Heather Younger (Law) gave a TedX talk in Colorado Springs May 12 titled 鈥淒on鈥檛 Let Adversity Stop You.鈥 Heather is the author of the best-selling book The 7 Intuitive Laws of Employee Loyalty and founder of Customer Fanatix, a consulting and training firm. She lives in Aurora, Colo. with her husband and four children.

Posted Jun. 3, 2019

Keith Schroeder (Kines) and his family returned to their home in Rushville, Ill., in late April after completing a fifth month-long mission trip to Togo, Africa.聽Keith, who is a physical therapist, spent three weeks at the Hospital of Hope in Mango teaching anatomy and physiology for nursing students. His wife Jennifer, who is a physician, and their two daughters, Olivia and Emma, worked at Hospital Baptiste Biblique in Adeta, Toga. 鈥淲e always enjoy our trips to Togo, seeing old friends, making new friends, and working with the great people of Togo,鈥 said Keith.

Posted Sep. 1, 2018

In June 2017,聽Alison (Ali)聽Bay聽(Jour) was appointed deputy press secretary in the Office聽of California Governor Jerry Brown Jr. Before that, she served as the deputy director for the California Department of Public Health鈥檚 Office of Public Affairs. Alison has lived in California for 20 years.

Posted Jun. 1, 2018

Cassandra Volpe Horii聽(Phys) was elected president of the Professional and Organizational (POD) Network in Higher Education, a professional organization dedicated to educational development. She will serve through spring 2019 then will join the executive board. In 2012, she became the founding director of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Outreach at the California Institute of Technology.

Posted Jun. 1, 2018

惭耻蝉颈肠颈补苍听Michael S.聽Young鈥檚聽(IntlAf) praise聽and worship band, The聽Ninth Measure, released its debut album,聽Homecoming, last fall.聽Michael, who is a vocalist聽and guitarist, was the聽main song writer. The聽album is available on聽Amazon.

Posted Mar. 1, 2018

In October聽Bonnie Burton聽(Engl, Jour) released聽J.K. Rowling鈥檚 Wizarding World: Movie Magic Volume Three: Amazing Artifacts. The book features behind-the-scenes information and interviews with cast and crew about the props featured in all eight Harry Potter movies and in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Bonnie is a contributing writer to CNET.com, Make magazine and Journal of Alta California. She lives in San Francisco.

Posted Dec. 1, 2017

After serving for 18 years as an attorney in public service, Devona Futch Able (Law) has accepted an appointment as an administrative law judge for the Social Security Administration in Alexandria, La. Devona lives in Louisiana with her husband and four children.

Posted Sep. 1, 2017

David M. Dye (PolSci), founder of Trailblaze, Inc., works with people in leadership roles to teach them how to build successful and engaged teams of employees. Since graduating, David has served as president of the Colorado chapter of the National Speakers Association and recently released an award-winning book, Winning Well: A Manager鈥檚 Guide to Getting Results Without Losing Your Soul.

Posted Jun. 1, 2017

The CU Men's Rugby Club will聽celebrate聽their 50th anniversary during Labor Day weekend. Alumni are encouraged to attend. The weekend's highlight will be the alumni match on Sept.聽2, which will include聽Shane Brown聽(AeroEngr'95; MS'99). Kickoff will be at noon on the CU Business Field.聽For more details and to register for the event, contact Nic Williams (CompSci'18) (club president) at curugby@colorado.edu.

Posted Jun. 1, 2017

In 2016 Ted Kowalski (Law) left the Colorado Water Conservation Board. He now works at the Walton Family Foundation, leading its Colorado River Initiative. Ted and wife Jessica live in Louisville, Colo.

Posted Mar. 1, 2017

The Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel hired Sean McNamara (Mktg) as director of sales. Previously Sean worked at the Sheraton Kona Resort and Spa at Keauhou Bay in Hawaii for 6 years.

Posted Mar. 1, 2017

After 18 years at 9NEWS in Denver, Cheryl Preheim (Comm) anchored her last newscast for the station on Dec. 16. The Indiana native has interviewed countless newsmakers, including former President聽Jimmy Carter and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Malala Yousafzai. Cheryl and her family now live in Atlanta, Ga., where she works as a morning anchor for WXIA.

Posted Mar. 1, 2017

Julie Wehmeyer (Arch) is an associate principal with GreenbergFarrow, a nationally recognized architecture, engineering, planning and development consulting firm. Julie is a registered architect in Illinois and is an active member of the American Institute of Architects.

Posted Dec. 1, 2016

Holly Wagstaff-Bellomo (Advert) has been hired as Romano鈥檚 Macaroni Grill鈥檚 new vice president of marketing. Holly served in the same position for Denver-based Noodles & Company. She lives in Denver with her husband, David, and their children.

Posted Dec. 1, 2016

Quirk Books published Bonnie Burton鈥檚 (Engl, Jour) new work, Crafting with Feminism: 25 Girl-Powered Projects to Smash the Patriarchy. It includes finger puppets of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Bell Hooks and Frida Kahlo. Bonnie lives in San Francisco.

Posted Dec. 1, 2016

Sharon Cairns Mann (MComm) won the 2016 Colorado Authors鈥 League Annual Award in the short fiction category for 鈥淜nife River Flint.鈥 The story appeared in Rozlyn: Short Fiction聽by Women Writers and Tesserae: A Mosaic of Story in 2015. Sharon began writing 鈥淜nife River Flint鈥 while taking an evening class at 澳门开奖结果2023开奖记录 in 2003.

Posted Sep. 1, 2016

John Worrell (Econ), senior sales engineer for online file sharing service Box.com, works in Sydney, Australia. He made the move Down Under with wife Christine Bohan Worrell (Psych) and their two children, Reese and Gray, in August 2015.

Posted Sep. 1, 2016

Caitlin Avery聽(Thtr) released聽her second book,聽The Last Cruz (SDP聽Publishing), an adventure/thriller about three women聽riding motorcycles down聽Baja on a vacation gone聽horribly wrong. Caitlin聽received an honorable聽mention in the Royal聽Dragonfly Awards when聽the book was still an聽unpublished manuscript.聽Find the paperback and聽e-book at Amazon and聽Barnes and Noble.

Posted Jun. 1, 2016

DJ Chamberlain (MAeroEngr) started a mountain campus above Fort Collins for growing cannabis through responsible hydroponic and horticulture techniques. He aims to expand and share knowledge of new techniques for growing and breeding cannabis and cannabis oil extraction. His privately held company, H.A.S.H., helps individual growers with proper, pestfree growing. DJ鈥檚 book, Aromatic Cannabis, outlines many advances in growing and harvesting.

Posted Mar. 1, 2016

Scientist Kristin LaVelle Thunhorst (MChemEngr; PhD鈥98) is a lead research specialist in 3M aerospace and commercial transportation and has 16 patents. She is a supporter of STEM education and encourages children to develop their interests in science.

Posted Mar. 1, 2016

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