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Winter 2017
Built for the Block Plan — and the Planet
The renovated Tutt Library has earned kudos for its energy efficiency design. It’s also a huge hit with students.Read more
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Winter 2017
Ritt Kellogg Memorial Fund: A Pathway to Growth
The Ritt Kellogg Memorial Fund is in its 25th year of changing the lives of Colorado College students.Read more
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Winter 2017
And the Award for Best House Goes to ….
Professor of Political Science David Hendrickson ’76 found an interesting note on the door of his west side Colorado Springs home last summer. A location scout for “Our Souls at Night,” a Netflix film based on the book by the late Kent Haruf, thought the house would be perfect for the character played by Jane Fonda, who stars in the film with Robert Redford. The timing of the two-month filming schedule was fortuitous; Hendrickson was on sabba-tical during the Fall 2016 semester, spending his time in Santa Fe, New Mexico, working on a book. He and his wife, Clelia deMoraes ’76, hosted a neighborhood party when the film was released.…Read more
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Winter 2017
Nobel Prize Winner at CC
Kip Thorne, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics this fall, presented “Exploring the Universe with Gravitational Waves” in the Cornerstone Arts Center. He delivered the annual Roberts Lecture at CC as part of a retirement celebration for Professor of Physics Barbara Whitten. Thorne, a professor of physics at the California Institute of Technology, was one of three physicists who received the Nobel Prize for the discovery of ripples in space-time known as gravitational waves, which were predicted by Albert Einstein a century ago but had never been directly seen. Thorne was the advisor for CC Associate Professor of Physics Patricia Purdue’s thesis, “Topics in LIGO-related physics: Interferometric speed-meters…Read more
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Winter 2017
CC Launches $435 Million Fundraising Campaign
Colorado College launched a comprehensive fundraising campaign on Oct. 14, during the dedication of the renovated Charles L. Tutt Library. The $435 million campaign is the most ambitious fundraising initiative the college has undertaken in its 143-year history, and is among the 15 largest fundraising campaigns launched by a liberal arts college. “We are embarking on…Read more
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Winter 2017
From The President
Dear Alumni, Parents, and Friends, As we move from one season into another, I am pleased to share the latest Bulletin with you. Autumn at Colorado College is a special time, and Fall 2017 was particularly memorable. Starting with Family and Friends Weekend in early October, the college held 10 days of events that included…Read more
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Summer 2017
In Memoriam: Barbara Maurin Arnest
Barbara Maurin Arnest, Feb. 15, at age 93. After winning the V.F.W. Ladies Auxiliary national patriotic essay contest in 1941, Barbara attended the University of Minnesota. She worked as a reporter for the Minneapolis Tribune, where her interview subjects included artist Bernard Arnest, whom she would soon marry. They came to Colorado Springs in 1957, and Barbara edited CC’s alumni magazine from 1960 to 1975, during which time it won numerous regional awards and, in 1970, the Atlantic Award for the nation’s best college alumni magazine. In the 1990s, she served as president of CC’s Woman’s Educational Society. Bernard (former CC professor and chair of the art department) preceded Barbara…Read more
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Summer 2017
In Memoriam: James “Jim” Yaffe
James “Jim” Yaffe, June 4, in Denver. He was 90. A longtime CC English professor, Jim also wrote fiction and nonfiction chronicling the lives of American Jews in the 20th century. He was born in Chicago on March 31, 1927, to Samuel Yaffe, a businessman, and the former Florence Scheinman, a homemaker. The family moved to New York when Jim was a young child. His writing career began early: Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine bought one of his short stories when he was just 15. After serving in the U.S. Navy at the close of World War II and earning a bachelor’s degree summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from…Read more
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Summer 2017
In Memoriam: Rudolph Paul “Buzz” Kutsche Jr.
Rudolph Paul “Buzz” Kutsche Jr., May 18, in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He was 90 years old. Buzz founded the Department of Anthropology at CC, where he taught from 1959 to 1993. Buzz was born on Jan. 3, 1927, to Rudolph and Ethel Kutsche. His college years at Harvard University were broken up by a two-year stint in the U.S. Army, but he earned his B.A. in 1949. Graduate degrees in anthropology followed from the University of Michigan (M.A. 1955) and the University of Pennsylvania (Ph.D. 1961). He also studied at Black Mountain College and the University of Oslo, and was a United Press reporter in London. In the field of…Read more
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Summer 2017
A Lifelong Visionary
Peak Profile: Ed Robson ’54 Ed Robson’s scholarship was in jeopardy when he was cut from the Colorado College hockey team by Coach Cheddy Thompson during his sophomore year (freshmen weren’t eligible). Recognizing an opportunity to reclaim his spot, he joined CC alumni in a game against the varsity team, scoring a tying goal that…Read more