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The leaves in the forest here hang limp and motionless as the dry season comes to a close in this far corner of Belize....
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For an entrepreneur like Rob Wright (’00), inspiration for the next big idea can come from anywhere, even from a pile of cardboard boxes....
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Small gullies in the dry ground were the first clues Matt Vasquez (’02) got that something wasn’t right. He was a student at Western...
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On a vacant lot beside the main road running through Gothic, Colorado, the abandoned 19th-century mining town that’s now home to the Rocky Mountain...
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Western students help build Gunnison’s newest solar array For years, the six-acre lot beside Country Road 17, west of Gunnison, sat mostly empty, tucked...
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Wynn Martens grew up connected to the land. On her family’s Monument Divide ranch northeast of Colorado Springs, miles of shortgrass prairie rolled out...
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For the last 75 years, Mountaineer Bowl has served as Western’s largest venue and the Gunnison Country’s meeting place. As we prepare to celebrate...
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The Western Mountain Rescue Team carries on a Homecoming tradition For years, on the Friday night of Western’s Homecoming weekend, the Western Mountain Rescue...
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Throughout the years, skiing at Western Colorado University has undergone significant transformations. It all began with the establishment of the ski team in the...
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It is 1998, the sun is shining, and the air is hot and humid with a slight breeze coming off the ocean. Soft sand...
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Western plans program focused on rural nursing On a nondescript Tuesday in the med-surg unit at Gunnison Valley Hospital (GVH), things are pretty quiet....
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“If I could be the difference … I would be incredibly happy” A lot of people don’t realize living in Paradise can be hard....
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When Scott Borden and Mallory Logan became friends, they never imagined, in their wildest dreams they would one day be working together to release...
