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Anonymous — Thu, 01 Aug 2024 17:11:29 +0000

Age appropriate Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 08/01/2024 - 11:11

By Hannah Stewart (Comm'19)
Photos by Kimberly Coffin (CritMedia, StratComm’18)

Angel Mollel (CritMedia’24) is a high achiever—evident by the mosaic of various awards documenting her various academic, athletic and professional achievements. One, however, is particularly special for her: the Heartland Student Emmy for her senior capstone film.

“When they announced my name, I was in shock. I jumped right on my phone and texted my friends,” she said. “I was really passionate about making this film and the award validated the work I did, giving me the confidence to pursue documentary further.”

Mollel’s film, New Era: Maasai Coming of Age, won top honors in the short/long form nonfiction category for her film. The project, which chronicled her coming-of-age ceremony in Tanzania, was created for her senior capstone course with Associate Professor Tara Knight.

“This project really made me understand producing, editing and finding what words to use. I found myself becoming an artist because of the choices I was making.”
Angel Mollel (CritMedia'24)

“Angel came in with a clear vision that was personal, political and cross-cultural,” Knight said. “Her project really stood out because it has that command of technical craft and all the creative components.”

Mollel first moved to the United States in 2012, and when she stayed to attend college at CMCI, it meant she didn’t have a traditional coming of age ceremony. However, she has always maintained a close connection with her roots, coming home most summers to visit her family and work in her community.

Her summer 2023 trip was the chance to complete the ceremony, made all the more special since she would do so alongside some of her sisters. Knowing she would have to create a film for her senior capstone course, this was also her opportunity to share that tradition with the world.

Additionally, since she would be going through the ceremony alongside her sisters, it became the obvious choice for her project.

“I went with the mindset of ‘film as much footage as possible,’” she said. “I was trying new things, teaching my brothers and sisters who weren’t in the ceremony how to use a camera, and I interviewed my family in the days leading up to it.”

The 17-minute film covers two days’ worth of preparations and rituals. Through formal interviews and candid commentary, viewers learn about the various cultural practices—such as hair shaving and sheep blessing—associated with the ceremony.

A notable moment comes about halfway through the film, when viewers see Mollel enter a building as the words “female circumcision” are overlaid on screen. A black screen reading “This part is private” follows the clip; at the end of the piece, viewers learn no circumcision took place.

“This project really made me understand producing, editing and finding what words to use. I found myself becoming an artist because of the choices I was making,” Mollel said. “I want change for both the audience—to be curious about other cultures—and for my culture—to realize you can still practice your rituals and not harm people in the process.”

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Announcing the Fall 2022 Dean's List Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 01/03/2023 - 19:07

CMCI students who have completed at least 12 credit hours of CU ��«��Ƶ course work for a letter grade in any single semester and achieve a term grade point average of 3.75 or better are included on the Dean’s List. They receive a notation on their transcript and a letter from CMCI Founding Dean Lori Bergen. Congratulations to all honorees!

Alyssa Abbate
Madeleine Abram
Mackenzie Abt
Marcus Abt
Simrita Advani
Indigo Agan
Tyler Alhorn
Alex Allegra
Allia Alrodan
Taylor Alton
Jessica Amend
Josh Archie
Cj Armitage
Jack Armstrong
Zion Atwater
Ashtyn Austin
Alli Avery
Tyler Azcue
Cole Bachman
Bergen Backes
Tyler Bahan
Meredith Baker
Noa Baker-Durane
Maddie Baldwin
Kathryn Ballode
Emilie Barbattini
Melynn Barber
Bella Barbush
Matthew Batchelder
Lauren Baty
Alex Baughman
Erin Bauman
Alexis Bayani
Lori Bayman
Taylor Beamer
Nick Beaudoin
Dan Beckett
Ryan Beebe
Ruby Begay
Carly Behrendt
Henley Beisert
Mackenzie Bell
Lexi Bender
Anna Berkovitz
Ben Berman
Skylar Berman
Chonzie Bhota
Tommy Bittner
Max Blanco
Carlee Bleeker
Alyssa Boback
Jess Boehner
Kristopher Bojanski
Katya Bollong
Nick Bolourtchi
Chloe Boos
Samia Bouchagour
Georgia Boyer
Elijah Boykoff
Noah Bradder
Zoe Brady
Olivia Bransford
Jared Brendlinger
Hannah Brennan
Audrey Brice
Sadie Briggs
Claudia Brock
Abigail Brown
Sydney Browne
Renee Buchenroth
Juliana Buck
Lou Lou Buglione
Bella Bumann
Annilise Burgess
Grace Burns
Gabbie Burton
Ella Buss
Hailey Butcher
Gavin Butler
Cam Cahoon
Caleigh Calhoun
Victoria Calton
Lourdes Camarillo
Claudia Campbell
Kristin Campbell
Sarah Carleo
Victoria Carlsen
Dylan Carpenter
Caitlyn Carstens
Salome Castro
Lily Cataldi
Lilly Ceisler
Jamie Chihuan
Rachel Choi
Brekyn Clark
Caroline Clark
Tanner Clark
Bridget Cleary
Emme Clymer
Jacqueline Cohen
Sydney Coleman
Eric Connor
Scott Connor
Clay Cooley
Rebecca Cordingley
Megan Corley
Angelique Courtney
Rachel Courtney
Lucy Coutts
Ainsley Cox
Elise Crall
Curtis Croll
Riley Cronin
Brooke Curry
Zoe Curtis
Gianna D'addario
Katelyn D'appolonia
Nolan Dalton
Maya Dank
Cassidy Davis
Emma Davis
Katherine Davis
Dara Dawson
Madison DeSimone
Ashton Debacco
Lily Delgado
Annie Denny
Celia Denunzio
Kaity Detmers
Campbell Dokken
Connie Dolati
Grace Donnelly
Sydney Dossa
Noah Drewes
Charlotte Drinkwater
Tyler Duffy
Jadeyn Dugger
Avery Dunn
Collin Dunn
Christian Durand
Lily Edwards
Cory Egan
Logan Eggleston
Jack Elliot
Kaoutar Elouadi
Sophie Englezos
Lane Epstien
Alexa Erickson
Alea Escandon Capanna
Bailee Esposito
Morgan Evans
Nate Evans
Joseph Fanaro
Tabitha Farnham
Gavin Faulkner
Sophie Faust
Mya Featherston
Isobel Feiges
Jessica Fey
Izzy Fincher
Bailey Finkel Zenner
Trent Finnegan
Troy Finnegan
Julia Fish
Elena Fisher
Daisy Flakus
Maddie Flanagan
Lily Fletcher
Julia Foley
Drew Follansbee
Katie Ford
Ellie Foster
Jamison Fowler
Celia Frazier
Ashton Friedman
Kendall Fronabarger
Mai Fukushige
Bailee Gammel
Paige Garcia
Sydni Garcia
Charlotte Garrett
Ella Gayton
Audrey Geer
Martha Geering
Callie Gendolfe
Jillian Gerlitz
Emily Gesseck
Bailey Ghashghai
Ann Giang
Tegan Gie
Jenna Giffin
Lauren Gillespie
Gianna Girardi
Danny Girten
Charlie Glazier
Maddy Gleason
Amanda Godfrey
Samantha Goldin
Arlie Goldman
Gabrielle Gomez
Eden Goodiel
Lauren Gooding
Julia Goodman
Erika Gossett
Reshma Gowda
Sarah Grim
Eli Grimm
Olivia Gryson
Porter Guggenheim
Coral Haeger
Jon Hammer
Isabella Hammond
Lauren Hanifin
Nate Hankins
Cassidy Hannon
Jayla Harding
Tory Harris
Kyle Harrison
Sydnee Hart
Io Hartman
Madison Hays
Stevie Hemans
Will Henrickson
Michaela Herbst
Anna Herth
Henry Hess
Makenna Hillis
Jason Hoffman
Katie Hogan
Anna Holder
Cassidy Holst
Tatum Hood
Lindsay Horn
Mackenzie Hornik
Jason Horwath
Ilias Hosain
Max House
Hayden Houseman
Donavon Houston
Jordan Houten
Caleb Hoversten
Jackson Howard
Malaina Humphreys
Ridge Hutton
Faith Iliff
Jacob Ivener
Logan Jacobs
Maren Jacobson
Ellie Jeffries
Aaron Jensen
Andy Johnson
Hayley Johnson
Nick Johnson
Skye Johnson
Carter Johnson-Chen
Liv Johnstad
Eve Jones
Marissa Karver
Rhett Kaya
Carolyn Kelly
Sky Kelsey
John Kerklo
Kelsie Kerr
Amy Kibort
Michael Kicklighter
MacKenzie Kim
Megan King
Myra Kirk
Sean Koffman
Fumika Komatsu
Dj Koury
Claire Kraft
Isabel Kramer
Amelia Krause
Ruby Laemmel
Hannah Larner
Connor Leach
Lara Ledezma
Brian Lee
Emma Leek
Nicholas Leen
Molly Lento
Bella Leon
Ava Leonard
Juliet Levin
Maddy Levine
Jane Lewis
Nathan Leyrat
Kya Lini
Henry Little
Brevitt Livingston
Kimberly Locke
Katherine London
Skyler Longerbone
Beatrice Lowe
Mia Lucore
Janie Ludington
Aidan Luff
Sophia Lund
Haven Lyon
Julia Lyons
Julia Maclean
Diego Magno
Shukri Mahamud
Dakota Makinen
Emelia Mantz
Jack Marguleas
Emma Marken
Jillian Martellaro
Luk Marter
Kendall Martin
Mackenzie Martin
Quinn Martin
Mia Martinez
Grace Maruska
Jack Massey
Sofia Massignani
Riley Mata
Caitlin Mayer
Sophia Mazzei
Lara McCusker
Lily McGrain
Chris McLaughlin
Maddy McManus
Brooke Mcadam
Hannah Mcclain
Casey Mccollum
Aine Mcconville
Quinn Mcdonough
Maire Mchugh
MacKenzie Mcintyre
Kiel Mckenzie
Sophie Mckeown
Kolby Mcloughlin
Megan Mcmanus
Ashley Mead
Sophia Mechanic
Connor Meegan
Sydney Mehrholz
Lindsey Meister
Sam Meldner
Alisa Meraz-Fishbein
Olivia Meyers
Skye Mikesell
Creed Miller
Hannah Miller
Makenna Miller
Mayce Miller
Morgan Miller
Eli Millner
Cruz Miranda
Hallie Mitchell
Angel Mollel
Nick Monroy
Tessa Montgomery
Emily Moore
Carter Morris
Tyler Morrison
Camille Morscher
Emmie Mousseau
Lexi Moyers
Sydney Munman
Hope Munoz-Stanley
Michael Murdock
Lia Murphy
Travis Nardi
John Narvaiz
Rachel Nassar
Brady Nebens
Presley Nemecek
Hailey Newsum
Isabel Nicolai
Dahlia Nin
Roman Nissen
Fred Novell
Chad O'Connor
Rory O'Flynn
Meghan O'Grady
Sean O'Hara
Ella O'brien
Caitlin O'carroll
Ivonne Olivas
Annika Ort
Sofia Orta
William Oster
Lizzie Osterkamp
Gus Oswald
Alina Ouligian
Lacie Owen
Logan Paddock
Alyssa Palazzo
Carmen Palmblad
Sammy Pann
Jacob Pappert
Cam Paredes
Emily Parker
Rachel Parrott
Lauren Paschke
Will Peltier
Jaclyn Pereira
Bianca Perez
Sujei Perla Martinez
Taysia Petersen
Kristine Petilo
Amy Phillips
Ellie Phillips
Jake Pielet
Jessica Plotkin
Ryan Podber
Katharine Polep-Sawyer
Alexa Pollara
Oliver Pollock
Mayte Porragas Paseiro
Ellen Possehl
Evan Pratt
Nicole Pratt
Anna Prendergast
Grace Ptak
Ysabelle Punzal
Claire Purnell
Leonnie Quintana Haslam
Ali Rahn
Keenan Rask
Marissa Rauzi
Emmett Raymond
Danielle Rees
Charisma Rice
Brooke Richards
Tanner Richmond
Sadie Riddell
Michael Robinson
Paloma Robles-Lopez
Pedro Rodrigues
Avery Romig
Christina Ross
Dorian Rossiter
Isabella Rothman
Citlally Ruedas
Hayley Ruhl
Bella Rulon
Niles Russell
Luke Ryan
Alexa Sabatte
Jessica Sachs
Justin Sadoff
Ethan Saks
Anya Sanchez
Olivia Santangelo
Robby Scalet
Taylor Scaletta
Maddie Schaaf
Zoe Schacht
Max Schaeffler
Lauren Schaffler
Jill Schneggenburger
Ryland Scholes
Tyler Scholl
Cali Schwetz
Jesse Semel
Lily Sergi
Skyler Seybold
Nathan Shafer
Julia Sharkowicz
Shubham Sharma
Abbey Shaw
Jenna Shenbaum
Lindsay Shermeta
Sumedha Shrestha
Jade Siegel
Katie Sieker
Harrison Simeon
Bella Siskind
Sabrina Skaggs
Ryan Sklover
Talia Slatkin
Emily Sloboda
Aidan Smagala
Ryden Small
Easton Smith
Windrem Smith
Zoe Smith
Abbie Snyder
Joe Solari
Megan Solis
Sailor Sorensen
Carly Spallone
Sami Squire
Emma Stanfill
Siler Stein
Sydney Stein
Casey Stephens
Katie Stephens
Sam Stevens
Kylie Stewart
Samuel Stoffel
Ava Stoller
Mary Strasser
Sarah Sublett
Elizabeth Suffian
Daniel Sullivan
Olivia Sullivan
Eliana Sweet
Summer Syed
Leah Szabo
Julia Tafoya
Nic Tamayo
Miguel Tanner
Mandi Thoman
Grace Thomas
Colleen Thompson
Jake Thompson
Nathan Thompson
Grace Thorburn
Mikayla Thornburg
Sloan Tomczak
Hayley Tornquist
Delaney Torrisi
Elizabeth Townsend
Allison Traina
Sophie Traube
Camryn Treacy
Julia Trujillo
Taylor Tucker
Caroline Tuffy
Ella Turgeon
Hayley Turner
Zoe Turner
Will Underhill
Grace Urbanski
Alan Vaghedi
Max Vali
Addison Van Bramer
Karly Van Leer
Audrey Vanderpool
Ann Vanderveen
Winter Vanveldhuizen
Piper Vaughn
Oriel Voegele
Rylee Vogel
Zachary Volheim
Curtis Wagner
Evan Wang
Cameron Warchuck
Emma Ward
Brooke Washburn
Chloe Wasserstrom
McKenzie Wegner
Delaney West
Lindsey West
Nolan Westerfield
Emma White
Ella Whittall
Mark Whooley
Regan Widergren
Meggy Wiley
Peyton Wilkerson
Delaney Willing
Cade Wilson
Chase Winograd
Emmett Winton
James Wongsudin
Pearl Wood-Prince
Emma Woudenberg
Sidney Yarnall
Chloe Yearous
Bradyn Yonaha
Aidan Young-Sgoutas
Brooke Zacher
Laura Zhang
Jeffrey Zhao
Siping Zhen
Rachel Zing
Lauren Ziontz
Issy de Suduiraut

Congratulations to all honorees!

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Class of 2022: Shawn Mitchell

Anonymous — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 22:21:58 +0000

Class of 2022: Shawn Mitchell Anonymous (not verified) Fri, 04/22/2022 - 16:21

By Hannah Prince (Jour'22)
Photo by Kimberly Coffin (CritMed, StratComm’18)

Fourth-year student Shawn Mitchell of Crossville, Tennessee was drawn to create, but the route to discovering his passion was not what he expected.

After his first year as a college student, Mitchell took a gap year to emancipate himself and become an in-state student in Colorado. During that time, he was exposed to Colorado’s music industry, and the experience changed the course of his college experience. From lighting to visuals, he became intrigued with production work and switched his major from physics to media production in order to explore immersive multimedia.

Critical media practices really changed how I view media."

For his honors project, Mitchell created a virtual reality video game, using the medium to represent social anxiety cycles. Originally Mitchell thought the project would be distant, only taking a scholarly approach, but he discovered the beauty in combining personal experiences and academic work.

“A project is never fully done for the artist,” Mitchell said, adding that he plans to continue work on the video game and other similar projects in the future.

This month, Mitchell will graduate with a major in media production, specializing in immersive media, and a minor in creative technology and design. He’ll do so with the distinction of being the Department of Critical Media Practice’s William W. White Outstanding Senior, an award given to students in each department based on a combination of academic merit, professional achievement and service to the college.

We checked in with Mitchell to learn more about how he’s discovered his passions and what graduating college represents for him.

How has the major you studied shaped the way you look at the world?
I think critical media practices really changed how I view media. The major teaches us how to critically analyze and break down all of the technical and aesthetic components of a media artifact, which I think is a type of perspective that I will take with me and utilize no matter what type of media I’m enjoying.

Was there a project you worked on or a real-world experience that you gained as a student that you’re especially proud of or that taught you a lot?
I think the one project that really pushed me out of my comfort zone and utilized everything that I had learned over my time at CU would be my honors thesis project. The project involved developing a VR video game which allowed me to utilize a lot of what I learned in DCMP, but also pushed me to learn and develop my skills with the Unreal Engine far beyond what I had previously considered within my skill set. It really allowed me to prove to myself that I was capable of creating such a project on my own.

It’s clear that you took academics very seriously during your time at CMCI. Outside of classwork, what’s something you learned about yourself during college?
I learned that I have severe ADHD. The thought was always at the back of my mind, but it wasn’t until my junior year that I was officially diagnosed. Having that sort of official notice really allowed me to understand how I went about school and projects and gave me a better way to tackle them.

Based on what you know now, what is your best piece of advice for other students?
I would advise that students take some time off from school to really determine what they want to pursue. I took a gap year after my freshman year, and during that time, I realized that pursuing physics was more of a hobby and not something that I wanted to have a degree in. This is when I found DCMP within CMCI and found my true passion. Without that break, who knows how things would have turned out.

What does graduating from college represent for you?
Graduating college has always been this thing that I just always expected of myself to accomplish, but now that it’s actually happening, it feels good. It represents this internal ability and drive to overcome any sort of hurdle that college itself, and life, can throw at you.

Ten years from now, if you could create your perfect career, what would it look like?
I think my perfect career would be owning/founding my own game studio. I’ve always been interested in video games and being able to run a team that could bring my visions to life sounds like the ideal environment for me.

Connect with Shawn Mitchell on Instagram at ravvioli_.

Fourth-year student Shawn Mitchell was planning to study physics until a gap year changed the course of his collegiate experience. This month, Mitchell is ready to graduate and pursue his passion for immersive media with the distinction of being the Department of Critical Media Practice’s William W. White Outstanding Senior.

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Class of 2022: Honors and Distinction Graduates

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 16:14:30 +0000

Class of 2022: Honors and Distinction Graduates Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 04/19/2022 - 10:14

Graduating with Honors

Students graduating with honors have completed an honors project demonstrating independent learning and intellectual insight that makes a contribution to our understanding of media, communication or information. The work must demonstrate intellectual or creative ability as well as analytical skills worthy of the recommended honors designation.

Summa Cum Laude

Eric Bean
Elizabeth Chester
Elena Coe McNamara
Juliana Curtin
Francesca D'Agostino
Dawson Drew
Genevieve Duffy
Rachel Etzler
Anna Haynes
Haddie Hill
Shawn Mitchell
Hannah Prince
Baelee Winkle

Magna Cum Laude

Elizabeth Bill
Alexa Cimino
Nora Haynos
Lauren Irwin
Katherine Miller
Anna Newkirk
Sadie Smith

Cum Laude

Rachel Alder
Chenke Bai
Nicolette Edwards
Alec Levy-O'Brien
Jessica MacAulay

Graduating with Distinction

This designation recognizes students who earn a 3.75 GPA or higher over at least 60 hours of coursework.

Olivia Adams
Alexandra Andresen
Keleigh Andrus
Marina Barrera
Eric Bean
Isabella Borenstein
Alexander Borinstein
John Boughey
Sophia Bragaglia
Joshua Brechtel
Alexandra Burger
Hailey Caress
Claire Cecere
Samantha Centeno
Hannah Chandler
Grace Channell
Madeline Chase
Elizabeth Chester
Maleeha Chowdhury
Alexa Cimino
Elena Coe McNamara
Jessica Curley
Juliana Curtin
Francesca D'Agostino
Cade Dannels
Ashley Drake
Dawson Drew
Genevieve Duffy
Aleah Edwards
Mackenzie Eldred
Britney Eschelman
Rachel Etzler
Allison Fether
Zoe Fleming
Steven Fox
Gabriella Fox
Emily Fredericks
Max Gannett
Zoe Geraghty
Megan Goldin
Yilin Gong
Reese Greiner
Emmett Grundberg
Celeste Haberman
Julia Hancock
Grace Hanson
Sophia Harpool
Anna Haynes
Nora Haynos
Haddie Hill
Molly Hitchens
Jessica Horwitz
Chase Hull
Clara Johnston
Mia Karlsrud
Joenn Kim
Nicholas Lawrence
Katie Faith Leonard
Sara Levinson
Erin Lindblom
Cole Lombardi
Harper Maguire
Alexander Marum
Savannah Mather
Taya McClure
Maggie McGoldrick
Tatum Meisenheimer
Katherine Miller
Margaret Miller
Samuel Mitchell
Grace Naber
Joseph Neas
Emily Nelson
Madison Nowicki
Claire O'Brien
Casey Paul
Hannah Prince
Emma Rabius
Tanner Richard
Annabella Ruschenberg
Emma Sappey
Kaitland Schaper
Abby Schirmacher
Ashley Schoenbauer
Eric Seitz
Austin Shobe
Isabella Silber
Jordan Smith
Riley Smith
Lynsey Stiefvater
Casadee Subart
Maia Thompson
Benjamin Titelbaum
Tess Tobias
Kendall Waddle
Madeline Wallace
Kaitlyn Waynick
Katherine Weber
Glenn Weichert
Fiona West
Alyssa Wilson
Kendall Winer
Baelee Winkle
Madison Wool

Congratulations!

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CMCI Now: Sharing the Love

Anonymous — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 21:39:57 +0000

CMCI Now: Sharing the Love Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 12/21/2021 - 14:39

Meet Denver's Most Remarkable Woman, CMCI student Angel Mollel. After moving from a male-dominated village in Tanzania to the U.S. in 2012, Mollel launched the foundation 1 Love to improve the livelihood of Maasai people and empower women and girls to pursue their dreams. Now a sophomore studying media production, she uses visual storytelling to share her mission and culture.

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CMCI Now: In the Loop

Anonymous — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 01:54:34 +0000

CMCI Now: In the Loop Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 08/30/2021 - 19:54

For her honor's thesis, media production major Taylor Passios turned her apartment into an immersive exhibit to illuminate the role of online information overload in COVID-related hypochondria.

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