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During Half Block 2019, the Office of Alumni and Family Relations partnered with the Career Center to conduct a student Tiger Trek to London. Tiger Treks are field trips to major cities that highlight prestigious alumni and potential career paths. This was the sixth Tiger Trek, and the first international trip. Twelve students spent a…

Colorado College’s Faces of Innovation project honors alumni, students, and faculty who embody the innovative and adventurous CC spirit with creativity and collaborative ideas. Learn more at www.coloradocollege.edu/facesofinnovation. Here are the most recent Faces of Innovation honorees: Eric Popkin, associate professor of sociology Holly Ornstein Carter ’85 Ramon Gabrieloff-Parish ’00

From war zones to the Mountain West, the late Professor Emeritus of History William “Bill” Hochman lived a full, fruitful, and generous life. His classes, specifically the legendary Freedom and Authority class, helped form the backbone of CC’s liberal arts education as the college grew and developed.

Half Block, which runs nine days in early January before the start of Block 5, offers CC students the opportunity to earn half a course credit, invest in career development through non-credit courses, or learn an outdoor skill. Students earned credit in courses such as Brazilian Music and Language, Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology,…

Provost Alan Townsend recently announced that Professor of English Jane Hilberry and Associate Professor of Music Ryan Bañagale ’00 are assuming new leadership positions. Hilberry, who has spent years contributing to the development and creative vision of CC’s innovation program, will now assume the title of professor of creativity and innovation and devote a significant…

Professor of English Claire Garcia has been named Colorado College’s next dean of the faculty, and will begin a five-year term on July 1. Garcia’s research and teaching focus on women writers in the Americas and Europe. Her many courses at CC have included Contemporary African American Women Writers; The Harlem Renaissance; Introduction to Literary…

Five Faculty Members Awarded Tenure; Seven to Retire Five Colorado College faculty members, including an alumna, were approved by the Board of Trustees for tenure and promotion to associate professor following the board’s annual February meeting. CC President Jill Tiefenthaler, Provost Alan Townsend, and Dean of the Faculty Sandra Wong visited each promoted faculty member,…

“In reading “Tigers Crossing Paths” in the Bulletin I thought you might be interested in my story. In 2008 I contacted three of my CC schoolmates on the 50th anniversary of our summer in Alaska prospecting for gold (1958). One of the three was able to go to Alaska with me, Maury Hammond ’56, to…