals is an American photographer. Michals' work makes innovative use of photo-sequences, often incorporating text to examine emotion and philosophy.-Education and career:...
, Noted Art Photographer
See also
- Robert CoombeRobert CoombeRobert Coombe is a chemist and an educator. He has been a faculty member at the University of Denver since 1981. In 2005 he became the chancellor of the university.-Education and Work Background:...
- Denver
- ColoradoColoradoColorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
- Denver BooneDenver BooneDenver Boone was the official mascot of the University of Denver from 1968 to 1998. He was designed by a Walt Disney artist and named by a DU student. Despite being retired and replaced by the DU administration in 1998, he was revived by independent members of the DU student and alumni community in...
- Mary Reed HallMary Reed HallMary Reed Hall is located on the University of Denver campus in Denver, Colorado south west of University Hall. It was built in 1932 as a new library to replace the Andrew S. Carnegie library. The building, named after Mary D. Reed , was first used in January 1933. When the current Penrose Library...
- University of Denver Department of Media, Film and Journalism StudiesUniversity of Denver Department of Media, Film and Journalism StudiesThe University of Denver Department of Media, Film and Journalism Studies is located in Mass Communications Building on the University of Denver campus at the corner of South Gaylord Street and East Harvard Avenue...
- Steve ScullySteve ScullySteven L. Scully is the senior executive producer, political editor, and host of C-SPAN's Washington Journal, a three-hour early morning cable television public affairs program.-Background:Scully was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, to Hubert L...
- Lester R. Rice-WrayLester R. Rice-WrayLester Rice-Wray was a professor of mathematics at the University of Denver who later was elected to the City Council in Los Angeles, California, and was the first councilman there to face a recall election under the 1925 city charter....
, professor of mathematics, later a Los Angeles, California, City Council member