The dean’s office at the College of the Holy Cross hired K.J. Rawson (MEngl’05) as assistant professor in the English department. Since 2010 K.J. has been a lecturer at the University of Kentucky for writing, rhetoric and digital media. He is co-editor of Rhetorica in Motion: Feminist Rhetorical Methods and Methodologies (University of Pittsburgh Press) and has published several articles.
Posted Mar. 1, 2013
CU couple Keziah Swales (Fin’07) and Karl Wonstolen (Fin’07) married in August in Boulder. They met in 2004 at the Leeds School of Business. Keziah is a consultant at Accenture and Karl is an analyst at Fisher Investments. They live and work in San Francisco.
Posted Mar. 1, 2013
Tocci Building Companies announced Kirsten Soderlund (EnvDes’08) joined the firm as a modeler in the virtual design and construction department. Tocci is a Boston-area construction manager and recognized leader in virtual design and construction solutions. Previously Kirsten was a lighting and energy efficiency designer for Cleantech Solutions in Boulder. Since joining Tocci she has gained facility management experience through her work on such projects as the Rodina Federal Building in Newark, N.J.
Posted Mar. 1, 2013
In January nine CU alumni set sail on a 106 day, 25,000-mile journey around the globe with 27 of the world’s most innovative technology entrepreneurs. The nautical journey is part of Unreasonable@Sea, founded by Daniel Epstein (Phil’08) of Boulder. Unreasonable@Sea is an experiment in transnational entrepreneurship and in leveraging startups as a tool for international economic development. Joining Daniel to document the experience were Evan Swinehart (Film’08) of Boulder; Mark Crawford (Film’08) of Broomfield, Colo.; Shawna Riley Schultz(Film’09) of Loveland, Colo.; Jessie Marek (Film, Phil’09) of Fort Morgan, Colo.; Patrick Behan (Film, Hist’09) of Southland, Texas; Matt Schultz(Film’09) of Loveland, Colo.; Matt Corliss (Engl’08, MJour’10) of Lafayette, Colo., and Larissa Rhodes (Film, Span’10) of Boulder. The documentary will capture the 11 tech-centered companies represented by the entrepreneurs to better understand how to bridge new markets and build globally relevant technologies and companies in a rapidly connected world.
Posted Mar. 1, 2013
Harvey Park Improvement Association president Julia Bourlakov (MFin’08) appeared in The Denver Post in September for her efforts toward building a sense of community in the Harvey Park neighborhood in Denver. Harvey Park is a diverse area with affordable 1950s houses. Julia lives in the neighborhood with her husband and two children.
Posted Mar. 1, 2013
After serving two years as an office management specialist at the U.S. Embassy in Lima, Peru, Jessica Mosnik (Ling’08) is working at her second post in Beijing, China. In Peru she served on the Interagency Housing Board, Ambassador’s Technology Working Group and the SharePoint Strategy Team. Jessica is a lifetime member of Girl Scouts of the USA and helped the Girl Scouts of Colorado provide training on a new program model to hundreds of adult volunteers statewide.
Posted Mar. 1, 2013
Because of his clean water reserve system invention, Boulder resident Tom Rachlin (MechEngr’09) was one of five finalists with a shot at the $100,000 prize in a national entrepreneurship competition sponsored by Ketel One Vodka and GQ Magazine. The contest took place at .
Posted Mar. 1, 2013
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program awarded Ian Soroka (Film, Phil’09) a scholarship to Slovenia in film studies. He is one of more than 1,700 U.S. citizens to travel abroad with a student Fulbright for the 2012-13 academic year. Ian’s research focuses on Slovene/Yugoslav film history and his project is titledCinema and Memory: Cultural Preservation through National Cinema Slovenia.
Posted Mar. 1, 2013
Last summer Liz Handing (Psych’10) went on a road trip through the Southwest where she took photographs of Paria Canyon-Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness, including a formation called “The Wave” and of Havasu Falls in the Grand Canyon. Liz lives in Tampa, Fla.
Posted Mar. 1, 2013
During Back to Boulder Weekend Jordan Steffen (Jour, IntlAf’10) spoke at the journalism and mass communication’s program “Hot News: Smart Tools.” Jordan is a breaking-news reporter for The Denver Post. Last summer she covered the Colorado wildfires and Aurora theater shooting, producing everything from print copy to videos using her iPhone.
Posted Mar. 1, 2013
Born and raised in Aspen, Colo., Bo Gallagher (Soc’11) returned to his hometown to start his own silk screening business, Zapazoo Inkworks. The business reaches the small yet influential communities of the Roaring Fork Valley, including Glenwood Springs, Carbondale, Basalt and Aspen. Bo lives in Basalt, Colo.
Posted Mar. 1, 2013
Boulder resident Courtney Harkins (Engl’11) appeared in the Nov. 17 issue of the Daily Camera celebrating the 50th anniversary of Eldora Ski Resort. “It’s pretty incredible that there is a ski resort here and that everything is so close and so easy,” Courtney told the °ä˛ąłľ±đ°ů˛ą.Ěý“And it gives me an excuse to wear as much retro gear as I can this year.”
Posted Mar. 1, 2013
On Sept. 2 Elisa Levinson (Asian’11) married Shannon Martin of Houston. The happy couple lives in Haifa, Israel, while Shannon is attending medical school.
Posted Mar. 1, 2013
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