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Jason Griffin, a first-generation college student, is proof that success doesn’t always follow a particular path. Griffin, a Hilibrand Postdoctoral Fellow at the Yale Child Study Center, Yale School of Medicine, had to find his own way when his initial plans to earn a PhD were denied. (More)
Adrian Vasquez ’17, who earned his Master of Criminal Justice from UCCS, has been nominated by Mayor John Suthers to serve as the Chief of Police for the Colorado Springs Police Department, cementing a career in public service. (More)
Angelo “Ajay” Jamora is an Army veteran, a nursing instructor and an alum of the Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. (More)
When Katherine Daniel ’20, ’21 learned that Teller County, Colorado residents are at twice the risk of skin cancer than others in the state, she turned a research project from class into a real-life initiative to bring sun safety to children in Woodland Park. (More)
Autumn Rivera’s approach to teaching, one that emphasizes fun and personal growth, earned the UCCS alum 2022 Colorado Teacher of the Year. Now, as Rivera is one of four finalists for National Teacher of the Year, she hopes to inspire other teachers to lead in their own way. (More)
As executive vice president, chief operating officer and corporate secretary for the El Pomar Foundation, UCCS alum Matt Carpenter understands the value of giving back. (More)
A UCCS alumna, Jackie Berube-Black ’10, is the 15th woman to enter the USA Weightlifting Hall of Fame as an athlete. Black earned her master’s degree in exercise physiology from UCCS in 2010. (More)
A graduate of the Bachelor of Innovation program in Business Administration at UCCS, Jason Conger has taken his education from Colorado Springs to Boulder, Berlin and Finland, where he now works as a Growth Lead for Supercell, developer of the popular mobile game “Clash of Clans.” (More)
Stacy Davis needed to use every aspect of her UCCS education in 2020 — the beginning of the COVID-19 era — when her personal training business, Restore Fitness, came to a crossroads. (More)
Evelyn Hernandez-Sullivan, a 1986 graduate of UCCS, retired in 2016 after 19 years serving El Paso County as a law clerk and magistrate judge. (More)
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