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Posts from the Spring 2017 issue

91.5 KRCC to Move Closer to Downtown

91.5 KRCC, CC’s National Public Radio-member station, is moving closer to downtown Colorado Springs. The new building at 720 N. Tejon St. will have a large recording studio that allows for forums, music events, talk show tapings, NPR personality visits, interviews, community gatherings, and more. “We will be on downtown Colorado Springs’ ‘main street,’ connecting…

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Fifth Annual Big Idea Nets Three Winners

CC’s fifth annual Big Idea competition, with $50,000 in seed money at stake, yielded three very different – and very creative – winners. First-place winner FlyPhone took home $30,000. FlyPhone was developed by a team of seniors: Ben Tweedy and Kiki Kauffman, who pitched the concept, along with John Silvester, Dan Keogh, Teddy Corwin, and…

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Three to Receive Honorary Degrees at Commencement

New York Times-bestselling author and CC’s Journalist-in-Residence Hampton Sides P’16, acclaimed for his works of nonfiction adventure, will be this year’s Commencement speaker and receive an honorary degree on Monday, May 22. Also receiving honorary degrees are Brenda L. Bass ’77, a pioneer in the field of RNA research, particularly the editing process; and Van…

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CC Honored for Trees, Conservation Efforts

Love those big, gorgeous trees on the CC campus? So do others. The college, which has more than 2,100 trees, has been recognized by the Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree Campus USA program as a campus that effectively manages its tree populations, works with the greater community to facilitate healthy urban forests, and engages students in…

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Tigers Crossing Paths: CC Connections

Marika Viragh ’13 saw 5th block break photos on CC’s Instagram and was inspired to send one as well. A few members of the Class of 2013 got together for a block break of their own (except post-CC it’s called “a long weekend”) and ran into two groups of CC alumni in Taos, New Mexico.…

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