Bulletin

Issue: Spring 2021

New Major Looks at Intersection of Business, Economics, and Society

The Economics and Business Department launched a new interdisciplinary major in Block 5, one that examines the intersection of business and economics with society and builds on the commonalities and differences between the two disciplines. The new major, Business, Economics, and Society (BESoc), explores human economic behavior — its nature, sources, and consequences —and analyzes three key relationships: It examines the roles business and economics play within society, in particular the place of modern corporations and social enterprises in civil society and in government and economic policy. It evaluates the impact of business on society, focusing on market forces, on market failures, and on services provided to all members of…

Issue: Spring 2021

CC to Require COVID-19 Vaccination for Fall Semester

Colorado College has been relying upon science, data, its Scientific Advisory Group, national medical consultants, and public health partners to develop COVID-19 protocols, testing, and vaccination plans to keep the CC community safe. These efforts have been successful, resulting in a lower rate of COVID-19 at CC than in the surrounding community. CC plans to resume in-person teaching, co-curricular activities, and the performances, lectures, and other events that were missed this past year, with the appropriate public health safeguards in place and fewer of the restrictions that hamper one’s mental and social well-being. To achieve this, with the recommendation of the Scientific Advisory Group, CC will require all students, faculty,…

Issue: Spring 2021

$500,000 Gift Supports Student Services Center; Honors Mike and Barbara Yalich

Colorado College has received a $500,000 gift from the Inasmuch Foundation for the Mike and Barbara Yalich Student Services Center. The new student services center will be adjacent to the Ed Robson Arena and will honor the legacy and contributions of alumni Barbara Neeley Yalich ’53 and her late husband Milo “Mike” Yalich ’50. “We are deeply inspired by Barbara and Mike Yalich’s leadership in the Colorado College community and beyond, and we are immensely grateful to Inasmuch Foundation for their generosity and support through this gift, which will enable us to carry on the Yalichs’ legacy of community engagement,” says Mike Edmonds, acting co-president of Colorado College. The Yalich Center will house…

Issue: Spring 2021

Two Library Areas Named in Honor of Jill Tiefenthaler

The CC Board of Trustees recently approved the naming of an entrance and study lounge in the Charles L. Tutt Library in honor of former President Jill Tiefenthaler. The library’s east entrance, which faces Palmer Hall, will be named the Tiefenthaler Entryway, and the large study area next to Susie B’s café on the library’s third floor will be called the Tiefenthaler Study Lounge. The college’s naming policy provides for honorific naming to recognize individuals who have “provided exemplary, meritorious, or philanthropic support or service to the college.” President Tiefenthaler, the college’s 13th president, led CC from 2011-20. Under her leadership the college achieved significant advances including the expansion and…