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Issue: April 2012

CC Senior Honored at White House for Work on Tribal Lands

Tiffany Calabaza ’12 is one of 11 Native American youth leaders honored at the White House Tribal Nations Conference on Dec. 1 as a “Champion of Change.” Calabaza was recognized for her efforts to bring renewable energy to her hometown of Kewa (formerly Santo Domingo Pueblo), N.M. Calabaza worked with Chemistry Professor Sally Meyer and Kewa tribal members to convert a community windmill into a solar water pumping station. The station will pump groundwater more efficiently, allowing livestock and other small wildlife to have a source of drinking water. The project continues to involve both Colorado College students, as well as Kewa tribal members. Calabaza’s goal is to educate her…

Issue: April 2012

Rebecca Tucker Cited for Exemplifying ‘The Art of Teaching’

Rebecca Tucker, associate professor of art at Colorado College, has been selected as   the 2012 recipient of the Ray O. Werner Award for Exemplary Teaching in the Liberal Arts. Tucker specializes in Renaissance and Baroque art of Northern Europe, and emphasizes student collaboration and discussion in her class. She integrates new technology, group learning, and problem-based methods in her lessons, and is described as a “consistently innovative” professor. Research assignments in her class range from straightforward essays, to art exhibition construction and explanations, to writing theses or mock textbook chapters. Tucker is the third recipient of the award, joining John Gould, of the political science department, and Prof. Brian Linkhart, of…

Issue: April 2012

‘First Mondays’ Campus-wide Series Officially Approved

  Colorado College has initiated “First Mondays,” a campus-wide event held at midday on the first Monday of the block, designed to bring the entire campus community together around a shared academic experience. CC President Jill Tiefenthaler says the series allows the campus to gather, build community, and unify around a common theme. “First Mondays” officially launched on Monday, Feb. 20, with a performance by the Bowed Piano Ensemble, CC’s internationally renowned experimental music group. The performance was followed by an all-campus reception. Block 7’s “First Mondays” event featured Kirk Johnson, vice president of research and collections and chief curator of the Denver Museum of Nature and Science; Block 8 will…

Issue: April 2012

First Block Launches The Ninth Block

It’s not often that a class assignment becomes a tangible enterprise, but CC’s new on-campus bar is the direct result of an economics course. Seniors Lee Carter, Ryan Patterson, and Luke Urban, and juniors Bryce Daniels and Tyler Thorne (not pictured) took Economics and Business Professor Larry Stimpert’s Block 1 class “Entrepreneurship” in which the assignment was to write a business plan. The result is The Ninth Block, currently located in La’au’s Taco Shop behind the Spencer Center. The on-campus bar, which serves CC students of age, faculty, and staff, is a pilot program, but Patterson said the goal is to find it a permanent, on-campus location. “We want to…

Issue: April 2012

Two CC Alumni Honored at Academy Awards

Daniel Junge ’92 won the Academy Award in the category of “Documentary Short” for his film “Saving Face,” while “The Descendants,” based on the book of the same name by Kaui Hart Hemmings ’98, won for “Writing (Adapted Screenplay).” Both Junge and Hemmings attended the 84th Annual Academy Awards event in Hollywood, Calif. “Saving Face” focuses on the work of London-based plastic surgeon Mohammad Jawad who travels back to his homeland to treat survivors disfigured by acid attacks, mostly women who were targeted by their own family members. Junge made “Saving Face” with Pakistani filmmaker Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy.   “The Descendants” tells the story of Matt King, a wealthy Honolulu attorney…