University of Denver Spring 2024

50 Reasons to Love DU

GOING, GOING, GONE # 14

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PITCH PERFECT Since 2012, more than 400 first-year business students have taken the Madden Challenge, developing and pitching their best ideas in a Shark Tank-like environment to a panel of judges made up of successful entrepreneurs, business experts and investors. Funded by a donation from the late John Madden Jr., a local real estate developer, the Challenge rewards winning teams with prize money to fund their startups.

Seven out of 10 students study abroad during their time here. That’s thanks, in huge part, to the Cherrington Global Scholars Initiative, which financially supports students’ round trip international airfare and visa application fees. Undergrad and grad students alike have traveled to nearly every corner of the Earth, from Tokyo and Oxford to Costa Rica and Glasgow. What’s more, a litany of programs and partnerships across the globe provide faculty and staff the chance to further their careers abroad.

16. THE FIRST The University of Denver College of Law opened its legal aid dispensary in 1904, creating the first clinical program in the nation. A frontrunner in serving Denver’s indigent populations, the student law office trains students in the practice of law under the supervision of experienced faculty, while at the same time serving the underserved communities in criminal defense, civil practice, civil rights matters, immigration and environmental law. IN LEGAL AID

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