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Colorado College received a four-star rating, the highest rating available, from Charity Navigator, a national organization that helps people make informed decisions about charitable giving. Nonprofit organizations are rated on their financial health as measured by program and administrative costs, fundraising expenses and efficiency, revenue, and similar indicators. Charity Navigator recently added a nonprofit’s accountability and…

Colorado College has partnered with Health Professionals, Ltd. to provide health services for students at Boettcher Health Center, which was formerly operated internally by the college. All medical and mental health records of former students (withdrawn or graduated) will be maintained at Boettcher Health Center, in a secure and locked location that ensures patient confidentiality,…

by Craig Miner ’66 The railroad not only transformed America’s economic landscape, but it also profoundly changed its citizens. But while there have been many histories of railroads, few have examined the subject as a social and cultural phenomenon. Miner, who was a professor at Wichita State University, traces the growth of railroads from their…

by Dave Armstrong, CC interim vice president for information management Armstrong’s book features 18 high-quality gicleé prints of his collages, with poetry and short fiction inspired by the print on a facing page. Armstrong and CC English Professor Jane Hilberry, who edited the book and wrote the introduction, invited poets and writers to select an…

by Lydia Griffin ’00 Susan Anderson was the cherished physician of Fraser, Colo., for more than 47 years. Born six years before Colorado became a state, Anderson practiced until she was 84 years old. The biography, part of the “Now You Know” series, is aimed at a fourth-grade audience and provides an interesting look not…

by Markham (Skipper) A. Dickson ’71 Dickson and high school pals celebrate their 60th year by taking a beat-up houseboat 400 river miles across Louisiana, testing its mettle and their own. They rediscover the magnificence of Louisiana’s waterways, the serenity of its sandbars, and the lure of its storied blue catfish. Everywhere they go, Dickson…