Hunter Sykes (Geog, Hist) produced and directed an award-winning conservation documentary, The Hunter Legacy. The film examines 80 years of conservation and change in Kenya through the eyes of the descendants of big game hunters. The production was filmed in part by fellow Buffs alum Darren Campbell (·ˇ˛Ô±ą°ä´Ç˛Ô’94).

Posted Mar. 4, 2021

Caryn Hartman (Anth, RelSt) of Denver won the 2019 Nautilus Award for Best Children’s Illustrated Fiction Book for Dorje the Yak, a dual-language story in English and Tibetan.

Posted Mar. 4, 2021

Known as the “Acoustic Ninja,” Trace Bundy (CivEngr; MS’03) has become recognized for his unique guitar playing style. After several clips of him made the rounds on YouTube, Trace was the subject of a short documentary in 2017, which premiered at Sundance. He and his wife, Rebecca, live in Boulder.Ěý

Posted Nov. 11, 2020

¶Ů±đ˛Ô±ą±đ°ů’s Caryn Hartman (Anth, RelSt) won the 2019 Nautilus Award for best children’s illustrated fiction book. Her book, Dorje the Yak, is a dual language book written in both English and Tibetan.

Posted Nov. 11, 2020

Berklee professor and CU alum Tia Fuller (MMus) is the saxophonist behind the music of Dorothea Willams, a character in Pixar’s new film Soul.Ěý

Posted Mar. 4, 2021

In 2004, Melissa Stockwell (Comm) became the first woman to lose a limb in the Iraq War when she lost her leg to an IED during a routine patrol in Iraq. After a long and challenging recovery, Melissa went on to win three paratriathlon world championships and a bronze medal at the 2016 Rio Paralympics. Melissa’s memoir, The Power of Choice: My Journey from Wounded Warrior to World Champion, was published in 2020.

Posted Mar. 4, 2021

Writer and assistant professor of politics Ahmed Khanani (IntlAf) serves as co-director of the Center for Social Justice at Earlham College. His book All Politics Are God’s Politics: Moroccan Islamism and the Sacralization of Democracy was published in January.

Posted Mar. 4, 2021

After Ryan McMunn (Mktg) and his wife Allie recovered from COVID-19, they knew they had to act. The Tricam Industries CEO utilized his business experience to source hundreds of masks from a Chinese factory that produces ladders for his company. They donated the masks to UC Health Boulder and the CU Anschutz Medical Campus. Ryan lives in Denver and also is CEO and founder of BRIC language systems and founder of Leroy Street Capital.Ěý

Posted Nov. 11, 2020

Payal Salsburg (MCompSci) was named among the Top Women of Law in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly last November. This recognition celebrates the achievements of “exceptional women lawyers as pioneers, educators, trailblazers and role models.” 

Posted Mar. 4, 2021

The past year brought a major move, new job and new marriage for Maureen (Johnson) Rikhof (PolSci; MPubAd’05). She was named the director of international relations at Otero Junior College in La Junta, Colorado, and was married in November. Maureen is the proud mom to CU student Henry Ediger (Econ, PolSci’22).

Posted Mar. 4, 2021

The past year brought a major move, new job and new marriage for Maureen (Johnson) Rikhof (PolSci; MPubAd’05). She was named the director of international relations at Otero Junior College in La Junta, Colorado, and was married in November. Maureen is the proud mom to CU student Henry Ediger (Econ, PolSci’22).

Posted Mar. 4, 2021

This April, Gunnar Hand (EnvDes) started as urban planning director for the unified government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, Kansas. Gunnar was born in Kansas City, Kansas, and raised in Kansas City, Missouri, and writes “This new position is not just a great honor, but a homecoming of sorts.” He previously worked as project manager for the new single terminal at the Kansas City Airport.

Posted Nov. 11, 2020

Dave Simeone (Engl) was recently hired as a digital project manager at Loptr LLC, western New York’s leading cybersecurity firm.Ěý

Posted Mar. 4, 2021

To say that Kyla Duffy (Mktg, Span) has been keeping busy since graduation would be an understatement. After a two-year stint as the national sales manager at Eldorado Climbing Walls in Boulder, Kyla started a publishing company, earned a master’s degree and began teaching sales management at CU. In 2012, Duffy joined a circus in Japan and stayed with it for seven years, meeting her husband. Most recently, she moved to Mexico, launched her own business and wrote Launch a Powerful Job Search in 7 Days, released in 2020.

Posted Mar. 4, 2021

While his grandmother battled COVID-19, Corey Cappelloni (Law) dropped everything and ran — literally — to be there for her as best he could. An experienced ultra-marathoner, Corey spent seven days running the 220 miles from Washington, D.C., to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, which was the equivalent of an ultra-marathon each day. In the process he raised over $25,000 for his nana’s nursing home. He spoke to her through a megaphone from outside her fifth-floor window when finished his quest. “I think this will be the highlight of my running career,” he told Runners World this summer.Ěý

Posted Nov. 11, 2020

Travis Macy (Hum) grew up watching his dad compete in Ironman races and ultra-marathons, eventually following in his father’s adventurous footsteps. To date, he has completed over 120 ultra-endurance events in 17 countries. In 2019, Travis and his father teamed up with several others to compete in World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji, hosted by Bear Grylls on Amazon Prime.

Posted Mar. 4, 2021

After 10 years in commercial real estate, Eric Chamberlin (Econ) joined Opus Group’s Denver office this summer as a senior manager of real estate development. He will focus on identifying and executing multifamily, senior living and industrial development opportunities across the greater Denver region.

Posted Nov. 11, 2020

Aly Jamison (Comm) won a Stevie American Business Award for her work in the communications field. Aly currently works for the sales training company RAIN Group in San Diego as public relations director. She is also a San Diego Blood Bank “Gallon Donor.”

Posted Nov. 11, 2020

Erich Schubert (Jour; MA’08) has been promoted to senior director of communications and content for the Denver Broncos. In his thirteenth season with the Broncos, Schubert’s role now involves overseeing both the day-to-day functions of the public relations department as well as managing the club’s digital and social teams. While working on his master’s at CU, Eric worked as a graduate assistant under associate athletic director and sports information director David Plati (´ł´ÇłÜ°ů’82).

Posted Nov. 11, 2020

This year, Adam Creapo (Jour, MEdu’13) moved from the classroom to administration. After teaching in Adams 12 and Denver Public Schools classrooms he is now an assistant principal and CareerConnect pathway director at Northfield High School. He lives in Denver with his wife, Amanda, who he met while serving as the Buffs volleyball PA announcer, and his son, Colt.

Posted Nov. 11, 2020

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