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Thanks for the Memories I so enjoyed a resurgence of pleasant CC memories as I noted your remembrance of Dr. Glenn Gray and the mention of Dr. Penland’s participation in the herbarium. I spent many pleasant hours sorting and collating Dr. Penland’s plant collection, particularly his Penstemon penlandii. I had come to CC interested in…

With the rigor and adventure inherent in the CC Block Plan and our awe-inspiring location in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado College is poised to make summer academic programs the destination for a new generation of learners. Colorado College has a long tradition of extending learning opportunities for students during the Summer Session, taking advantage of…

A gift from a generous alumna makes it possible to reimagine Tutt Library for a new generation of students.

The CC Facilities crew ensures that historic campus buildings are preserved and also prepared for the future needs of the campus.

Colorado College presented its first State of Sustainability report to the CC community this fall. The report, which uses the nationally recognized Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System (STARS) as a guide, benchmarks the school’s performance across broad sustainability metrics and provides a road map for future improvements and priorities. The report addresses the integration…

When moving from one phase of life to another, what do you need to be happy and successful? Friends and a little structure to feel like you belong. Guidance on the unwritten rules of your new culture. “What anybody needs when transitioning to a new situation is really pretty much the same,” said Anne Hyde,…

The CC Office of Alumni Relations will sponsor several new alumni summer programs in Summer 2015. The first, “The Art of the Pitch,” will be a quarter-block class for alumni on July 15-19, 2015, on the CC campus. Innovation Institute Director Patrick Bultema and bestselling novelist/Colorado College English Professor Steve Hayward will create a hands-on…

The academic year is the center of CC’s mission, but a big part of our strategic plan is to create new opportunities in the summer.

Dear Alumni, Parents, and Friends of Colorado College, It was my junior year in college and summer was rapidly approaching. Like many college students, I was eager for a break, but also wanted to have a meaningful summer experience. After considering my options, I spent the summer teaching math at a boarding school. It was…

By now, you know this phrase well. It has become the rallying cry of those protesting the killing of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, Mo., earlier this year. Like other memorable activist slogans — “Hell no! We won’t go!” and “No justice? No peace!”— it captures the essence of collective anger in response to…