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Issue: April 2016

Tigers Crossing Paths

Albab Seifu ’11,  Ashley Johnson ’06 (holding Prowler), Nick Rogerson ’08, and Cullen Hughes ’94 celebrated the co-incidence of four CC alums living and working in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, last summer. Johnson, who is pursuing a master’s degree in international development at Georgetown University, was working with the U.S. Agency for International Development and based out of the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa. While there she met up with Seifu, who returned home to work in Addis Ababa after graduating from CC; Rogerson, who runs Betasab Global Family Initiative, serving orphaned and vulnerable children just outside of Addis; and Hughes, a USAID foreign service officer. “It truly is a small…

Issue: April 2016

CC’s Creative Work Recognized

CC’s NPR-member station KRCC received the Colorado Broadcasters Association Award for best mini-documentary or series for “Episode 10: After the Evangelical Vatican” in KRCC’s “Wish We Were Here” series, co-produced by Noel Black and Jake Brownell ’12. The series received national and international play in recent months. In December, WBEZ in Chicago aired Episode 6: “Anchor Dreams – the Passion of Scoop Nemeth.” In March, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation’s CBC Podcast Playlist included a portion of Episode 8: “CSPD Black – The True Story of Colorado Springs’ First African-American Detective.” Alumni may be interested to hear a gripping story that includes Dan Crossey ’74 and Nate Porter ’90, in Episode…

Issue: April 2016

Rising Senior Symposium Planned

The Career Center is launching a two-day symposium, May 12-13, to help rising seniors develop a strategy for making the most of the upcoming summer months and their senior year, as well as navigating the transition from college student to college graduate. Sessions will focus on standing out to potential employers and developing a network. Alumni will share what worked well for them and what they would have done differently. Additionally, the Career Center recently relocated from the Worner Campus Center to the Morreale House. The new location allows the center to consolidate its services and create work space specific to Career Center-focused activities, such as a dedicated area where…

Issue: April 2016

Morris Miller Memorial Garden

The Morris Miller Memorial Garden, one of the specialty gardens of CC, was created in memory of Morris Miller Jr. ’70 after he passed away in April 1990. The garden was established through gifts made by family and more than 45 alumni and friends, including members of the Class of 1970 and the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. It includes a memorial plaque with a quote from Cicero: “Friends, though absent, are still present.” Located adjacent to the Dern House, headquarters of the interdisciplinary Southwest Studies Program, the Morris Miller Memorial Garden was identified as the Southwest Studies Native Plants Garden on the CC website and in a story in the…

Issue: April 2016

Sense of Place Trips Help Build Sense of Belonging

CC’s Sense of Place trips are a field series exploring the cultural, natural, and historic features of Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region. The series provides students, faculty, and staff with “backstage access” to and critical examination of some features of the college’s unique location that often go overlooked. “We believe this examination is a critical skill to provide grounded belonging in a world where mobility is one defining factor of the current generation,” says Sustainability Director Ian Johnson. Among the trips occurring in the 2015-16 academic year are: Birding at Pinello Ranch Native American History Walk Water Tour with Colorado Springs Utilities Waste Material Recovery Facility Martin Drake Power…