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Issue: Summer 2018

Square + Block = New FAC Cube

 The Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College’s signature red square logo has taken on a new form — one that is literally deeply cemented in Colorado Springs. A red, 7-foot steel “block”on the corner of Dale Street and Cascade Avenue celebrates the alliance between the two institutions by cleverly uniting their identities. It was designed collaboratively by the FAC, CC’s facilities team, and Felix Sanchez ’93, CC’s assistant vice president for communications, pictured left. He notes that it is a fortuitous coincidence that the Fine Arts Center’s logo is a red square, and that CC’s new sign system is based on square structures, another version of “the Block…

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Issue: Summer 2018

CC Partners with City on Robson Arena

 Colorado College, in partnership with Colorado Springs’ City for Champions initiative, unveiled a proposal in late July to build the Edward J. Robson Arena as an on-campus competition arena. If approved, this new facility with 3,000 permanent seats would become the home of CC Tiger Hockey. The arena would be comparable in size to the…

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Issue: Summer 2018

Tigers Crossing Paths: CC Connections

 Pete Devine ’81 is the resident naturalist for Yosemite National Park’s nonprofit arm, the Yosemite Conservancy. He was teaching a Road Scholar group (formerly known as Elderhostel) when he discovered that participants included David Jenkins ’58 and his wife, Barbara. Pete notes that David won a Bronze Medal in figure skating at the 1956 Olympics in Cortina, Italy, a Gold Medal at the 1960 Olympics in Squaw Valley, California, and is a three-time world champion and four-time U.S. champion in figure skating. David studied medicine at Case Western Reserve Medical School and practiced medicine in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for 30 years. Pete is married to Sonny Montague ’82, Yosemite National Park’s…

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Issue: Summer 2018

From the President

 Dear Alumni, Parents, and Friends, In our technologically dynamic society, we as educators are confronted with the challenge of preparing our students for jobs that don’t yet exist. While we may not be certain what the job market will look like in five years, we can be certain that the skills our students gain through…

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Issue: Summer 2018

A Message From Your Alumni Board

 Fellow Tigers, This is my favorite letter to write because I get to be the latest to welcome the Class of 2018 into the CC alumni family while introducing the Class of 2022 onto campus! Your Alumni Association Board had a busy year. Our annual forum, held on the Colorado College campus in April, was a great…

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Issue: Summer 2018

Toward an Anti-Racist Agenda

 The founding and history of the United States of America is rooted in genocide, colonialism, and enslavement. This fact foregrounds the history of higher education and informs the model of learning and inclusion/exclusion that cast colleges and universities, especially elite ones. These realities are difficult to acknowledge and wrestle with, if we are to confront them and meaningfully pursue our best selves as individuals and institutions. Yet, we must. Colorado College remains committed to diversity, equity, and inclusive excellence as central principles that inform our sense of identity, place, and mission. Our commitment is bold in the face of historical, cultural, and perpetual challenges to an anti-racist agenda — challenges…

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