Bulletin

CC’s fifth annual Big Idea competition, with $50,000 in seed money at stake, yielded three very different – and very creative – winners. First-place winner FlyPhone took home $30,000. FlyPhone was developed by a team of seniors: Ben Tweedy and Kiki Kauffman, who pitched the concept, along with John Silvester, Dan Keogh, Teddy Corwin, and…

New York Times-bestselling author and CC’s Journalist-in-Residence Hampton Sides P’16, acclaimed for his works of nonfiction adventure, will be this year’s Commencement speaker and receive an honorary degree on Monday, May 22. Also receiving honorary degrees are Brenda L. Bass ’77, a pioneer in the field of RNA research, particularly the editing process; and Van…

Love those big, gorgeous trees on the CC campus? So do others. The college, which has more than 2,100 trees, has been recognized by the Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree Campus USA program as a campus that effectively manages its tree populations, works with the greater community to facilitate healthy urban forests, and engages students in…

Marika Viragh ’13 saw 5th block break photos on CC’s Instagram and was inspired to send one as well. A few members of the Class of 2013 got together for a block break of their own (except post-CC it’s called “a long weekend”) and ran into two groups of CC alumni in Taos, New Mexico.…

Congratulations on a most interesting and well-presented Colorado College Bulletin. From the picture of Eric Bransby ’47 on the cover through the excellent note from President Jill and the outstanding pictures and articles of the alumni and students. I’d especially like to congratulate and thank Ed Robson ’54, a good friend of us Canadians, for…

Dear Alumni, Parents, and Friends, Five years ago, when I first taught a class at CC, I discovered that what happens in the classroom here is different from anything I had encountered in more than 25 years in higher education. The Block Plan and the adventurous spirit of our students make it seem that anything…