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Acting Leadership Positions Announced

Colorado College announced a series of interim leadership roles as President Jill Tiefenthaler left the college to become the CEO of National Geographic. A national search is underway for the new president of CC. Beginning July 1, Mike Edmonds, dean of students and vice president for Student Life, and Robert Moore, senior vice president for Finance and Administration, became acting co-presidents until a new president is selected. Dean of the Faculty Claire Oberon Garcia is serving in both the dean and acting provost roles. Edmonds joined CC nearly 30 years ago, dedicating himself to improving the student experience, residential life, student opportunities, campus safety, and career planning at the college.…

Issue: Summer 2020

“What’s on Your Reading List, Nadia Guessous?”

We asked Assistant Professor of Feminist and Gender Studies Nadia Guessous “What’s on Your Reading List?” I am currently reading two books that propose ways of challenging the hegemony and seeming inevitability of imperialism and war: Ariella Aisha Azoulay’s “Potential History: Unlearning Imperialism” and Ronak K. Kapadia’s “Insurgent Aesthetics: Security and the Queer Life of the Forever War.” Although they intervene in different disciplinary debates and analyze different types of materials (history, archives, photography, museums, and political concepts in the case of Azoulay; insurgent aesthetics, U.S. militarism, and the war on terror in the case of Kapadia), it is interesting to read these two works together because of their shared…

Issue: Spring 2020

Colorado College Responds to PANDEMIC COVID-19

Amid the global Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, Colorado College’s response is not only based on prioritizing the health and safety of the college community, but also that of Colorado Springs and the nation and world at large. The president’s cabinet and the college’s multi-disciplinary COVID-19 Emergency Response Team continues to meet regularly (via web and teleconference services) to assess the situation and plan for impacts to the campus community. CC has taken the following actions: Block 7, 8, and summer classes delivered via distance learning. Most students left for Spring Break and remained off campus. A small number of students — about 175 by Block 7 — who were unable to return home…

Issue: Spring 2020

Milestones

Births & Adoptions ’00 Rachel DePuy ’00, a son, Theodore “Teddy” Izsak, Aug. 9, 2019, in Missoula, Montana. Weddings & Celebrations ’96 Sara Fry ’96 and Beau Seegmiller, Nov. 21, 2018, in Boise, Idaho. ’06 Angela Schillaci ’06 and Greg Dihlmann-Malzer, Aug. 3, 2019, Telluride, Colorado. ’10 Annisa Harsha ’10 and Matt Kerns ’10, Sept. 14, 2019, in Graeagle, California. Christina Yong ’10 and Nicholas Rouse, June 15, 2019, in Littleton, Colorado. Tim Hughes ’10 and Erika Keim, Sept. 8, 2019, in Poulsbo, Washington. ’11 Carola Lovering Crane ’11 and Rob Crane, September 2019, in Manchester, Vermont. Helen Anda ’11 and James Eichner ’11, Dec. 14, 2019, in Santa…

Issue: Spring 2020

Expanding the Reading Spectrum

I’ve spent my life on a journey of reading: from a child who learned to read early and loved being immersed in a book to a mother who watched her own children struggle with learning to read to a professional instructing teachers of reading — I’ve experienced the reading spectrum. Reading is an invaluable skill for every aspect of an individual’s life. However, not all children learn to read automatically, especially those with dyslexia, and our public school systems haven’t given them a chance. I have a passion and I’m on a mission: changing the future for students with dyslexia. For more than 25 years, science has informed the field…

Issue: Spring 2020

Six Faculty Members Awarded Tenure; Four Granted Emeriti Status

Following the board’s annual February meeting, six Colorado College faculty members were approved by the Board of Trustees for tenure and promotion to associate professor, effective July 1. CC President Jill Tiefenthaler, Provost Alan Townsend, and Dean of the Faculty Claire Oberon Garcia visited each promoted faculty member, congratulating them and bestowing a gift. Faculty…

Issue: Spring 2020

Author Ibram X. Kendi Speaks on Campus

Ibram X. Kendi, historian and New York Times-bestselling author of multiple books, including “How to Be an Antiracist,” visited campus in February. He met for a conversation with a group of students (pictured) gathered by Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and Arabic Ammar Naji and Professor of Comparative Literature Bill Davis; many of the students…

Issue: Spring 2020

To the Editor

Just a quick note to say how pleased I am to see Eric Sondermann’s Letter to the Editor in the most recent Bulletin. It is a thoughtful, sophisticated, and broadminded commentary on a pervasive issue in contemporary education and I, personally, think it should be required reading for all students, staff, and CC administration. Bravo for making space for this invaluable perspective. I hope CC never becomes an institution that censors speech or opinions when that very censorship is deemed “fashionable” or “woke” by self-identified identity fanatics. True empowerment to the individual, or institution, comes through learning, listening, and personal responsibility, not pessimistic finger-pointing by the politically rabid. Good job,…

Issue: Spring 2020

On the Bookshelf

Notes Below the Staff By Herb Beattie ’48 with Lauren Arnest “Not many people can begin an anecdote like this: ‘Beverly Sills was sitting next to me on a flight from New York to Pittsburgh…’,” and so begins the forward by Dave Mason ’78 to Beattie’s memoir, published by Rhyolite Press, 2019. Beattie was one of the driving forces behind the founding of the Colorado Opera Festival, along with Donald Jenkins, opera director at Colorado College, and J. Julius Baird, founder and artistic director of the Colorado Springs Opera. Beattie, a preeminent bass who worked with many of the great operatic stars of the 20th and 21st centuries, often doubled…

Issue: Spring 2020

Reaching Across the Aisle

In this Point of View piece, Emma Gorsuch ’21 shares what it’s like for her as a conservative student at CC.