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Posts from the Summer 2018 issue

Family & Friends Weekend

Family and Friends Weekend, one of Colorado College’s largest annual on-campus events, embraces the myriad ways family can be defined. It’s an opportunity for students to celebrate the CC community and share it with their families—including parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles … and friends! Come and spend time reconnecting with your student, and experience firsthand…

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CC Adds Thematic Minor in Indigenous Studies

CC recently approved a new thematic minor in Indigenous Studies. Students have expressed a strong desire for this minor, and the college has an active group of students, faculty, and staff with current and growing connections to First Nation communities in North America who helped bring the proposal to fruition. “An Indigenous Studies thematic minor…

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1964-1968 “Years that changed CC and the world, told through music”

Pre-Homecoming Symposium, Oct. 10-11, 2018 Homecoming at Colorado College is always special, but this year, there’s another reason to return to campus. Preceding Homecoming festivities, the Class of 1968 will host for all members of the CC community a two-day, mini-symposium devoted to the music and movements that defined the 1960s. It’s hard to remember…

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Lani Hinkle ’83 Retiring From PIFP

Lani Carroll Hinkle ’83, director of the Public Interest Fellowship Program, is retiring at the end of October after being with the program for 12 years. The Public Interest Fellowship Program, founded by Professor Emeritus of Sociology Jeff Livesay in 2004, places Colorado College students and recent graduates in paid positions with Colorado nonprofits in…

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Philanthropists Confirm Commitment to FAC

Husband-and-wife philanthropists Kathy Loo and Jim Raughton have reaffirmed their commitment to gift collections of art to the museum at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College. Kathy Loo reaffirmed the commitment made by her late husband Dusty Loo in 1993 to gift the “Dusty and Katherine Loo Collection,” his collection of Colorado and…

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Incoming Class to Read ‘Frankenstein’

The Common Read for the incoming Class of 2022 is “Frankenstein” (or “The Modern Prometheus”) by Mary Shelley. This year marks the 200th anniversary of the book’s publication, a seminal interdisciplinary work that has influenced millions of people across the globe. The book was chosen for its capacity to spark dialogue around issues of diversity,…

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Students, Recent Alumni Accumulate Accolades

                                          Colorado College students and recent alumni earned a wide range of academic recognition this year. Students in a variety of disciplines and departments garnered a variety of awards. Not SHOWN: Jin Mei McMahon ’17 and…

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CC Partners with City on Robson Arena

Colorado College, in partnership with Colorado Springs’ City for Champions initiative, unveiled a proposal in late July to build the Edward J. Robson Arena as an on-campus competition arena. If approved, this new facility with 3,000 permanent seats would become the home of CC Tiger Hockey. The arena would be comparable in size to the…

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From the President

Dear Alumni, Parents, and Friends, In our technologically dynamic society, we as educators are confronted with the challenge of preparing our students for jobs that don’t yet exist. While we may not be certain what the job market will look like in five years, we can be certain that the skills our students gain through…

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Game On With CC’s eSports Team

ESports, or competitive online gaming, is thriving at CC with a new team competing in “Overwatch” and “League of Legends.”

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