CC Faculty and Staff Up for Arts Awards

Five members of the Colorado College faculty and staff — four of whom are also CC alumni — have been nominated for 2011 Pikes Peak Arts Council awards. They are: Dance: Patrizia Herminjard ’96, dance instructor, for “The 12 Steps of Physical Intimacy” Poetry, Literary Excellence: David Mason ’78, professor of English (and Colorado Poet Laureate) …

Prof. David Mason named Colorado’s poet laureate

Colorado College Professor of English David Mason is Colorado’s new poet laureate, Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter announced at the state capitol on July 1. Mason co-directs CC’s creative writing program. His poetry books include “The Buried Houses,” winner of the Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize; “The Country I Remember,” winner of the Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award; and …

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