Bulletin

Issue: Winter 2018

Senior Staff Changes in Alumni, Advancement, Athletics

CC announces three senior staff departures: Anita Pariseau, director of alumni and family relations and assistant vice president for advancement; Sean Pieri, vice president for advancement; and Ken Ralph, director of athletics. Pariseau joined CC in 2013, and made important contributions to alumni programming and the work of the Alumni Association, especially in the development and expansion of an alumni travel program. In coordination with the CC Alumni Association, a national search currently is underway for a new director of alumni and family relations, with Assistant Director of Alumni Relations Kristie Damgaard serving as interim director until the position is filled. Pariseau left the college in early November.   Pieri,…

Issue: Winter 2018

Professor Kristina Acri Receives Szenberg Prize

 Associate Professor of Economics Kristina Acri has been awarded the Michael Szenberg Prize for an article she co-authored in The American Economist. The award-winning article, “Do Restrictions Beget Responsibility? The Case of U.S. Abortion Legislation,” was co-authored with Associate Professor of Economics Amanda Felkey of Lake Forest College. Acri and Felkey will be honored at a reception in January for their work. Acri also was quoted by National Public Radio in a piece called “Drugmakers Play the Patent Game to Lock in Prices, Block Competitors,” which aired Sept. 28. Acri, an economist and international intellectual property expert who joined the CC faculty in 2007, was named a Thomas Edison Innovation Fellow…

Issue: Winter 2018

CC Welcomes New Faculty and Riley Scholars

This year, CC welcomed new tenure-track faculty members and Riley Scholars-in-Residence to campus. Among them are two CC alumni, Chet Lisiecki ’07 (German) and Michael Kim ’05 (philosophy). New faculty members are: Pallavi Sriram, Dance Studies Najnin Islam, English Chet Lisiecki ’07, German Paul Adler, History Amanda Minervini, Italian Flavia Sancier-Barbosa, Mathematics Iddo Aharony, Music Technology Douglas Edlin, Political Science Jason Weaver, Psychology (started in the spring) The Riley Scholars are: Lina Basal, Chemistry and Biochemistry Michael Kim ’05, Philosophy Professor Kristina Acri Receives Szenberg Prize

Issue: Winter 2018

By The Numbers: Class of 2022

8,552 Applications for admittance (a record) 526 First-year students on campus 17 First-year students starting in Central America on the Fall Semester Away program 25 Incoming Winter Start students (an early welcome!) 33 Transfer students 45 States represented, plus the District of Columbia 8% International students, representing 18 different countries 37 Languages spoken 39 Dual citizens 7% First in their families to attend college 22 Musical instruments played 5 Pilots 2 Advanced open water scuba divers 60% Increase in the last decade in the population of students of color and international students 7th Year in a row more than a quarter of the incoming class self-identify as students of color…