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Issue: Summer 2017

A Message From Your Alumni Board

 It is with great excitement that I introduce myself as your next president of the CC Alumni Association and let me be the latest to welcome the Class of 2017 to the fold! Ten years ago (!) I read the Bulletin for the first time and wondered where the past four years had gone. As…

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Issue: Summer 2017

Homecoming Weekend 2017: Oct. 12-15

 Class Reunions 1951, 1952, and 1953 (65th Reunion) 1961, 1962, and 1963 (55th Reunion) 1967 (50th Reunion) 1972 (45th Reunion) 1977 (40th Reunion) 1982 (35th Reunion) 1987 (30th Reunion) 1992 (25th Reunion) 1997 (20th Reunion) 2002 (15th Reunion) 2007 (10th Reunion) 2012 (5th Reunion) 2013-2016 (Young Alumni Reunion) Special Celebration 50th Rugby Anniversary: The Colorado…

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Issue: Summer 2017

CC Art Week: Oct. 9-13, 2017

 In celebration of the alliance with the Fine Arts Center and in conjunction with national Arts and Humanities Month, October sets the stage for a weeklong program celebrating art at the newly renamed Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College with more than 15 programs offered à la carte or as a package. The…

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Issue: Summer 2017

Block Breaks Away Programs 2018

 Jan. 5-16, 2018 “Argentine Patagonia” with Peter Blasenheim, professor of history April 18-22, 2018 “Art and Theatre in New York City” with Tom Lindblade, professor of theatre and dance June 18-22, 2018 “Architecture and Arts in the Windy City” with Doug Monroy, professor and chair of history June 26-July 4, 2018 Iceland with Jeff Noblett,…

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Issue: Summer 2017

Alumni Block Breaks Away

 Bryce Canyon National Park & Peru In May, alumni, parents, and friends joined geologist Peter McCarville ’84 for an exploration of Bryce and Zion National Parks in Utah as part of a Block Break Away program. Photos by participants Brian Thomson ’85 and Nan Graber. Gary Ziegler ’64 of Adventure Specialists led alumni, parents, and friends on a Block Break Away archeological tour of Peru. Photos by participants Sharon Miller, Scott Boomershine, and Maryl Blackwell.

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Issue: Summer 2017

Don’t Miss: CSFAC Theatre: “Baskerville: 
A Sherlock Holmes Mystery”

 Oct. 5-29 Get your deerstalker cap on — the play’s afoot! Comedic genius and Tony Award-winner Ken Ludwig (“Lend Me a Tenor,” “Moon Over Buffalo”) transforms Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic “The Hound of the Baskervilles” into a murderously funny adventure. Information and tickets Online: www.csfineartscenter.org/theatre/ Phone: (719) 634-5583 Email: boxoffice@csfineartscenter.org

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Issue: Summer 2017

Family & Friends Weekend 2017: Oct. 6 – 8, 2017

 Family and Friends Weekend, one of Colorado College’s largest annual on-campus events, embraces the myriad ways family can be defined. It’s an opportunity for students to celebrate the CC community and share it with their families — including parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles … and friends! Come spend time reconnecting with your student, and experience…

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Issue: Summer 2017

On The Bookshelf

 Live and Let Live By Evelyn M. Perry ’98 Subtitled “Diversity, Conflict, and Community in an Integrated Neighborhood,” this book by Perry, an associate professor of sociology at Rhodes College, shifts the conventional scholarly focus from “What can integration do?” to “How is integration done?” Through examination of life “on the block” in a multiethnic, mixed-income Milwaukee neighborhood, Perry shows how residents negotiate difference — maintaining relative stability in the community without insisting on total conformity. “Live and Let Live” advances understanding of how and why neighborhoods matter and challenges readers to reflect on their notions of the good community. Published by the University of North Carolina Press, 2016. Imaging Unconventional Reservoir Pore Systems Edited by Terri Olson…

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