CU South Denver celebrates annexation into Lone Tree

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The partnership between CU South Denver and the City of Lone Tree is set to flourish now that the fast-growing city has annexed the innovative and flexible educational facility.
A reception to celebrate the annexation was held at CU South Denver in June. Attendees included Luella Chavez D’Angelo, CU’s Vice Chancellor for Enterprise Development; CU Denver Chancellor Dorothy Horrell; CU Regent Sue Sharkey; Lone Tree Mayor Jackie Millet; Lone Tree Mayor Pro Tem Susan Squyer; and Lone Tree City Councilmembers Jay Carpenter and Wynne Shaw. Members of the CU South Denver Advisory Board, a group made up of regional employers, also joined the festivities.
Officials at the June ceremony at CU South Denver included, from left, Lone Tree Council members Jay Carpenter and Wynne Shaw; Luella Chavez D’Angelo, CU’s Vice Chancellor for Enterprise Development; CU Denver Chancellor Dorothy Horrell; Lone Tree Mayor Jackie Millet; CU Regent Sue Sharkey; and Lone Tree Mayor Pro Tem Susan Squyer.CU South Denver delivers world-class undergraduate, graduate and professional programs taught by faculty from all four CU campuses. The facility also offers K-12 education programs and special and seasonal events for children, adults and families.
‘Beyond the borders’
Lone Tree Mayor Jackie Millet smiles as she receives a Milo the Lynx gift at the reception celebrating Lone Tree’s annexation of CU South Denver.“I never dreamed when I moved to Lone Tree we would have the opportunity to have this close connection to a college facility right here in our backyard,” Mayor Millet said. “This facility serves far beyond the borders of Douglas and Arapahoe counties – it really serves the state of Colorado.”
Millet noted that CU South Denver sits at the edge of the RidgeGate, a master-planned development in Lone Tree that will combine homes, retail, office, light rail and parks in a mixed-use 21st-century urban community. Lone ...

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