Monthly Archives: December 2009
CC to launch mobile website
A new website optimized for mobile browsers will be launched shortly after winter break. The site is intended to make information easier to access when you’re away from your computer. It’s not meant to be a replacement for the main website. For a sneak preview, point your iPhone, Blackberry, Android or other smartphone to m.coloradocollege.edu. …
Budget outlook: Swallowing ‘the bitter pill’ last year puts CC in better position now
After a year of staff reductions and $8 million in budget cuts, “the broad outlook for CC is stable,” President Richard Celeste told attendees of an Open Budget Forum on Dec. 17. While cautioning that the college’s financial condition is subject to economic changes, Celeste said he sees no reason for further reductions in staff. “We are …
Dave Armstrong’s one-man show runs through Dec. 20
Be sure to check out the one-man show featuring collages by Dave Armstrong, CC’s director of information technology services, at The Bridge Gallery in the Depot Arts District, 218 West Colorado Ave. The show runs through Sunday, Dec. 20, and gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and noon to 3 p.m. Sunday.
Working Group on Staff Compensation and Classification presents new salary concept
The Working Group on Staff Compensation and Classification, a group formed this year, presented a concept for one part of staff compensation in a Staff Council Hot Topics open session on Dec. 16. The group is seeking staff input on the concept, which would apply a fixed cost of basic goods and services — rather than a percentage — as …
Bookstore Advisory Committee recommends outsourcing
The Bookstore Advisory Committee, working since September 2009 on the question of whether the CC bookstore operations should be outsourced or return to a self-operated model, on Dec. 10 presented a unanimous recommendation to President Celeste and Vice President for Finance and Administration Robert Moore in favor of outsourcing. The committee, which included faculty, staff and students, said: “The committee unanimously recommends that the college negotiate an outsource …
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CC receives $2.3 million for unrestricted financial aid
Colorado College has received more than $2.3 million from the James W. Austin Charitable Remainder Unitrust, which will go toward a scholarship fund providing unrestricted financial aid. The donation is the single largest life income gift in the history of Colorado College. The funds will establish the James W. and Esther Austin Scholarship Fund, in memory …
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Two CC students take top prize at microbiology meeting
Colorado College students Nicole Laniohan ’09 and Nguyen Nguyen ’11 took first prize for the best undergraduate poster presentation at the Rocky Mountain Branch meeting of the American Society for Microbiology. Laniohan and Nguyen, who worked with CC Associate Biology Professor Phoebe Lostroh, presented a poster on “Effects of Oxidative and Nitrosative Damaging Agents on …
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Susan Grace honored for Summer Music Festival
Susan Grace, lecturer and artist-in-residence with Colorado College’s music department, was honored at the ninth annual Pikes Peak Arts Council Awards for her work as music director of Colorado College’s Summer Music Festival. Grace, who has served as music director of CC’s Summer Music Festival since 1989, received the “Vision, Courage and Achievement Award” on …
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Mike Taber elected president of Geoscience Teachers Association
Colorado College Education Professor Mike Taber has been elected president of the National Association of Geoscience Teachers. Taber, who is director of the secondary teaching program and director of the environmental program at CC, will serve as president for a year. He was formally inducted at the Geological Society of America meeting held in Portland, …
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