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By Abe Mamet ’17 In Colorado, incarcerated persons who are isolated in solitary confinement experience, on average, 23 months in a single cell with limited human contact. The Colorado College Prison Project, CC’s prison reform advocacy group, views this as a serious issue. We believe that solitary confinement is inhumane, unnecessary, and counterproductive. To bring…

Dear Alumni, Parents, and Friends of Colorado College, Colorado College’s strategic plan calls for nurturing in our students a strong sense of place. As focused as they are on the immediate and the virtual, we challenge them to engage in this community and region, and to develop local connections that play an important role in…

Three members of the Colorado College swimming and diving teams were rewarded for their commitment to academic and athletic excellence by earning a place on CoSIDA’s Academic All-District At-Large Teams. Pictured above from left, Olivia Dilorati ’16 and Erin Holmes ’16 from the women’s team and Crane Sarris ’17 from the men’s team were eligible…

Ninety-seven percent of medical students in the United States do not take a single course in geriatric medicine. A tsunami is coming, but not the kind you envision. It has nothing to do with water, but has everything to do with people … especially those who will be approaching retirement age. It will have serious…

We Think This Says it All Many thanks to Jen Haefeli ’92 for sharing her 7-year-old daughter’s artwork with us. The sticker featuring CC’s new logo was included in the April issue of the Bulletin.

Colorado College welcomes the approximately 530 members of the Class of 2020, with New Student
 Orientation starting Saturday, Aug. 20. CC received 7,997 applications for the incoming class, just short 
of the record 8,064 applicants a year before. Offers of admission were extended to 1,270 applicants, resulting in a 15.9 percent admittance rate, a record…

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…

Tutt Library stores a very special collection of Helen Hunt Jackson’s books, letters, diaries, and personal papers behind its doors.

Many years ago, Colorado College launched OurCC as an online tool that could, in part, help alumni connect with students for career-related mentorship. The mentor section was but one module in a suite of tools that includes event registration, website development for the Office of Alumni Relations, broadcast email, and e-commerce, such as making a…