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2 months ago | 
rmpbs.org | Ziyi Xu |Ann Schimke |Yesenia Robles |Jason Gonzales
MONTROSE, Colo. — “GET OFF OF ME!” Jody Nixon shouted at a horse, firmly pushing it away. She was demonstrating to a group of teenage girls how to set personal boundaries with the animals. In 2014, Nixon founded Metaphorse, a nonprofit therapy center for both horses and humans based in Montrose. Its motto: “We rescue horses who rescue people.”Metaphorse rescues veteran horses no longer fit for carrying heavy loads or traveling at high speeds, saving them from slaughter.
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2 months ago | 
rmpbs.org | Jason Gonzales |Melanie Asmar |Ann Schimke
DENVER — Colorado lawmakers are seeking limits on student cell phone use in the classroom. On Wednesday, legislators unveiled a new bill that would require school districts to enact policies to limit cell phone and smartwatch use by July 2026. The bill also requires school boards to spell out exceptions, such as for health emergencies or to report a safety concern.
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Dec 9, 2024 | 
montrosepress.com | Jason Gonzales
Colorado public university leaders say they’re better prepared now to support the immigrant students on their campuses than they were during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term. College administrators said many will follow a similar blueprint to the one they created in 2016 and have sustained since that time.
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
rmpbs.org | Jason Gonzales |Carly Rose |Peter D. Vo |Ann Schimke
DENVER — Colorado public university leaders say they’re better prepared now to support the immigrant students on their campuses than they were during President-elect Donald Trump’s first term. College administrators said many will follow a similar blueprint to the one they created in 2016 and have sustained since that time.
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Oct 19, 2024 | 
coloradosun.com | Jason Gonzales
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newslettersKiki Garcia, a Metropolitan State University of Denver sophomore, chopped onions while chatting with a group of three other Auraria Campus students helping prepare a Three Sister Stew. The group working together Tuesday to make the Native American dish shared where they were from and their connection to food.
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Oct 3, 2024 | 
rmpbs.org | Chase McCleary |Paralympic Museum |Jeremy Moore |Jason Gonzales
GOLDEN, Colo. — Fiona had never operated a bulldozer before, but she managed to maneuver a crowded obstacle course nearly perfectly, well-enough that she may have walked away from the Jefferson County Fairgrounds with a promising job prospect if it weren’t for the fact that she was six and that she had class the next day.
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Sep 4, 2024 | 
myrtlebeachonline.com | Jason Gonzales
For the second year in a row, students and families won't have access to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid on Oct. 1, when it's traditionally released, but federal officials have promised a fully functional form on or before the start of December. In a news release, the U.S. Department of Education announced on Aug. 7 it would start testing the system in October with a limited number of students, colleges, and universities.
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Feb 1, 2024 | 
denverpost.com | Jason Gonzales
Colorado students who plan to go to college this fall are facing yet another financial aid delay. On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education announced it wouldn’t be able to send Institutional Student Information Records in batches to colleges and universities until “the first half of March,” adding more frustrations to a new Free Application for Federal Student Aid process that started three months behind.
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Jan 24, 2024 | 
denverpost.com | Jason Gonzales
For the third year in a row, Colorado’s public college and university leaders have written a letter to the state legislature’s powerful Joint Budget Committee asking for more money than what’s proposed in Gov. Jared Polis’ budget. Polis wants to increase Colorado’s higher education budget next fiscal year by $42.7 million.
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Nov 13, 2023 | 
opencampusmedia.org | Jason Gonzales
Every time the three educators-in-training leave Denver’s Green Valley Elementary School, students ask when they will be back. They invite the three men to basketball practice and games. The students get excited to see them during special events like Trunk-or-Treat — and not just because they give big handfuls of candy. In short, Joshua Barringer, Christopher Livingston, and Jordan Puch have become very popular.
