Fall 2023
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Kent Denver and Breakthrough alumni reflect on their time as students, as well as their current roles that brought them back to campus.
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David Braemer reflects on why the Kent Denver experience is so extraordinary and looks ahead to how we can make it even better.
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Kent Denver's Wellness Institute has been renamed to honor Priscilla Scobie, a leader who has transformed the school's approach to wellness.
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With a nearly 1,000 pound, five-foot tall, powerful animal running full speed in her direction, Sloan Hurley is having a college experience like no other.
Volume 2, Issue 2: Returning To KDS: Alumni Employees Reflect on their Experience. Celebrating Ms. Scobie. A Sun Devil Runs with Ralphie. Campus News, Class Notes and and More!
Features
Kent Denver and Breakthrough alumni reflect on their time as students, as well as their current roles that brought them back to campus.
David Braemer reflects on why the Kent Denver experience is so extraordinary and looks ahead to how we can make it even better.
Kent Denver's Wellness Institute has been renamed to honor Priscilla Scobie, a leader who has transformed the school's approach to wellness.
With a nearly 1,000 pound, five-foot tall, powerful animal running full speed in her direction, Sloan Hurley is having a college experience like no other.
Alumni News
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Tori Harwell '20 has been named one of 32 U.S. Rhodes Scholars in 2024. She is the second Sun Devil to earn this incredible distinction!
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In September, four alumni with careers in the arts shared their professional journeys with Middle and Upper School students during special assemblies in Anschutz Family Theatre.
![Alumni Class Note]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1612297247/kentdenver/dzldacehiptsoxo4x7gx/ClassNotes_MainGraphic.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1612297247/kentdenver/dzldacehiptsoxo4x7gx/ClassNotes_MainGraphic.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1612297247/kentdenver/dzldacehiptsoxo4x7gx/ClassNotes_MainGraphic.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1612297247/kentdenver/dzldacehiptsoxo4x7gx/ClassNotes_MainGraphic.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1612297247/kentdenver/dzldacehiptsoxo4x7gx/ClassNotes_MainGraphic.png","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1612297247/kentdenver/dzldacehiptsoxo4x7gx/ClassNotes_MainGraphic.png","width":2200}])
Catch up with your classmates, and submit your own good news!
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Rashida Williams ‘17 currently runs her own creative agency and works as a professional artist out of her studio in Aurora.
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Bill Tepley ’78 and Jon Starr ’78 first became friends on the KDS basketball court. They soon discovered a shared interest in music and have been playing in bands together for decades.
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Willa Sobel '18 created MASH Mag and then worked with two other Kent Denver alumni to create offshoots of the groundbreaking magazine.
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From her time on Kent Denver's campus to her current role with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Cambrie Nelson '05 has been a difference-maker.
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