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No doubt Colorado College alumni are inquisitive and adventurous, having partaken in long-running programs such as the Grand Canyon river-rafting adventure led by Diane Brown Benninghoff ’68, excursions to India with former President Dick Celeste, and other occasional jaunts with CC geology faculty. In 2014, a new effort was launched to broaden travel horizons and…

1990 Kenny Crochet, at left in photo, is a top member of the competition barbecue team, GQue, led by Jason Ganahl, right, of Superior, Colorado. The team recently competed against nearly 600 top barbecue teams from around the world at the American Royal World Series of BBQ in Kansas City. GQue took home awards for…

Meet the new Colorado College Faces of Innovation: alumni, students, and faculty who embody the innovative and adventurous CC spirit with creativity and collaborative ideas. They are people who say “Why not?” and “What if …?” True liberal arts thinkers, they make connections across the arts, humanities, social sciences, and physical sciences. They are addressing…

Question: What do these CC students have in common? A vice president of the CC Republicans who won a national documentary film award and co-chairs the Native American Students Union (Elizabeth Montano ’15) A fraternity president who is a drama and education entrepreneur and won the Van Skilling Award for great potential for thesis research…

Change happens fast in our modern world. So how does a liberal arts college produce students who can keep pace with global changes, economic challenges, and increased competition for jobs? The college has been considering this question very carefully, particularly over the past several years. Fortunately, CC finds itself in a position of strength, with…

In 1983, Joe Ellis ’80 was selling T-shirts for a living when he applied for a job with the National Football League’s Denver Broncos. “I overheard that they might be looking for somebody to sell ads in their Gameday magazine, which was the game program,” Joe said. “I got into it. You had to roll…

Monica Mueller ’13 had a Big Idea. She wanted to start a nonprofit that would improve children’s lives through creativity, a plan she pitched during the 2013 Big Idea competition at Colorado College. “We didn’t win, which lit a fire in me to prove them wrong about my concept,” Monica said via email from her…

When Jon Wilson arrives at Homecoming this fall for his 10th reunion — which he plans to do with wife Amy Salm Wilson ’05 by his side — he, like many of his classmates, will be in a very different state of mind than he was at graduation. One year after graduation, Jon was living…

Weddings and Celebrations 2006 Lindsay Fox and Ben Chiquoine were married Sept. 6, 2014, in Boulder, Colorado. The wedding party included Tyler Fox ’08 and Woody Hoyt ’06. Births and Adoptions  2001 Alexander Zolot and Sabina Zolot had their second child, a son named Simeon Malakai Zolot, on Dec. 28, 2014. Jen Simmons and April…

Elmer Robert “Pete” Peterson, professor emeritus of French, Nov. 13, 2014, in Colorado Springs. A Navy Air intelligence officer in the early 1950s, he became a lieutenant and spent two tours of duty in the Far East aboard aircraft carriers. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Carleton College, a master’s degree from Middlebury College, and…