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With the help of more than 80 students and a Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter, CU Denver created an alma mater to celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2023. The school anthem was inspired by our urban campus and the backdrop of Colorado’s magnificent landscape, and is sung or performed at significant university events, including Convocation and Commencement.
The Making of the Alma Mater
Students were a crucial part of developing the alma mater by authoring lyrics, performing, recording, and producing videos. Watch these videos to learn how to sing along from students and alums.
Underneath a canopy of stars tonight The mile high city reaches up to touch the sky Closer to the heavens means we’re closer to our dreams Stone by stone we pave the way for every voice to speak Brick by brick we build a
future bright! And mighty like the walls of Tivoli
VERSE 2
Mighty like the walls of Tivoli we strive To hold each other up and journey inward side by side Tethered to each other through the beauty and the pain Swaying to the music in communal pride we sing With every voice together we
can climb! Higher than the rocky mountainside
VERSE 3
Higher than the rocky mountainside we rise And revel in identities that move & intertwine Forging brighter futures with a light upon the past Differences unite and build a partnership that lasts Bring your truth and passion
to the fight Auraria we see you
CHORUS
When the snow is fallin’ (We see you, CU Denver) When the land is callin’ (We see you, CU Denver) When the people need liftin’ (We see you, CU Denver) And voices need listenin’ (We see you, CU Denver)
VERSE 4
Cradled by the golden plains and mountain pines Gazing up at stars and out at Denver city lights Different worlds together blend like herbs over the fire Blossom from the ruins ‘neath the Colorado sky Basking in three hundred
days of sun Our voices ring together now as one
VERSE 5
Voices ring together now as one in pride With Milo standing guard of who we truly are inside Here we make our mark like branching roots beneath the ground Feel the beat of those before, and carry on their sound
Auraria we see you
CHORUS
When the snow is fallin’ (We see you, CU Denver) When the land is callin’ (We see you, CU Denver) When the people need liftin’ (We see you, CU Denver) And their voices need listenin’ (We see you, CU Denver)
CLOSING CHORUS
Cuando cae la nieve (Te vemos, CU Denver) Y la tierra llama (Te vemos, CU Denver) Cuando el pueblo quiere (Te vemos, CU Denver) Que lo escuchen y eleven (Te vemos, CU Denver)
