Displaced Aurarian Scholarship

The Displaced Aurarian Scholarship Program provides former Auraria residents and their descendants scholarships to all programs offered on the Auraria campus.

Program Details

The Displaced Aurarian Scholarship was designed to provide funds for tuition and fees for undergraduate and graduate students who were residents of the Auraria neighborhood between between 1955 and 1973, before the Auraria Higher Education Campus was built. The scholarship is also available to the direct descendants of these residents. From 1988 through 2021, more than 600 people received Displaced Aurarian Scholarships.

Program Expansion

Beginning in the Spring 2022 semester, the program is expanding to include all direct descendants of the displaced Aurarians in perpetuity. A direct descendant is a person who was born or legally adopted into the direct line (great-grandchildren, great-great grandchildren, etc.).

This program now covers tuition and fees for degree- or credential-seeking students for state-supported classes, at either the undergraduate or graduate level, offered by CU Denver at either the CU Denver campus (Auraria) or online. Classes taught at other locations, including Anschutz Medical Campus, are not funded by the scholarship.

Students must demonstrate academic success/progression to continue to receive the scholarship. As of spring 2022, there is no limitation to the number of semester hours or semesters that students may receive support for.

Applicant Eligibility

Descendant of an Auraria resident
- CU Denver acknowledges that families are not always linear or nuclear. For that reason, we welcome individuals who were raised by a Displaced Aurarian to apply for the scholarship
- Applicants will be asked to provide documentation that an Auraria resident was their (or their guardian’s) primary caregiver. Documentation showing familial/guardian lineage between Displaced Aurarian and scholarship applicant, as well as proof of residency during required timeframe
Proof of approval at another Auraria Campus Institution
Proof of relationship to another approved Displaced Aurarian Scholarship recipient at CU Denver or another Auraria Institution

Point of Contact

If you are an applicant or a current Displaced Aurarian Scholarship recipient, you can contact our team at displacedaurarian@ucdenver.edu.

FAQ

The Displaced Aurarian Scholarship is a scholarship that provides tuition and fees for undergraduate and graduate students who were residents or whose guardians were residents of the Auraria neighborhood between 1955 and 1973. The scholarship is available in perpetuity to descendants of these residents.

You may begin the application process before being admitted. However, you will need to have a CU Denver student ID and be accepted into a program of study before being awarded the Displaced Aurarian Scholarship. Please contact the scholarship office email if you not know your student ID. Please include your fill name and date of birth in your email.

Eligibility for the scholarship can be determined prior to admissions if all applicable documentation is submitted, but as noted the scholarship will not be awarded to the student until after they have been admitted to an eligible program of study.

Applicants will be asked to show history of familial lineage/guardianship and residency in the Auraria neighborhood between 1955 –1973.
Documents such as birth certificates, school, church or tax records, pictures, newspaper or other published articles are appropriate for showing lineage and residency.
A great resource for showing residency is the Library of Congress White Pages. Simply Google “Library of Congress White Pages Denver Colorado” and the year your ancestors lived in the Auraria Neighborhood. For example: “Library of Congress White Pages Denver Colorado 1955”.
If an applicant is struggling to find documents showing lineage, please reach out to our team at displacedaurarian@ucdenver.edu so that we may connect you with the appropriate resources.
- The Auraria library is a great resource to start a research journey.
Proof of approval at another Auraria Campus Institution
Proof of relationship to another approved Displaced Aurarian Scholarship recipient at CU Denver or another Auraria Institution

Bachelor, Master, Doctoral programs and certificates are eligible for funding through the Displaced Aurarian Scholarship.Individuals who are eligible for the Displaced Aurarian Scholarship are welcome to completemultiple degrees and certificates. The ASPIRE to Teach program is also eligible for funding under the Displaced Aurarian Scholarship. The Executive MBA is not currently covered under the scholarship.

DAS recipients do not need to reapply to receive their scholarship. If you have received DAS at Metropolitan State University or Community College of Denver, your scholarship can be applied to CU Denver.

Students should reach out to displacedaurarian@ucdenver.edu for next steps to transfer DAS.

The University of Colorado at Denver is committed to supporting Displaced Aurarian legacy students from matriculation to graduation. Starting Fall 2022, Aurarian Legacies will be involved in an Aurarian Legacy cohort meant to create community, provide a culturally responsive onboarding and access to points-of-contact in critical resources such as financial aid, student services, mentoring, life skills coaching and leadership opportunities.

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