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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Kyle Cunningham has been named general manager of 91.5 KRCC, Colorado College’s NPR-member station. He joined the station as membership manager in 2016 and served as interim general manager for seven months before assuming the position in September. Since arriving at 91.5 KRCC, Cunningham has built a strong membership program that has continuously broken records, cultivated a…

“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…

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.