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  1. February 8, 2023

    The University of Northern Colorado (UNC) was recently named one of seven Colorado universities that will receive $10,000 annually from 2023 to 2032 through the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority’s (CHFA) Building the Future scholarship fund. The fund, launched in 2022, dedicates $1.2 million to support college education across Colorado.

    Students sitting inside college building talking to faculty member
  2. October 26, 2022

    Kennedy Dechant, a sophomore Environmental and Sustainability Studies major at the University of Northern Colorado, never imagined that she would one day be running her own business. Now the owner of the online thrift store, Eclecticism, her business began as a website she created for her web design class in high school.

    kennedy Dechant
  3. March 21, 2022

    The Accounting and Computer Information Systems (CIS) Department at the University of Northern Colorado’s Monfort College of Business (MCB) has been ranked as the number one program in the world for experimental research in Accounting Information Systems (AIS). The top recognition, from among more than 630 universities measured, comes from the annual Brigham Young University Accounting rankings.

    MCB Building
  4. February 25, 2021

    The University of Northern Colorado's Monfort College of Business has announced the winners of the 2021 Entrepreneurial Challenge. After making improvements to their business plans based on judges’ feedback in the semifinals, four Open Division participants and three Collegiate Division participants presented their pitches in the finals on Feb. 24.

  5. May 8, 2020

    Packaging medical supplies has become the priority for UNC graduate and Mountain States Plastics owner Scot Gagnon as supplier’s race to meet healthcare demands. Gagnon and his global company in Johnstown routinely manufacture customized protective bags for the medical industry, but they are “swamped up to their eyeballs” as they package a steady stream of face shield bags and plastic sheeting for hospital gowns.