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November 2010
Peak Profile: Kari Thompson ’99
Kari Thompson ’99 knew her chosen career of medicine would serve her well no matter where she went, but it took a trip to Cameroon, Africa, for her to realize just how universal her general surgery skills were. “Becoming a general surgeon is the most translational specialty,” she says. “Appendicitis in Africa is the same as in the United States and the cure is to cut out the appendix.” Kari wanted to be a doctor from the age of 3, when her parents gave her a Fisher-Price doctor’s bag for Christmas. She studied humanities at Colorado College and then got her medical degree at the University of California. She had…Read more
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November 2010
Sports Briefs
An Inside, In-Depth Look at Tiger Hockey — On Film Check this out, Colorado College alumni and hockey fans. Here’s a treat you won’t want to miss. Relive your favorite team’s history, as told by those actually responsible for the story, as it never has been seen or heard before. Recently released in DVD format, “Tiger Pride — Eight Decades of CC Hockey” traces the program’s evolution from a rag-tag industrial league outfit in the mid-1930s through its two national championships in the 1950s to its present-day status as a perennial powerhouse in the ranks of NCAA Division I. On sale ($14.95) at http://www.rivalfilms.com/store/, the DVDs also are available at…Read more
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November 2010
Eighty Years Later, Original Shove Dedication Programs Given to CC
On Oct. 17, 1930, eight-year-old Bob Funk ’54 attended the cornerstone dedication at Shove Memorial Chapel. Almost exactly 80 years later, on Sept. 10, 2010, Funk returned to CC and presented the original dedication programs to Chaplain Bruce Coriell.Read more
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November 2010
Wait, Wait…It’s the Block Plan
Colorado College’s NPR-member station KRCC brought the popular radio program “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me” to Colorado Springs in May. The show, billed as the “oddly informative news quiz,” has an audience of three million listeners and one million podcast subscribers. CC developed a 10-second tagline for the show promoting Colorado College as “challenging students to mono-task, one class at a time.” The “mono-task” phrase resonated with Marne Glaser, a listener in Chicago. She sent an e-mail which said: I want to tell you that as I was listening to “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me” on the radio this morning, my ears perked up when I heard the words “mono-task,”…Read more
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November 2010
Christopher Quon ’09 Remembered at CC
The Christopher Quon Memorial Fund was established in 2009 after Christopher Quon ’09 lost his life at the age of 22. Quon, an economics major at Colorado College from Lake Forest, Ill., had just begun his career as a financial analyst at Duff and Phelps in Chicago when he died unexpectedly from a heart condition. Quon was a member of the Colorado College men’s lacrosse and soccer teams. More than 50 CC teammates and friends honored Quon at his memorial service, and both the soccer and lacrosse teams dedicated their 2009-10 season to his memory. Quon had a great desire to help others less fortunate, and in 2008 and 2009…Read more
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August 2010
Alumni Association Board Student Leader Scholarship
The Alumni Association Board (AAB) Development Committee has the privilege of interviewing outstanding applicants each spring for the AAB Student Leader Scholarship. This loan-reducing scholarship is intended to recognize students for their leadership and service as students while encouraging them to continue their involvement with the college once they are alumni. Again this year, given the continued need for financial aid and one of the largest applicant pools in recent history, the development committee was determined to award four scholarships. To accomplish their goal, the committee reached out to their fellow board members for the necessary support. AAB members, inspired by an exceptional group of CC students and a generous anonymous donor, chipped in to fund the gap between funds needed and the amount available. As…Read more