CONTENTS
2 University Journal
6 A Homecoming Tradition
Unlike Any Other
7 Homecoming Retrospective
8 Giving as Good as He Gets
9 An Unconventional Approach
10 The Right Attitude
11 At the Top of His Game
12 No Stranger to CMU
13 Greasing the Wheels
14 Worlds Apart
15 Against All Odds
16 Meet the Freshmen
17 Building a Legacy
18 Rising Above
20 Education Inspired
22 The Heart of the University
30 A Warrior in Irrigation Boots
33 Spreading the Word,
Expanding the Network
34 Class Notes
49 Mavs on the Move
Special Feature
Since 1961, the Colorado Mesa University
Foundation has played an important role
in providing additional dollars to CMU
for scholarship and program support. The
foundation administers more than 300
scholarships established by the generosity of
many donors.
41 Foundation Financial
Highlights
42 Donor Honor Roll
BALANCING
THE COST OF
HIGHER
EDUCATION
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Nationally, tuition rates have
skyrocketed by 538 percent in the last
30 years. What's a growing university
to do? Colorado Mesa University
is meeting the challenge thanks to
cost containment, academic support,
institutional aid and generous donors.
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FALL 2015 • VOLUME 5.1
COLORADO MESA UNIVERSITY
