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CU Capitol Scholars

College of Arts and Sciences – Administration

Capitol Scholars places students with paid internships with state legislators and at state level organizations in Denver. This equitable access to experiential learning and civic engagement builds a greater sense of belonging to the larger campus and Colorado community, and helps students gain workplace readiness skills.

Economic Democracy in Action: Building Public Awareness of Community Ownership Through Student-Led Strategic Communication

College of Communication, Media, Design and Information

The Media Economies Design Lab will engage 20 CU �鶹ӰԺ students in a communication campaign raising awareness of community ownership in Colorado. To prepare students for diverse democracy, the project collaborates with the Colorado Employee Ownership Office (OEDIT) on audience research, social media content, and a statewide toolkit, building civic knowledge, skills, and infrastructure for economic democracy.

EPOP Design Clinic

College of Communication, Media, Design and Information

CU �鶹ӰԺ is ready to set a national standard for product design education rooted in equity, access, and community partnership. The EPOP Design Clinic scales a proven “Design + Build + Sell” model into a clinic-style program where students from all backgrounds practice design for real through inclusive collaboration, authentic community engagement, and partnerships with the communities they serve.

A Vision Unfolding

College of Music

The Fall 2026 EXIGENCE Vocal Ensemble residency, along with Dr. Eugene Rogers, will offer community workshops and lessons to music students, culminating in a public recital, “A Vision Unfolding.” This program of new works for classical guitar and choir will use a variety of musical styles to explore themes of joy, hope, persistence, community, and the kind of just world we envision.

Leading Through Dissonance

College of Music

This newly developed series will equip College of Music students with skills to navigate the intersection of the performing arts, sociopolitical issues, and equity by developing leadership skills and facilitating dialogue. Approximately every two to four weeks, experts from across CU and the broader arts community will lead presentations, panels, and workshops on relevant topics.

Learning Assistants in the School of Education (LASE)

School of Education

Learning Assistants in the School of Education (LASE) brings trained peers into highly dialogic courses focused on democratic discussions of social, cultural, and political issues central for leadership and participation in a diverse democracy. LASE aims to improve experiences for learners and instructors through formative feedback loops that build mutual relationships through support from undergraduate Learning Assistants.

Sinfonías Nuevas: Co-Creating Intersectional Justice Pedagogies Across Language, Culture, Gender, and Sexual Diversity

School of Education

Sinfonías Nuevas combines CU �鶹ӰԺ’s BUENO Center for Multicultural Education (BUENO) and A Queer Endeavor (AQE) diversity, equity, and inclusion commitments to co-design a framework, materials, and classroom practices for culturally sustaining, queer-affirming pedagogy, and immigrant/newcomer justice.��

Educating the Whole Human Series

University Libraries

University Libraries proposes The “Educating the Whole Human” series responding to information needs of the CU campus' shifting educational landscape through a 3 event series. Our design galvanizes campus citizens’ creative, solutions-oriented thinking, culturally robust methodologies, interdisciplinarity, and sustainable participation in communal and civic life for collaborative change.

Neurodiversity Training for Supervisors

Research and Innovation Office, Human Resources
2nd year of funding

This comprehensive training session equips supervisors with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively manage neurodivergent employees. Recognizing and supporting neurodiversity is not only essential for creating an inclusive work environment but also for optimizing the talents and abilities of all employees. The design team will offer campus a model for sustainable professional development.

Pre-Health Peer Advisors: Expanding Access & Equity in Healthcare Guidance

College of Arts and Sciences – Administration
2nd year of funding

The Office of Pre-Health Advising pre-health peer advisors will help their fellow students navigate pre-health pathways. This initiative enhances leadership opportunities for students while alleviating pre-health advisor workload and fostering improved access, retention, academic performance, and overall engagement within the pre-health community.

Radically Reimagining Skills and Development for Belonging, Racial Justice, and a Diverse Democracy

College of Arts and Sciences – Arts and Humanities Division
2nd year of funding

Faculty and staff in the Theatre & Dance Department will build skills in anti-racism, community organizing, and belonging through training and ongoing consulting provided by The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond. Participants will gain tools for understanding historical and institutional racism while developing strategies for analysis, coalition building, and culture change in the department.

Redesigning Teacher Preparation Toward Equity and Justice in CU �鶹ӰԺ’s Elementary Teacher Education Program

School of Education
2nd year of funding

Through professional development and structured program redesign, faculty and instructors in the School of Education’s Elementary Teacher Education program will expand capacity for supporting the learning and wellbeing of students of color, and cultivate greater knowledge among students and instructors about working and learning in/with a diverse student community.

Bring Your Own Gender

Student Affairs
2nd year of funding

Bring Your Own Gender aims to support and uplift the lived experiences of transgender and nonbinary students and those exploring their gender identity. The program is open to all and will provide practical skills, peer connections and resources to trans and nonbinary students around transitioning and gender expression.

Cultural and Affinity Commencement Celebrations

Advancement
2nd year of funding

Each commencement season, the Alumni Association partners with student and alumni groups and the Center for Cultural Connections & Community to host��graduation celebrations recognizing students' accomplishments in the CU �鶹ӰԺ community. Through celebrating diverse identities, the program uplifts belonging and strengthens student-alumni connections.

Open Resource Toolkit for equitable and inclusive community-engaged research partnerships

Office of Outreach and Community Engagement��
3rd year of funding

The Community-Engaged Research (CER) working group of environmental science researchers are collaborating with research experts, community leaders and graduate students to develop an open resource toolkit and��micro-credential program for education on equitable community research partnerships. The curriculum incorporates Shared Equity Leadership approaches, indigenous knowledge and equity lens principles.��

�鶹ӰԺ Black Blossoms

Graduate School
3rd year of funding

�鶹ӰԺ Black Blossoms aims to support and uplift the lived and individual experiences and achievements of Black women, promote inclusiveness, and enrich graduate and professional studies. The program envisions a social and emotional support system for students pursuing graduate degrees in science, technology, engineering, mathematics and education at CU �鶹ӰԺ. The program's goals are to reduce student attrition, increase self-efficacy and resilience, and improve social and emotional well-being through mentoring, workshops and community engagement. This program is open to all CU �鶹ӰԺ graduate students in STEM or Education.

Building the Infrastructure for Ongoing Student-led Participatory Action Research on Diverse Students’ Experiences

School of Education
3rd year of funding

�ճ����CU �鶹ӰԺ School of Education will build infrastructure for undergraduate students to conduct ongoing, participatory action research (PAR) about the lived experiences of historically disenfranchised students at CU �鶹ӰԺ. As a PAR project, students will use findings from research to engage stakeholders to effect reform. The infrastructure provides continuity so the core research can evolve over time, providing timely and cumulative findings to campus leaders.

CU Cultural Collective Project

Employee Health and Wellbeing
3rd year of funding

The CU Cultural Collective Project is an innovative initiative led by the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP) in response to the historical underuse of counseling services by Black, Indigenous and other employees of color despite heightened, chronic stress. FSAP's programming aims to create inclusive spaces for all faculty and staff to discuss mental health topics.��

Level Up��

Division of Student Affairs
3rd year of funding

�ճ���dzܲ�����Level Up, first-generation students work on teams to apply their education, skills and knowledge in real-world situations.��CU �鶹ӰԺ Career Services matches multidisciplinary teams of first-generation students with companies in Colorado to complete real-world projects. The primary objective of Level Up is to address a gap observed in first-generation student participation in internships and other experiential learning opportunities.

My Voice Matters: Program for Underrepresented Students to Serve as Mentors and Leaders

College of Arts and Sciences – Administration
3rd year of funding

�ճ����Office of Pre-Health Advising piloted the My Voice Matters peer mentoring program in 2022. Mentoring programs provide mentors and mentees with an opportunity to connect with peers and develop important skills. Leadership, teamwork and collaboration are highly valued in health care admissions processes, and working as a mentor develops these skills. The program seeks to recruit students who are underrepresented in healthcare fields as mentors, providing them a paid opportunity to use their strengths, social capital and knowledge to help the next generation of pre-health students.

SASC Alumni Project

Undergraduate Education
3rd year of funding

Leveraging a pilot project, the��Student Academic Success Center or SASC will design, implement and evaluate a program to broaden students’ pathways to professional success. By reengaging alumni to coach current students, SASC intends to foster alternative degree-to-career narratives that enrich students’ professional networks and generate new opportunities for professional success.

Science Bound: A Collaboration between MASP and the Division of Natural Sciences to serve first-year students

College of Arts and Sciences – Administration, College of Arts and Sciences – Natural Sciences Division
3rd year of funding

Representing a collaboration between��Miramontes Arts and Sciences Program (MASP) and the��Division of Natural Sciences, Science Bound is a year-long program for first-year natural science students who are interested in collectively addressing historic inequities in higher education. Science Bound focuses on scaling up MASP programming, integrating students into their respective academic programs, and increasing retention for natural sciences students.

CMDI Center for Race, Media and Technology

College of Communication, Media, Design & Information
3rd year of funding

The Center for Media, Race and Technology in the College of Communication, Media, Design and Information centers race and racial inequalities related to social and technological systems. The center researches, promotes and develops a community focused on the everyday experiences of Black, Indigenous and other people of color with and within media and technological experiences broadly. Grant funding supports the center's emphasis on and promotion of collaborative research through a public speaker series.

Building Inclusive Pathways: A One Year Bridge Program for Students in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences

College of Arts and Sciences – Administration
4th year of funding

Building Inclusive Pathways is a one-year bridge program��for first-year students in the arts, humanities, and�� social sciences interested in an inclusive academic community. The program increases student retention by facilitating belonging through inclusive curriculum and cohorted community building programming, and preparing students for academic achievement by teaching them research and leadership skills and facilitating networking opportunities within their disciplines.

Access, Innovation & Disability Symposium

College of Arts & Sciences – Administration
4th year of funding

The Access, Innovation & Disability Symposium addresses barriers faced by individuals with disabilities in higher education. The symposium fosters inclusive learning by equipping institutions with strategies to enhance accessibility, retention, and success. Through expert-led discussions and hands-on learning, the symposium empowers educators and institutions to create more inclusive academic and professional environments.

Critical Dialogic Pedagogy Micro-credential Program��

School of Education
4th year of funding

This initiative provides a 10-week training program for up to 40 graduate students, a structured community of practice for alumni to implement dialogues and build expertise, and a “Dialogue Day” open to all campus to raise the profile of dialogue across difference.��

Louis Stokes Alliance builds bridges to doctoral programs

College of Engineering & Applied Science
4th year of funding

Impact Grant funds support associated professional and social activities to build a community among a cohort of incoming PhD students to help ensure their success in student achievement outcomes and prepare them for participation in a diverse democracy.