Rebecca Tucker, museum director at the Fine Arts Center, talks with the Colorado Springs Independent’s Griffin Swartzell about the strategic planning process.
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Two Colorado College Alumni Advocate for Utah Wilderness
By Devon Burnham ’16 Coming from a love for the red rock wilderness in southern Utah, Colorado College alumni Brooke Larsen ’14 and Stephen Trimble ’72 are pursuing a project they call “art as advocacy.” “Red Rock Stories,” a collection of works that includes a variety of stories, photographs, art, video, and audio concerning Utah’s …
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A Summer Connecting with Our Sense of Place
By Devon Burnham ’16 This summer, Colorado College is hosting an array of free Sense of Place trips for its faculty and staff. They give participants the chance to be involved with activities that they normally would not have the opportunity to take part in, such as fly-fishing, climbing, and local hikes. Led by Outdoor Education …
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Bridge Scholars Talk Finance on Alternative Block Break
By Montana Bass ’18 Retirement, investing, and budgeting were topics of discussion for about 40 students during the break between Blocks 5 and 6. The Bridge Scholars Program provided an alternative break program focused on financial literacy titled “Work Hard to Play Hard: A Unique Spin on Financial Literacy” consisting of an on-campus session and …
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EnAct and Palmer Land Trust: Collaborative Fundraising
By Montana Bass ’18 Through a partnership between EnAct and the Palmer Land Trust, CC collectively raised over $2,900 to support land conservation as part of Colorado Springs Independent’s annual Give Campaign. Sierra Melton ’18 and Laurel Sebastian ’16 spearheaded fundraising efforts on behalf of EnAct, CC’s club dedicated to environmental activism. Melton, a new …
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Open Dialogue: Continuing the Conversation
Montana Bass ’17 In order to continue the conversation regarding racial tension on campus sparked by painful, inappropriate YikYak comments and started officially at the all-campus meeting on the first Monday of this block, The Butler Center has held multiple open-dialogue circles. These dialogues were meant to give CC community members a place to reflect, …
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Behind the Scenes of “American Falls”
Angie Bardsley, ITS: administrative assistant The time and effort needed to produce and exhibit a piece of art can be deceptive. Take “American Falls,” for instance. Filmmaker Phil Solomon spent nearly a decade fulfilling his vision of creating an all-encompassing experience in American history. In addition, Jessica Hunter-Larsen, I.D.E.A. Space curator, worked with Solomon for …
SolarWinds and Raspberry Pi are Improving Your Online Experience
By Linda Petro What do solar winds, raspberry pie, and network access have in common? A creative ITS: solution uses the first two to determine an online user’s experience with the third, providing crucial data to improve the overall experience. Better online access through pie — who doesn’t like the sound of that? Here’s how it …
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Kendall Rock ’15 Showcases Photography in Huffington Post
Montana Bass ’17 Powerful photographs by Kendall Rock ’15, a film and media studies major, have been featured in a Huffington Post article titled “The Truth About Refugees From a U.S. Student Abroad,” written by Jackie Montalvo, a student at Northwestern University. Since graduation, Rock has worked as a freelance photographer. “I’ve never really contemplated …
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CC Students Report from International COP21 Climate Change Conference
This week, Paris welcomes 196 states and the European Union for one of the biggest international summits on climate change, COP21. Four CC students are there, too, attending daily workshops and meetings concurrent with the conference, reporting back via a daily blog of events and commentary. COP21 is the 21st Session of the Conference of …
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