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Maggie Rodney (MBA鈥�22)

Anonymous — Fri, 06 May 2022 18:50:59 +0000

Maggie Rodney (MBA鈥�22) Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 05/06/2022 - 12:50

When the perfect opportunity comes along, it鈥檚 hard to say no.

That鈥檚 how Maggie Rodney wound up accepting a full-time job in January, five months before completing her Leeds MBA. That鈥檚 a heavy load, but Rodney isn鈥檛 intimidated by a full calendar鈥攁s a full-time student, she was chief of staff at WorkIt, a venture associate at the Techstars accelerator and managing director of the Deming Center Venture Fund.

鈥淲hat my scholarship gave me, more than anything, was time,鈥� Rodney said. 鈥淲hich is funny to hear myself say, since I have no time.鈥�

Her scholarships, she said, 鈥済ave me the freedom to find the positions and roles I wanted to lean into. Without doing any of that, I wouldn鈥檛 have gotten my full-time position, which has been a perfect fit for what I wanted to do.鈥�

Rodney is now a senior associate at Boulder-based Massive, a venture capital firm that specializes in technology, especially B2B SaaS, financial, climate and frontier technologies. The company is currently closing its first deal of the year, and Rodney got to be a contributor to the investment memo that went to Massive鈥檚 investors and members, 鈥渟o I got to see that whole process and feel like my work was getting noticed almost right away.鈥�

Her work co-leading the Deming Center Venture Fund helped pave the way for her career aspirations. The fund is fully student run, which gives its leadership
a lot of freedom in exploring and understanding opportunities in this space, as well as extensive professional development and networking.

鈥淵ou really get to lean into whatever portion of the entrepreneurial process is most interesting to you,鈥� she said. 鈥淔or me, that鈥檚 finance, but you also get to meet people interested in the legal side, or other areas outside the business school.鈥�

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Anna Bedell (Mktg鈥�25)

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Anna Bedell (Mktg鈥�25) Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 05/06/2022 - 12:50

Anna Bedell has multiple scholarships from CU Boulder to help pay for her education. She sees those gifts as an investment in not just her education, but in herself and her future.

鈥淏ecause of my scholarships, I hold myself to a higher standard鈥攊t feels like people are counting on me to get the most out of my education and get a career that鈥檚 fulfilling and rewarding,鈥� she said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 incredible to see there are people who are just as invested in my success as I am.鈥�

A Greeley, CO, native, Bedell is an avid explorer who鈥檚 visited almost 30 states鈥攕o she didn鈥檛 expect to stay local when applying to college. But being selected to the CU Boulder Esteemed Scholars Program won her over, along with opportunities to be involved with the Women鈥檚 Empowerment Initiative. 鈥淟eeds is a great school with one of the top marketing programs in the nation,鈥� she said.

Bedell already has an internship under her belt, having worked in social media marketing for The Success Foundation. She鈥檚 continued to explore her love of writing as a member of the Her Campus media portfolio, and credits her scholarships with allowing her to focus on this passion.

鈥淚 was super involved in high school鈥攁lmost to the point of doing too much,鈥� Bedell said. 鈥淚n college, I only wanted to pursue things I鈥檓 really interested in, and my scholarships have helped make that possible, because I don鈥檛 have to worry about the financial aspect of my education as much.鈥�

Bedell hopes what she鈥檚 learning in her marketing and journalism courses gets her a job in digital media; her dream is to work for the New York Times or Washington Post in marketing or advertising.

鈥淭hat dream could change in a few years, but what鈥檚 important is that as students, we have specific goals鈥攁nd donors are really important in helping us achieve those goals,鈥� she said.

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Will Xu (Acct, Fin, InfoMgt鈥�22)

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Will Xu (Acct, Fin, InfoMgt鈥�22) Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 05/06/2022 - 12:39

For Will Xu, being a scholarship recipient is about financial aid鈥攂ut also freedom.

His CU scholarships gave Xu the flexibility to take extra courses he otherwise may have passed on in order to complete his degree requirements.

鈥淎 class I loved that I felt I was able to take because of my scholarships was Financial Markets and Institutions,鈥� said Xu, who accepted a full-time offer at Goldman Sachs starting this summer. 鈥淚t really aligned with my passion for finance and was helpful in setting my career direction. There are so many really motivated students at Leeds who contribute to this great academic environment.鈥�

Scholarship support also gave Xu the flexibility to pursue extracurricular opportunities. He consulted for a CU startup, held leadership roles with the Delta Sigma Pi business fraternity and started a Phi Beta Lambda chapter at CU Boulder.

In his extracurriculars, Xu鈥攁 first-generation student whose parents immigrated to Colorado from China鈥攌eeps in mind the idea of giving back, especially after meeting Jennifer and Eric Ostenson, who support the Hummel Scholars program created by Jennifer鈥檚 father, Robert Hummel.

鈥淓ric and Jen have been great role models to me,鈥� he said. 鈥淛en said her father always talked about paying it forward, however you can. For students, it means volunteering and being as involved as we can in the Leeds community.鈥�

That鈥檚 why Xu created the Phi Beta Lambda chapter at Leeds: His introduction to business was through Future Business Leaders of America鈥攖he high school version of Phi Beta Lambda. It鈥檚 also why he works as an employer relations ambassador for the Career Development Office.

鈥淭he reason I got involved was to help other students through the process of going to career fairs and meet-and-greet events,鈥� he said. 鈥淎nything I can do to help companies engage students is my way of paying it forward.鈥�

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Scholarship will Benefit 麻豆淫院 Pursuing a Social Responsibility and Ethics Certificate

Anonymous — Fri, 06 May 2022 18:31:47 +0000

Scholarship will Benefit 麻豆淫院 Pursuing a Social Responsibility and Ethics Certificate Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 05/06/2022 - 12:31

Marc Prisant and Michael Leeds (鈥�74 finance) went to the same junior and senior high schools in New York. They both went to colleges, albeit different ones, in Colorado. Though they knew of each other, it wasn鈥檛 until their high school鈥檚 40th reunion that the two became fast friends, and now that friendship has evolved into a commitment to support the future of values-driven business leaders at CU-Boulder.

The new Marc Prisant and Heidi Heltzel Scholarship for Ethics and Social Responsibility, named for the donors, will benefit students pursuing a Social Responsibility and Ethics (SRE) Certificate. 鈥淪ocial responsibility and ethics have been guiding principles in our lives and careers, and we can think of nothing more important to support,鈥� says Prisant. 鈥淣ow, thanks to the creation of this scholarship, it will also be part of our legacy.鈥�

The scholarship, which will award two $5,000 scholarships annually starting this fall, is a component of a significant bequest commitment by Heltzel and Prisant to support the Center for Education on Social Responsibility (CESR), which offers a values infused undergraduate curriculum from a student鈥檚 first year to graduation.

鈥淲e really do believe CESR is a premier model that needs the opportunity to mature and develop further, and this could be a great model for business ethics education for other educational institutions to follow,鈥� says Heltzel. 鈥淚f we can help CU develop this, we鈥檙e not just paying it forward to the CU community, but to the academic community and the next generation of leaders in all professions.鈥�

鈥淲e hope our demonstrated commitment will inspire other people to support the CESR program.鈥� Marc Prisant

Michael Leeds, whose family committed a transformational gift to the CU-Boulder business school in 2001, says he was thrilled that Prisant and Heltzel chose to support student scholarships at his alma mater. 鈥淲hile I introduced my great friends to Leeds and CESR, it was the vision and leadership of the entire CESR team that convinced Marc and Heidi this was the best place to make an impact,鈥� he adds. 鈥淚鈥檓 looking forward to working with them on this special scholarship program that will support more of our students becoming values-driven leaders.鈥�

Through the SRE Certificate program, students can study environmental sustainability, social entrepreneurship, corporate ethics or values-driven leadership. By this spring, a total of 94 students will have graduated with an SRE Certificate. 鈥淪RE students are creative, empathetic and courageous. They dare to be leaders who apply their business acumen to benefit the most vulnerable,鈥� says Mark Meaney, CESR executive director. SRE students can take electives such as Business Solutions for the Developing World or Sustainable Operations, and they are required to intern or study abroad in a setting where they can learn necessary business skills and see the social impact of businesses firsthand.

Heidi Heltzel and Marc Prisant. Photo by Stephanie Scott.

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The Generosity of Chauncey Beagle

Anonymous — Sun, 06 May 2018 18:28:38 +0000

The Generosity of Chauncey Beagle Anonymous (not verified) Sun, 05/06/2018 - 12:28

Scholarship is a Family Affair for Professor Emeritus

At 96, Professor Emeritus Chauncey Beagle still has a twinkle in his eye and a spring in his step. Beagle and his wife, Nancy, live in Boulder and enjoy reading, attending social activities, and planning annual family reunions.

With nine grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, and three great-great-grandchildren, they must continually find larger mountain cabins for their reunions! But retirement has not slowed Beagle鈥檚 enthusiasm for CU, his dedication to higher education, and the importance of giving back.

Beagle has been a CU donor for more than 30 years and has supported numerous scholarship funds in addition to his own, the Beagle Family Scholarship, which he and his family established in 2006 for CU-Boulder accounting students.

鈥淪cholarships can be a life-changing experience,鈥� says Beagle. 鈥淢y parents were not well-to-do and scholarships enabled me to go to college. Scholarships have been very important in my life; therefore I have a good reason for providing them for others.鈥�

Melissa Lenyo (鈥�12 accounting), a recipient of the Beagle Family Scholarship, says, 鈥淢y future is wide open ... I know it is (because of) the generosity of the Beagle family.鈥�

Without the scholarships he received as an undergraduate, Beagle says he would not have gone to college. He attended Miami University in Ohio, where he was awarded two scholarships, then transferred his junior year to the University of Illinois, where he received two fellowships. He earned a bachelor鈥檚 degree in economics and a master鈥檚 in accounting. Beagle moved to Boulder and began teaching accounting at CU in 1957. Prior to that he worked for the War Department in Chicago, served in the Navy during World War II, was employed with various accounting firms鈥攊ncluding as a partner at Filbey, Filbey & Beagle in Urbana, Illinois, and taught at Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Beagle taught at CU for 29 years, where he was highly regarded by students, fellow faculty, staff, and administrators. He retired in 1986.

In a 1962 letter to Provost Oswald Tippo, Dean Lawrence D. Coolidge wrote:
When he came to us, he had a fine background of experience in the public accounting profession and sound academic training ...It remained to be seen whether Professor Beagle would add needed breadth of outlook and interest to our accounting division. Professor Beagle has exceeded our fondest hopes, I think, in this respect. He has shown interest in not only all phases of our accounting curriculum but in the related business fields and underlying quantitative disciplines as well.

Beagle saved all his old grade books and he still exchanges letters and cards with former students. In 2009 one of his students made an anonymous donation to the Leeds School and requested that a faculty office space be named in Beagle鈥檚 honor. A highlight of Beagle鈥檚 year is the annual Leeds Scholarship Event where he, Nancy, and his four daughters, two of whom are CU graduates, get to meet their scholarship recipients.

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