University of Denver Spring 2024

50 Reasons to Love DU

# 37

FANTASTIC FSEMS

Professor Keith Miller typically teaches analytical chemistry courses, but students in his first-year seminar (FSEM) faced a unique challenge to earn a passing grade: keeping their captain afloat. Students voted on their final assignment—building boats out of cardboard and duct tape—before making their maiden journey across the Ritchie Center’s El Pomar Natatorium. Read more about DU’s best FSEMS at du.edu/7fsems.

SMALL BUT MIGHTY The Graduate School of Professional Psychology (GSPP) made its mark as one of the first programs in the country to offer a doctorate in clinical psychology. Though the program is not one of the largest, it is certainly active—in the last decade, GSPP has conducted more than 250,000 service hours and served more than 4,500 clients through its seven on-site training clinics. The school also runs the only state-licensed community health clinic that doubles as a department-run training clinic. It’s one of the largest training clinics in the U.S. 38 NO.