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Homecoming Weekend

OCT. 10-13, 2019              

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Susie B’s Challenge Aims to Propel Colorado Pledge Forward

As 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…

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More Than Scores: CC Admission Goes Test-Optional

Colorado College applicants have always been more than just numbers. With its new test-optional policy, CC is doubling down on that sentiment.

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Get to Know Debbie Howell, Elder-in-Residence

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.

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The Circle of Giving, the Power of Connecting

Supporting a cause you believe in — with money or time — can arise from many different places and take many different forms.

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Student Perspective

Students 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…

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What’s on Your Reading List, Neena Grover?

We 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…

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New Pledge Opens CC’s Doors to Colorado Families

As Colorado high school seniors and their families researched colleges and began the application process for admission this fall, many who would have considered Colorado College out of reach financially had reason to look at CC more closely. In August, the college announced the Colorado Pledge, a pilot initiative designed to make CC as affordable…

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On the Bookshelf

The Pacific Alone By Dave Shively ’03 In the summer of 1987 Ed Gillet achieved what no person has accomplished before or since, a solo crossing from California to Hawaii by kayak. Gillet, at the age of 36 an accomplished sailor and paddler, navigated by sextant. Still, Gillet underestimated the abuse his body would take…

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CCSGA President Shares Thoughts on New CC Initiatives and Traditions

During Homecoming Weekend, Fifty Year Club Co-President Dan Cooper ’66 and Colorado College Student Government Association President Ethan Greenberg ’20 started a new tradition. Cooper presented Greenberg with a bottle of champagne to be saved for the Class of 2020’s champagne on the quad toast that will happen as the academic year wraps up this…

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