Borick Scholars Weekend
Discover Western’s School of Business through an immersive three-day experience.
Borick Scholars Weekend is an activity-filled weekend for high school seniors intended to provide a taste of Western Colorado University’s Business School. With all expenses paid, students arrive on campus welcomed with an overview of a real-world problem presented by a faculty moderator. Students have the night to work through the problem in groups before presenting their outcomes to Western faculty/staff and community members. Students are also individually interviewed for a chance to receive additional academic scholarships. Total scholarships allocated over this weekend are approximately $100,000. Students are later treated to a nice dinner and a complimentary day pass to Crested Butte Mountain Resort for skiing and snowboarding. Attendees are also given the choice of an alternative activity, appealing to students with a wide range of interests allowing them to fully explore the Gunnison Valley. Students can walk away from this trip with scholarship funds and an exciting glimpse of the Western community and the Business School at Western Colorado University.
Schedule
12:00 p.m. (Noon) – Denver International Airport Pickup
12:30 p.m. – Lakewood RTD Pickup (1298 Wadsworth Boulevard)
5:00 p.m. – Arrival and check-in at Western’s campus in the Borick Business Building
5:30 p.m. – Dinner and Welcome at University Center South Ballroom
7:30 p.m. – Midnight or later ICE project Innovation Challenge at Borick Business Building
6:00 a.m. – Breakfast at Holiday Inn
8:00 a.m. – ICE Challenge Innovation Challenge continues at Borick Business Building
9:45 a.m. – Slides due from teams- Judges pre-meeting (without students)
10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Presentations (15 min each) Borick 104
12:00 p.m. – Judges post-meeting (without students)
12:00 p.m. – Lunch (Box Lunches)
12:30-1:45 p.m. – Admissions will give a campus tour
2:00-4:00 p.m. – Western staff conduct individual student interviews. (Schedules will be posted)
- Free time and access to Mountaineer Field House available when not interviewing. This is a great time to grab coffee in downtown Gunnison with a Western student and ask them any questions about what it’s like to go to school here! Reach out – they are all excited to have you here and want to share their experience!
If you are needing rental equipment for Sunday, we will be doing trips to Gene Taylors to get gear when you are not interviewing.
5:00 p.m. Dinner at 5B’s in Gunnison
7:00 a.m. – Breakfast at Holiday Inn
7:30 a.m. – Shuttle leaves from Holiday Inn to Crested Butte Mountain Resort.
- The Borick Scholars Fund will pay for equipment rentals (does not include clothing) and a day pass on the mountain to ski or ride, to truly gain a holistic perspective of what life is like as a Western student. The students who chose the alternative activity will be dropped off in the town of Crested Butte after the ski/snowboard students are dropped off at the mountain.
1:00 p.m. – Shuttle departs from Holiday Inn and goes directly to Denver Airport for drop-offs then drops off students at Lakewood RTD.
- Flights this evening should not be scheduled earlier than 7:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided before leaving.
Questions
If you have questions, email Kevin Nelson at knelson@western.edu.
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