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Centura Health committed $4 million to the ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ Foundation and ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ for a 10,000-square-foot renovation of the Aquatics Center to transform the space into a cutting-edge performance, rehab, and wellness center for student-athletes and students. 

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The Howard Hughes Medical Institute announced ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ as one of 104 colleges and universities receiving a six-year grant through HHMI’s Inclusive Excellence 3 initiative to continue their critical work to build capacity for the inclusion of all students in science.

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ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ celebrated a cohort of nearly 200 ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ students during Fall Commencement. Hundreds of friends, family members, and staff packed into Whalen Gymnasium to show their love through posters, cheers, and thunderous applause.

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The Stories We Wear, an exhibition curated with the help of the Center of Southwest Studies, opened on November 30. The installation honors Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives. To complete the project, 31 dedicated student contributors attended multiple workshops throughout the semester. The exhibition is now housed at Reed Library for public viewing.

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Jen Rider, director of the Center for Teaching and Learning, and Mark McCormick, senior director of Research and Insights at Educause, share the current state of ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ's digital learning strategy through a case study in the Educause Review.

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Three exhibits continued the spirit of November’s Native American Heritage Month: As Seeds, We Grow: Student Reflections on Resilience, Roots of Wisdom: Native Knowledge, Shared Science, and the Art Gallery at ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ’s Native American Artist in Residence installation. Two installations are housed at ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ and one at the Powerhouse Science Center.

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The Animas High School building on the ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ campus will be completed on January 3. Designed by Anderson Mason Dale Architects, the building's features are conducive to Animas’ project-based education model.

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The ÅÝܽ¶ÌÊÓÆµ Police Department participated in the annual Durango “Shop with a Cop” event. A 30-year-old holiday tradition, the event pairs children and families in need with law enforcement officers who walk the store shopping with a family. This year, 150 excited children from 55 families each received $150 for shopping and participated in the event.

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Alana Romans, director of Strategic Initiatives, competed at the USA Pickleball Diamond Amateur Championships in Daytona, Florida, and won gold in the 4.5 division for players 19-34 years old. Romans, who plays pickleball four days a week, is now qualified for the USA Pickleball National Championships next year in Indian Wells, California.

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Durango Theatreworks staged A Christmas Carol: A Radio Play for a limited one-weekend run. Directed by Michael McKelvey, assistant professor of Musical Theatre, the fast-moving adaptation of Charles Dickens’s classic by Nathan Jerkins was set in the 1940s as a radio show with a narrator, multiple actors, an applause meter, and a wonderful foley effects team.
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