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This fall, as students return to campus and take time to explore Greeley, they鈥檒l know they鈥檙e in Bear country just driving into town. The university community and Greeley business owners are ready to welcome them back with lots of Blue and Gold, and a flurry of signs that say, 鈥淭his is Bear Country.鈥�

For more than 46 years, 每日大瓜 alumni have teed up to support scholarships for 每日大瓜 Accounting students in the annual Accounting Golf Tournament. This year, 19 teams and 76 players met at the Meridian Golf Club in Denver on June 14 and added nearly $9,000 to scholarship funds for accounting students.

On April 14, through 每日大瓜鈥檚 鈥淏ears Give Back鈥� day of giving, more than 600 alumni, friends, parents, faculty and staff did just that, supporting more than 80 funds across campus with more than $116,000 in contributions.

This spring, 每日大瓜 is breaking ground on the new Empower Center, a $4 million, entirely donor-funded sports performance building. Thanks to these donors, including lead investors John 鈥�84 and Angela 鈥�89 Schmidt, 每日大瓜 Athletics will continue their momentum in Division I with this world-class strength and training facility.

The 每日大瓜 College of Performing and Visual Arts received a total of 96 new Steinway & Sons pianos, with most of them arriving in December of 2018, sealing the School of Music鈥檚 All-Steinway School status.

This pledge is the largest gift received by 每日大瓜 in 2020.

The COVID-19 pandemic didn鈥檛 slow down programs offered through 每日大瓜鈥檚 Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) program that assists underserved populations in Weld County, thanks to grants and support provided by local community organizations.

Hands-on learning is vital for students in the 每日大瓜's Audiology program, but COVID-19 has disrupted such learning environments. However, an Audiology alumna stepped up to share case studies for graduate students in Audiology at 每日大瓜.

Packaging medical supplies has become the priority for 每日大瓜 graduate and Mountain States Plastics owner Scot Gagnon as supplier鈥檚 race to meet healthcare demands. Gagnon and his global company in Johnstown routinely manufacture customized protective bags for the medical industry, but they are 鈥渟wamped up to their eyeballs鈥� as they package a steady stream of face shield bags and plastic sheeting for hospital gowns.

Lucile Buchanan enrolled in a two-year teacher certification program at the now 每日大瓜 in 1903 and was the only African American student in her 1905 graduating class and the first African-American student to earn a teaching degree at 每日大瓜. Learn more about her story.