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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Board Votes to Name Cornerstone Venue ‘Richard F. Celeste Theatre’
The Colorado College Board of Trustees has honored President Richard F. Celeste, the 12th president of Colorado College, by naming the south theater in the Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center the “Richard F. Celeste Theatre.” Board members passed the resolution at their May meeting, saying they wished to recognize Celeste for his “exemplary leadership …
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Two Philosophy Majors Present Work at Philosophy Conference
Two Colorado College philosophy majors recently presented their work at Pacific University’s Undergraduate Philosophy Conference. Madeline Mindich ’11 presented “The Human Condition and the Ethics of Remembering It: An Essay Inspired by the ‘Concluding Unscientific Postscript’.” Joel Bock ’11 presented “Dwelling as Being at Home in the World: The Heideggerian Plight of Dwelling in Wolfe’s …
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Dylan Nelson’s ‘Soundtrack for a Revolution’ to Air May 9 on PBS
“Soundtrack for a Revolution,” the documentary produced by Dylan Nelson, Colorado College’s artist-in-residence for film studies, will air on Monday, May 9 on PBS’s “American Experience.” The 82-minute documentary is the story of the American Civil Rights movement of the 1950s and ’60s, told through the freedom songs protesters sang on picket lines, in meetings …
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KASA Members Host Korean Culture Camp for Community Members
Members of CC’s Korean American Student Union (KASA) recently held a day-long Korean Culture Camp for Korean children in Colorado Springs adopted by American families. The camp, held during the Block 6 break in Loomis Lounge, was attended by 15-20 children ages 3-10. In the past, KASA has held a Korean culture night with dancing, …
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Bowed Piano Ensemble Goes Down Under
Bowed Piano Ensemble Director Stephen Scott, nine Colorado College students, and soprano soloist Victoria Hansen will begin their third concert tour Down Under on Monday, May 16. The ensemble, CC’s internationally recognized experimental music group, will perform in New Zealand and Australia during their two-week tour. Concerts will be held at the University of Auckland and …
Three CC Math Majors Receive NSF Research Fellowships
A current student and two recent Colorado College graduates have received National Science Foundation graduate research fellowships. Lauren Shoemaker ’11, a double major in mathematics and biology, will embark on a Ph.D. program in ecology at the University of Colorado in the fall. Shoemaker carried out her senior thesis research on the sustainable management of …
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Have S’more of the Cornerstone Arts Center
The Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center was designed to be interdisciplinary, but we’re not sure that edible was part of the plan. But, if you want to have your building and eat it too, head to Nosh, 121 S. Tejon St., where pastry chef Alicia Prescott has created the Cornerstone Almond S’more, a graham …
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Chloe Banning ’14 Secures Spot on World Cup Tour
Competitive snowboarder Chloe Banning ’14 recently completed an impressive season, securing a spot on the World Cup tour for the 2011-12 season. Banning, who finished 20th overall in World Cup boardercross standings, also was named the Nor-Am championship for the second consecutive year. The Nor-Am Cup is a snowboard series one level below World Cup …
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What’s going on at Van Briggle?
By George Eckhardt, Manager of Logistical Support Is all the activity going on at Van Briggle over the past couple of weeks an extreme makeover, a building demolition project, an archeological dig, or a new construction project? The correct answer is all of the above. Thanks to the generous support from the Schlessman family, longtime Colorado …
