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Posts from the Spring 2018 issue

Beyond Start-Ups and Tech: Innovation at CC Takes a Holistic Approach

Mindfulness, design thinking, and creative confidence play a major role in Colorado College’s approach to innovation.

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Class Notes

1967 To mark their 50th reunion, members of the Class of ’67 added a swamp white oak to the Colorado College Arboretum, thus amplifying CC’s Tree Campus USA designation. Members pictured below from left to right: Rory Donaldson ’66, with wife Louisa, Jennifer Callaway, an unidentified individual, Lise Hazen, Keith Cunningham, Tom Zetterstrom, Thor Thorson,…

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Elevating Summer: A Summer Program as Vibrant as the Academic Year

With opportunities provided by Summer Session, the Pre-College Program, student-faculty collaborative research, and a music festival, summer is an exciting time to be at CC.

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Increasing Access: Colorado College Paves the Way for Financial Aid and Scholarships

Colorado College paves the way for financial aid and scholarships.

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Building an Even Better Block

“The Colorado College Plan: Building on the Block” was developed five years ago with broad input from the CC community following President Jill Tiefenthaler’s Year of Listening. The 2013 plan includes five recommendations designed to create a more dynamic liberal arts experience. The recommendations focus on the Block Plan, summer/Half Block, innovation, CC’s distinctive place,…

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Curating Collections and Collaborations at the Fine Arts Center

I’ve been a full-time staff member of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center since March 2010. Though I am a now middle-aged Air Force brat and therefore not technically a native, I consider Colorado Springs to be my hometown. I spent 11 years in the District 11 public school system prior to attending the University…

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What’s on Your Reading List, Santiago Guerra?

I am currently reading “Blood Oranges,” in which Timothy Bowman presents a history of agricultural development in South Texas. Bowman offers a compelling argument for how commercial agriculture shaped South Texas after its incorporation into the United States, in particular how it structured relationships across race and class. He argues that the Mexican descendant communities…

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Healing & Hope: The Impact of the FAC’s Military Artistic Healing Class

More than 500 active duty, wounded, and retired service personnel, as well as their families, have participated in the Military Artistic Healing class at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College.

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In Memoriam: William “Bill” Edward Barton ’57

William “Bill” Edward Barton ’57, Nov. 24, in Paonia, Colorado. He was 85. Bill was professor emeritus of economics at CC, having taught in the Economics and Business Department for 40 years. He was especially known for his accounting courses, and for the significant impact he had on the lives of students. At a 2012…

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In Memoriam: Ronald “Ron” Edward Ohl

Ronald “Ron” Edward Ohl, Dec. 27, at age 81. As Colorado College’s dean of student affairs in the late ’60s and early ’70s, Ron handled issues related to student safety, discipline, and well-being during one of the more dynamic eras of campus history. An Ohio native, Ron earned a bachelor’s degree at Amherst College and…

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