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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…

Members of CC’s incoming Class of 2021 and transfer students are reading “Citizen: An American Lyric” by Claudia Rankine as part of Colorado College’s Common Book Read program. Rankine was on campus in February as the Block 6 First Mondays speaker and delivered the capstone address during New Student Orientation. She is the author of…

Associate Professor of Political Science Corina McKendry was in Vancouver in May attending the Art of Cities workshop, where she met Gregor Robertson ’86, the mayor of Vancouver. The two were at a reception for workshop participants and 50 or more people from around Vancouver who have worked with and supported the workshop, including Robertson.…

The theatre at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College received a record 11 Henry Award nominations (more than double the nominations from the previous year) and went on to win a record five awards, tying for first place this year with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. The Henry Awards are…

The Butler Center, CC’s hub of diversity, equity, and inclusion, celebrated students, staff, interns, and faculty at the center’s awards banquet, held at the conclusion of the 2016-17 academic year. Those recognized with awards, named after key figures* in the college’s history of diversity, included: Judy Fisher ’20 and Breanna Elyse Conwell ’19: Taizo Nakashima Emerging Leader…

Live and Let Live By Evelyn M. Perry ’98 Subtitled “Diversity, Conflict, and Community in an Integrated Neighborhood,” this book by Perry, an associate professor of sociology at Rhodes College, shifts the conventional scholarly focus from “What can integration do?” to “How is integration done?” Through examination of life “on the block” in a multiethnic, mixed-income Milwaukee neighborhood, Perry…

Dear Alumni, Parents, and Friends, “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.” This is one of the fascinating findings from the research of Heather Fedesco, our inaugural pedagogy scholar, supported by…

Home to CC’s highly successful intramural and club sports programs, the Adam F. Press Fitness Center sits on the north side of El Pomar Sports Center. Until 2011, the space was simply a grassy hill and long cement ramp down to Washburn Field. A multi-million-dollar renovation to the sports complex changed all that. By May…

Ten CC students were among 25 students and recent grads from four area colleges and universities who participated in the third Quad Innovation Project Summer Intensive, partnering with local organizations in developing scalable, innovative solutions to real-world problems. “I was pushed out of my comfort zone and challenged to think bigger, broader, and from multiple…