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Small business spotlight: Octopus Coffee

Nuriyyeh Brett April 16, 2017

Octopus Coffee is a local coffee shop which was opened by Alexis Bauer in 2013. Bauer first opened Octopus in a coffee cart in Orchard Mesa. “My thoughts were if this is a bad spot at least it's on wheels”...

Prof Talk: Oxana Allen

Nuriyyeh Brett April 16, 2017

Oxana Allen is a new professor at Colorado Mesa University, starting her first class this upcoming fall semester. Allen was born and raised in Moldova, formerly Soviet Union. After finishing high school...

Doreen Crawford CMU’s Starbucks Manager

Nuriyyeh Brett April 9, 2017

People who satisfy their caffeine fix at the Starbucks located in the University Center at Colorado Mesa University have most likely had drinks made by Doreen Crawford. Crawford is the head supervisor...

The woman behind the cupcakes

Nuriyyeh Brett April 9, 2017

Callie Ash owns The Baker's Boutique, a small bakery opened in April of 2013. Ash has had a long interest in baking, and after going to culinary school at Mesa State College, Ash got her first job as a...

Student Salute: Tibao Lesole

Nuriyyeh Brett March 12, 2017

 Tibao Lesole is at Colorado Mesa University for one semester from Botswana, a small country in Southern Africa. Lesole is a mass communications major hoping to work for the United Nations after she...

Student-mothers work their way through school

Nuriyyeh Brett March 5, 2017

Being a college student is a taxing job. The amount of time and energy needed to go to class, study and take in all the information to succeed is enormous. Many students also hold down a job and maintain...

Dr. Michael Reeder: Kinesiology professor and director of Human Performance Lab

Nuriyyeh Brett March 1, 2017

What do you do at Colorado Mesa University? “I am the acting director of the Monfort Family Human Performance Lab. My job involves overseeing the activities of the lab, which includes day to...

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