Alumni Stories
As an alumni volunteer, Ef is more involved than ever. With Forever Buffs Latinx, he helps Hispanic/Latino students achieve their educational goals and foster a strong cultural community on campus. He dresses up for Homecoming and attends the staple campus events he missed as a student. He is essentially recapturing CU in a new light.Â
As a parent, grandparent, aunt or uncle, mentor, coach, family friend or simply a proud Forever Buff, you can introduce the next generation to a place and community that means something special to you. Here are 10 ways to get started.
As a storyteller in the College of Communication, Media, Design and Information (CMDI), Forever Buff Alexa Tovar helps share CMDI stories by creating meaningful experiences as a lead ambassador and resident advisor. Her social videos for CMDI help share on-campus stories, reaching as far as David Muir’s desk on ABC World News Tonight.
A good mentor can offer advice. A great mentor can help you see what’s possible.  That’s the idea behind the Forever Buffs Network Mentorship Program, which connects the °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï students and
Forever Buff Andrew Marsh (StComm’26) dedicated his time at the °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï to developing leadership skills for himself and fellow students. As professional development chair of the Herd Leadership Council (HLC) and a recipient of the 2026 Center for Leadership’s Graduating Leaders of the Year award, Andrew sees leadership as more than personal achievement; to him, it is about what can be achieved together.
For Forever Buffs volunteers Mary (EPOBio’77) and Thom (CivEngr’77) Rabaglia, an innocent prank can be the start of a generational love story. Read on to learn how Thom and Mary use volunteering to reminisce about their first dates and five decades together.
As we head into another season of Buffs football, hereeeee come 10 facts about Ralphie and her iconic run to gear you up for Folsom Field game days.
Forever Buff Shu-Wei Tseng (DMA'10) is an acclaimed musician who has performed in prominent concert halls across four continents, demonstrating her skills as a soloist and chamber musician playing piano and cello. Since 2024, Shu-Wei has been part of the Forever Buffs Advisory Board, a volunteer group offering strategic advice to the CU °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï Alumni Association.
Forty years ago, Brian Nevin was a CU °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï student playing music at fraternity parties and local venues with two friends who shared a dream. Today, he is still behind the drums with Big Head Todd and the Monsters, one of Colorado’s most enduring and beloved bands.
For more than 20 years, Judith Glyde shared her passion for music with CU °Ç¸ç³Ô¹Ï’s College of Music students as a professor of cello and chamber music and the Strings Department Chair. Now, she continues to bring joy and expertise to the CU community as a Forever Buffs New York alumni chapter board member.