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Issue: Winter 2017

Student Perspective

 Parents and students gather at the Interfaith House during Family and Friends Weekend to share a Shabbat dinner. The meal was prepared by parents visiting their students on campus. Photo by Josh Birndorf ’20

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Issue: Winter 2017

Psychoanalysis Minor Brings Worldly Wisdom to CC

 Though small in participation numbers, CC’s minor in psychoanalysis punches well above its weight in terms of reputation and output, and the popularity is growing constantly. Nationally recognized as a flagship program in psychoanalysis at the undergraduate level, the minor has been featured in several national publications, received a highly selective foundation grant, and serves…

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Issue: Winter 2017

By The Numbers

 1st Library built for the Block Plan 94,317 Square feet of space (a 35-percent increase) 12,976 Square feet of glass 1,078 Seating capacity 7,040 Cups of coffee served at Susie B’s café during Block 1 220 Pounds of beans to make that coffee 1,174 Electrical outlets 80 Geothermal wells on Armstrong Quad (each 400 feet…

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Issue: Winter 2017

Meet Library Director JoAnn Jacoby

 JoAnn Jacoby joined Colorado College Aug. 1 as director of the newly renovated Tutt Library. Before that, she served as associate dean for user services in the University of Illinois Library, the largest publicly funded academic library in the U.S. Jacoby has spent most of her professional career at Illinois in a number of roles over the last 18 years, including head of research and information services, coordinator of the New Service Model Program, anthropology and sociology subject specialist, and visiting assistant university archivist. She has published her research on evolving scholarly practices and library service evaluation processes in major journals in the field, and has served as chair of…

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Issue: Winter 2017

What’s on Your Reading List, Christine Siddoway?

 We asked Professor of Geology Christine Siddoway What’s on Your Reading List? I am rereading a favorite book: “Full Tilt,” an account of a solo cycling trip from Dunkirk to Delhi, undertaken in the late 1950s. The author, Dervla Murphy, in her early 20s at that time, departed Ireland and rode her bicycle across Europe and the Balkans, then via the Middle East to Afghanistan — regions that we now associate with conflict, suppression of human rights, and desertification. It’s a book that I sometimes give as a “fare well” gift to a female student who I’ve come to know well, upon her graduation. Dervla celebrates cultural differences and, to…

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Issue: Winter 2017

The Real-Life Impact of a CC Block

 Group projects are not uncommon for classes at Colorado College. While learning to take ownership in a shared goal, collaborate, and communicate are translatable skills from group projects to the real world, much of the time it is hard to feel entirely invested in a project that does not go beyond the block. At least…

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Issue: Winter 2017

CC Art Week

 During Art Week, held between Family and Friends Weekend and Homecoming Weekend, alumni, parents, and friends from the community participated in lectures, classes, and studio visits, culminating with a first-ever Alumni Artist Showcase. Alumni who identify themselves artists, or who graduated with an art degree, were invited to participate by submitting three works for digital…

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Issue: Winter 2017

Upcoming Block Breaks Away

 2018 “Argentinian Patagonia,” Jan. 5-16, with Peter Blasenheim, professor of history “Theatre and Art in New York City,” April 18-22, with Tom Lindblade, professor of theatre and dance “Chicago: Architecture and Arts in the Windy City,” June 20-24, with Doug Monroy, professor and chair of history “Iceland: Land of Fire and Ice,” June 26-July 4, with Jeff Noblett, professor of geology “Strolling the Rich Terroirs of Burgundy: A Feast for the Senses,” July 3-9, with Eric Perramond, associate professor, Environmental Program and Southwest Studies “Great Trains and Grand Canyons,” Oct. 21-26, with Mark Smith, professor of economics and business 2019 “Beyond the Sea: Musical Explorations of the Windward Islands,” March…

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