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Posts from the Summer 2017 issue

Block Plan Researcher Demonstrates Benefits of Field Study at CC

Students felt more autonomous in classes where they participated in field trips. They also felt like they had more competence and that they formed a deeper connection with instructors and peers. Heather Fedesco, CC’s first Mellon pedagogy researcher, spent a block poring over survey results of more than 1,600 responses from students, assessing over 300…

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Making CC Connections

I’m standing on the porch of the Vallecitos Mountain Retreat Center log-cabin lodge, looking out at New Mexico’s Tusas Mountains when one of my fellow retreatants turns to me and asks, “Did you say you went to Colorado College?” “Yeah,” I answer. “Why?” “Heidi went there too,” he says. I’m not sure which of the…

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Summer’s a Great Time for Student-Faculty Collaborative Research

Numerous students during the summer work with faculty mentors on research in the sciences, social sciences, humanities, and interdisciplinary fields.

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