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Navajo Nation to Maverick Nation
The Maverick Magazine
May
18
More than 1,000 Mavericks Earn Alumnus Status
May
17
Power of the Arts
The Maverick Magazine
May
13
CMU Secures Experienced Chief Financial Officer
May
12
Powerful Agents of Change
The Maverick Magazine
May
9
Inspiring Future Generations
Podcast
May
4
CMU Celebrates the Grand Opening of the Bus Bergman Sports Complex
May
4
Accounting 101
Podcast
Apr
29
Former Central Intelligence Agent Robert Baer to Speak at CMU Montrose
Apr
28
Rebuild Robinson Project Receives State Funding
Apr
25
Lifelong Movers
Video
Apr
21
Backpack Full of Tools
Podcast
Apr
8
Western Spirit
Video
Apr
6
CMU Invites Community Members to Campus for the Holocaust Awareness Series
Apr
1
After Hours Access
Mar
17
Funding Maverick Champions
Mar
16
American Hookup Author Visits Campus
Video
Mar
15
High-profile author and award-winning journalist to visit campus
Mar
11
Giving Kids Mobility
Mar
4
Western Colorado Community College teams up with Colorado School of Mines to train next generation of UAS pilots for mineral industry
Feb
14
Radiologic Sciences: How it works  
Podcast
Feb
4
CMU Department of Theatre Arts in Rehearsals for "The SpongeBob Musical"
Video
Jan
31
CMU Students Start Semester at the new St. Mary’s Medical Education Center
Jan
20
Three New Board of Trustees Appointed
Jan
18
The City of Grand Junction and CMU Collaborate on 12th Street Pedestrian Safety Improvements
Jan
17
Center Stage
Podcast
Jan
13
CMU Theatre presents original cabaret by guest artist Bonnie Montgomery
Jan
8
Swiping out Hunger
Dec
16
Imagining Worlds
Podcast
Dec
3
Training Ethical Hackers in Western Colorado
Podcast
Nov
19
Soaring Support for Western Colorado Community College’s Flight School
Nov
18
Community Hospital Invests in CMU and the Future of Healthcare
Nov
16
Colorado Mesa University Foundation Endowment Hits All-Time High
Nov
15
Civil engineering partnership receives important ABET accreditation
Nov
10
Delve in with CMU Engineering and Foundation
Podcast
Nov
9
CMU Fearless Firsts March On
Nov
8
First-Generation Success Story Supports Next Generation of Graduates
Nov
5
Civic Engagement: A Campus Priority
Nov
1
Community Partners Contribute to CMU's Bike Theft Prevention Initiative
Oct
28
Campus Celebrates John Marshall in a Historic Presidential Investiture Ceremony
Oct
27
Trick or Treat Street Tradition Continues
Oct
27
The Human Scale of Colorado Mesa University
Statement from the President
Oct
26
CMU Adds Shooting Team to Club Sports
Oct
25
Breaking Down Physics
Podcast
Oct
15
Jac Kephart's Legacy
The Maverick Magazine
Oct
14
Maverick Momentum
The Maverick Magazine
Oct
12
An Open Conversation with President John Marshall
Podcast
Oct
12
CMU Cycling Finishes Second at Track Nationals
Oct
7
To Sing or Not to Sing
Podcast
Sep
24
CMU Music Presents Guest Vocal Duo Outcalls
Sep
24
Colorado Mesa University Upcoming Investiture Ceremony
Sep
8
CMU Sophomore Wins Scholarship by Getting Vaccinated
Sep
3
State Education Leaders Visit Campus
Video
Aug
31
CMU Theatre and Dance Season Embraces Theme, Show Up!
Aug
25
CMU theatre presents faculty Jill Van Brussel in one-woman show
Aug
17
Undergraduate Research and Why it Matters
Podcast
Aug
6
Maverick Momentum: CMU Leadership Team Takes Shape 
Aug
3
Changing Lives Through Wellness
Podcast
Jul
30
A Healthy Conversation
Podcast
Jul
16
What You May Not Know About Academics and Athletics
Podcast
Jul
13
Maverick Momentum From Day One
Jul
6
Importance of Community
Podcast
Jul
1
Unscripted with Tim Foster
Podcast
Jun
27
CMU Early Adopter of College Vaccine Challenge
Jun
25
Mass Media: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly
Podcast
Jun
18
Kiewit Scholar Builds Wealth of Knowledge
Jun
16
The Wastewater Project
Video
Jun
11
Raw and Honest: The Path to Preventing Sexual Assaults on Campus
Podcast
Jun
6
Film, Literature and Rock and Roll
Podcast
Jun
4
Memorial Day Flight
Jun
3
Hollywood Filmmakers Name Grand Junction an Emerging Film Hub
Jun
2
Commencement: Something to Celebrate
May
19
Culmination of Hard Work
Podcast
May
18
Learning Through Play
Podcast
May
14
A Sunny Disposition
Podcast
Apr
30
Board of Trustees Complete National Search for the Next President of Colorado Mesa University
Apr
29
Kindness in the Classroom
Podcast
Apr
23
Entrepreneurship: An Addiction
Apr
21
Showcasing Student Work and Pursuing a Graduate Degree
Podcast
Apr
21
CMU Focuses on Diversity, Equity and Inclusion on Campus
Apr
21
Colorado Mesa University Provides Vaccine to Hundreds on Maverick Community Vaccine Day
Apr
20
Pandemic Problem
The Maverick Magazine
Apr
13
Where There's a Will, There's a Way
The Maverick Magazine
Apr
12
Timberline’s New Home Hosts CMU Homecoming Kickoff Event
Video
Apr
7
CMU Marks 18th Year of Holocaust Awareness Series
Video
Apr
5
Rowdy's Transformation
The Maverick Magazine
Apr
2
Coded Friendship
The Maverick Magazine
Mar
31
Finding Meaning
The Maverick Magazine
Mar
30
Healthy Investment
The Maverick Magazine
Mar
29
Suit Up…For Intrigue
Mar
15
Engineering a Better World
Podcast
Mar
15
New Course Promotes Job Readiness, Explores Impact of Legal Marijuana use on Employment
Mar
4
Educating and Celebrating
Mar
3
Western Colorado PTECH Partnership Grows
Feb
19
Convergence of Activism and History
Podcast
Feb
12
SCL Health St. Mary's Honors the Past and Builds Toward the Future by Investing in CMU
Video
Feb
10
The Mavily Unit Gets a Makeover
Feb
10
CMU Theatre Presents Socially-Distanced Musical Cabaret
Feb
5
CMU Announces Major Economic Milestone
Feb
4
Tim Foster Announces Plans to Retire as CMU President
Jan
27
CMU Announces Pandemic Response Plan Update: The Future is Now
Video
Jan
21
Reflections and Projections
Podcast
Jan
13
CMU Downtown Art Gallery Opens the Door to 2021
Jan
13
The Show Must go on
The Maverick Magazine
Dec
20
A Geologist’s Dream
Dec
17
Turning the Corner on Racism
The Maverick Magazine
Dec
15
Boreal Toads and Faith-Based Campus Club
Podcast
Dec
10
A Healthy Innovation
Dec
9
A Perfect Fit
The Maverick Magazine
Dec
8
CMU Employees Exhibit Generosity and Engage in Creative Contributions
Dec
7
From Puerto Rico to Devil's Kitchen
The Maverick Magazine
Nov
20
2020 Gobble Wobble Receives the Most Donations to Date
Nov
18
Embracing the Shadow
Podcast
Nov
13
Campus Pandemic Plan Evolution
Podcast
Nov
11
Fearless First Film Festival Marks Celebration of CMU First-generation Students 
Video
Nov
11
Career Services prepares students for the future
Nov
5
Project Linus covers children in the community
Nov
4
Every Maverick has a story to tell
Oct
29
Hotel Maverick celebrates belated grand opening 
Oct
16
CMUnow on KAFM Community Radio, Episode 17
Oct
14
CMU Theatre's She Kills Monsters brings together collaborators from across campus
Oct
5
The nuts and bolts of art
Sep
16
CMUnow on KAFM Community Radio, Episode 16
Podcast
Sep
10
The Maverick Way
Sep
10
CMU’s Society for Human Resource Management club wins international award
Sep
7
Detection testing and contact tracing for COVID-19 launches following success of Safe Together, Strong Together baseline testing protocols
Sep
4
Meet the 2020-2021 Associated Student Government
Sep
3
Mesa County Workforce Center and CMU match students with employers
Sep
2
CMU STEM students take action to stay on campus
Sep
1
Suit Up! CMU 2020-21 Theatre and Dance Season begins with children's show Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed
Aug
31
Mavericks and Bookworms team up for love, effort and respect
Aug
24
State education leaders celebrate CMU's Safe Together, Strong Together return to campus
Aug
17
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser visits CMU
Aug
14
CMUnow on KAFM Community Radio, Episode 15
Podcast
Aug
12
CMU puts waste to work
Aug
12
Testing starts early at CMU 
Jul
31
Turning the Corner on Racism update
Jul
31
Charlestowne Hotels to manage Hotel Maverick
Jul
28
CMU and COVIDCheck Colorado Team up for Safe Return to Campus
Jul
22
Western Colorado Community College and the Montrose Adult Education Center create partnership
Jul
20
Safe Together, Strong Together interim report available
Jul
17
CMUnow on KAFM Community Radio, Episode 14
Podcast
Jul
14
Colorado Governor Jared Polis speaks at CMU to campus’ youngest students
Jul
7
Maverick Relief Fund makes immediate impact for the future
Jul
6
CMUnow on KAFM Community Radio, Episode 13
Podcast
Jul
2
CMUnow on KAFM Community Radio, Episode 12
Podcast
Jun
25
CMU's Walker Field
Statement from the President
Jun
19
Keep on keeping on
Jun
19
Nathan McNeill to lead CMU-CU Engineering Partnership Program
Jun
16
Professor honored as newest Distinguished Faculty recipient
Jun
10
A Maverick state of mind and a CMU message of unity
Statement from the President
Jun
10
CMUnow on KAFM Community Radio, Episode 11
Podcast
Jun
10
WCCC Vet Tech program kicks off new partnerships
Jun
8
CMU announces phase two campus opening
Jun
4
CMU students take a different kind of test
Jun
4
CMU President Tim Foster's statement on turning corner on racism
Statement from the President
Jun
2
CMU advances return to campus
Jun
1
CMU hosts third town hall meeting with parents to discuss Safe Together, Strong Together campus planning initiative
May
20
CMU will not raise tuition, fees or housing rates for the 2020-21 academic year
Video
May
15
CMU virtual commencement ceremony sustains tradition while reflecting the times
May
15
CMUnow on KAFM Community Radio, Episode 10
Podcast
May
12
CMU announces Fall 2020 return to campus planning initiative
May
11
Hidden heroes: WCCC Wildland Fire Management graduates blaze on
May
7
CMU students and Help Colorado Now Fund provide financial relief to Mavericks
May
5
Colorado Mesa University students excel at state academic competition
Apr
30
Maverick Relief Fund announced
Apr
22
Colorado Mesa University nursing students graduate early to support Colorado and community
Apr
22
Unsung heros
The Maverick Magazine
Apr
20
Western Colorado Community College leaders work the front lines against COVID-19
Apr
20
Aspinall Foundation awards $34k in scholarship money to Colorado Mesa University students
Apr
17
CMU offers free houses to community
Apr
16
CMU Theatre faculty present digital performance of "Art"
Apr
14
CMUnow on KAFM Community Radio, Episode 9
Podcast
Apr
14
Computer Science Metamorphosis
The Maverick Magazine
Apr
8
Lifeblood of the university
The Maverick Magazine
Apr
6
Sodexo adapts food service to protect students at CMU
Video
Apr
2
Welcome Back to CMU (online)
Statement from the President
Mar
29
New and renewed sports spaces
The Maverick Magazine
Mar
29
Campus Cares
The Maverick Magazine
Mar
26
CMU's frontline facilities team
Video
Mar
24
Little Mavs Learning Center offers community childcare slots
Mar
24
CMUnow on KAFM Community Radio, Episode 8
Podcast
Mar
17
Soaring growth
The Maverick Magazine
Mar
16
First-gen Friday at Colorado Capitol unites Mavericks, Roadrunners and Grizzlies
Mar
9
Department of Business continues to serve the community
Mar
2
CMUnow on KAFM Community Radio, Episode 7
Podcast
Feb
28
Hotel Maverick nears completion
Feb
26
Michrina Lecture Series brings national policy leader and youth advocate to CMU
Feb
24
CMU continues serving community as a civic forum
Feb
21
CMU design student wins national competition
Feb
19
CMU natatorium filled with student scholars
Feb
18
Desert Dog Press joins 437CO
Feb
18
Montrose layoffs result in free tuition at CMU and WCCC campuses
Feb
18
Shrader advances CMU outdoor recreation industry studies degree
Feb
10
CMU announces all performing arts free for students
Feb
6
Patarino issues national invitation for the 17th annual CMU Holocaust Awareness Series
Feb
4
Preparing students for the future
Jan
31
CMUnow on KAFM Community Radio, Episode 6
Podcast
Jan
29
CMU and Coca-Cola present Winter Whiteout game night
Jan
28
Dash ridership up and delivering CMU students Downtown
Jan
19
Three time gubernatorial appointee visits CMU to keynote MLK Day
Jan
13
Colorado Mesa University’s Veteran Services and Peer Advisors for Veterans Education relocate to Houston Hall
Jan
10
The Big Apple finds CMU
Jan
9
Graduation numbers warm up at CMU for December Commencement
Dec
12
Etiquette Dinner dishes out research opportunity
Dec
11
CMU Department of Art and Design hosts international exhibition
Dec
6
Halls of CMU buildings garner work of renowned alumnus
Dec
3
Sodexo, Salvation Army and CMU are a turkey day trifecta
Nov
26
The gift of warmth and comfort
Nov
25
Maverick Excellence
Nov
22
Factory goes to college
Nov
21
Colorado Mesa University hosts North American dignitary
Nov
20
CMUnow on KAFM Community Radio, Episode 4
Nov
19
Redefining summer vacation
The Maverick Magazine
Nov
8
CMU reveals world changing first-generation students
Video
Nov
7
Rec Center improvements
Nov
1
CMU’s 437CO announces Eric Elliott and Forrest Zerbe exhibition featuring Still Lives
Oct
30
The Grand Valley rocks
Oct
23
CMUnow on KAFM Community Radio, Episode 3
Oct
22
CMU Dance presents Discovering Me: the Fall Dance Concert
Oct
18
Lights, camera, action!
Oct
17
Mission impawsible
Oct
15
First scholarship for LGBTQ+ students launched at CMU
Oct
10
Trust and ethics
Oct
4
CMU Art Department announces fifth annual Artober Festival and community art interactive
Oct
2
CMU GSA and athletics host NFL veteran R.K. Russell
Oct
2
CMU dance hosts guest teacher and choreographer
Sep
30
CMU Theatre presents adaptation of Jane Austen's classic Pride and Prejudice
Sep
30
Where all good things come together
Sep
27
Newly named Jones Cabaret Series launches with first show of the 2019-20 season
Sep
23
How a football game made a MAVily
Sep
23
Fluidity. Beauty. Strength.
Sep
18
A night to celebrate CMU donors and scholars
Video
Sep
17
CMU-TV wins an Emmy
Sep
13
Goat yoga is a thing, and a popular one at that
Sep
11
CMU history instructor writes New York Times bestseller
Video
Sep
11
Four CMU cyclists to compete in the world championships
Sep
10
The Caf creates community at CMU
Sep
6
Hotel Maverick hires student design team
Video
Sep
5
Martin Luther King Jr. Celebrated at CMU
Video
Aug
30
CMUnow on KAFM Community Radio, Episode 1
Aug
30
CMU theatre opens 2019-20 season with musical comedy "First Date"
Aug
28
Solving challenges through innovation and collaboration
Aug
26
Sustainability Council Kicks Off the Semester with a Yard Sale
Aug
16
CMU student club hosts annual Hawaii welcome weekend
Aug
13
CMU Art Gallery 437CO announces 2019 partners
Aug
8
CMU Civic Forum honors the legacy of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
Aug
7
Morning, Noon, Evening, Night
Jul
22
Double dose of degrees
Jul
17
Gearing up
The Maverick Magazine
Jul
15
Judge's point of view
The Maverick Magazine
Jul
12
Miracles on a mountainside
The Maverick Magazine
Jul
11
Mountains, music and RMPBS
The Maverick Magazine
Jul
10
Breaking the bonds
The Maverick Magazine
Jul
3
Ambassadors of wellness
The Maverick Magazine
Jul
2
CMU supports Techstars Startup Week West Slope
Jun
3
Seven graduates were chosen to be featured at the Spring 2019 commencement ceremonies
May
24
CMU music department presents 6th annual Jazztopia Jazz Workshop
May
14
CMU Outdoor Program celebrates new facility and expanded role in community
May
10
CMU installs maverick statue at Brownson Arena
Video
Apr
30
Conference sparks sociological research and collaboration
Apr
22
CMU Foundation celebrates annual Day of Giving
Video
Apr
10
CMU Greek Life generously gives to local organization
Apr
5
National business leader returns to CMU for Entrepreneurship Day
Video
Apr
4
Fifth author showcase features over 140 works
Apr
4
CMU art and design department announces third in series of downtown art exhibitions
Apr
4
CMU rodeo rides with new coach, hosts annual collegiate rodeo contest
Mar
26
CMU honors Holocaust survivor during sixteenth annual awareness series
Mar
18
Bridging science, policy and practice
The Maverick Magazine
Mar
17
Swedish Embassy Invite
The Maverick Magazine
Mar
15
CMU hosts annual luau celebration
Mar
12
Game-changing gift
The Maverick Magazine
Mar
9
The gift of mobility
Mar
7
Playing it forward
The Maverick Magazine
Mar
5
First in their family
The Maverick Magazine
Mar
3
Patent pending
The Maverick Magazine
Mar
1
200-million-year-old inspiration
The Maverick Magazine
Feb
27
CMU Trio Student Support Services honored on National Trio Day
Video
Feb
25
A home for innovators
The Maverick Magazine
Feb
25
Jump-start on a prosperous future
The Maverick Magazine
Feb
23
The universe within reach
The Maverick Magazine
Feb
21
CMU Department of Business Releases Mesa County Economic Report
Video
Feb
20
Civil discourse
The Maverick Magazine
Feb
19
For the first time, CMU will offer two commencement ceremonies this spring
Feb
14
CMU and local legislators expand remote legislative testimony to Montrose Campus
Feb
12
Public water seminars offered at CMU
Jan
29
CMU Innovation and Cyber Security Center now open
Jan
28
It’s always sunny in western Colorado
Statement from the President
Jan
21
CMU hosts Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration
Video
Jan
16
MLK Day Message from Nita Mosby Tyler
Jan
16
CMU Montrose Campus celebrates graduation of nursing students
Dec
19
eSports provides new type of community, competition for students
Dec
6
Passing of Marvel Comic pioneer Stan Lee inspires CMU library search tool
Nov
14
Colorado Mesa University’s Hamilton Recreation Center collecting for students in need
Nov
5
Horizon Magazine earns two Pinnacle Awards
Nov
1
Smashing good time
Nov
1
Arbor Day Foundation honors CMU with special recognition as Tree Campus USA
Oct
30
Two-time Olympian to coach students on building a championship culture
Oct
23
Student Sculpture Guild creates homecoming effigy
Oct
22
Colorado Mesa University student-produced live debate broadcasted nationally by C-SPAN
Oct
14
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit to hold a historic special session at Colorado Mesa University
Oct
11
Colorado Mesa University to host the Era of Megafires
Oct
10
Out of the classroom and into the community
Sep
28
Michrina Lecture Series Presents National Writer-Artist Esther Belin to Campus
Sep
24
CMU Constitution Day to Feature National Thought Leader
Sep
6
Still time to start WCCC summer classes
Jun
7
Generous gift prompts new name for WCCC lab
May
4
It's all about connections
May
4
More than 1,200 students to graduate from CMU
May
2
Veterans Laptop Project reaches initial goal
May
2
Moving out, the green way
May
1
Sixteen students advance to national competition
May
1
The Entrepreneurial Spirit
Apr
6
Holocaust Awareness Series Begins March 26
Mar
22
CMU presents Mesa Experimental Theatre production of Mr. Burns, a post-electric play
Mar
15
CMU, CU Boulder announce new program added to engineering partnership
Jan
25
2018 Colorado Capital Conference Seeks Participants
Jan
23
Sturm Family Foundation gift provides scholarships, equipment for WCCC students
Jan
10