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Summer 2018
Owning the Transition: CC Grads Take the Next Step
The Block Plan inspires students to take risks, solve problems, and pursue purposeful work in the world.Read more
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Summer 2018
Game On With CC’s eSports Team
ESports, or competitive online gaming, is thriving at CC with a new team competing in “Overwatch” and “League of Legends.”Read more
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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…Read more
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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…Read more
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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…Read more
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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…Read more
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Summer 2018
Faces of Innovation
Colorado College honors alumni, students and faculty who exemplify our innovative and adventurous spirit through the Faces of Innovation project. See the most recent honorees.Read more
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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…Read more
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Summer 2018
They Each Have A Story to Tell
Associate Professor and Chair of the Sociology Department Eric Popkin took 10 CC students to Georgia to help support attorneys working in three immigrant detention centers served by the Southern Poverty Law Center.Read more
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Spring 2018
CC’s Minor in The Book
Colorado College first offered a minor in The Book during the 2009-10 academic year. This thematic minor, advised by Professor of History Carol Neel, examines the past, present, and future of the written word in its material form from the perspective of a variety of humanistic and social scientific disciplines. Students in the minor are required to complete four related courses in at least three disciplines among the following: Studio Art and Art History, History, English, Film and Media Studies, Classics, and Religion. Additional courses related to the minor are Book Arts and Letterpress, taught by Printer of The Press Aaron Cohick, and The History and Future of the Book,…Read more