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News archive for 2009

March 18, 2009

$5.5 million gift to boost UCCS student scholarships

A $5.5 million gift will be used to support student scholarships and other high-priority goals at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, university officials announced today, March 19. Representatives of the university and the CU Foundation received the gift from an anonymous donor earlier this month. The donor required that $5 million be used to [...]

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March 18, 2009

$5 Million Endowment to Support CU Engineering for Developing Communities Program

The teaching and outreach work of University of Colorado civil engineering Professor Bernard Amadei and his colleagues in the Engineering for Developing Communities program will take a giant leap forward thanks to a $5 million commitment from Mort and Alice Mortenson, and builder M. A. Mortenson Company. A $500,000 commitment of university matching funds from [...]

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March 5, 2009

Boettcher Foundation Grants $500,000 To CU-Boulder’s New Visual Arts Complex

The University of Colorado Boulder announced today a $500,000 grant from the Boettcher Foundation for the new Visual Arts Complex.

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February 23, 2009

Charitable giving with a special IRS incentive

A planning vehicle that becomes much more intriguing in “down markets” is the charitable lead trust that works quite differently than the better known charitable remainder trust.

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January 26, 2009

Passion for Global Business Leads to the Creation of a $1.5 Million Endowed Chair for the Business School at the University of Colorado Denver

The largest one-time gift in the Business School’s history creates its first Endowed Chair.

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January 26, 2009

Partnership Allows Rural Community to “Grow its Own” Health Professionals

A rural healthcare outreach effort between the University of Colorado Colorado Springs and Lamar Community College will support close-to-home baccalaureate and graduate nurse education for residents of southeast Colorado.

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