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 5 Collections and/or Records:
University of Denver Evans Chapel, between 1961-1980
Exterior view of Evans Memorial Chapel on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with students relaxing on the grass in the foreground and residence halls and the Student Union visible in the background.
University of Denver Evans Chapel, between 1975-2000
Exterior view of Evans Chapel and Harper Humanities Gardens on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with the silhouette of a student studying on the patio of Mary Reed Building in the foreground and other students sitting on the grass and rocks in the gardens.
University of Denver Evans Chapel, between 1961-1990
Exterior view of Evans Chapel on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with students sitting on the grass in the foreground.
University of Denver Evans Chapel - Slides, 1977
Exterior view of Evans Memorial Chapel on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, with students skateboarding in the empty concrete basin of the artificial pond in Harper Humanities Gardens in the foreground.
University of Denver Evans Chapel - Slides, 1984
Exterior view of Evans Memorial Chapel on the University Park campus of the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, seen through blurred foreground tree branches in Harper Humanities Gardens, with a student sitting on a rock in the foreground and Red Rocks Amphitheater in the distant background.