“Education was always very, very important to me and my parents,” says Jackie Taylor, former counselor at Colorado College’s Student Health Center. She was at CC for 19 years, from 1988 to 2007, one of the first women of color to counsel Colorado College students at the center. Growing up in Union, South Carolina, her…
Issue: Winter 2019 • Tags: people of impact
In “Grass Roots,” journalist Kirsten Akens ’96 takes a look at the impact of cannabis on CC, from classroom conversations and concerns about youth to jobs and educational journals.
Issue: Winter 2019 • Tags: Features
OCT. 10-13, 2019
Issue: Winter 2019 • Tags: FeaturesAs part of Building on Originality: The Campaign for Colorado College, a $435 million fundraising initiative, $100 million is being raised for scholarships. The Colorado Pledge hinges on raising $20 million of that total scholarship figure. Susie Burghart ’77, chair of the Colorado College Board of Trustees, has initiated Susie B’s Challenge, a $2.5 million effort…
Issue: Winter 2019 • Tags: Announcements
Colorado College applicants have always been more than just numbers. With its new test-optional policy, CC is doubling down on that sentiment.
Issue: Winter 2019 • Tags: Features
Howell, a member of the Pawnee and Dakota tribes, comes to the college with an understanding of eldership in the Native tradition, as well as extensive civic engagement experience.
Issue: Winter 2019 • Tags: FeaturesSupporting a cause you believe in — with money or time — can arise from many different places and take many different forms.
Issue: Winter 2019 • Tags: FeaturesStudents from Assistant Professor Scott Ingram’s Field Archaeology course, AN 320, work with Ingram and professional archaeologists near Crestone, Colorado, to survey and record any artifacts found in the area and document what may have been made by people living in the area. The class contributes to Ingram’s interest in teaching insights toward understanding contemporary…
Issue: Winter 2019 • Tags: Insider ViewWe asked Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry Neena Grover “What’s on Your Reading List?” “What does it mean to be human? Three books that I read recently provided ample perspectives on our perceived similarities and differences. Rebecca Skloot’s ‘The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks’ highlights the role of ethics and race in medicine. What happens when we…
Issue: Winter 2019 • Tags: On the Bookshelf