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1965 1972 Jim Fergus received the 2022 Frank Waters Award from the Friends of the Pikes Peak Library District in Colorado Springs on June 18, 2022. Jim is an international best-selling author whose books include “One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd,” which won the 1999 Fiction of the Year Award from the Mountains & Plains Booksellers Association. He divides his time between southern Arizona and France, where he also is a best-selling author. 1975 Tony Visconsi and Gary Peterson celebrated their 51st year skiing together since meeting at CC. Previous classmates in the group were Dick Schulte ’75 and Arja Adair ’74. The others in the…

Issue: Summer 2022

See You There! Homecoming and Family Weekend, Oct. 7-9

Colorado College’s combined Homecoming and Family Weekend is right around the corner! Visit www.coloradocollege.edu/hcfw to view the lineup of gatherings and activities for alumni, current students, parents and families, faculty, and staff to reconnect and celebrate the CC spirit. Signature events include: a Friday night hockey pre-game tailgate party; Tiger Talk presentations featuring CC faculty, alumni, and students; athletic events and musical performances; Homecoming and Family Weekend Convocation and the presentation of Alumni Association Awards; affinity group receptions; a community picnic and farewell brunch; skating in Ed Robson Arena, a regional connections gathering for families; and special events for reunion classes. Introducing the 2022 Alumni Association Award Recipients Each year,…

Issue: Summer 2022

Alumni Leaders Meet for AAC Spring Forum

In April, members of the Colorado College Alumni Association Council visited campus for AAC Spring Forum, where they shared ideas for how to recognize outstanding alumni and current students, increase access to a CC education, and encourage alumni to engage and participate in the life of the college. Visit www.coloradocollege.edu/alumni or email alumni@coloradocollege.edu to learn…

Issue: Summer 2022

AAC Student Leadership Scholars Announced

The Colorado College Alumni Association Council (AAC) created and supports the loan-reducing Colorado College Alumni Association Student Leadership Scholarship, designed to recognize student leaders on campus and encourage them to stay involved with CC after graduation. Recipients of this award are well-rounded students with strong leadership qualities and a broad outreach among their classmates, the school, and the community. Congratulations to our 2022-23 awardees!

Issue: Summer 2022

‘Arte Mestiza’

An artist and a museum director say CC FAC’s backyard mural needs more care.

Issue: Summer 2022

Project 2024 Looks Forward to an Even Better Colorado College

Susan Ashley, professor emerita of History and recent chair of the Department of Economics and Business, has coordinated Colorado College’s Project 2024 since Fall 2021. The effort aims to engage the campus community in determining CC’s future. In its first year, more than 560 faculty, staff, and students participated. “Project 2024 is a bottom-up process of thinking about the future inspired by the initiative launched in 1968 at the college, which led to the establishment of the Block Plan,” says Ashley. “The goal is to give everybody a chance to participate in conversations around these two questions: How can we do what we do better? Which of six challenges experts…

Issue: Summer 2022

The Inauguration of CC’s 14th President

Song Richardson: Ignite Students’ Potential and Create a More Just World

Issue: Summer 2022

Tuning In: CC Music Scene Inspires Alum to Create Label

Beyond the classroom, Jason Edelstein ’18 enjoyed a life filled with music: Making it (he had a band), listening to it (he’d attend live performances), and falling in love with it.

Issue: Summer 2022

CC Recognizes Outstanding Athletes at Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony

In a stunning ceremony at Ed Robson Arena, five individuals and one team were inducted into the Colorado College Athletic Hall of Fame on April 30. Julian Boggs ’08 (men’s cross country/track and field), Martina Holan ’98 (women’s soccer), Heather McGuire ’94 (volleyball), Brett Sterling ’06 (hockey), Dr. Thomas Mahony ’67 (team physician) and the…

Issue: Summer 2022

Stroud Scholars Preview Life at CC During Summer Experience

More than 60 students from 18 Pikes Peak region high schools got a taste of life on the CC campus in July during the Stroud Scholars summer experience.