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Millie Olson ’68 graduated from Colorado College with a bachelor’s degree in English and this thought: “I don’t have any marketable skills.” It was one of the few times she’d be wrong in what would become a stellar, high-profile career. Writing samples and tenacity helped her land a job at Seventeen magazine in New York…

1980 David Lester was one of 46 attorneys from Ulmer & Berne (Cleveland, Ohio) named to The Best Lawyers in America 2014, one of the most highly regarded referral publications in the legal profession. 1985 Kristin Yanz Stutz has been promoted to assistant regional academic dean at the Amarillo Regional Campus, Texas Tech University School…

1991 Averil Rothrock is senior counsel at Schwabe, Williamson, & Wyatt’s Seattle office. She chairs the Appellate Section of the King County Bar Association and coaches community youth soccer. Jennifer Merritt Swope has co-written a catalog and is consulting curator for “Quilts and Color, the Pilgrim/Roy Collection,” an exhibition of quilts that will be on…

Weddings and Celebrations 1967 Gary Knight and Keith W. Biolek-Austin, his domestic partner of 19.5 years, Nov. 23, 2013, in New York City. 1986 Katie Soden and Janet Earley, Nov. 16, 2013, in New York City. 2012 Marguerita ten Houten and Joel Swanson, Oct. 19, 2013, in Boulder, Colo. Births and Adoptions 1995 Gretchen Ann…

Basketball Three Tigers — guard Ryan Milne ’14 and forward Chris Lesnansky ’15 of the men’s team, along with guard Courtney Tyus ’15 of the women’s squad — received all-SCAC recognition. Milne and Lesnansky, who led Colorado College to an overall record of 17-8, earned first-team accolades while Tyus was voted to the women’s third…

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Nancy Stern Bain ’73 is the living, dancing embodiment of the enriched life of service that beckons many CC students. A glimpse of her future may have appeared to Dance Instructor Hanya Holm, in whose legendary summer institutes Nancy danced, and to her inspirational professors — Glenn Gray, Jane Cauvel, Harvey Rabbin, Doug Freed, Marianne…

Editor’s note: When his godson was considering college choices, Dan Laukitis wrote to him about how to live well. What began as a kind of love letter to family became a testament to the life of learning and the benefits of a liberal arts education. Having recently become a father himself, Dan finds his own…

The Historic Preservation Alliance of Colorado Springs presented Colorado College with its award for Excellence for Historically Compatible New Construction last fall. The award was presented in recognition of the new Cheryl Schlessman Bennett Children’s Center, 909 N. Nevada Ave., with the observation that CC is “no stranger to the preservation of existing buildings” and…