PROFESSIONAL PASSPORT

For many College of Professional Studies students, returning to school isn’t just about earning a degree — it’s about opening doors that once felt closed. Students are balancing careers, families, and community commitments while taking bold steps toward something better.

For students like Maria — a full‑time employee and single parent of two — flexibility and financial support aren’t perks. They’re the difference between putting her dreams on hold or pursuing them now.

A highlight of DU’s innovative 3-year bachelor’s program, the PSC Professional Passport was built for learners like Maria. It recognizes that education doesn’t only happen in a classroom. It honors real life — professional experience, community engagement, personal passions — and turns them into meaningful pathways forward.

From service‑learning projects and national park field experiences to executive coaching and leadership development, PSC offers far more than a traditional diploma. It offers momentum.

Your gift helps remove financial barriers so students can keep moving toward the futures they’ve worked so hard to imagine.

• $65 sponsors an Osher Lifelong Learning Institute membership, opening the door to learning at any age.
• $150 funds an educational journey that connects coursework to real‑world experience.
• $500 provides scholarship support that lowers out‑of‑pocket costs for degree‑seeking students.
• $1,000 covers the OLLI or Osher Lifelong Learning Institute passport experience, an educational journey and an intensive out at the Kennedy Mountain Campus, where you can join with others and have intergenerational learning.
• $1,200 supports an executive coaching lab with six personalized sessions focused on leadership and career readiness.
• $5,280 covers the full passport experience for two students, both one that's on a fast track and a standard track.

On 1DAY4DU, your generosity expands access to lifelong learning and helps students take the next step, no matter where they’re starting from.