Dottie Roberts Endowed Scholarship

Dorothy A. (Dottie) Roberts was born March 23, 1916. Orphaned at an early age, then adopted by the Roberts family, Dottie worked her way through college, graduated, and earned a master’s degree in Economics.

Dottie worked at a number of Denver publishing companies, including The Rocky Mountain News and Cervi’s Rocky Mountain Journal. In the 1960s, she founded Colorado GuestGuide, one of the first travel/destination magazines for the hospitality industry. In the 1970s, she founded Colorado Woman magazine, and in the 1980s was part of the startup company RCR Communications, a company publishing magazines related to the booming cable industry, which had a very large presence in the Denver area. Her last and likely favorite project was as a supporter and advisor for the new Colorado Expression magazine, founded in 1991.

Dottie also contributed significantly to a number of charitable causes, serving on the boards of Denver Chamber of Commerce, Big Sisters, and National Jewish Hospital, as well as others. Dottie loved her work, where she specialized in the business of publishing and advertising and mentored a significant number of budding entrepreneurs in the publishing business. One of Dottie’s passions was golf, and she organized and participated in a number of tournaments raising substantial money for the causes she loved.

Dottie died August 26, 2003 and left her estate to fund the Dottie Roberts Foundation Trust, created specifically to help entrepreneurial young women with an interest in publishing attend college. Thank you letters should be addressed to Suzy Witzler.

The Dottie Roberts Endowed Scholarship provides scholarship awards for undergraduate students enrolled full-time in CMCI, who are Colorado residents and who demonstrate financial need as determined by the FAFSA.

To be eligible for consideration, applicants must:

• Complete the CU Boulder General Scholarship Application.
• Demonstrate financial need as determined by the FAFSA/CASFA.

Female students are especially encouraged to apply; however, an applicant’s gender identity will not be considered a factor in the selection process.