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August 2011
Writing on the Wall
Colorado College alumni Eric Bransby ’47 and Trevor Thomas ’10 help bring an art form from the edge to a comeback. Reprinted with permission from the Colorado Springs Independent. It’s happened slowly and quietly, but the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center has pushed an art form on the edge toward a major comeback. Murals — not the kind you see under a bridge, but commissioned pieces executed by artists — have all but disappeared from many public places. In an age when cost-effectiveness dominates construction and mass appeal in art is deemed an abject goal, murals have come to appear as both unnecessarily extravagant, and more decorative than artistic. They…Read more
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August 2011
Introducing Colorado College's 13th President
Jill Tiefenthaler, CC’s president as of July 1, has a solid foundation in economics that will help the college continue to flourish. But her people skills and passion for the liberal arts complete the picture of a well-rounded college president. “I understand well the power of the liberal arts education, and I’m so committed to it as a mission because I think the liberal arts are a great calling. I believe in what we do fundamentally because of the impact it had on my own life,” Tiefenthaler said. Growing up on a farm in Iowa meant hard work, helping her mother feed the farm hands and taking care of two…Read more
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August 2011
Energy-Waste Busters
Learning, Serving, and Slashing Energy Use, One Building at a Time A student energy-auditing and retrofitting program at Colorado College is advancing sustainability one building at a time, including the home in which the new college president and her family will live. “The students’ recommendations are the focus of our energy management design intent,” said Chris Coulter, director of CC facilities services, about work done to improve energy efficiency at the new president’s home on Wood Avenue. “Having their input has greatly facilitated communication and the delivery of sustainability goals,” said Coulter. In addition to working at Colorado College President Jill Tiefenthaler’s home, students also have conducted energy audits on CC’s Hulbert Center, Interdisciplinary…Read more