Bulletin

Issue: August 2016

Five New Members Named to Board of Trustees

Colorado College has named five new members to its Board of Trustees. The new trustees are
Mayss Al Alami ’17; Martha Wolday ’14; Kishen Mangat ’96; Liza Mallot Pohle ’85; 
and Amy Shackelford Louis ’84. The new members were welcomed and sworn in at the
June 18 meeting, and outgoing trustees were recognized for their service to CC. Leaving the board are Van Skilling ’55, P’79, P’82; Karen Pope ’70, P’04; James Lonergan ’16; Cole Wilbur; and Kalen Aquisto ’13.

Issue: August 2016

Awards Abound For CC Students, Recent Graduates

Colorado College students and recent alumni had another whirlwind year of academic recognition. Students in a variety of disciplines and departments garnered a multitude of awards. Award winners not pictured:
 Kristen Wells ’13, Phoebe Parker-Shames ’13, and Isabel Jones ’12: National Science Foundation 
Research fellowships Devon Cole ’13, Skye McClure Greenler ’14, Kyle Seewald Hemes ’11, Jon Jacob Kirksey ’15, 
Kira Olsen ’11, and Kathryn Louise Reichard ’12: National Science Foundation honorable mentions Atiya Harvey ’18, Brittany Camacho ’18, and Maja Orlowska ’19: ACM-CIC Mellon Graduate School 
Exploration fellowships

Issue: August 2016

Welcome Class of 2020!

Colorado College welcomes the approximately 530 members of the Class of 2020, with New Student
 Orientation starting Saturday, Aug. 20. CC received 7,997 applications for the incoming class, just short 
of the record 8,064 applicants a year before. Offers of admission were extended to 1,270 applicants, resulting in a 15.9 percent admittance rate, a record low. The 2016 New Student Orientation book is “Whistling Vivaldi,” a highly readable, first-person account by Claude Steele with groundbreaking conclusions on stereotypes and identity.