Mark Fiore ’91 created this illustration of CC then and now. Fiore, whose animated political cartoons appear on SFGate.com, the website of the San Francisco Chronicle, won the Pulitzer Prize in 2010 for editorial cartooning. Fiore was a political science major at Colorado College. It was the first time since the category of editorial cartooning [...]
April 2011 Issue
Scientific Collaboration Yields Positive Results for Students and Faculty
Teaming up for investigative research, Colorado College faculty and students are making valuable contributions to science while expanding their educational experience. “The joy of science is really in doing it,” said Neena Grover, associate professor and chair of CC’s department of chemistry and biochemistry, about why she consistently mentors undergraduates in her laboratory. Grover said, [...]
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Sports Briefs
Swimming and Diving Team Rewrites Record Board Led by Jordan DeGayner ’12, who was named Men’s Swimmer of the Meet after winning three individual titles, the men’s swimming and diving team posted its highest finish ever by taking third at the 2011 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) Championships. DeGayner broke a conference record while winning [...]
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Pamela Shipp Has Reached Her Harbor
Pam Shipp ’69 has come home. Although in some ways, she never really left. Shipp joined the Boettcher Counseling Center in January, where she works in the same office she had in 1985, when she had just completed her Ph.D. in counseling psychology. She currently is a part-time counselor at the center, as well as [...]
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From the President
Dear Alumni, Parents, and Friends of Colorado College:
It has been eight and a half years since I wrote my first “President’s Page” for the CC Bulletin. I am honored, thrilled, and privileged to be the 12th president of Colorado College. I wrote of the extraordinary CC people I met early on – students, faculty, staff, parents, and alumni (some of whom I had known before I knew anything else about CC).
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Gifted and Talented Program Turns 30
Colorado College’s renowned summer program for gifted and talented children celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Developed in 1981 when very few such programs existed, the three-week summer session offers a variety of hands-on classes for gifted elementary-school students. The program was developed to provide gifted children constructive summertime learning and engagement. It was a [...]
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Go West, Young Men
The road after graduation leads west – about 20,000 miles west – for seniors Ezra Siegel, Jack Naito, and Richard Swift. The three have purchased tickets for a June 12 departure to Japan, where, despite the recent events, they will embark on “The Road is West,” a 193-day journey of more than 20,000 miles through 24 [...]
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Amazing Young Icers Reach NCAA Quarterfinals
Craving the hockey program’s first NCAA tournament victory in six years, our Tigers let loose with a mighty roar on Friday, March 25. The Eagles from Boston College, defending national champions, never knew what hit them. Colorado College stunned BC with three goals within a span of 3:28 early in the game, added its first [...]
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Turning the Lens on CC’s Magical Places
Ask 20 people to identify a magical place at CC and most likely you will get 20 different answers. Most will, however, agree that there are magical places on and near the CC campus. It is those places Political Science Professor Tom Cronin and Alex Truax ’11 set out to capture in the “magical places” [...]
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