Bulletin

Galapagos Islands and Machu Picchu Professor of Organismal Biology and Ecology Jim Ebersole served as faculty leader for a Block Break
 Away for a group of 47 alumni, parents, and friends in March. The trip combined two extraordinary UNESCO World Heritage sites, the Galapagos Islands and Machu Picchu. Teeming with tortoises, sea lions, birds, and…

Colorado College swept the awards at the first ACM Film Festival, held at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. Of the 150 submissions received, 38 films by CC students or recent alumni were accepted — and 13 of the 38 were nominated for “best of” awards. CC filmmakers went on to take first place in each…

Sue Woolsey P’97, P’98, P’99, former chair of the Colorado College Board of Trustees and a life trustee, was honored at a ceremony and reception in June at Stewart House, with her sons Rob ’97, Dan ’98, and Ben ’99 in attendance, as well as daughter-in-law Morgan and twin granddaughters. CC’s Baca Campus solar array…

The following individuals will be honored with awards at Homecoming 2016 for their achievements. The Louis T. Benezet Award The Louis T. Benezet Award recognizes outstanding achievement in one’s chosen field, excellence through unusual success or contribution, innovation or research that has advanced a profession or a cause, and/or extraordinary contributions and achievements that have…

A $5.6 million gift from an anonymous donor from the Class of 1982 honors retiring Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Steven Janke and helps support financial aid. Of the gift, $2.5 million will be directed toward a chaired professorship established in honor of Janke, who joined the faculty in 1975 and retired this summer.…

This request to talk about what’s on my bookshelf comes at a bad time for me. I am in the process of giving away my books, hundreds on hundreds of books. They have surrounded me. I have lived with them, at home and in my former office at the college. They are my habitat. But…

Hello Fellow Alumni, Wherever your path after Colorado College may have taken you, I hope this Bulletin finds you doing well and enjoying your summer, or perhaps your winter for those of you down under! I love hearing about what our fellow alumni are up to all over the globe. With Homecoming just around the…

Colorado College students and recent alumni had another whirlwind year of academic recognition. Students in a variety of disciplines and departments garnered a multitude of awards. Award winners not pictured:
 Kristen Wells ’13, Phoebe Parker-Shames ’13, and Isabel Jones ’12: National Science Foundation 
Research fellowships Devon Cole ’13, Skye McClure Greenler ’14, Kyle Seewald Hemes…

Sometimes, graduating from college provides 20/20 vision. Lila Rosenman ’16 looks back on her four years at CC and shares advice with the incoming Class
 of 2020. 1. Befriend a staff member. Our dedicated college staff is the heartbeat of our campus. They’ll certainly support you professionally, but take the time to build a friendship.  2. Spend a…

Weddings & Celebrations 2005 Carleton “Corky” Keck and Erin Hopmann, on May 14, 2016, in St. Louis. Births & Adoptions 1992 Andrew Wilkey and Jennifer Jane Fransen Wilkey, a son, Nolan Henry Vincent Wilkey, Oct. 9, 2015, in Minneapolis. 2005 Peter Maiurro and his wife Kate Faricy Maiurro, a daughter, Josephine Hayden, Jan. 13 in…