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In the late 1980s, Lloyd Yonemura, ’72, helped pioneer the Aloha Program and the Aloha Scholarship. The program helped first-year students from Hawai‘i gain a sense of belonging while settling into campus life at UNC.

UNC is awarding two $1,000 student scholarships at the ninth annual Future Teacher Conference and Future Rural Teachers Summit Feb. 1-2.

Funding for K-12 education, housing and UNC’s proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine topped the conversation during the fifth annual Legislative Preview panel.

$5 Million Grant Expected to Increase Colorado’s Pipeline

Check out the top stories of 2023 that garnered the most interest through our social media channels, UNC's news site and with local and state media.

This year, the sole winner of the Milken Award, known as the "Oscars for Teaching," from Colorado was Greeley native and University of Northern Colorado alumnus Caleb Flores.

With the 2023 calendar year coming to a close, President Feinstein and his Cabinet provided a comprehensive update to the Board of Trustees during the Finance and Audit Committee and Board of Trustees meetings on Dec. 7 and 8.

UNC's top-notch research facilities attracted Raznin Joly to the Biological Sciences M.S. – Thesis Concentration program. She was eager to learn lab techniques and research methodologies and was especially keen on Associate Professor Yuyan Han's liver inflammation and disease research.

The University of Northern Colorado is hosting its fall 2023 commencement ceremonies on Friday, Dec. 8 and Saturday, Dec. 9. Approximately 765 students will graduate this semester with around 469 earning bachelor’s degrees and nearly 300 earning a master’s, specialist or doctoral degree.

Guest speakers bring a change of pace to any learning environment. In the College of Humanities and Social Sciences, two professors walk into a classroom, but it’s a high school classroom: Kyle Anne Nelson, Ph.D., MPH, professor and chair of the Sociology department and Chris Talbot, Ph.D., professor of Gender Studies.