Janna Dahl never expected to earn a bachelor’s degree, let alone graduate summa cum laude from UCCS and pursue a career as a death investigator. Yet she did just that. She got there – as she’ll tell you over and over again – through the power of relationships. (More)
Following in the footsteps of his father, a Colorado State Trooper, Adrian Vasquez knew he had a penchant for public service. (More)
Ever since Shanah Leaf ’18 was a child, she has been drawing and painting with the hopes of becoming a renowned artist one day. (More)
Andrew Carter ’18 has loved cinema ever since he was a child. But it wasn’t until he transferred to UCCS that he realized making movie magic could be his career. (More)
For Missy Uveges ’19, being an ICU nurse is about rigor, autonomy, trust, teamwork and intensity – and decisions that mean the difference between life and death. She couldn’t imagine a better career. (More)
Forced as a child to watch his mother deal with drug addiction, Levino Johnson ‘16 dropped out of high school with just a ninth-grade education. Fearful at confronting these hardships, Levino found a level of grit and determination, propelling him to achieve more. (More)
Presented with the opportunity to continue life as a successful businessman or to shake things up and find a way to help the less fortunate, UCCS alum James Proby ’96 selected the latter. To Proby, the need in the Colorado Springs community was too dire, and he had the skills to help remedy an obvious issue — capable men were missing out on job opportunities because they couldn’t afford a suit. (More)
Looking back on her current success, Christine Izuakor ’16 points to a pivotal conversation with a former mentor who expressed a pessimistic view on potential contributions to the field of security by a young woman, especially in her early twenties. (More)
When UCCS alum Tom Saponas started his career at Hewlett Packard in 1972, his fellow new employees boasted degrees from a few of the most prestigious universities in the country — Stanford, USC, and MIT among others. Saponas felt anxious about how his engineering education would stack up to his peers. (More)
Before Frances Johnson ever thought she’d become a judge, she fondly remembers being fascinated by exciting portrayals of a legal system at work while watching courtroom TV dramas with her parents. (More)
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