2001

Bozena C. Welborne has accepted a tenure-track faculty position at Smith College in Northhampton, Mass., in the Department of Government. Bozena had previously been an assistant professor at the University of Nevada, Reno.

2002

Antonio “Tony” Rosendo was elected by his alumni peers to the Colorado College Board of Trustees. He is the co-founder and managing director of Atlas Preparatory School in Colorado Springs and was profiled in the April 2012 Bulletin.

2003

Mary Voelbel was presented an Impact Weaver Award by Friday Consulting, a boutique consulting firm. The award recognizes the internal leaders who work behind the scenes to build a team and operational infrastructure that make a successful organization. Mary received her master’s in human development and psychology from Harvard Graduate School of Education. She is program director for Upwardly Global, a group that creates employer partnerships and provides training and support for new Americans.

2005 

Scott Burr was promoted to the rank of black belt in the art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu in April. Scott, second from right, received his black belt from Steve Maxwell, the first person to teach Gracie Jiu Jitsu by the family that brought it to the United States, and was the first American to receive a black belt from the grandson of one of the founders. He teaches Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and fitness classes at The Fight Gym in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.

Linda E. Benfield, a partner at Foley & Lardner LLP, in Milwaukee, has been recognized as a leading lawyer in her field by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business. Linda lives in Whitefish Bay, Wis., and specializes in natural resources and environmental law.

Work by Christie Ginanni Stepan was featured in “Open Seas” at Kala Gallery in Berkeley, Calif. The group exhibition presented work by artists who explore the idea of borders from a wide range of perspectives. Christie investigated the denaturalization of boundary into path and vice versa; her work presented various intersections and thresholds: a body crossing space, inside with outside, traces existing with present movement. Christie is the creative director at Fancy Ink Press/Make Studio in Steamboat Springs, Colo.

Angela Soto, an ex-snowboard instructor, is engaged to pro skateboarder Michael Shearer. They live in Portland, Ore., and are expecting their first son, Ollie, in December.

2006

Elizabeth Usborne completed a solo hike of the Appalachian Trail last summer with her dog, Ursa. The pair started on Springer Mountain in Georgia March 12, 2013, and finished 2,185 miles away on Mount Katahdin in Maine on Sept. 28, 2013.

2007

Elizabeth “Libby” Bushell Veasey founded HoWL (Homer Wilderness Leaders) in her native Alaska in 2009. HoWL provides experiential education
for young people, and Libby credits her success to her experience leading the
CC Outdoor Recreation Club as a student.

2009

Skylor Powell is launching a program that she has been working on for two years. The Shift Program educates participants on nutrition, emotional eating, and modern-day food systems, and provides the tools to improve their relationship with whole foods. The seven-day program is available on Amazon and through the Sprout Health Lifestyle’s website.

2010

Kate Aitchison has been accepted to the Rhode Island School of Design, where she will obtain her master of fine arts in printmaking. She spent the past three years working as a river guide on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. She plans to pursue the communication of environmental concerns including climate change through various forms of printmaking.

2013

Leah Cristina Danze has been named a Princeton in Latin America Fellow for 2014-2015. She spent the past year representing migrant farmworkers and Spanish-speaking survivors of domestic abuse as a paralegal for the Battered Immigrant Project and Farmworker Unit at Legal Aid of North Carolina. She interned at Latin American Working Group in Washington, D.C. While a CC student, she helped refugees adjust to life in Colorado Springs and led workshops for Hispanic youth. She will serve as the Developing Minds Fellow in Medillin, Colombia. The fellowship placed 52 fellows with 28 organizations in 16 countries.

David Fay and Leland Krych received a Mountaineering Fellowship Award from the American Alpine Club. The fellowship grants encourage American climbers age 25 and younger to travel to remote areas and seek out climbs more difficult than they might ordinarily be able to do.

2015

John Nestler took a semester off in January 2014, to pursue projects including a 27-day solo kayak descent of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado in the middle of winter. John has released “Why Rush Through Paradise,” a short film detailing his experience, and was featured in the July 2014 issue of Canoe & Kayak magazine.