Bulletin

Dear Faculty, Staff, and Students of the Black and LGBTQ+ Communities, On Tuesday, March 20, 2018, members of the Colorado College community were informed that select students and faculty at Colorado College received an email that expresses racist, anti-black, and white supremacist views. Particularly, the email targeted Black students and staff members, students of color,…

Alan R. Townsend will become Colorado College’s provost and professor of environmental science on June 1. As CC’s provost, Townsend will be the college’s chief academic officer and its second-ranking officer with strategic responsibilities that span the entire institution. He will report to President Jill Tiefenthaler, serve on the president’s cabinet, take a leadership role…

CC was hoppin’ before Block 5 even started. This year marked CC’s largest Half Block yet with 468 students enrolled in 31 for-credit courses and 261 enrolled in 21 non-credit offerings. Additionally, CC welcomed 45 Winter Start students, including 18 who were part of the Fall Semester Away program. Winter Starts — both first-year and…

Stephanie Kingsnorth, an architect with Pfeiffer Partners Architects in Los Angeles, led the Pfeiffer team that devised the plan for the Tutt Library renovation and addition. “The library has amazing bones and incredible concrete work,” she says, noting her regard for Walter Netsch’s design and the mid-century Modernist ethos. “We respect the building and wanted…

Four Colorado College faculty members, including two who are CC alumni, have been granted tenure and promotion to associate professor following the annual February meeting of the Board of Trustees. President Jill Tiefenthaler and Sandra Wong, dean of the college and dean of the faculty, visited each promoted faculty member, congratulating them and bestowing a…

“Just Paint,” a short film by Geoffrey Hartley ’19, first aired on Rocky Mountain PBS in November, marking the culmination of his work as part of the Colorado Documentary Project. Dedicated to local storytelling and partnerships with community organizations along the Front Range, the CDP places CC students in “externship” experiences, partnering them with community…

Located just a mile from the U.S. Olympic Committee headquarters, Colorado College has numerous connections to the USOC and Olympic Games. CC alumni have represented our country in competitions, worked for the USOC as employees or interns, and cheered athletes on at events throughout the world. Standing out in South Korea More than a dozen…

Don Henry Kiick, Jan. 7, in Colorado Springs. He was 58. Don was Central Services coordinator at CC, and served as a dedicated employee for over 14 years. A Colorado Springs native, Don started at CC in 2003 as the laboratory and animal suite assistant in the Department of Biology. In March 2005, Don transferred to…

Seeing Straight: An Introduction to Gender and Sexual Privilege By Jean Halley ’89 and Amy Eshleman “Seeing Straight” introduces students to key concepts in gender and sexuality through the lens of privilege and power. The book asks students to examine the privilege inherent in approaching heterosexual and cisgender (a person whose gender identity corresponds with…

Kevin Randolph Morgan, Dec. 16, in Colorado Springs, at age 30. Kevin had been a CC Campus Safety officer since October 2009, and died in a car accident near the college. Outside of his security work, he was known both on and off campus as an avid runner. In an email shared with students and…