Celebrating CSU’s Best Teachers
A teacher is someone who inspires; someone who motivates; someone who leaves a mark on a generation. However you define “teacher,” Colorado State University has some of the best, and tonight, we celebrate them.
A teacher is someone who inspires; someone who motivates; someone who leaves a mark on a generation. However you define “teacher,” Colorado State University has some of the best, and tonight, we celebrate them.
After meeting at CSU in 1976, the lives of Jill (B.S., ’79) and Mark R. Bell (B.S., ’83) have only grown fuller and more meaningful as the Bell family began Loving Haiti.
A chance meeting between Ronald (B.S., ’97) and Zenarae (B.S., ’98) Antoine was not exactly love at first sight but there was a sprinkling of fate. Through legendary Rams games and seasons, good times and bad, the young couple would grow up and into love together.
Karen (B.S., ’88) and Steve (B.S., ’87) have a lot of Ram and State Pride. They met and married while at CSU, Steve and their two sons all played for the Rams, all three of their children attended CSU, and today the family continues to live their aggie roots by operating a cattle ranch in North Park. That's why they'll be ringing the Old Main Bell on Oct. 28 before the Rams take on Air Force.
If you know the name Zack Golditch (B.A., ’17), you probably remember him as a football player for the Rams. However, those who know about his life before and after CSU have a greater appreciation for him and his courageous career.
As a veteran, volunteer, and social worker, philanthropy has always been a part of Lisa Smith's (B.S.W., ’13) life. But now as an Arvada City Council member, she's bringing new meaning to public service and doing good for her local and global community.
Scott Burke (B.S., ’01; M.S., ’07) has had an extraordinary career. He teaches vocational education in public high school and created and runs an award-winning consulting firm that's transforming technical education.
Shirley Stanosheck (B.S., ’43) turns 100 years old this month. Her story, which begins on Colorado's eastern plains and winds down the Front Range, has taught her some meaningful life lessons.
Hannah Saunders Wurster (M.S., ’16; Ph.D. ’18) co-founded The Willow Collective, a network of private practitioners who support maternal, infant, and early childhood mental health services in Northern Colorado.
Over the decades, many CSU students have come from agricultural backgrounds. Cousins Deb Sakurai-Horita (B.S., ’74) and Chris Sakurada (B.S., ’74) grew up on farms near Ault, Colorado, and Scottsbluff, Nebraska, respectively. They both used their CSU education in unanticipated and creative ways.