May 3, 2021
In honor of Karen Riley upon her departure as dean of the University of Denver’s Morgridge College of Education, Donne and Sue Fisher have given $2.5 million to DU to establish a scholarship fund. The Karen Riley Endowed Scholarship will support master’s students at Morgridge who are committed to teaching young children, and it carries on the Fishers’ longstanding commitment to early childhood education.
“We hope this scholarship can help teachers financially, particularly those who have the deepest need, as they train to teach the youngest children in our society,” says Donne Fisher. “Those teachers will go on to make a great difference. We are all better off when more children can receive a quality education.”
Imran Khan (BSBA 00) Investing in scholarships is investing in the future, says Imran Khan (BSBA 00), of his recent $1.25 million gift to the University of Denver to support student scholarships.
Khan, a DU alumnus and CEO of Verishop, made the transformational gift because of the lasting impact that scholarships have on students who will be known as Khan Family Scholars and on the University of Denver itself. “Scholarships meet students’ current financial need, giving them opportunities to receive a first-class education and jump-start their careers,” Khan says. “They also enrich the college experience for all DU students, allowing the University to recruit the best and brightest from a talented and diverse pool of students.” Khan added that the need for such opportunities is particularly strong now with the COVID-19 pandemic and the socioeconomic challenges it has brought.
Vicki and Tryg Myhren
For more than 30 years, students and programs across the University of Denver have felt the impact of Trygve (Tryg) and Vicki Myhren’s leadership and philanthropy. From women’s and men’s athletic teams, to the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, to the Vicki Myhren Gallery at the School of Art & Art History and more, their giving has touched virtually every area of campus. The Myhrens’ most recent gift carries forward that legacy, investing $1 million in mission-centered priorities spanning the campus and benefiting students well into the future.
”The University of Denver is deeply grateful to Tryg and Vicki Myhren,” said Chancellor Jeremy Haefner. “With the leadership, generosity and support like the Myhrens’, DU’s students are better able to pursue lives of purpose and meaningful careers; they are better able to become the leaders the world needs.”