Kathleen Bollard

Kathleen Bollard 9/1/1995 - 8/31/2021

Kathleen Bollard came to CU Denver in 1995 as an Assistant Professor of Spanish. She had just completed her PhD at Berkeley and was excited about working with UCD students, many of whom were working their way through school while raising families, as she had done. She taught all levels of Spanish language, every period and genre of Peninsular Spanish literature and, one memorable semester, online Latin. After receiving tenure, she chaired the Modern Languages Department, then served as Associate Dean for CLAS, and during those years completed CU's Executive MBA program.

She next served as Associate Vice President and then Vice President for Academic Affairs for the CU System. After 8 years in the CU President's Office, she missed campus life and especially teaching, so she returned home to her beloved Modern Languages Department. She has also been doing some work for the CLAS Dean’s Office and now is looking forward to retirement in New Hampshire with her husband, daughter, and three dogs.