News Releases

Colorado Mesa University Welcomes Dr. Roberto Montoya as Vice President for Student Services

CMU Offers Free Tax Assistance Through VITA Program

CMU’s New Partnership with Canvas Credit Union Takes Center Court

Colorado Mesa University’s Davis School of Business Earns Prestigious AACSB Accreditation

Colorado River District Invests $300,000 in CMU Water

Temple Grandin to Visit Colorado Mesa University

CMU Awarded $645K Grant for Mental Health Initiative

CMU’s Upward Bound Program Celebrates Another Year of Student Success

CMU Tech Hosts Holiday Harvest to Fund Student Scholarships

City of Grand Junction Awards Scholarships to CMU Tech Students for Innovative Accessory Dwelling Unit Design

Family Health West and CMU Tech Celebrate Partnership During National Apprenticeship Week

CMU Leads Team Limelight Rainforest to Win $10 Million XPRIZE Competition for Biodiversity Conservation

Colorado Mesa University Honored as a First Generation-Serving Institution

CMU Champions First-Generation Students with Week-Long Celebration and Year-Round Support

How CMU Tech is Utilizing Millions in State Funding to Fast-Track Students into High-Paying Jobs

Colorado Mesa University Olympians to be Honored at Homecoming Parade

Shattering Perceptions in Higher Education

The Maverick Magazine

Neil deGrasse Tyson to Hold Second Show in Asteria Theatre for the Reaching for the Stars Series

Colorado Mesa University and Clifton Water District Strengthen Partnership with Water Tower Logo Unveiling

Colorado Mesa University Announces CMU First Aid

CMU Civic Forum Presents An Evening with Governors

Civic Forum to Host Film Screening of XCLD: The Story of Cancel Culture

Colorado Mesa University to Host World Famous Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson at the Asteria Theatre

CMU Promise Expands Statewide: Increasing Access and Affordability for all Colorado Students

CMU Percussion Ensemble Performs at Edeta Percussion Festival in Spain

CMU Student Representing Team USA at the 2024 Summer Olympics

CMU & CMU Tech’s Summer Camps Offer Career Exploration and Learning Opportunities for Western Colorado Youth

CMU Student Receives National River Studies and Leadership Certificate

Governor Polis Celebrates Geo-Exchange Expansion at Colorado Mesa University

Colorado Mesa University Honors Ann J. Sanders with Naming of Dance Studio in Moss Performing Arts Center

Colorado’s Tourism Industry Powered by Talented Workforce From Colorado Mesa and CMU Tech Programs

Curiosity Ignites Success: CMU Spring 2024 Commencement Honors the Inquisitive

CMU Tech Celebrates Job Signing Day: Recognizing Student Success and Industry Partnerships

CMU Visits Tigers, Bulldogs, Warriors and Wildcats to Award Over $11 Million in Scholarships

CMU Celebrates 17th Annual Entrepreneurship Day with Keynote Speaker Phillips Armstrong Jr.

Colorado Mesa University Part of Consortium Receiving $625,000 Grant for Technology Development Hub Project

Colorado Mesa University Leads the Way in Early Financial Aid Offer Distribution

Aspinall Foundation Doubles Scholarship Endowment

Pioneering Collaboration Empowers Filmmaker with Cerebral Palsy

The Lighthouse Program Celebrates Supporting Nearly 100 Youth Since Opening on CMU's Campus

Local High School Students in the Colorado Mesa University TRIO Upward Bound Program Receive Rare Opportunity to Head to Nation’s Capital

Being the First

A Day of Mathematical Exploration for High School Students

CMU Civic Forum Launches Dignity in Dialogue Speaker Series to Reinforce Commitment to Free Speech and Civil Discourse

Million Dollar Private, Public Partnership to Expand Local Mental Health Services

NASA Names Colorado Mesa University an Emerging Research Institution with Inaugural Grant

2024 Colorado Capital Conference Seeks Participants

Colorado Mesa University Announces The Wait Is Over

CMU Physician Assistant Program Achieves Accreditation-Continued Status in Tandem with Student Accolades

Dedicated Mexican Medical Examiners Enhance Their Abilities to Deal With Synthetic Drugs-related Overdoses and Deaths Through U.S. State Department Collaboration

Heat Beneath Our Feet Documentary

Great West Beer Fest

Blizzard in Brownson

CMU's Nathan Perry Completes St. Mary's Economics Report

A Courageous Maverick

Celebrating Martin Luther King Jr.'s Legacy

Why is Peace so Elusive?

TEDx Grand Junction Comes to CMU's Love Recital Hall on November 4

Western Colorado to Receive More Occupational Therapists Thanks to CMU Graduate Program

CMU Promise Covers 100% of Tuition for Families of Modest Income

Ready to Protect and Serve

Safety tips for sharing the road as Mavericks return for the Fall 2023 semester

Western Colorado Community College Announces Name Change and Recommits to Elevating the Mission Around Career and Technical Education

WCCC Receives Million Dollars to Build a Welding Mobile Learning Lab with Commercial Driver License Training

CMU’s Physician Assistant Program Wins Award

WCCC Summer Camps in Full Swing

Colorado Mesa University Begins Renovations on an Innovative Multipurpose Space in Downtown Grand Junction

Celebrating Immigrant Heritage

Foster Field House Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

Colorado Supreme Court to Hear Arguments at Colorado Mesa University on May 4

Colorado Mesa University Celebrates Entrepreneurship Day with Keynote Speaker Corey Ciocchetti, Networking Event and More

We All Get One Shot Twice

Student Showcase 2023 Numbers Best in CMU History

High School Seniors Celebrate Their Next Chapter During Decision Day 2023

Colorado Mesa University Soccer to Host Montrose Community Day

CMU Turns 98 and Brings Friendly Competition to Campus to Support Students

CMU Civic Forum and the City of Grand Junction Bring CMU’s Twentieth Annual Holocaust Awareness Series to the Historic Avalon Theater

CMU Celebrates Cesar Chavez Day with Grandson of the Civil Rights Activist

State Fire Agency To Hold Special Event at Colorado Mesa University in Honor of Community Risk Reduction Week 2023

CMU Theatre Presents Shakespeare Classic A Midsummer Night's Dream

Expert Golf Businessman Eric Affeldt to Visit Campus

History Competition for Middle and High School Students Takes Place at CMU

CMU Theatre Groundbreaking

The City of Montrose, Colorado Mesa University Partner for Permanent Community Benefits

Colorado Mesa University Names Joan McDermott as Interim Director of Athletics

The Power of Mobility

New Program Serves Local Low-Income High School Students

Summer 2023 Application Open for Western Colorado Law Enforcement Academy

Western Colorado Healthcare Leader Appointed to Colorado Mesa University Board of Trustees

Solutions to Healthcare Workforce Gaps Begin with Partnerships

Brighter Futures for Foster Youth

CMU Theatre presents music theatre classic "Guys and Dolls"

Building Philanthropists

CMU’s COVID-19 Testing Site Remains Open to Serve the Community

Rebuilding Robinson

High Volume of High School Students Already Have College Credit

CMU Alumnus Named Vice President for Communications

CMU and Western Colorado Win Big at Go Code Colorado 2022 Awards

Introducing Len Ladue Veterans Lounge

Launching Into Success with the Springboard Fellowship

CMU Welcomes new Vice President for Academic Affairs

Learn for Less: A WCCC Affordability Initiative

Statement from the President

More than 1,000 Mavericks Earn Alumnus Status

Power of the Arts

The Maverick Magazine

CMU Secures Experienced Chief Financial Officer

WCCC Holds Professional Development Courses for Local Veterinarian Staff

CMU Celebrates the Grand Opening of the Bus Bergman Sports Complex

Rebuild Robinson Project Receives State Funding

The Grand Valley Career & Job Fair is Back

CMU Invites Community Members to Campus for the Holocaust Awareness Series

Most Influential Women in STEM

Funding Maverick Champions

High-profile author and award-winning journalist to visit campus

Eight Maverick Winter Sports Represented at National Championships

CMU Montrose Campus Launches a New Summer Police Academy

Giving Kids Mobility

CMU’s John Seebach to Present at Michrina Lecture Series

CMU Students Start Semester at the new St. Mary’s Medical Education Center

Three New Board of Trustees Appointed

December Commencement Ceremony Split Into Two

Free Tuition for Certified Nurse Aides

Community Hospital Invests in CMU and the Future of Healthcare

Colorado Mesa University Foundation Endowment Hits All-Time High

First-Generation Success Story Supports Next Generation of Graduates

CMU Music Presents Guest Vocal Duo Outcalls

The Grand Junction Career Passport Program Launches September 16

New Report on Interstate Water Compact Lessons for Colorado

Maverick Momentum: CMU Leadership Team Takes Shape

CMU Launches the Criminal Justice Leadership and Policy Master's Degree

Technology: The Future of Agriculture

Middle and High School Students Explore New Opportunities at Western Colorado Community College

Hollywood Filmmakers Name Grand Junction an Emerging Film Hub

Commencement: Something to Celebrate

Board of Trustees Complete National Search for the Next President of Colorado Mesa University

Colorado Mesa University Provides Vaccine to Hundreds on Maverick Community Vaccine Day

Colorado Mesa University Announces Maverick Community Vaccine Day

Search Committee for the Next President of CMU Announces Finalists

CMU Marks 18th Year of Holocaust Awareness Series

Art and Higher Ideals Themes in Jac Kephart Naming Ceremony at CMU

Mavericks Thank Healthcare Providers

The Western Colorado Latino Chamber of Commerce Expands Support to CMU Students

Growing a Revolution at CMU

CMU and Partners Deploy Mobile Vaccine Clinic

CMU Center for Reflection Opens

CMU Foundation Awards Future is Now Scholarship

Western Colorado PTECH Partnership Grows

SCL Health St. Mary's Honors the Past and Builds Toward the Future by Investing in CMU

CMU Announces Major Economic Milestone

437CO Gallery Delivers Distinctive, Perceptive and Non-Conforming Art

Tim Foster Announces Plans to Retire as CMU President

Tears of Joy at CMU's Center for Reflection

Statement from the President

CMU Downtown Art Gallery Opens the Door to 2021

U.S. Bill of Rights Transcends 2020 Challenges

As temperatures drop, Mavericks stand up to receive degrees

WCCC's Sturm-ANB Bank Mobile Learning Lab Fuels up with Grant from The Colorado Energy Foundation

Remey Family Creates The William Spencer Memorial Scholarship at CMU

CMU Employees Exhibit Generosity and Engage in Creative Contributions

Fearless First Film Festival Marks Celebration of CMU First-generation Students

CMU Fearless First-Generation Celebration

Project Linus covers children in the community

Colorado wine industry attracts support from winemaking legend Warren Winiarski

CMU announces Davis School of Business

Hotel Maverick celebrates belated grand opening

CMU launches the Rowdy Performers Scholarship with Coca-Cola and Stop ‘n Save

Don’t be stupid

CMU Theatre's She Kills Monsters brings together collaborators from across campus

CMU Naked Mole Rats Visit Fruitvale Elementary

CMU adopts the Chicago Statement

CMU's Fall 2020 Natural Resources of the West Returns

Mesa County Workforce Center and CMU match students with employers

CMU STEM students take action to stay on campus

Mavericks and Bookworms team up for love, effort and respect

State education leaders celebrate CMU's Safe Together, Strong Together return to campus

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser visits CMU

CMU puts waste to work

Testing starts early at CMU

Turning the Corner on Racism update

Charlestowne Hotels to manage Hotel Maverick

CMU and COVIDCheck Colorado Team up for Safe Return to Campus

Western Colorado Community College and the Montrose Adult Education Center create partnership

Safe Together, Strong Together interim report available

CMU values international students

Statement from the President

Colorado Governor Jared Polis speaks at CMU to campus’ youngest students

CMU Safe Together, Strong Together planning initiative parallels Colorado reopening progress

CMU President Tim Foster on United States Supreme Court Decision on DACA

Statement from the President

A Maverick state of mind and a CMU message of unity

Statement from the President

CMUnow on KAFM Community Radio, Episode 11

CMU announces phase two campus opening

CMU President Tim Foster's statement on turning corner on racism

Statement from the President

CMU advances return to campus

CMU hosts third town hall meeting with parents to discuss Safe Together, Strong Together campus planning initiative

CMU will not raise tuition, fees or housing rates for the 2020-21 academic year

CMU virtual commencement ceremony sustains tradition while reflecting the times

CMU announces Fall 2020 return to campus planning initiative

CMU students and Help Colorado Now Fund provide financial relief to Mavericks

Colorado Mesa University students excel at state academic competition

CMU Students Launch Maverick Mentors

Maverick Relief Fund announced

Colorado Mesa University nursing students graduate early to support Colorado and community

Western Colorado Community College leaders work the front lines against COVID-19

Aspinall Foundation awards $34k in scholarship money to Colorado Mesa University students

CMU offers free houses to community

Centennial Institute extends invitation to CMU students to join political forum

Aspinall Foundation education efforts transcend pandemic

Sodexo adapts food service to protect students at CMU

CMU Open Studio goes remote

CMU's frontline facilities team

Little Mavs Learning Center offers community childcare slots

First-gen Friday at Colorado Capitol unites Mavericks, Roadrunners and Grizzlies

National author and advocate David Sheff to speak at CMU about addiction, recovery and the story of his family’s journey

Michrina Lecture Series brings national policy leader and youth advocate to CMU

CMU continues serving community as a civic forum

CMU natatorium filled with student scholars

Desert Dog Press joins 437CO

Montrose layoffs result in free tuition at CMU and WCCC campuses

Math Extravaganza at CMU announces 2020 keynote speaker

CMU holds economic forecast forum for business leaders

Student club to host national speaker Alex Epstein

Western Colorado Community College staff and students support Grand Valley migrants

Shrader advances CMU outdoor recreation industry studies degree

CMU announces all performing arts free for students

Patarino issues national invitation for the 17th annual CMU Holocaust Awareness Series

CMU Department of Literature, Languages and Mass Communication presents national journalist

CMU art and design department announces visiting artists Bobby Zokaites and Melissa Sclafani

CMU and Coca-Cola present Winter Whiteout game night

Anode Systems builds Mesa County Scholarship Initiative

Dash ridership up and delivering CMU students Downtown

Mavericks and Roadrunners converge on Colorado’s Capitol

Three time gubernatorial appointee visits CMU to keynote MLK Day

Colorado Mesa University’s Veteran Services and Peer Advisors for Veterans Education relocate to Houston Hall

The Big Apple finds CMU

Statewide effort and CMU tradition benefits first-generation college students

Alpine Bank and School District 51 honor high school and middle school students at CMU

Mobile Learning Lab at WCCC picks up speed

Little Imaginations startup places WCCC graduate on the worlds' largest pulpit

CMU researcher releases quarterly county economic reports

Graduation numbers warm up at CMU for December Commencement

CMU expands Tax Assistance Program with support from Eide Bailly

Chez Lena serves up expanded hours to meet community demand

CMU Department of Art and Design hosts international exhibition

Halls of CMU buildings garner work of renowned alumnus

Sodexo, Salvation Army and CMU are a turkey day trifecta

Campus life safety guru begins annual testing of CMU safety systems

Factory goes to college

Colorado Mesa University hosts North American dignitary

CMU student veterans and Department of Athletics coordinate first CMU game day flyover

Ducks Unlimited, Colorado Parks and Wildlife and Western Colorado Conservation Corp join CMU to benefit wildlife conservation

GJ VELO Cycling Team endowment pedals past $100,000 mark

CMU selected to host exclusive wildlife art exhibit

CMU reveals world changing first-generation students

Visiting lecturer of journalism and communication to visit CMU

Western Colorado Community College serves the homeless

CMU’s 437CO announces Eric Elliott and Forrest Zerbe exhibition featuring Still Lives

CMU Cultural Inclusion Council adopts resolution affirming organizational values

CMU Dance presents Discovering Me: the Fall Dance Concert

Bringing the Future to You tour kicks off in Montrose

CMU Partners with HopeWest for end of life training

CMU Art Department announces fifth annual Artober Festival and community art interactive

CMU GSA and athletics host NFL veteran R.K. Russell

CMU Civic Forum announces debate on national popular vote versus Electoral College

CMU dance hosts guest teacher and choreographer

CMU Theatre presents adaptation of Jane Austen's classic Pride and Prejudice

CMU Student Veterans bring world-famous athlete to CMU

Colorado Humanities and community sponsors bring celebrated author to CMU

Newly named Jones Cabaret Series launches with first show of the 2019-20 season

Western Colorado poet and political legend Art Goodtimes visits CMU

CMU and Colorado General Assembly expand beyond remote legislative testimony to include legislative hearings

Alpine Bank awards CMU scholarships including newly created Latino-Hispanic award

Western Colorado Community College reveals hope for future by remembering the past

CMU delivers Constitution Day civility event

Western Colorado Community College honored for role in workforce development by local officials

The Caf creates community at CMU

CiviCO and CMU announce launch of Leadership Academy and western Colorado cohort

Martin Luther King Jr. Celebrated at CMU

CMU art and design department announces Jiyoun Lee-Lodge exhibition

CMU theatre opens 2019-20 season with musical comedy "First Date"

Grand Junction Area Chamber of Commerce highlights CMU and Mesa County Valley School District D51 partnerships during community briefing

Maverick Stampede leads freshman students to Downtown Grand Junction

Western Colorado Community College celebrates electric lineworker facility grand opening

CMU student club hosts annual Hawaii welcome weekend

CMU Art Gallery 437CO announces 2019 partners

Colleges of Distinction recognizes CMU in multiple categories

Morning, Noon, Evening, Night

Navy Band The Destroyers set to play at Colorado Mesa University

CMU faculty member earns international research award

Statement from CMU President Tim Foster: Loss of a student (update)

Statement from the President

Former CMU Director of Choral Activities reflects on rich and vibrant career

CMU Alumni Association Celebrates Annual Meeting and Picnic

CMU Civic Forum announces Electoral College policy debate

Associate Professor of Economics Nathan Perry Presents Quarterly County Economic Reports

CMU Art Gallery 437CO announces gallery partnerships and business underwriting opportunities

CMU and Special Olympics Colorado Announce Rising Together

WCCC summer camp registrations sizzle with arrival of June

CMU supports Techstars Startup Week West Slope

CMU Foundation digs deep securing $45,000 grant from Pinnacol Assurance

Colorado Mesa University and The Art Center promote summer art

Western Colorado Community College partners with the Sturm Family and ANB Bank for Mobile Learning Facility

Students of Western Colorado Community College fuse community partnership while practicing trade skills

Western Colorado Community College harvests bushel of awards in international competition

CMU music and musical theatre students round out semester with awards

New split commencement format needed to accommodate record number of degrees issued

After seventeen-year tenure, Calvin Hofer steps down as music department head

CMU music department presents 6th annual Jazztopia Jazz Workshop

CMU Outdoor Program celebrates new facility and expanded role in community

CMU Art students receive two top commendation awards from Denver’s One Club for Creativity

State of the River Meeting Runs at CMU

CMU students attempt Guinness world record in double high-fives

CMU installs maverick statue at Brownson Arena

CMU Department of Art and Design announces fourth and final display in series of downtown art exhibitions

Colorado Mesa University recognized with prestigious Tree Campus USA designation

Western Colorado Community College announces student film festival

MacEvoy family honors legacy of father through CMU Foundation

CMU Montrose summer camps picking up STEAM

Nathan Perry, PhD, releases unique regional economic contribution study

Tenth annual CMU Student Showcase announced

CMU President Tim Foster Presents to Mesa County Valley District 51 Board of Education

CMU partners with Mesa County Search and Rescue to prepare for saving lives

CMU, Audubon Society contribute environmental good works through Russ Walker restoration memorial project

CMU Center Features Author and Journalist Jonathan Thompson

CMU Foundation celebrates annual Day of Giving

Garfield County, CMU present seventh-annual Energy and Environment Symposium

CMU students to host Academy Award winner and Grammy nominated artist Juicy J

CMU student-athletes partner with D51 bringing basketball to the mountain

CMU and Aspinall Foundation bring former Admiral Stockdale Professor of Professional Military Ethics to campus

National business leader returns to CMU for Entrepreneurship Day

CMU hosts Western Colorado Undergraduate Sociology Conference

CMU art and design department announces third in series of downtown art exhibitions

Sports Commission Announces New Executive Director

CMU hosts distinguished anthropologist

CMU rodeo rides with new coach, hosts annual collegiate rodeo contest

CMU hosts national thought leader in the field of women in mathematics

CMU program outstanding success, annual report shows

CMU honors Holocaust survivor during sixteenth annual awareness series

CMU hosts annual luau celebration

Professor of Economics Nathan Perry Presents Economic Update for Delta and Montrose Counties

CMU students hosts candidate forum

CMU business students host annual business golf tournament

CMU veterans make post-service impacts on community and university

CMU art and design department announces second series in downtown art exhibition

Little Mavs Learning Center opens applications for summer and fall semester

CMU Foundation secures $50,000 from Caring for Colorado Foundation to address community health care shortage

D51, WCCC, Manufacturing Association partner on associate degree pathway

CMU hosts 21st annual Math Extravaganza

CMU Trio Student Support Services honored on National Trio Day

CMU Foundation and energy association announce 2019 Colorado Energy Scholarship

CMU Department of Business Releases Mesa County Economic Report

CMU releases 2019 regional impact study

CMU hosts Nita Mosby Tyler to explore campus diversity and inclusion practices

For the first time, CMU will offer two commencement ceremonies this spring

CMU and Colorado Flute Association Announce Partnership

Campus-wide invitation to contribute sessions to The CMU Holocaust Awareness Series

CMU hosts Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration

CMU partners with Grand Junction Fire Department to enhance community safety

West Slope wineries harvest first Viticulture and Enology program graduates

CMU cleared for takeoff in new SkyWest Airlines partnership

Emotions run deep during Colorado Mesa University’s celebration of first-generation students

Western Colorado Community College Announces Sturm Family Manufacturing Center Offerings in Montrose

Colorado Mesa University Hires New Director of Sponsored Programs

Colorado Mesa University Physicians Assistant Program to host live video conference sessions with Olympian Eli Bremer

University breaks ground on new teaching hotel, Hotel Maverick

Geosciences program receives nearly $600,000 anonymous donation for scholarships and field research

CMU International Program receives Department of Commerce award

CMU Constitution Day to Feature National Thought Leader

Go@CMU connects student innovators with community leaders

CMU, Denver Metro Chamber, other partners take pulse of Colorado citizenry

Generous gift prompts new name for WCCC lab

Veterans Laptop Project reaches initial goal

River Photographer at CMU

2018 Colorado Capital Conference Seeks Participants

Catharsis, Colorado Mesa University BFA Senior Exhibition

Sturm Family Foundation gift provides scholarships, equipment for WCCC students

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