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UNIVERSITY JOURNAL NEW TRUSTEES BRING LEADERSHIP IN BUSINESS, ADVOCACY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT CMU’s three new board members bring distinct, complementary skills and talents to the university’s governing body. Amy Lentz contributed to the look of CMU’s growing campus as an interior architectural designer long before she became a participating architect of its governance. Prior to her role on the board of trustees, Lentz was an associate of Chamberlin Architects where she used her degree in interior design to contribute to CMU’s remarkable facilities and learning spaces. Lentz is a local resident with deep roots in western Colorado. Alongside serving CMU, she manages a design business and enjoys partaking of CMU’s state-of-the-art facilities along with her husband and children. Daniel Ramos brings a unique set of skills and experiences to CMU. He has worked extensively in areas relevant to student life including the Associated Students of Colorado and the United States Student Association. Today, as executive director of One Colorado, Ramos combines his knowledge of how students organize with his core beliefs about why they must organize under the flagships of inclusion and diversity. Rounding out the new CMU trustees is Kasia Iwaniczko-MacLeod. MacLeod was not only the first-elected female student body president at CMU, she is an alumna whose resume includes volunteering and serving on more than twelve community and nonprofit organizations. This fact is in part why she recently received the Denver Business Journal’s coveted 40 Under 40 recognition as someone who brings leadership to the community at a young age. MacLeod plans to use her BA in political science from CMU to advocate for CMU in the same way she has for the multitude of organizations she currently and has previously served. CMU President Tim Foster said, “While vastly different in their life experiences, the three have already spoken about the passion they share for service and their belief that a better world begins today with education. I am excited to see CMU benefit from their time and efforts over the coming months and years.” CMU HONORED FOR SIXTH YEAR IN A ROW AS A TREE CAMPUS USA. The Arbor Day Foundation honored CMU with the Tree Campus USA special recognition last April. CMU is among select colleges and universities in the U.S. to receive the distinction. In order to maintain the designation, the campus observes Arbor Day each year and completes a service project that includes CMU students and revolves around tree stewardship on campus or in the community. To celebrate the honor, students, faculty and staff planted shade trees along what was previously a shadeless area of campus. Some unique trees on campus provide a sense of pride for the university’s facilities department. The University of Wisconsin recently requested cuttings and seeds from an Arizona Cypress tree at CMU. Despite a local climate that challenges many varieties of trees, CMU has also received recognition for hosting a number of state champion trees.