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  1. Article |

    Arts and Culture

    Little Altars, Big Impact

    March 11, 2022

    The legacy of artist, activist and UNC alumna Lydia Ruyle ‘72 is being celebrated during Women’s History Month through an exhibition featuring her lively banners of divine goddesses from around the world inside Campus Commons.

    Late Lydia Ruyle's prayer flags displayed inside the Campus Commons in celebration of Women's History Month.
  2. November 30, 2021

    Two UNC students pick up their violin bows and practice fast passages and rhythms whenever they can. But playing an instrument isn’t the only intense activity taking up their spare time. Alongside playing beautiful, eloquent and moving music, Taber Land and Katherine Muser also help battle raging fires that span hundreds of acres at a time.

    Fire training at Galeton Fire and Protection District
  3. October 21, 2021

    In the early 2000s, two eager University of Northern Colorado Theatre Arts majors had their eyes set on New York’s biggest stage. Taking dance course after dance course and performing in multiple student productions, Jason Veasey and Aléna Watters achieved that dream, using the skills they perfected on campus and eventually showcasing them on Broadway.

    Rent Rehearsal
  4. UNC Magazine |

    Magazine Feature

    New Deans Join UNC

    October 19, 2021

    Three new deans joined UNC this summer and share a vision for and commitment to student success.

    An outdoor sign of letters that spell out UNC.
  5. UNC Magazine |

    Blue & Gold

    Last Look – Back on Stage

    October 15, 2021

    Bringing theatre back to UNC after two seasons of pandemic-caused hiatus

    A group of performers standing on an outdoor stage, singing and holding barbershop quartet hats.
  6. UNC Magazine |

    Magazine Feature

    Keys to Success

    May 18, 2021

    With the arrival of 96 new Steinway pianos and an All-Steinway School designation, UNC students have the highest quality instruments at their fingertips.

    A top-down image of a Steinway piano.
  7. Article |

    Alumni, University News, Arts and Culture

    UNC Designated as All-Steinway School Thanks to Donor Funds

    March 29, 2021

    The University of Northern Colorado 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’s All-Steinway School status.

    UNC is an All-Steinway School piano graphic
  8. UNC Magazine |

    Blue & Gold

    Music to His Ears

    December 21, 2020

    Professor Offers Individual Lessons in Park

    Two people playing the cello wearing face masks
  9. November 5, 2020

    Zach Rich, a Jazz Studies doctoral student at the University of Northern Colorado, won first place in the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers’ (ASMAC) Bill Conti Big Band Arranging and Composing Competition for his composition of “We Love You Madly” (dedicated to Duke Ellington).

    Zach Rich performing with the trombone