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More 密歇根州立大学丹佛分校学生 will gain career-readiness training thanks to recent gift
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$1.5 million donation from the Morgridge Family Foundation supports construction and expansion of the University’s C2 Hub.
的 从教室到就业中心 (C2 Hub) at Metropolitan State University of 丹佛 received a financial contribution from the Morgridge Family Foundation this month that will help take the program to new heights.
1美元.5 million gift will support the planned construction of a four-story, 25,000-square-foot space that would allow the C2 Hub to better serve the career development of approximately 17,1000名密歇根州立大学丹佛分校学生和11名,000 Community College of 丹佛 students annually.
通过吸引学生, faculty members and industry partners to design and implement career-readiness programs and services, the C2 Hub produces the skilled talent 科罗拉多州雇主需要.
在十月. 6 event announcing the gift, President Janine Davidson, Ph.D., said one of the University’s goals has been “to create an innovative national model that would connect students with employers, not at the end of their degree program but from the moment they set foot on campus.”
“We’re going to transform Colorado and students’ lives through the opportunity to work and achieve their highest potential,”她说。.
的 C2 Hub integrates career activities throughout the student experience. Students are encouraged to explore career pathways, 体验真实的, relevant work and develop their professional networks through the meaningful connections built between the University and industry partners.
丹佛 Mayor Mike 约翰ston acknowledged that some 密歇根州立大学丹佛分校学生 might not have time to build their network for their post-college careers, including those who are first-generation, work full-time and/or care for families.
“It’s all the more important to make sure these incredibly talented people have connections to those career opportunities early on,他说. “We want to make sure the awesome talent on this campus is connected to the incredible business leaders in this community. … This (C2 Hub) is the vision to make that possible.”
为了感谢这份礼物， 同侪辅导项目, a flagship student-support system within the C2 Hub, will be renamed the Morgridge Peer Mentoring Program. Will Simpkins, Ed.D.副总裁 皇冠体育官网 在密歇根州立大学丹佛分校, said the program not only provides important employment opportunities for students on campus but also supports “hundreds, 是的, 成千上万的人, of other first-year students with the resources and support they need to be successful in their journey.”
Logan 恩德利就是这样一个学生, a first-generation student majoring in Chemistry, minoring in Criminal Justice and Criminology and pursuing a career as a forensic examiner. 通过C2 Hub, 恩德利, 谁用they/them代词, learned how to create connections and apply for jobs and internships, grew in professionalism and gained confidence that they are “worthy of a second interview.” That knowledge and growth led to a coveted summer internship with the Colorado Bureau of Investigation.
“I don’t think I would have that confidence without the people who work alongside and support me,恩德利说, 谁打算明年春天毕业. “I’m thankful to the Morgridge family for allowing our (C2 Hub) to create a larger impact.”
嘉莉Morgridge, co-founder of the Morgridge Family Foundation with her husband, 约翰, said that they appreciate the University’s ethos of making career-focused higher education accessible to anyone interested in earning a degree, 无论位置如何. “If you can’t get to 密歇根州立大学丹佛, we’re going to come to you,”她说。.
的 Morgridges also expressed appreciation th在密歇根州立大学丹佛分校’s leaders help communities, 家庭和企业的成功.
“I can’t wait until we get to go into the (new) C2 Hub and hear from students about how they were placed in jobs,莫格里奇说. “Thank you for allowing us to do what we do. 这是我的荣幸.”