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Posts from the Spring 2019 issue

Weddings & Celebrations

’78 Elizabeth Frank ’78 and Steve Achelis, June 16, in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. ’91 Sandy Buffett ’91 and Timothy Perez, Oct. 6, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. ’06 Chris Petersen ’06 and Lauren Seno, Sept. 22, in Door County, Wisconsin. ’08 William M. Copp ’08 and Emma Craft, Oct. 20, in Oyster Bay, New York. ’10…

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Athletics Hires New VP and Director of Athletics Lesley Irvine to Start June 1

Lesley Irvine had a choice to make in 1998. The recent college graduate could stay in her native England and teach or take the less conventional route of moving to Iowa to play field hockey while earning a master’s degree. Choosing the latter set the tone for a series of career moves that led to…

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Births & Adoptions

’99 Katie Jenkins ’99, a daughter, Hannah Jean, March 21, in Bismarck, North Dakota. ’05 Megan Fitzgibbons ’05 and Yusuke Fitzgibbons, a son, Kai Michael, Sept. 25, in Yokohama, Japan. John Lanham ’05 and Eve Ardell Lanham ’06, a daughter, Sienna Claire Lanham, July 10, in San Diego, California. ’07 Jaime Boswell Cammack ’07 and…

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Book in Play

Horst Richardson coached men’s soccer at Colorado College for 50 years, with his wife Helen serving as the team’s surrogate mother, game-day chef, and documentarian from almost the very beginning. So it is no surprise that in retirement, they hung in there for more than three years to complete “The History of Men’s Soccer at…

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Obituaries

’44 Marjory “Marge” Reid Abbott passed away Jan. 4 at age 96. Those who predeceased her include her father, former CC professor W. Lewis Abbott, and a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth “Betty” Abbott McKeever ’41. ’45 Charlotte Lewis Skiffington started a career as a medical technologist before marrying an Army officer and living on various military…

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On the Bookshelf

The Journey Is the Goal By Jack Walker ’62 Walker chronicles his journey from child to man, a journey that started in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley during the Great Depression and took him to Colorado, where for the first 10 years of his life he was raised by his maternal grandparents, with stop-offs with foster parents.…

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What’s on Your Reading List, Andrea Bruder?

We asked Department Chair and Associate Professor of Mathematics Andrea Bruder What’s on Your Reading List? “‘Power in Numbers: The Rebel Women of Mathematics’ by Talithia Williams features biographies of 30 female mathematicians, spanning 300 years of history. Williams showcases each woman’s accomplishments and tells their stories of overcoming significant obstacles in order to be…

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Fine Arts Center Celebrates 100 Years

Established in 1919 in what had been Spencer and Julie Penrose’s private downtown estate, the Broadmoor Art Academy served as a pillar in the cultural community of the Rocky Mountain West — ultimately evolving into what is known today as the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College.

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Fine Arts Center Celebrates 100 Years: Historic Highlights

See fac.coloradocollege.edu to learn more about FAC’s rich history.  Special FAC Centennial Events The FAC’s Bemis School of Art will mount classes in printmaking, lithography, en plein air painting, and other related mediums in celebration of the art and artists whose work here during the BAA’s heyday contributed significantly to artistic traditions of the era.…

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Seeding Student-Faculty Collaboration: State of the Rockies Launches Rapid Response Research Grants

Not too many professors can say they have to worry about dogs literally eating a student’s work, but it will be a genuine possibility during Associate Research Professor Steven Taylor’s upcoming State of the Rockies project. A recipient of a 2019 Rockies Rapid Response Research Grant, Taylor will work with CC interns this summer to…

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