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We Are Still In: Paris Climate Agreement

The United States may intend to pull out of the Paris Agreement in 2020, but Colorado College is saying “We Are Still In.” In 2015, 195 countries, including the United States, came together in Paris and agreed to make strides to limit the effects of global warming, such as by reducing carbon emissions to 26-28 percent below 2005 levels by 2025. In June 2017, President Donald Trump announced his intent to withdraw from the climate deal in 2020, so American political and business leaders formed the “We Are Still In” coalition that same month to show that they would still stand by the agreement. As part of the Economics of…

Issue: Spring 2019

What You Do Matters

For many, the enormity of climate change can produce a sort of paralysis: What can I possibly do to make a difference? My answer is: plenty! Every little bit helps, and you never know how many others you might inspire through your own actions. Doing something — anything — also has a way of producing an essential frame shift. You’ll find yourself moving from deflection or depression or denial of the problem to a feeling of positive engagement. Moreover, because climate change arises from so many different kinds of human activity, it means that any one individual can tailor a meaningful plan that still aligns with their own priorities and…

Issue: Spring 2019

A Climate Change Wake-Up Call

Provost Alan Townsend, who is also an environmental scientist, shares his thoughts about the COP24 climate change conference and how what we do really matters.

Issue: Spring 2019

Sustaining Hope: Students leave COP24 determined to be part of the solution to climate change

Students who attended the COP24 climate change conference returned to CC determined to be part of the solution.

Issue: Spring 2019

Working Together

Because oppression is divisive, it often leads those with marginalized social identities to believe that they only have other individuals that share their specific social identities to depend on. It can, then, be a challenge for them to engage in building community across intersectional identities. Individualism, a tenet of white supremacy, also feeds into the…

Issue: Spring 2019

PEOPLE OF IMPACT: Professor Charlotte Mendoza

My involvement in education came very early on,” Charlotte Mendoza says. “My mother was a teacher, and when I was very young, I used to practice teaching lessons to my little sister.” Mendoza, who retired from the Department of Education in 2016 after 45 years of teaching at CC, has had a prolific career as…

Issue: Spring 2019

From The Archives

In August of 2007, the Residential Life Office donated a box of recipes and a scrapbook found in the basement of Bemis Hall, CC’s women’s dormitory built in 1908. Bemis had its own dining hall until 2001. This new acquisition gives us a taste (so to speak) of what CC women students might have eaten…

Issue: Spring 2019

In Memoriam: Rudolph “Rudy” Gomez

Rudolph “Rudy” Gomez, an American politics professor at CC in the 1960s, died April 19, 2018. He was 87. Born in Rawlins, Wyoming, Rudy as a young man enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and served during the Korean Conflict. He earned his bachelor’s degree from Utah State University, his master’s degree from Stanford University,…

Issue: Spring 2019

CLASS NOTES: 1982 – 1991

1982 Scott McKee (right) joined Craig Hart ’90 (left) and Ross Freeman ’90 (seated) for a week of ski touring in British Columbia in March 2018. Scott reports that the three meet regularly for ski trips in Canada near his home in Salmon Arm, British Columbia. 1984 Channing Gibson, director of property management for RISE Commercial Property Services, has been elected president of the Metro Denver Building Owners and Managers Association. Classmates Kelly Powers, Pete Armstrong, and Rich Laws proudly wore their CC jerseys on “College Jersey Day” of RAGBRAI in July 2018. RAGBRAI, or the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, is an annual seven-day ride that bills itself…

Issue: Spring 2019

CLASS NOTES: 1951 – 1976

1951 Guy Gibbs tells us that he feels like the “luckiest man that ever lived.” He spent 40 years teaching and coaching at Regis Jesuit High School in Denver, and was a head coach for football, basketball, and track and field. Guy also was a college football official for 25 years, supervisor of basketball officials in the Western Athletic Conference for 10 years, was president of the Colorado High School Coaches Association, and is presently an officials scout for the NFL. 1970 Ellen Hills is continuing to create art while living in Westminster, Colorado. Jane Rawlings was named 2019 Citizen of the Year by the Greater Pueblo (Colorado) Chamber of…