Events

The BOLD Center hosts, or collaborates with other departments on, many K-12 Engineering Education initiatives. Click here for MORE Details

On Saturday Feb 12 United Training Center opened its doors to the Shades of Blue organization with tours of their facility and simulator rides. Over 50 people were in attendance. As always many thanks go out to the United people and the volunteers to once again give our youth the opportunity to experience flight. The […]

On January 28, 1986, seven crew members of the Space Shuttle Challenger Mission STS-51L set out on a mission to broaden our educational horizons and promote the advancement of scientific knowledge. In the aftermath of the Shuttle accident, family members of the crew resolved to create a living memorial to the Challenger crew - a […]

Learn about Engineering Opportunities for Women at CU Boulder for High School Women. Click here for MORE Details

Approximately 11,000 folks came to experience activities involving science, technology, engineering and math at the 3rd annual STEMapalooza event held at the Denver Convention Center Oct 8 and 9. Special thanks for our Shades of Blue booth volunteers Willie Daniels, Jenna Lin, Robert Meyer and Stef Petryszyn. Go to the following link for event photos.

SHADES OF BLUE will co-host a nine weekend aviation ground school with Aurora Public Schools Superintendant John Barry. Up to 50 students from APS and SHADES will participate in the course which will cover the fundamentals of flight. The course will consist of visits to the Wings Over the Rockies Museum , United Airlines Flight […]

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There are 8 camps (1 week in length) that will run concurrently with the BEST camps from June 7 through July 31. Due to this incredible opportunity we will apply an application fee to each week of the camp. The each camp will include rocketry, engineering, math, earth sciences, physical sciences, aviation, aerospace, electronics, simulators, […]

Greetings Everyone, We have selected the US Air Force Academy for the location of Service Academies Orientation Day on Saturday May 15, 2010. The location will be at Arnold Hall on the west side of the Campus near the mountain just across from the Planetarium. You can park in the parking lot to the west […]

Unite Airlines volunteered their services 757 and 767 simulators and 4 flight instructors to the Shades Of Blue students, parents and volunteers. Everyone had a chance to experience to take off, fly around and land a commercial airline with full motion and visual. Shades of Blue president, Willie Daniels, who is a United Airline pilot […]

Our 1st Annual Christmas party at the United Airlines Flight Training Center Cafeteria was enjoyed by all. This event was designed to give the SHADES OF BLUE Students and Parents an opportunity to meet and greet the SHADES OF BLUE Board Members. Everyone got right into the holiday spirit. The board members brought the food […]

Wings Over the Rockies, Young Eagles and Shades of Blue were at Centennial Airport Saturday morning addressing around 100 students, parents and volunteers about various programs in aviation. Harrison Ford, who is a spoke person for Young Eagles, along with about 10 other pilots and their aircraft took the kids up for a thrilling flight. […]