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Winter 2016
Connections Matter: Opportunities Abound for Career Advice, Mentoring, and Jobs
The Block Plan provides flexibility and opportunities for teaching, learning, and growth.Read more
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Winter 2016
Ed Robson ’54 Donates $8 Million for New Hockey Arena
Edward J. Robson ’54 has given the college $8 million to build a new on-campus hockey arena. The facility, which will be located on the west side of Nevada Avenue between Dale and Cache La Poudre streets, is part of a campus master plan the college’s Board of Trustees approved in 2015. CC’s Division I…Read more
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Winter 2016
Letters to the Editor
I shed tears reading Bill Hochman’s tribute to his books. How much we revere our books, and how incessant is the little knocking that tells us we must empty the shelves before someone does it for us. And no matter how close a friend or relative, they will not know the symbiotic connections represented by those myriad volumes. Thank you, Bill Hochman, for reconnecting me to that halcyon era of Freedom and Authority, of Glenn Gray, of Neale Reinitz and Frank Krutzke, of Hanya Holm, and Paul Doktor in the summer of 1957. Just for a moment, it all came flooding back. Ann Sebastian ’58 In the article on page…Read more
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Winter 2016
Q&A with Abby Stein ’15, Former Intern at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
What was your major at CC? Studio art with a concentration in photography and printmaking. Why did you undertake this internship at the FAC? I was in a Southwest archaeology class Block 8 of my freshman year, and our professor Esteban took us to the Fine Arts Center to look at their Native American collection. Michael Howell, FAC registrar, facilitated the tour. Michael opened a drawer of sacred fetishes and artifacts and explained the historical and spiritual importance of the items, and touched on the controversy over the museum housing these items. ‘How did the museum inherit them to begin with, and why do we still have them?’ To Native…Read more
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Winter 2016
Opportunity Through Internships
It pays to do an internship. (Even an unpaid internship.) In a recent survey, CC students with job offers prior to graduation were 18 percent more likely to have participated in an internship. And, according to a 2016 survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers, 73 percent of employers want colleges and universities…Read more
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Winter 2016
Nicolai Calabria Succeeds On and Off the Field
Once again, Colorado College sophomore Nicolai Calabria played a part in making U.S. sports history. And the education major is only getting started. In August, the Massachusetts native led Team USA to its first medal at the 2016 Amputee Soccer Copa America, recording a team-high five goals and four assists. The Americans lost to eventual…Read more
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Winter 2016
Funding Opportunities for Students
A good idea paired with a little bit of money can create amazing results. Colorado College has a multitude of funds from which students can draw to pursue research, art installations, study abroad, and outdoor adventures, to name just a few opportunities. Now, the college is ensuring that all students know about and have equal…Read more
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Winter 2016
Meet the Newest ‘Faces of Innovation’
Faces of Innovation honors CC alumni, students, and faculty who embody the innovative and adventurous spirit of Colorado College with creativity and collaborative ideas.Read more
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Winter 2016
Quad Innovation Partnership Hopes to Launch Local Successes
Jacob Eichengreen, the executive director of the Quad Innovation Partnership (QIP), is a busy man. A former Fulbright Research and Venture for America Fellow, Eichengreen has always been driven toward sustainable community change. Over the past year, he has been working to get the QIP off the ground here in Colorado Springs, in collaboration with…Read more
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Winter 2016
Vietnam & Cambodia; “Baca Mini-Blocka”
Alumni, parents, and friends participated in a Block Break Away to Vietnam and Cambodia in May. The group visited the picturesque Halong Bay, famous for its 1,960 limestone islands and floating villages; the Hue home of historian Phan Thuan An, who has written many books about Vietnam’s history, culture, literature, and Hue monuments, and was featured…Read more