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Block Break Away: Iceland and Greenland

Professor of Geology Jeff Noblett led a group of alumni and parents on a Block Break Away program to Iceland with a majority continuing on to Greenland last July. While the weather was rainy most of the time, the group nonetheless enjoyed visiting waterfalls, glaciers, the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, and several villages off the beaten track.…

Issue: Winter 2018

Online Directory of Alumni

For those of you familiar with finding other alumni through OurCC, the online directory, or through a second, mobile platform, the Colorado College Community app for smartphones, the latter product now has a desktop version you might want to try. For the time being, OurCC will remain functional, but there are emerging reasons for CC to eventually move away from the OurCC product. When CC launched a mobile community app for smartphones three years ago, the desktop equivalent was not simultaneously available. The software developer has since caught up. If you are interested in accessing the alumni network via smartphone or computer, here’s what you can do: Use the innovative,…

Issue: Winter 2018

What’s on Your Reading List, Ofer Ben-Amots?

“I hardly ever read one book at a time. I usually have a stack of books on my nightstand, some in preparation for a course and others for fun. Currently I am reading two books: ‘Aboriginal Music: Cross-Cultural Experiences from South Australia’ by Catherine J. Ellis, and, because linguistics and etymology are a serious hobby…

Issue: Winter 2018

On the Bookshelf

Brooklyn’s Sweet Ruin By Paul Raphaelson ’90 Brooklyn’s Domino Sugar Refinery, once the largest in the world, shut down in 2004 after a long struggle. Most New Yorkers know it only as an icon on the landscape, multiplied on T-shirts and skateboard graphics. Raphaelson, known internationally for his formally intricate urban landscape photographs, was given access to photograph the refinery weeks before its demolition. He then met with former Domino workers to hear the refinery’s more personal stories. Says Raphaelson, “In a sense, I found myself looking at a long-gone version of the country, through a recently gone company and community, through a soon-to-be gone labyrinth of architecture and machines.”…

Issue: Winter 2018

From Potter to Protector

Mellon Artist-in-Residence Virgil Ortiz Calls on the Future to Honor the Past

Issue: Winter 2018

Student Perspectives

Issue: Winter 2018

Welcome in the Wilderness

Making Outdoor Education More Inclusive

Issue: Winter 2018

Marking the 40th Anniversary of The Press at CC

The Press at CC has a new website thepressatcoloradocollege.org complete with a store where they sell broadsides and books produced there over the years. There’s now an Instagram account where you can see photos of current projects. A yearlong exhibition is on view at Tutt Library, showcasing works from the 40 years of The Press’s…

Issue: Winter 2018

Time to Get Your Hands Dirty

The Press at Colorado College celebrates 40 years and Printer Aaron Cohick reflects on the past and present of the Press.

Issue: Winter 2018

Community Engaged Fellows

CC’s Community Engaged Fellows, a new program in the Collaborative for Community Engagement, provides support for students who have high financial need so they can pursue their passions for service and civic engagement without being obligated to work part-time jobs.