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Consider how you want to approach your block. The six images you choose for your block might each represent a different aspect of yourself, or they could show six sides of your life. They might each represent an aspect of life during the pandemic. Or you might simply choose six images that resonate with each…

Like many who came before and after us, the Class of 1970 arrived at CC in the fall of 1966 with high hopes, anxieties, and aspirations. And we all were changed by discoveries in unanticipated fields that set us on paths many of us hadn’t imagined. Some students were only our classmates for the first…

The CC Board of Trustees, at its meeting held virtually June 10-12, approved eight new members for terms beginning in July 2020. The new trustees are Alan Woo ’71; Jane Franke ’84, P’17; Frieda Ekotto ’86; So Yong Park ’87; Eric Duran ’91; Onyx Bengston ’18; Elliott Williams ’21; and France Winddance Twine. “We are…

Alumnae Address Some Strategies for Coping in 2020 and Beyond Recognizing that this year has been extra challenging for many, we reached out to three Colorado College alumnae who are all professionals in different areas of the mental health space and asked for a few tips from each of their areas of expertise. Brittany Linton…

Michael Sawyer, assistant professor in Colorado College’s Race, Ethnicity, & Migration Studies program and English Department, participated in Harvard Book Store’s virtual event series in June. He and Flores Forbes, associate professor of urban planning at Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, discussed Sawyer’s recently published “Black Minded: The Political Philosophy of Malcolm X.” Sawyer, the director of…

Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology Jennifer Garcia has been awarded a $235,000 grant from the highly competitive Boettcher Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Award Program, which supports early career investigators in Colorado whose research has a direct impact on human health. The three-year grant will fund a study in baker’s yeast that investigates a new cellular process…

Former President Jill Tiefenthaler recorded 539 individualized videos for graduates; 524 for undergraduates and 15 for graduates in CC’s Master of Arts in Teaching program. The idea for personalized videos came about as she and others were discussing the results of a survey CC sent to seniors and their families as to what they wanted…

Colorado College students and recent alumni garnered a range of academic awards this year. The students and recent alumni represent a variety of departments and disciplines.    Not pictured: Maxwell Veiga ’20                   Erasmus Mundus Scholarship This year more than half of CC’s 19 Fulbright applicants, or 58%, advanced to semifinalist status. Colorado College’s 2020-21 Fulbright semifinalists include: Kenneth…

In “A Tiger Can Change His Stripes” in the Spring 2020 issue of the Bulletin, CC Athletics wrote about the unveiling of the newly refreshed logos and mascot. Inserted into the print edition of this issue, you’ll find a sticker with the new Athletics logo and we’d love to see pictures of you with it…

The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) and Mountain West announced they will not participate in NCAA intercollegiate competition during the Fall 2020 season. The SCAC stated on July 16 that NCAA intercollegiate competition will not occur during the fall due to health and safety concerns stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes conference and non-conference…