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This Is Chance! By Jon Mooallem ’00 On Good Friday in 1964, Anchorage, Alaska, was jolted by 
a magnitude 9.2 earthquake, the most powerful in American history. For four and a half minutes, the ground lurched and rolled. When it stopped, the city was in disarray and sealed off from the outside world. As people turned on their transistor radios, they heard Genie…

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When It Comes to COVID-19, CC’s Students Write It Best

Student journalists with the CC COVID-19 Reporting Project share original reporting, interviews, and infographics.

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Inaugural Stroud Scholars Rise to Challenge

Named in honor of two of the earliest Black students to graduate from CC, the Stroud Scholars Program helps prepare and engage high-promise students from across the Pikes Peak Region in pursuing their ambitions to attend college.

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A Year in Photos

                 

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Breaking New Ground

Roxaneh Khorsand, visiting assistant professor in the Organismal Biology and Ecology Department since 2018, adapts to teaching biology of plants during the pandemic

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Student Perspectives

           

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A Little Bit of Good: The CC Community in the Age of COVID-19

COVID-19 has been easy for no one. I could tell you my sob story, about how my semester abroad was cut short and how my place of residence has changed six times in the last six months. I could tell the stories of people who were affected much more significantly by the pandemic, stories from…

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‘A Double Learning Curve’: One new CC professor details his experience working and teaching remotely

Teaching on the Block Plan for the first time can be challenging. But teaching on the Block Plan for the first time and doing it online is “a double learning curve.” Assistant Professor of History John Marquez started his career at Colorado College from home. During Block 1, Marquez co-taught an online junior history seminar with Assistant…

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As COVID makes food insecurity more visible, Colorado College launches weekly distribution program to keep students fed 

As COVID-19 continues to rage across the country, communities struggling with food insecurity grow increasingly vulnerable. In August, The Denver Post reported one in three Coloradans were struggling to eat. Last month, CNN reported there were thousands of cars in line to collect food from a pantry in Dallas, Texas. While Congress sits on another stimulus bill, some communities have embraced forms of…

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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle? CC’s sustainability efforts shift to accommodate pandemic protocols

In the Before Times, Colorado College students would go to the college’s cafeteria, grab reusable plates and silverware, and serve themselves from a spread of food. At the college’s coffee shop, students could bring their own mugs instead of using disposable to-go cups. But then the pandemic hit, and guidelines for COVID-19 safety began encouraging everyone to…

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