Professor Emerita of Music Victoria Lindsay Levine has received two major awards for the book “Music and Modernity among First Peoples of North America,”which she co-edited with Dylan Robinson (Stó:lō First Nation) of Queen’s University in Canada. The Society for Ethnomusicology awarded Levine and Robinson the Ellen Koskoff Edited Volume Prize at their annual meetings […]
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CC Launches Pledge to Increase Affordability
Pilot program boosts access for low- and middle-income students Colorado College is launching the Colorado Pledge, a historic undertaking to address affordability concerns in higher education. CC’s Colorado Pledge is a financial aid initiative designed to ensure Colorado College is as affordable for Colorado students from low- and middle-income families as the state’s flagship public […]
C-SPAN Films Migrant Caravan Presentation at CC
Did you hope to attend independent journalist Alice Driver’s presentation on the migrant caravan earlier this month and were unable to make it? You’re in luck: C-SPAN covered Driver’s talk, titled “On the Road with the Migrant Caravan,” which was held in Gaylord Hall on Feb. 5. The entire presentation can be viewed here. The […]
Exploring the Watershed
Where Does Your Water Come From? By Annabelle O’Neill ’19 and Rosa Mallorson ’20 “Where does your water come from?” asked Environmental Studies Program visiting faculty member Rory Cowie ’04 on the first day of class. Like the places we had yet to visit, our responses stretched far, from groundwater wells in Hawaii to water […]
Incline is No Walk in the Park
Annie Engen ’19, who worked for the City of Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services Department this summer through Colorado College’s Public Interest Fellowship Program, undertook a side project that will be seen by hundreds of fitness enthusiasts. A mathematical economics major and Environmental Studies minor from Minneapolis, her project helped connect the dots between […]
CS Fine Arts Center, Migrant Exhibit Get National Recognition
The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center has been named the Best Gallery and Museum in Colorado, and one of the top 25 in the country by board of the American Art Awards. Additionally, Don Coen’s exhibit of migrant workers, now on display at the museum and recently included in a Colorado College story, was featured […]
Planting the Seeds of Art and Writing
Maggie Mehlman ’19, Sophia Pray ’19, and Jilly Gibbs ’20 sit in front of a large painting of a man and woman with boxes of strawberries and fields in the distance, part of artist Don Coen’s visiting migrant series on display at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center. Pray tells a group of fourth- and […]
Bañagale Composes Music for CC, FAC Production
The alliance between Colorado College and the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center is striking a musical chord. Colorado College Assistant Professor of Music Ryan Bañagale has composed the original score for “Enchanted April,” a production opening Thursday, Feb. 9 at the Fine Arts Center. The romantic comedy, based on the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim, […]
Wide Community Input Gathered in CC, FAC Planning Process
The first major phase in the strategic planning process undertaken by Colorado College and the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center has wrapped up, with nearly 1,600 people participating in the listening and information gathering process. Four community listening sessions were held — two at Colorado College and two at the Fine Arts Center — as […]
Indy: CC, FAC Net $3.5 Million in Grants for Educational Initiatives
Colorado Springs Independent covers announcement of grants from three foundations.
