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Fall 2009 UNIVERSITY OF MAGAZINE UNIVERSITY OF MAGAZINEUNIVERSITY OF MAGAZINE UNIVERSITY OF MAGAZINE Going Green Office of the Chancellor Dear Readers: We begin this new academic year with great pride in the University and optimism for the days that lie ahead. Despite the nation’s continuing economic troubles, DU has remained strong and is opening the year with the largest and most capable class of incoming first-year students we have seen in many years. More than 1,200 new first-year, first-time undergraduates are expected to arrive, and they will bring with them extraordinary academic credentials, with nearly half ranked in the top 10 percent of their high school class. The proportion of domestic minority students among the entering class will reach a new high of 18 percent, and more than 5 percent will be from countries other than the United States. Enrollments among our graduate and professional schools are expected to be up as well, and persistence among continuing students remains strong. All together, anticipated enrollment this fall of undergraduates, graduate students and “pre-collegiate” students at DU (students in the English Language Center and kids in the Fisher and Ricks centers) is about 12,000—our largest enrollment since the post-World War II era. We’ll have a few more students than we had planned for, but I am very pleased with these results. We have remained competitive—even as an expensive private institution in a very bad economy—because of the clear value of the student experience at DU. Although we have grown to be a doctoral-level research university of national distinction, we have held on to our student focus. Faculty members at DU are nationally and internationally competitive scholars, but our professional lives still revolve around our students and the quality of their experience at the University. Our students are priority No. 1, and that can be unusual among universities these days. We are constantly making choices about how to concentrate our resources in a manner that builds the quality of our educational programs as defined by outcomes for students: the knowledge and abilities they gain, and their intellectual and personal growth. In recent years we added the elements of the undergraduate Marsico Initiative—at an annual cost of more than $4.5 million—and developed the Cherrington Global Scholars study-abroad program at a cost that exceeds $10 million per year. We developed dual-degree programs that continue undergraduate financial aid through a fifth year and a master’s degree. We’ve made major investments in our programs for students who are extraordinarily talented athletes, artists or musicians. For graduate students, we’ve added a host of new faculty members and programs in law, business, international studies, social work, education, professional psychology and the arts and sciences, and we’ve expanded our research capabilities. DU is an innovative and entrepreneurial institution, and we are continually generating ideas and creating programs in search of academic quality for our students. The other side of the value proposition is the cost to students and their families. We work hard to make DU affordable for a broad range of students through financial aid. More than three-quarters of our students receive some measure of financial aid that comes from both internal and external sources. External sources include federal and state funds as well as support from foundations. Internal sources include discounted tuition, scholarships supported by our endowment, and new scholarship gifts to the University. We make a great effort to raise money every year, with the bulk of these funds providing financial aid for students or financial support for faculty. Over the past three years, we’ve been able to substantially increase our financial aid funds for new and continuing students, and this year we also increased our fund for emergency financial aid. Access to the DU experience for capable students is broadening, even in a tight economy. I am convinced we are doing well because we are focused on the value of what we provide for our students, and because we work hard to make that value affordable for them and their families. As an institution, we are committed to our students’ success. In turn, we are blessed with alumni who are committed to the success of the University. That’s how higher education really should work. Office of the Chancellor Mary Reed Building | 2199 S. University Blvd. | Denver, CO 80208 | 303.871.2111 | Fax 303.871.4101 | www.du.edu/chancellor 2 University of Denver Magazine Fall 2009 Contents Features 26 Going Green DU plans for carbon neutrality by 2050. By Chase Squires 30 The Rising Cost of College Ever-expanding costs are pricing college out of the reach of many. At DU, administrators are working to change that equation. By Jan Thomas 36 Excellence on Ice DU celebrates 60 years of Pioneers hockey. By Greg Glasgow 40 Keeping the Faith Baptist preacher Terrance Carroll brings passion and humility to his “other” job—Colorado’s Speaker of the House. By Richard Chapman Departments 44 Editor’s Note 45 Letters 47 DU Update 08 News Community garden 10 Research Lincoln’s legacy 14 Q&A Enrollment strategies 17 People Chef Angelo Camillo 19 Essay Remembering Stuart James 20 Views Mount Evans observatory 23 History Flu of 1918 24 Arts Chinese painter 45 Alumni Connections Online only at www.du.edu/magazine: Academics Studying the drug war Sports Club Taekwondo On the cover: Leaf from a tulip poplar tree (Liriodendron tulipifera), a specimen in DU’s Alter Arboretum. DU has announced a comprehensive plan to green its campus; read the story on page 26. Photo illustration by Wayne Armstrong. This page: Colorado Speaker of the House and DU alumnus Terrance Carroll in the state Capitol; read the story on page 40. Photo by Wayne Armstrong. University of Denver Magazine Update 3 UNIVERSITY OF MAGAZINE www.du.edu/magazine Editor’s Note UNIVERSITY OF Volume 10, Number 1 MAGAZINEUNIVERSITY OF MAGAZINEPublisher UNIVERSITY OF Did our bright green cover catch your attention? Carol FarnsworthMAGAZINE Good. DU has some big sustainability plans afoot, Managing Editor and you should know about them (read the story on Chelsey Baker-Hauck (BA ’96) page 26). Assistant Managing Editor While it’s cutting its carbon footprint, DU Greg Glasgow also is aggressively cutting expenses to try to keep Associate Editor tuition prices manageable for students (read more Tamara Chapman on page 30). We’ve tightened our belts here at the Editor magazine, and even though our unit cost is more Kathryn Mayer (BA ’07) than 25 percent lower than that of the average Editorial Assistants college magazine, we need to trim expenses wherever Laura Hathaway (’10) possible. Kyle Schettler Craig Korn That doesn’t mean we plan to stop publishing Staff Writer the magazine. We included a survey with our summer issue, and nearly 100 Richard Chapman percent of our respondents reported that the University of Denver Magazine Art Director is the No. 1 way they keep up with DU. They also said it’s important that Craig Korn, VeggieGraphics they continue to receive the magazine, and that they prefer to receive it in a Contributors printed format. Wayne Armstrong • Jim Berscheidt • Janalee Card Chmel (MLS ’97) • Steve Fisher • Kristal If you are one of those who don’t mind reading the magazine online, Griffith • Jeff Haessler • John Kloeckner • please e-mail us at [email protected] to unsubscribe from the print Doug McPherson • Steve Schader • Nathan Solheim • Jack Sommars • Chase Squires • edition. Every dollar we save ultimately will benefit our students. Samantha Stewart (BA ’08) • Jan Thomas Is the University of Denver Magazine a good investment? 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Asbury Ave., Denver, CO 80208-4816. 4 University of Denver Magazine Fall 2009 UNIVERSITY OF Letters MAGAZINE UNIVERSITY OF MAGAZINEUNIVERSITY OF MAGAZINE UNIVERSITY OF MAGAZINE Wild West roundup meeting in Denver, and I was very interested in I enjoyed “Our Wild West” [summer he said he’d be there. the letter concerning KVDU 2009]. As Wallace Stegner said, “I may not For three hours we that appeared in the sum- know who I am, but I know where I’m discussed plots, motiva- mer 2009 issue.