Board of Trustees Meeting Action

The Board of Trustees voted on May 20, 2011, in favor of amending the college bylaws, effective as of July 1, 2011, to add “gender identity, gender expression” as an additional category for protection in Article IX “Equal Opportunity Statement” of the bylaws and in the college’s anti-discrimination policy. The bylaws state that any such vote …

Henry Fricke’s Research Helps Determine Dinosaur Body Temperatures

Researchers have developed a new way of determining the body temperatures of dinosaurs, providing new insights into whether dinosaurs were cold-or warm-blooded. A paper co-written by  Associate Geology Professor Henry Fricke discusses the techniques used to determine the body temperature of animals that have been extinct for 150 million years. By analyzing the teeth of …

Anne Hyde’s New Book Reassesses Critical Period of Western History

Anne Hyde, professor of history and Southwest studies, recently published “Empires, Nations, and Families: A History of the North American West, 1800-1860,” part of a five-volume series that reassesses the entire field of Western history. The book, published by the University of Nebraska Press, makes clear that the Louisiana Purchase did not involve virgin wilderness discovered …

Worner Campus Center Undergoes Major Renovation

The Worner Campus Center, the nucleus of all campus activity, is undergoing a major renovation that will result in a more welcoming and energy-efficient building. Most of the Worner Center improvements are focused on the main level, with the goal of transforming the dated and congested Rastall Hall into a dining area that is bright, …

Colorado College Welcomes New Tenure-Track Faculty

Colorado College introduces its new tenure-track faculty. They are: Helen Daly, Assistant Professor of Philosophy Daly received a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Arizona in 2011, and holds a B.A. in philosophy and English from the University of Akron. She specializes in metaphysics and the philosophy of language.  In her dissertation, “Vagueness and Borderline Cases,” Daly clarifies …

KRCC to Air Selections From 2010 Summer Music Festival During Fundraising Drive

KRCC will offer a special presentation featuring select pieces from the 2010 CC Summer Music Festival during their fundraising drive on Saturday, June 11. Beginning at 4 p.m., the NPR-member station will air pieces performed during last year’s festival.  Among the selections to be aired are: The Overture to Die Fledermaus by Richard Strauss, performed …

CC Students’ Proposal Earns a Davis Project for Peace Award

A proposal submitted by four Colorado College students has been selected as a Davis Project for Peace for 2011. Akie Mochizuki ’11, Nikhil Ranadive ’12, Melissa Serafin ’11 and Erin Yamamoto ’11 will spend three months working with the disenfranchised women of Ugenya, an area of impoverished subsistence farmers and sparsely distributed, ill-equipped medical facilities …

Board of Trustees Meeting Actions

The CC Board of Trustees met May 19-21 on campus and conducted the following business.  Voted to approve: The Revised Faculty Handbook, to become effective July 1, 2011.   Promotion to full professor for Hong Jiang in the Department of German, Russian, and East Asian Languages. The transferring of $1.6 million of year-end dollars to fund …

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