Pat Brisnehan likes to say as you go through life, some of the finer people you meet went to Colorado State University. He and his wife Linda are helping to continue that tradition by opening doors for the next generation of Rams through a scholarship for first-generation students in the College of Business.
Katelynn Martinez’s career has been propelled by a simple — but ambitious — goal: to help humans coexist with the environment in a mutually beneficial balance. She helped launch Colorado's first reforestation company, OneCanopy, a privately funded conservation nursery that grows native trees and shrubs for reforestation in the Rocky Mountain region. Within five years, the Loveland-based social enterprise aims to grow three million seedling trees per year, aiding in the reforestation of 10,000 acres annually in the Rocky Mountain region.
First generation students in the College of Business had the opportunity to share their unique journeys to CSU during the 10th annual Building Bridges dinner.
In the years since Zubaida Bai graduated from the College of Business’ Impact MBA program in 2009, she has become known as a passionate advocate for women and girls and an expert on using business to build a better world.
Outnumbered from the start, a team of two College of Business students, win the first-place prize of $5,000 at the Deloitte Women in Business Case Competition.
A CSU alumna, using her commitment to using business to create a better world, has taken her expertise to one of the biggest companies in the U.S. and has earned national recognition along the way.
Four College of Business students won the first place prize of $12,000 at the Corporate Startup Lab Case Competition in Pittsburg. In the final round, the team defeated Dartmouth and Pittsburg for its winning idea of Vivetha, a mobile health care clinic for low-income communities.
Nicole Staudinger was a senior at the College of Business when she applied to work at FirstBank. More than two decades later, she serves as president of the bank’s Northern Colorado market. She’s committed to giving back — and believes in the power of using business to make a positive difference.
Samir Mongar has been defying the odds from the moment he was born, overcoming everything from a childhood in a refugee camp to a hearing disability on his path to becoming a first-year student at CSU.
CSU College of Business alumna Kelly DiMartino has recently been appointed Fort Collins city manager. She says her MBA helped supplement the decades of experience she's gained in local government.