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Issue: April 2011

Scientific Collaboration Yields Positive Results for Students and Faculty

 Teaming up for investigative research, Colorado College faculty and students are making valuable contributions to science while expanding their educational experience. “The joy of science is really in doing it,” said Neena Grover, associate professor and chair of CC’s department of chemistry and biochemistry, about why she consistently mentors undergraduates in her laboratory. Grover said, “It’s really about having a sense of wonder. I want students to get an idea of why, as well as how one does research, and to see that they can ask and make progress toward answering complex questions.” “Our students are capable of this depth and quality,” said Bob Jacobs, CC professor of psychology and…

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Issue: April 2011

About the April 2011 cover

 Mark Fiore ’91 created this illustration of CC then and now. Fiore, whose animated political cartoons appear on SFGate.com, the website of the San Francisco Chronicle, won the Pulitzer Prize in 2010 for editorial cartooning. Fiore was a political science major at Colorado College. It was the first time since the category of editorial cartooning was created in 1922 that the Pulitzer went to an artist whose work does not appear in print. The Pulitzer jury said Fiore’s “biting wit, extensive research, and ability to distill complex issues set a high standard for an emerging form of commentary” — online video cartooning. Like traditional editorial cartoons, his work pokes fun…

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Issue: November 2010

Magical Places at Colorado College

 The genius of an excellent liberal arts college lies in a faculty committed equally to scholarship and inspired teaching. Such a faculty and its students need attractive smart classrooms, libraries, labs, learning commons, performance and athletic areas and funds and equipment for field trips. Colorado College has the best facilities it has ever had. And it has a splendid mix of dedicated faculty and students who are committed to challenging themselves on the Block Plan. We also have the wonderful advantage of relatively small discussion intensive seminar classes, and the distinctive Block Plan itself. Yet what makes a place magical or memorable is less what a place is than what…

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Issue: November 2010

Peak Profile: Jo Garner Boatright ’57

 Jo Garner Boatright ’57 is a petite woman who has been called a “lioness of the keyboard.” When she sits down at one of the three grand pianos in her Buena Vista, Colo., home, it’s easy to see why. Her hands are blurs as she unleashes her power and sends sound soaring. It all started in Sterling, Colo., where her parents listened to classical music and her mother taught her the piano. Jo soon surpassed her mother, so they sought out Max Lanner, head of the Colorado College music department. “He taught in Denver every other week, so my mother drove me 240 miles, round-trip, every other week all the way…

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Issue: November 2010

Peak Profile: Matt Claman ’81

 Matt Claman ’81 has boated most of the road-accessible rivers in Alaska, completed ski marathons, and competed in bike and cross-country ski wilderness races. He was a rafting guide in the Grand Canyon. He worked in a gold mine in Alaska. But ask this adventurer, attorney, and long-time resident of Alaska to name the most exciting thing he’s ever done, and he describes a different kind of challenge — serving as mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, the 62nd largest city in the United States. Matt says the mayoral job “presented challenges and opportunities to work with the community, provide leadership, and do what is best for Anchorage. It required learning quickly…

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Issue: November 2010

The Maine Highlands: Honors the Fallen

 The Maine Highlands: Honors the Fallen produced by Steven C. Hildreth ’65 Hildreth utilizes several area musicians in Maine, many of whom are veterans, in the production of this CD. As part of the project, the performers have held veteran’s tribute concerts on several Veterans Days. The titles of the songs on the CD are telling: “All the Unsung Heroes,” “Travelin’ Soldier,” and “More than a Name on the Wall.” The CD is dedicated to two of Hildreth’s friends who were killed in Vietnam. ASIN: B001KT37K0. Released 2008.

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