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    We envision graduates who think critically and creatively, lead with high ethical and professional standards,

    mbody the character and compassion of Jesus Christ, and who thereby are prepared to impact the world.

    Kevin Miller, Executive in Residence at Colorado Christian University,presents on Overregulation in America: Roots and Remedy at theValues-Aligned Leadership Summit. For more, see page 10.

    Summer 2012

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    Dear Friends,

    Colorado Christian University experienced a momentous year in 2011-12, seeingsuccesses that ranged rom the basketball court to the debate podium, rom ambitiousplans or campus redevelopment, to another graduating class equipped to impact thisworld or Christ.

    As each one does, this year we aced trials which brought us closer to Gods graceand reminded us to rely on Jesus. Personally, I underwent surgery or bladder cancer in

    February and ollowed that up with chemotherapy in May. The cancer, however, has notdiminished my enthusiasm or this outstanding university. With an excellent prognosis, Ieagerly await moving rom this season into one where I can, once again, be a greaterpart o the lie-change that is happening at CCU.

    In addition to the lie-change occurring here, the CCU Board o Trustees is moving orward with changes to thephysical campus. Since this past all, we have met with zoning oicials to discuss rebuilding the present CCUcampus; architects have sketched new plans and buildings; weve seen the potential o upgrading classroomswhile oering more attractive public spaces or ormal and inormal gatherings.

    We are ortunate that these changes mean new opportunities or students as their accomplishments reachever-higher. Over the past ew months alone we have seen the schools irst national athletic championship, aninaugural season or the debate team, rising scholarships and academic standards, and excellence in every

    area o the university. And, a ew weeks ago we were able to celebrate with hundreds o students and amiliesat commencement.

    The word commencement, o course, is about a beginning: students are ready to embark on a new phase intheir lives. There is something o a continual beginning at a university, as we regularly embrace new students, saygoodbye to others, and seek higher standards o excellencealways led by the grace and power o Jesus. It isan exciting time because o who Jesus is and the new things He is always doing at this great institution.

    Sincerely,

    William L. ArmstrongPresident

    JUNEJune 12All Colorado Alumni Career Fair2:00 - 5:00 p.m.Denver Marriott DTCFree or CCU Students and Alumni

    June 26 or 28Disinherit the IRS Seminar

    6:00 - 8:00 p.m.Arvada Center303.963.3033 to RSVP

    June 29 - July 1Western Conservative Summitwww.westernconservativesummit.comHyatt Regency Denver

    AUGUSTAugust 1All Colorado AlumniNetworking EventEveningMile High Stadium

    August 4Faith, Freedom,

    and Public SchoolsTeachers: 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.Parents: 2:30 p.m.CCU School o Music

    August 30, 31 andSeptember 1Summer Play7:30 p.m.CCU School o Music

    SEPTEMBERSeptember 5CCU2theWorld Reunion7:00 - 9:00 p.m.Student Union

    September 24Presidents Circle Dinner6:00 - 9:00 p.m.

    Event Center, By Invitation Only

    OCTOBEROctober 5Jeerson County Prayer Breakast7:00 - 8:35 a.m.www.jeersoncountyprayerbreakastMarriott Denver West

    October 13Athletics Hall o Fame BanquetTIME TBDEvent Center

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    To add your name to the mail list and to receive otherannouncements about CCU alumni events or to update yourcontact information please go to www.ccu.edu/Alumni

    Colorado Christian Connection is a regular publication

    produced by Colorado Christian University to connect CCUalumni and friends to each other and to CCU. As we build each

    issue, we strive for complete accuracy, however, we occasionallymiss the mark. Please inform us of our errors, and we will addressthem in the following issue.THIS PUBLICATION IS SPONSORED BYTHE OFFICE OF DEVELOPMENT AND ALUMNI RELATIONS:Paul J. Eldridge, J.D. Vice President, Ofce of Developmentand Alumni Relations

    Christi Kirchner Director of Alumni RelationsDavid Nye Director of DevelopmentDan Westermann Director of DevelopmentKathleen LeCroneAdministrative Assistant

    THIS PUBLICATION IS PRODUCED BYUNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS:Lisa Zeller Director of University CommunicationsGabe Knipp CopywriterDanielle Hull Graphic Designer

    Bethany Applegate Graphic Designer

    SPRING/SUMMER Volume 4, Number 3

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    8 YEAR IN REVIEW

    4A RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL BOATS

    6 OVERFLOWING LOVECCU team ministers in Costa Ricaandreceives more than they expected

    VALS 2012Tackling Issues with Initiative10ALUMNI NEWS12A TENURED HEART

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    Colorado Christian University has seen twoaculty members earn their Ph.D.s this spring,Dr. Tamara Hannaway and Dr. Ryan Murphy.

    Their accomplishments conorm to the risingacademic standards at CCU and ensure greaternumbers o students will be taught by proessors withterminal degrees.

    Dr. Hannaway, associate proessor o economics

    and public aairs, earned her Ph.D. rom University

    o Colorados School o Public Aairsranked inthe top 12% nationally by U.S. News and WorldReport.

    The journey, or Hannaway, started at the BerlinWall in 1989. While standing in the rubble owhat recently was the Berlin Wall, she says, Ilooked east, then west, then east. The imageo dichotomy, contrast, and dissimilarity

    overwhelmed my senses. I knew a ew acts

    a rising tide

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    about the Cold War, but the textbooks said nothing owhat my eyes could see. Her experience started a questto discover, in her words, the estering plague prohibitingcitizens rom living a lie ullled.

    Her dissertation ocuses on corruption within education,

    and examines how education is a critical means tosustainable economic development. While she studieddata within the ormer Soviet Union, her Ph.D. in publicaairs will have broad implications in the areas oeconomics and education in the west.

    Dr. Murphy earned his doctorate o philosophy insystematic theology rom Kings College, London. One

    Gabe Knipp

    o the top 30 universities in the world, Kings Collegewas the Sunday TimesUniversity o the Year or 201011. As assistant proessor o Christian thought andsocial ethics, Murphy comes to CCU ater previousstops at Westmont and Azusa Pacic. He has alsopreviously served as a Calihan Fellow or the ActonInstitute o Study o Religion and Liberty.

    While perorming relie and development work duringhis teens and twenties, he became interested in theway theological ideas shape a cultures politicaeconomic, and social belies. His dissertation wasa study in how a Christian worldview aects theunderstanding and limitations o politics. I aminterested in seeing the Christian worldview betteunderstood, he states, and its rich conceptuaresources better applied in contemporary politicaand economic discourse.

    The institution o CCU, and its students, celebratesthe accomplishments o these two individuals. Withproessors prepared to the highest levels their areaso study will allow, students will go out into the world

    better prepared and equipped, lited by the everrising academic standards o the university.

    Dr. Janet Black, associate proessor o English at CCU, has been awarded a prestigious Fulbright

    Grant, which will enable her to teach American Literature at Makerere University in KampalaUganda. Established in 1945, the Fulbright U.S. Scholar program sends approximately 1,200scholars and proessionals each year to lecture and conduct research in over 125 countries

    With expertise in American Literature, Dr. Black has long known her gits could be used overseasRecent participation in a CCU2theWorld trip to China, however, triggered her applicationLecturing at a university there, she recounts, I saw rst-hand how little these English majors inChina knew o American Literature.

    Her teaching will expose students in Uganda to early American autobiography, tracing values that still ndexpression in culture today. She will also cover contemporary American ethnic writers, especially exploringrepresentations o amily. The various courses will provide students with a much better grasp o American valuesbeyond popular culture and media, and coincide with her study o Arican literatures and concepts o trans-national literature. Dr. Black joins our other aculty who have previously received the award, Drs. Stan Dyck, Windy

    Petrie, William Watson, and Barbara White.

    ANOTHER FULBRIGHT SCHOLAR FOR COLORADO CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY

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    The children ran up to Chuck

    and Vicki and wrappedthemselves around their legs.Laughter crackled in the humid airand reverberated o the corrugatedmetal roos nearby. Most o thechildren did not speak English, butlanguage was not a barrier; a touchand a smile go deeper than words.

    Vicki Cole-Petch was in Costa Ricawith her husband, Chuck, as part o a capstone tripor the College o Adult and Graduate Studies BSNprogram. Four studentsjoined by two bilingual

    husbandshelped at Roblealto Childcare Association,which provides impoverished and orphaned childrenChristian day care and education. With three schoolsin the San Jose area, Roblealto cares or around 650children, oering physical and emotional stability whileencouraging them to learn and grow in Christ.

    The studentsJosephine Vigil, Laurie Brockelman,Melody Donnel, and Vickihailed rom various partso the country, and they were led by program directorDr. Barbara White alongside her husband, John. AsDr. White mentored and spent time with each nurseindividually, she and John earned the moniker, Mom

    and Dad, illustrating their commitment and closenessto the nursing students.

    The team spent a week helping at the three Roblealtocampuses, giving physical examinations to childrenand ministering to their physical needs. Chuck Petchand Michael Vigil accompanied their wives andworked as translators in the clinics. Ater a quickorientation everyone operated at ull speed, lling theirdays administering medical attention to children whohad vastly dierent lives. The team helped the Roblealtosta complete much more than they normally would

    in a week, and also was able to share meals with the

    children, loving them in whatever way was possibleThe children loved it, oering hugs and laughter inreturn.

    Ministering to the children was the greatest delighto the trip, remarked Chuck. Though they are poor inearthly goods, their overfowing love is a richness thatthey willingly shared every time they saw us. All o us elin love with these very special little ones.

    As so oten happens on short-term mission trips, thosewho gave changed as much as those who receivedLie changing is the only word that even comes close

    to capturing the experience, Chuck said. Indeedthe relationship between the Americans and CostaRicansor Ticos, as they are aectionately knowncontinues. Some o the visitors now sponsor the samechildren they cared or, sending regular packagesand supporting the school and sta nancially.

    Such a connection showcases a unique aspect oeducation at CCU, especially in adult educationStudents aim at not only improving their lives, butimpacting the world. For these nursing students lasNovember, the opportunity to serve abroad meantlasting relationships and real lie change. It meant

    experiencing the unbounded joy o a child, and thenbringing some o that joy back home.

    Dr. Barbara White

    CCU nursing students minister in Costa Ricaand receive more than they expected

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    OVERflowing

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    Hugh Hewett

    William J. Bennett Star Parker

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    June 29 - July 1Hyatt Regency Denver Host a Table $2,500

    Individuals $250 Under Age 30 $50

    Calling All Citizens

    Third Annual Rally in the Rockies

    Centennial

    Institute

    Colorado Christian University

    When an anonymous donor stepped orward this all topledge up to $250,000 in matching unds to establishnew endowed scholarships or to increase the value o

    existing endowed scholarships, Colorado Christian UniversitysVice President o Development and Alumni Relations, PauEldridge, envisioned the impact this kind o unding wouldhave on CCUand on the students whose lives would betouched through increased scholarships. We created the$500,000 Endowed Scholarship Challenge to encourageriends and alumni to support the endowed scholarship

    program, said Eldridge.

    Endowed scholarships enhance CCUs short term and long-term ability to provide high-quality Christian education todeserving students, and many endowed scholarship donorschoose to honor a loved-one or special aculty member byestablishing criteria to designate the scholarship to studentsstudying in a certain major. Endowed scholarships are a win-win-win, Eldridge noted. The donors win by establishing apermanent legacy or their amilies or areas o interest; CCUwins through the added nancial security these types o undsprovide; and students win through the availability o greate

    scholarship resources to help meet their nancial needs.

    Much to the delight o CCU leadership, by the close ocalendar year 2011, 100% o the pledges and gits neededto complete the $500,000 Endowed Scholarship Challengehad been securedsix months ahead o the initial goalPraise God!

    The initial impact o the new endowed scholarships will be eltby students this August as an additional $25,000 is availableor merit and need based scholarships. However, its truly thewonder o compounding interest and time that sets endowedscholarship apart. In 25 years, CCU will have awarded over a

    million dollars just rom the scholarships that were created oadded to through this unique matching opportunity.

    Christi Kirchner

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    JULY OCTOBER

    The 2011 Weekend o Welcome (WOW) provided ourdays o orientation and enjoyment or new students.One o the largest classes in history joined the CCUcommunity by orging new relationships, preparingor classes, and worshipping together.

    The 2nd Annual Western Conservative Summitkicked o a year o national relevance by bringing inheadliners like Rick Santorum and Rick Perry in July,

    stirring attendees with a ocus on Fullling AmericasPromise.

    AUGUST

    DECEMBER

    CCUs Master o Arts in Counseling received ulCACREP accreditation as an outstanding program.

    Traditional undergraduate students engaged inthe Compassion or the Poor symposium, a ocusCCU maintained throughout the year. Expert policyspeakers and ministers serving on the ront linesdiscussed how to best help the less ortunate.

    CCU held its frst ormal public meeting withneighbors and the city to discuss the Universitysplans to redevelop the campus.

    CCU ended the calendar year with the success othe $500,000 Endowed Scholarship Challenge, withover hal a million git pledges givensix monthsahead o schedule.

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    The School oMusic presented

    My Fair Lady at theLakewood CulturalCenter.

    The womens basketball team made their run to thenational championship. As the eighth and lowestseed, the women deeated Cedarville to win theNational Christian College Athletic Associationchampionship, the frst national championship inthe history o the school.

    Cal Thomas headlined a CentenniaInstitute event or students aimedat increasing their knowledge o themedia, especially during the 2012elections.

    CCU was named one o Americas TopConservative Colleges by the YoungAmericas Foundation.

    JANUARY

    MARCH

    MARCH

    APRIL

    MAY

    On May 12, graduates were recognized at CCUscommencement ceremony. This years event eaturedR. James Nicholson, ormer ambassador to the Vaticanas speaker.

    Alumni Nighton January 20brought over200 graduatesand guestsonto campus.

    Two long-time aculty retired at the end o this yearThank you Dr. Barbara Wilkin and Steve Cyphers oyour years o service.

    The inaugural year o womens sotball at CCU wassurely, a hit. Ater reaching the championship game o

    the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conerence tournamentthe team earned an invitation to compete in the NCAADivision II national tournament, where they scored anNCAA regional victory beore bowing out.

    The school year ended with the rising success oEmployment Management Services, an initiative thahelps place undergraduates into paid internships, andeventually, ull-time jobs.

    The rst-year debate team, ormed by Dr. Chris Lelandperormed admirably and scored successes or bothindividuals and the team. With only two seniors thisyear, the uture is bright.

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    The opportunities aorded by CCU are endless,commented Bla Franklin, senior political sciencemajor. While the conerence has been excellent, italso shows CCU is a major player. We are a schooo 900 undergraduate students, and there are 700people at this event alone.

    Part o the draw included Stossels keynote speechbased on his latest bookwhich ocused onindividual initiative as a means to overcome societysills, rather than relying on regulations that oten carryunanticipated consequences.

    The event also helped showcase CCU students asinternship participants or local businesses. Through aseries o videos, business owners spoke o their positiveexperiences hiring students rom CCU. Additionallywith time or discussion, a pre-lunch networkingbreak, and open admission that encouragedstudents to sit with local businesspersons, the eventconnected students with the broader communitywhile examining policies and their concrete, everyday

    ramications.

    These ramications were explored by CCUs ownDr. Gary Ewen, Thomas Scheel, and Kevin Miller. AsMiller reminded the audience that ree societiesocus on the spirit, rather than the letter o the lawhe also reerenced the shared Christian aith o mostin the room. Bob Schaer touched upon the sameaith as he closed the conerence, The uture oAmericas businesses is a unction o the languageand character o the people, he concluded. FoChristians it is our duty to be active in the publicsquare. Gabe Knipp

    Barney Visser, owner of Furniture Row and Furniture Row Racingwas recognized as the 2012 Values-Aligned Executive for his highstandards of business ethics and personal integrity.

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    Dear Alumni,

    I recently had the opportunity to attend my rst CUS Senior Banquetwhat an inspirational

    night! As I listened to the stories o our seniors refecting back on their time at CCU, I couldnt

    help but be proud o the work and impact o this incredible university. Our God is ALIVE, and

    you sense His presence in each o the stories o special aculty mentors, D-Groups and chapels,

    CCU2theWorld mission trips, nancial provision through scholarships, and the satisaction that

    comes when students give a project or exam their all.

    Class o 2012 graduate, Dylan Morrow, made us all laugh with his classic, well-known memories o men sitting

    outside the stairwells with their guitars, singing to the girls next dooror any girl that walked by or that matter.

    And even [their] nal year together when

    everyone got engaged in the same month, had a wedding showerin the same month, and now is getting married in the same month!

    These stories take me back to my own college experience, and I hope they also spark ond memories o your time

    at CCU. Certainly, our lives take us in dierent directions, but our prayer is the same or all o CCUs graduates

    that they will lead lives that positively impact the world or Christ.

    As I reminded our graduates at Commencement, as alumni o CCU, you have the opportunity and responsibility

    to apply what you have learned in your work, amily, and churches. Remember that you [are] a representative or

    God, or Colorado Christian University, your classmates, and those who have encouraged and challenged you

    along the way. I hope that the CCU Alumni Relations team continues to be one o your encouragers.

    Remember, you are always an integral member o the CCU amily!

    Christi KirchnerDirector o Alumni Relations

    303.963.3337www.ccu.edu/alumni

    This section o the Colorado Christian Connection is designed

    to encourage alumni to stay connected. I youve had a recent

    change in your lie (i.e., engagement, wedding, birth, new job,

    promotion, or something else exciting), wed like to hear about it.

    Submit your news and photos to www.ccu.edu/alumni/share.aspSmart phone users:

    download a QRReader App for free atwww.ccu.edu/QR thentake a picture of the QRcode to view this web

    page on your phone.

    1945

    Denver Bible InstituteBecomes Denver BibleCollege

    1948

    Western Bible InstituteEstablished

    1949

    Denver Bible CollegBecomes RockmonCollege

    1914

    Denver BibleInstitute Established

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    Alumni NewsJim (82) and Sharon (Hamilton) Fleming (82) Jim and Sharon

    graduated rom Western Bible Institute and Rockmont Collegerespectively, and were married the same year the two schools mergedThey have been working in the mission eld since, and Jim currentlyserves as the International Coordinator or ECS Ministries. Sharonsbook, Around the Table, is being republished by ECS Ministries. Thecouple welcomed their rst grandchild into the world in May 2011Congratulations!

    Dr. Jennier (Warfeld) Haines (83) Jenny recently completed herPh. D. in Counseling and Family Therapy rom Saint Louis University. Shenow resides in Matthews, NC with her amily and works as a Licensed

    Proessional Counselor. Congratulation Dr. Haines!Tony Parker (85) It has been an amazing year or Tony and wieNancy, as all three or their children graduated rom college. Also, Tonyhas been called to teach AP European history at Valor Christian HighSchool. Congratulations to the Parker amily!

    Ken Curry (87 & 94) Ken is a double graduate o CCU (BA & MA)He recently earned his license in Marriage and Family Therapy inColorado. Great job Kenneth!

    Rebecca (Miller) Karnsurd (96) Ater ve years o ministry in SpainRebecca and her husband, Pontus, moved to Glendale, AZ wherePontus serves as the lead pastor o Desert Sun Church.

    Matt (97) and Amy (98) Hartman Matt, Amy, and their our kids

    Hannah, Caden, Asher, and Hayes, have been serving with JosiahVenture in the Czech Republic since the Summer o 2010. Please joinus in praying or their ministry.

    Jose (00) and Marlena (Lozano) Diedrich (97) Jose andMarlena live in Highlands Ranch, CO with their children, Elle Jo andCal. Together, they ounded a national non-prot organization, Actso Grace Foundation, which provides services to pregnant women onhospital bed rest.

    Ryan Masterson (00) Ryan and Fabiana were delighted at thearrival o their rst child, a son, in June 2011.

    Brendan Kolber (04) Congratulations to Brandon and wie, Andreaon the birth o their daughter. Brendan also launched a great newbusinesscheck it out at Weatherist.com

    Jessie Davis (05) Jessie recently became the College and YoungAdults Pastor at Red Rocks Church in Golden, CO.

    Emerald Dahozy (08) Emerald serves as the Public InormationOcer or the Navajo Nation President. As she describes it, Godsguidance has helped her discover a desire to proactively work or thebetterment o her people.

    Rev. Michael Johnson (11) We congratulate Michael on hisacceptance into the Masters o Divinity with a Chaplaincy emphasisat Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.

    Shaylee Pyle (12) Shaylee has been selected as one o thecompetitors or the Miss Colorado Pageant in October. Best wishes!

    1975

    Western Bible InstituteBecomes Western Bible College

    1983

    Colorado BaptistUniversity Established

    1985

    Western Bible College andRockmont College merge to formColorado Christian College

    1989 - Present

    Colorado Christian College andColorado Baptist University merge form Colorado Christian University

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    Fleming

    Karnsurd

    Diedrich

    Masterson

    Johnson

    Pyle

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    by Dan Westermann 04

    Lew and Lois

    have had

    a heart or

    education or over

    sixty years. In 1950,

    just ve days ater

    they exchanged

    wedding vows,

    the happy couple

    trekked out west to

    attend Rockmont

    Collegeand thereby beginning an enduring

    connection with the college that remains unchangedtoday. Ater concluding his studies at Rockmont, and

    ater completing the necessary certication process

    to become a licensed teacher, Lew started teaching

    in 1963. Five years later, Lew was asked to become a

    Principal, which led him to ultimately pursue a Masters

    degree in School Administration rom the University o

    Colorado. During Lews tenure as a principal, he was

    recognized as the nal Principal/Teacher (a principal

    that maintains teaching responsibilities) in the district;

    this was an educational milestone covered by local

    news aliates. Twenty-three years later, in 1986, Lewretired as a school principal.

    During his career as a school administrator, Lew

    continued to give back to his alma mater, Rockmont,

    by serving on the Board o Trustees or a decade.

    When asked to recount the greatest successes o

    their time on the board, Lew and Lois immediately

    recalled the purchase and resale o the property

    adjacent to the University. Proceeds rom the sale

    helped Rockmont through nancially challenging

    times. Additionally, Lew and Lois helped encourage

    the College to pursue its rst accreditation through

    the Higher Learning Commission o the North Centra

    Association o Colleges and Schoolsthe same

    entity that recently granted CCU another 10-yea

    accreditation.

    Another way Lew and Lois have chosen to give to

    Colorado Christian University is through a Charitable

    Git Annuity. CCUs unique git annuity program

    enables Lew and Lois to gain lietime income andprovide an immediategit to CCU. When asked why

    they support CCU, they asserted, We need young

    Christian people to carry the baton when were

    gone. They also underscored the act that they give

    to CCU because they eel that is what the Lord would

    have them do. Lew and Lois strive daily to live out

    the dicult practicality o Proverbs 3:5-6living a lie

    completely surrendered to the Lords calling.

    Today, Lews health can be challenging at times, but

    it has not stopped him rom continuing his ministryto teach others about Jesus Christ, oten with the

    regulars at his neighborhood McDonalds.

    I you would like to learn how a Charitable Git Annuity

    can provide lietime income to you AND provide

    an immediate git to CCU, please contact CCUs

    Oce o Development at 303.963.3330 or e-mai

    [email protected]

    Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not trust in your own understanding. Agree with Him in ayour ways, and He will make your paths straight. - Proverbs 3:5-6

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    Establishing a will is an important act o stewardship oamilies in all lie stages. Without a will, the state may make

    signicant decisions or you about guardianship o minochildren and asset distribution.

    Colorado Christian University has great resourcesto help you complete your will.

    www.ccu.edu/legacygiving303.963.3330

    [email protected]

    SECURE YOUR FAMILYS

    FUTURE WITH A WILL

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    With a charitable git annuity you can ensure your needs will be provided or while also giving asignicant git to support the mission o Colorado Christian University.

    AN INCOME FOR YOU - AN INVESTMENT IN STUDENTS.FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: 303.963.3330 OR [email protected]

    u Through a Charitable GitAnnuity contract, you give

    securities, cash, or other assetsto Colorado Christian University.

    vYou receive a guaranteed xedincome or lie. CCU receives animmediate git, and you get a

    charitable deduction.

    wWe protect your lie income byinsuring your Charitable Git Annuity

    with a highly rated lie insurancecompanya unique benet CCUprovides that other organizations

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    Colorado Christian University8787 W. Alameda Ave.Lakewood, CO 80226

    SAM KIMBRIELPresident and CEO o FulCircle, Inc.Colorado Christian University TrusteeDegree: B.A. in Marketing and FinanceClass Year: 1983

    Sam Kimbriel has extensive experiencein the customer service and ulllmentindustry, where he holds to his rock-solidbelie o treating every client with honestyand respect. That helped him grow LKMedia Group into one o the largestprinting and marketing rms in the Rocky

    Mountain region beore selling it in 1999; it encouraged him totake his love o historic homes and translate it into Easy StreetProperties, a real estate brokerage and development companyand it equips him today as President and CEO o FulCircle, Inc.a marketing logistics company.

    Sams success serves something deeper. A ourth-generationColoradan, Sam gains extraordinary satisaction by bolsteringthe local economy through business ownership. And hesleveraged his business acumen into the non-prot realmserving on the boards o Colorado Christian University, YoungAmericans Education Foundation, Colorado Sports OutreachDenver Street School, Christ Body Ministries,the Astor House Museum, and The SanctuaryDowntown. He strongly encourages all hisemployees to make a dierence in theirColorado communities.

    Scan this QR code with your smart phone togo to: ccu.edu/successstories

    Sam Kimbriels commitment to upholding the highestbusiness ethics is the reason he was selected as the2012 Values-Aligned Alumnus.