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Issue: Summer 2017

Students, Recent Graduates 
Accumulate Awards

Colorado College students and recent alumni had a whirlwind year of academic recognition. Students in a variety of disciplines and departments amassed a multitude of awards. Not Pictured: Amanda Cahn ’17, Thomas Roberts ’17, and Madelene Travis ’17: Fulbright Semifinalists Richard Liu ’12 and Nathan Ravi Hahn ’14: NSF Graduate Research Fellowships MAT students Mike Pritts ’17 and Tricia Renee Cornelius ’17: Colorado Educator Honor Roll Read more at www.coloradcollege.edu/sa-awards

Issue: Summer 2017

Retiring Faculty

Five Colorado College professors – who between them have more than 165 years of teaching and scholarship — retired at the end of the 2016-17 academic year. Here are their plans for retirement: Nate Bower: Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry (started at CC in 1977) Ultimately (God willing), I’d like to try some of the things I’ve read about but never really got to do: time travel, explore a parallel universe, find intimacy. But those may have to stay on the backburner until opportunity knocks. Until then I suppose I will try to do the usual catch up on some (okay, a LOT) of my deferred maintenance, throw out a ton of…

Issue: Summer 2017

Outdoor Education Center Annex Provides Gear and Access

The new 1,500-square-foot annex at CC’s Outdoor Education Center, made possible through a gift from recent CC chair of the Board of Trustees Eben Moulton ’68, aims to increase accessibility and convenience by bringing all gear and outdoor resources together under one (solar-paneled) roof. From renting a daypack, kayak, or snowshoes, to advice on following maps, winter-weather layering, or meal preparation, the new space on the north side of the Outdoor Education Center, 931 N. Nevada Ave., less than a block away from the new East Campus Housing Community, is the place to go for all outdoor-related resources. Open to students, faculty, and staff, the annex solves the former problem…

Issue: Summer 2017

Welcome, Class of 2021!

Colorado College welcomes the 519 incoming members of the Class of 2021 and 31 transfer students. New Student Orientation began on Saturday, Aug. 19, with a host of activities including a welcome luncheon, opening remarks by CC President Jill Tiefenthaler, and “Sense of Place” programming. The incoming class, culled from a record 8,222 applicants, had a 15 percent admittance rate, with 51 percent receiving some form of financial aid, 26.7 percent self-identifying as students of color, and 53 being first-generation college students. The class includes 48 QuestBridge students; QuestBridge is a nonprofit organization that matches high-achieving, underserved students with opportunities in higher education. A large component of CC’s New Student…

Issue: Summer 2017

New Trustees Announced

The Board of Trustees welcomed five new members at their June meeting. They are Sam Bronfman P’11, ’19; Carolyn Cullen ’91, P’20, ’21; Jesse Horn ’07; Jenny Love Meyer ’88; and student trustee Ben Kieklak ’18. Other changes included Susie Burghart ’77 assuming the position of chair; Jeff Keller ’91 as vice chair; and Marc St. John ’80 as board secretary. In addition, the board recognized and thanked outgoing trustees Mayss Al Alami ’17, Bob Manning ’69, Chris Moon Schluter ’65, and Nancy Woodrow ’68, P’11, whose terms have concluded. Since many of the trustees do not live near campus, Kieklak’s main role as the student trustee is to bridge…

Issue: Summer 2017

Fine Arts Center’s Theatre Nets Five Henry Awards

The theatre at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College received a record 11 Henry Award nominations (more than double the nominations from the previous year) and went on to win a record five awards, tying for first place this year with the Denver Center for the Performing Arts. The Henry Awards are the statewide equivalent of the Tony Awards, and the theatre’s “Man of La Mancha,” which ran May 25-June 18, raked in the awards. They are: Outstanding Sound Design: Benjamin Heston Outstanding Lighting Design: Holly Anne Rawls Outstanding Scenic Design: Christopher L. Sheley Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical: Stephen Day Outstanding Direction of a Musical:…