Jill Tiefenthaler, provost and professor of economics at Wake Forest University, will become Colorado College’s 13th president on July 1. The trustees unanimously elected Tiefenthaler after a nationwide search conducted by a presidential search committee that included trustees, alumni, faculty, staff, and students.
April 2011 Issue
Jill Tiefenthaler to Become CC’s 13th President
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Barefoot in the Park: CC Runners Shun Shoes and Help Launch a Movement
When Michael Sandler ’93 first took off his running shoes, he didn’t expect to help start a revolution. In fact, he just wanted to see if it would help him heal from injuries sustained in a serious accident. In spring 2006, Sandler was rollerblading on a Boulder bike path when he suddenly swerved to avoid [...]
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Laura Hershey ’83: A Determined Spirit
Laura Hershey ’83 was an acclaimed poet, essayist and artist, a passionate advocate and activist, an enthusiastic world traveler, and a loving friend, partner, and mother. Her 20-page curriculum vitae is stuffed with accomplishments. And she did it all from a wheelchair. At 2, Hershey was diagnosed with a form of muscular dystrophy but packed [...]
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Section: Features
Information Technology Infrastructure Development: A Survey Analysis in the Southern Africa Development Community
by Zibusiso Ncube ’92 At the turn of the century, technological development was occurring at a rate that boggled the mind. These technological developments were bringing better standards of living to all, yet the gap between the rich and the poor was becoming more pronounced. Developing governments, fearful of foreigners, often enacted repressive laws hampering the [...]
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Section: On the Bookshelf
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Good Cop/Bad Cop: Environmental NGOs and Their Strategies Toward Business
Thomas P. Lyon, Matthew C. Banks ’97, and others This book project brings together NGO, business, and academic perspectives to address the need for objective study of NGO strategies to improve the environmental performance of business. Panelists highlighted organizational structure and key objectives at several major NGOs and outlined strategies toward corporate engagement, particularly the [...]
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Section: On the Bookshelf
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Sonic Boom
by Gregg Easterbrook ’76 Easterbrook is the author of six books and contributing editor to the Atlantic Monthly and the New Republic. In his previous book, “The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse,” he argued that, by all standards, American life has been getting better and better for generations, and compelled us to use our [...]
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Section: On the Bookshelf
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Statistical Analysis for Decision Makers in Healthcare: Understanding and Evaluating Critical Information in Changing Times
by Jeffrey C. Bauer ’69 Americans are bombarded with statistical data every day, and healthcare professionals are no exception. This book explains the fundamental concepts of statistics, as well as their common uses and misuses. Without jargon or mathematical formulas, Bauer presents a clear explanation of what statistics do. He provides a practical discussion of scientific methods and [...]
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Aristotle’s Politics: A Reader’s Guide
by Judith A. Swanson ’79 and C. David Corbin This book presents an accessible introduction to Aristotle’s “Politics,” widely considered to be the founding text of Western political science. Similar to his mentor Plato, Aristotle ponders the form that will produce justice and cultivate the highest human potential. Taking a more empirical approach, however, Aristotle [...]
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