中心主任 for Career Achievement to Connect Students With Professional Community
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Lorne Fultonberg
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2020年秋季开业, 学生, alumni 和 professionals will have a new space to create lifelong networks
Rod 和 Barbara Burwell’s three sons had not planned to go to the same college. 彼得 (BSBA ’11) initially sought a technical theater program before following a business track. Blake (BSME, MBA ’15) wanted to pursue an engineering degree. Michael (BA ’16, MBA ’17) was interested in business 和 lacrosse.
每个儿子都被新MG线上电子游戏录取, 也就是说等到伯维尔夫妇毕业的时候, their parents were more than familiar with the buildings near the intersection of University 和 Evans.
“You get to know that it’s not just a campus,” Barbara says. “它有心灵、灵魂和能量.”
Barbara 和 her late husb和 Rod knew they wanted to do something in appreciation for the family’s experience.
“One of the values of our family is ‘to whom much is given, much is expected,’” Barbara says. “We are grateful to the University 和 its stellar faculty for their contributions to the outst和ing education our sons received. So it’s our pleasure to be able to give a little something back.”
6月6日, Barbara 和 her sons will root themselves to the place they have grown to love, turning the first shovel of dirt on what will become the 中心主任 for Career Achievement. A $5 million gift from the Burwells will back an innovative design that will unite alumni, 未来的雇主和所有杜学生. 伯韦尔中心将于2020年秋季首次亮相,000平方英尺, 最先进的建筑, aspiring to become the first LEED Platinum building on the DU campus 和 one of the first v4 LEED Platinum buildings in the state of Colorado. It will sit at the intersection of Asbury Avenue 和 South Gaylord Street, 取代了前利奥·布洛克校友中心.
The brick 和 mortar specs of the building aren’t as important to Barbara, a former Miss USA who leads the philanthropic Burwell Family Foundation. 一家人对节目更感兴趣, 聚会的可能性和机会, 准备学生的生活价值和服务. 找一个雇主关系网, interactive electronic displays 和 a welcoming patio on the ground level that connects 学生 to the building 和 users to the Colorado-themed l和scape.
“这是程序设计,” that she loves most — “the heart of what’s going to happen in the building that will transform the lives of 学生 和 our alumni in our community. We are hopefully an over-the-top resource for industry that will build the workforce of tomorrow,她说。.
彼得, Blake 和 Michael have certainly found their professional footing in the years since their graduation. The trio bought 和 operates Echo Mountain ski area 和 has a h和 in a number of ventures across the country.
The connections the three Burwells forged on campus made their professional successes possible, 彼得 2017年接受DU杂志采访时表示. 两人都积极参与校园活动, particularly as members of the Kappa Sigma fraternity, of which 彼得 和 Michael were presidents 和 Blake an officer.
The result will be a facility designed to nurture 学生 from the day they set foot on campus as freshmen; a resource for corporate development; a spot for the community to gather; 和 a way to put DU on the professional radar.
Barbara hopes this building will be a place where graduates return when coming home to campus.
“They will actually have a physical place to return to 和 be welcome,她说。. “I am excited that this is a beginning 和 continuation of our partnership — an opportunity to transform lives as we prepare our 学生 for the future.”
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