Scholarships

UCCS alumnus, former student body president and U.S. Army veteran Michael “Axel” Brown shares what philanthropy means to him.

UCCS alumna, Chancellor's Leadership Class scholar and future physician Sara Khammash shares what philanthropy means to her.

UCCS alumnus and supporter Steve Parker shares what philanthropy means to him.

Sean Coetzee loved how media forensics—an emerging industry that uses technology to fight crime in the digital age—expanded the realm of what he did as a sound engineer. Yet in late 2013, one year away from completing his master’s at CU Denver in the Media Forensics program, Sean was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. He died only six weeks later at the age of 32.

“When I lost Sean I thought my life was over,” said his wife, Melissa Coetzee.

Support turns

‘Unstoppable’ moniker worn with honor

At UCCS, ’unstoppable’ women scholars shed obstacles, commit to success

Tiffany Sinclair’s journey took some unexpected turns.

She endured the sudden death of her husband from toxic shock syndrome, the diagnosis of her 11-year-old daughter with brain cancer, then the death of her mother from liver cancer.

So when Tiffany was notified several years back that the University of Colorado Colorado Springs had accepted her as a Karen Possehl Women’s Endowment (KPWE) scholar, she remembered being shocked.

“I thought, ‘Wow. Somebody heard my story,’” she said. “It was really the inspiration for me to keep going.”