University of Denver
Biography
The first reference to Colorado Seminary was in The Rocky Mountain News of November 27, 1862: “ a board of Trustees, composed of the solid men of Denver, has been organized to superintend the erection of a seminary building… for an academic education.”
Sources
Breck, "From the Rockies to the World"
Biography
University of Denver votes to adopt quarter system in 1929.
Sources
"University Adopts New Quarter Plan; Vote Unanimous," The Denver Clarion, vol. 34, no. 19, November 26, 1929, 1.
Biography
First year Hillel organization features full programming at DU
Citation:
Jan. 30, 1974, letter to faculty, U172._.0003, Hillel folderFound in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Dwight Smith with Student in Lab, circa 1970
Photographic image of chemistry professor Dwight Smith stands over a student in a laboratory containing chemistry equipment. On the University of Denver campus, circa 1970.
Two Unidentified Students Working with Faculty Member
Black and white photograph of an unidentified male and female student working with electronic equipment with an unidentified faculty member pointing out a graph displayed on the screen of the equipment. One of the students is wearing a T-shirt reading "University of Denver Engineering Club," and a blackboard with diagrams and equations is visible in the background.