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Posts from the Winter 2017 issue

Alumni Block Breaks Away: Solar Eclipse, Jackson Hole, Wyoming

It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a … solar eclipse!

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Family & Friends
 Weekend 2017

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CC Art Week

During Art Week, held between Family and Friends Weekend and Homecoming Weekend, alumni, parents, and friends from the community participated in lectures, classes, and studio visits, culminating with a first-ever Alumni Artist Showcase. Alumni who identify themselves artists, or who graduated with an art degree, were invited to participate by submitting three works for digital…

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Keep On Going On — Ed Benton ’50

In 1946, attending college was not in Ed Benton’s sights. “At 17 months I became an orphan, and I was handed over to my father’s mother. She was 55 years of age, in poor health, illiterate, and she had no money,” says Benton. “When rent went up from $5 per month to $8 per month,…

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Gateway to an Education and an Adventure — Alana Aamodt ’18

A physics major and studio art minor at Colorado College, Alana Aamodt is from Minnesota. She came to CC for a good education and for an exciting adventure. She’s found both. In her first physics class, she and her classmates played hockey every Thursday, something she describes as “one of those things you can only…

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From the Medieval to the Modern: Shining Light Through Shove 
Chapel’s Stained Glass Windows

Shove Chapel’s stained glass windows tell an interesting story, as interpreted by Professor Owen Cramer.

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Built for the Block Plan — and the Planet

The renovated Tutt Library has earned kudos for its energy efficiency design. It’s also a huge hit with students.

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Lives Transformed: CC Scholarship Recipients Tell Their Stories

Three CC scholarship recipients tell their stories. When donors invest in scholarships it’s an investment in the future for the individual recipients and for the college itself.

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