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Issue: April 2010

Antarctica Voyage: A Unique, Intellectual Adventure!

 Eighteen CC alumni, spouses, and family members participated in a journey to Antarctica led by CC Geology Professor Christine Siddoway, who has been conducting geological research in Antarctica for more than 20 years. The CC contingent met in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, and on December 31 boarded the Corinthian II, which served as their home, lecture hall, dining facility, and expedition staging area for the next 12 days. Coincidentally, also on board the Corinthian II was a group from the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, led by Museum Director Sam Taylor ’73. The trip, says Amy Louis ’84, epitomized CC’s “unique intellectual adventure.” The uniqueness was apparent in the…

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Issue: April 2010

Achieving Our Vision Campaign: Where We Stand

 The Year of the Tiger has arrived. As we said goodbye to one of the most challenging years in memory, we look forward to seeing what 2010 has in store, both personally and for Colorado College. The Vision for Colorado College remains strong, and the passion of alumni, parents, and friends of the college remains intact. The past year did show adjustments in how people chose to invest in their CC passion. For Today Regular, sustained annual giving makes all the difference. Unrestricted giving at all levels remained strong in 2009, although fewer people felt able to make their annual gifts. In celebration of those who demonstrate their commitment to…

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Issue: April 2010

Meet Sue Woolsey: Chair of the Board of Trustees

 Read Suzanne Haley Woolsey’s resume and be impressed: Stanford and Harvard degrees in psychology and social relations and high-powered positions in the public, private, and government sectors. But meet Sue Woolsey P’97, P’98, P’00, who jokes that she can’t keep a job, and be impressed by her down-to-earth personality, intent gaze, and warm smile. She wants the best for her family – and that now includes everyone at Colorado College. Woolsey became the chair of the CC Board of Trustees in May 2009; she was recruited to join the board at a parents’ event in the mid-1990s. Woolsey and her husband, Jim, former CIA director under President Clinton, have three…

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Issue: April 2010

Sports Briefs

 Women’s Soccer Geoff Bennett, head coach of the women’s soccer team, announced on Feb. 11 that five recruits had signed national letters of intent to attend and play for Colorado College next fall. Joining CC as first-years for the 2010 season will be forward Lauren DiGregorio of Burnsville, Minn.; midfielder/forward Lynn Froetscher of Glencoe, Ill.; forward/midfielder Sierra Keeler of Seattle, Wash.; goalkeeper Kody Kornack of West Hills, Calif.; and midfielder Madison Whitehead of Highland Village, Texas. “We are very pleased with not only the talent of this class, but also with the personalities and drive of all of these players,” Bennett said. “These players will help build the path to…

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Issue: April 2010

Documentary Pays Tribute to Professor Fred Sondermann

 Fred Sondermann is a legendary name at Colorado College. He taught political science at CC from 1953 until his death in 1978. Those on campus during that time were fortunate to have known him; those who came later were aware of his lasting influence. Both those who knew him and those who didn’t now have the opportunity to glimpse a small, but extremely moving, piece of Sondermann’s history. A Colorado Springs filmmaker has produced a film based on Sondermann’s journal and an article he wrote for the Summer 1970 issue of the Bulletin*, in which he describes returning to his boyhood home in Germany, which he fled 30 years earlier,…

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Issue: April 2010

From the President

 Dear Alumni, Parents, and Friends of Colorado College, The Crestone Peaks. Layers of sky, clouds, and bison. There is an unusual magic about our own Steve Weaver’s photography, and particularly so in this issue’s cover shot. A poster version graces the front door of my office, and every day students, faculty, staff, and other visitors stop in their tracks to look at it. In his photos for the annual State of the Rockies project posters, Steve captures the essence of what Professor Walt Hecox ’64 calls “our own backyard.” This beautiful backyard has always afforded Colorado College students unique opportunities for research, field study, recreation, and aesthetic appreciation. (Read more…

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Issue: April 2010

CC Launches Online Sustainability Tour

 When people ask what sustainability measures Colorado College has initiated, do you point with pride to pervious paving? Compliment the composting program? Praise The Preserve? Expound enthusiastically on the environmental mobile lab and energy audits? Colorado College has a variety of sustainability initiatives in place, and to help increase awareness of them, the Campus Sustainability Council has launched the Campus Sustainability Virtual Tour.

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