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Baccalaureate 2013

Yesterday, Professor Carol Neel delivered the Baccalaureate address – “Packing Light.” Professor Neel began teaching at Colorado College in 1980 and during her time here has had a significant impact on the Colorado College community.  As one of the students who nominated Carol wrote, “There is no other faculty member that I believe better represents the spirit of Colorado College than Professor Carol Neel. I have taken a class with her every year I’ve been at CC and she has shaped me not only as a student, but also helped me grow into the person that I am today.” It was a wonderful speech and a beautiful service.

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Graduation congratulations from Olmec and Dee Bradley Baker ’86

Today is the last day of Block 8! Our underclass students are off for exciting summer plans and our seniors will be graduating on Monday. We will miss the Class of 2013!
Dee Bradley Baker ’86 tweeted a message of congratulations to our graduating seniors from his “Legends of the Hidden Temple” character Olmec (click here to view the tweet).  For fun, also check out Dee’s promo demo and other sounds on his site: http://www.deebaker.com/index.html.
Alumni and parents, please share your best wishes for our seniors by commenting below!

Community Conversations – “The Homeless Divide”

Last Thursday, Colorado College partnered with The Gazette to host a panel discussion on homelessness. This forum is part of the “Community Conversations” project that The Gazette recently kicked off to offer different viewpoints and seek input on important and sometimes divisive community issues. “The Homeless Divide” is the first of many community forums to be held at CC.

The six-member panel included:

  • Suzi Bach, the wife of Mayor Steve Bach who has been actively involved in homelessness in the Springs.
  • Richard Skorman, co-owner of Poor Richard’s stores and restaurant downtown and a longtime community volunteer.
  • Bob Holmes, executive director of Homeward Pikes Peak.
  • M.J. Thomson, a Colorado Springs Police Officer and member of the Colorado Springs Police’s Homeless Outreach Team.
  • Sarah Stacy, director of the Resource Advocate Program at Springs Rescue Mission.
  • Richard Peitzman, Director of Community Relations at Set Free Bikers Church.

You can view a few highlights from the forum at

The Community Conversations Panel

The Community Conversations Panel

Thank you Adam Press and the El Pomar Foundation!

On Friday, the Colorado College community collectively thanked Adam Press, the El Pomar Foundation  and several other donors at the dedication and ribbon-cutting for the Adam F. Press Fitness Center and the El Pomar Sports Center. It was wonderful for our students, faculty and staff to have the opportunity to express their gratitude for these fantastic new facilities.

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Adam Press

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El Pomar trustees (from right) Bill Hybl ’64, Thayer Tutt, Bob Manning ’69 and Bill Ward ’64.

Athletic Director Ken Ralph

Athletic Director Ken Ralph

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The Press Family

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My husband Kevin and I with Ray Werner in the room in El Pomar named in his honor.

 

Gamelan Festival at CC

On Saturday night, I attended Temu Wicara Bali: A Celebration of Balinese Performing Arts that included guest speakers, musicians and dancers from Bali, five gamelan orchestras and the Colorado College Bowed Piano Ensemble. This was a special performance as it celebrated the 20th year of gamelan at CC. In addition to teaching Indonesian performing arts, CC offers an academic course on the ethnomusicology of Indonesia, as well as a summer study abroad course on the arts and culture of Bali.

Congratulations to Professors Vicki Levine and I Made Lasmawan who organized this festival and started our program in 1993!

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