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A Message From Your Alumni Board

By Eric Mellum ’90, Alumni Association Board President Ah, Homecoming. How wonderful it was to reunite with classmates and other fellow alumni, and to walk across our beautiful campus nestled at the foot of Pikes Peak. I always leave campus inspired, impressed, and re-energized after connecting and engaging in stimulating conversation. CC grads really distinguish themselves as people who are living great lives and making a difference in their communities and in the world — and they’re just so much fun! While you may not have made it to Homecoming this fall, you can still enjoy that invigorating experience of connecting with fellow CC alumni in a variety of ways,…

Issue: December 2015

Class Notes

1960 Colorado College members of Phi Delta Theta held a reunion, complete with old photographs  and yearbooks, in June on Cape Cod. 1962 Janet Fry Rogers, an artist represented by Susan Calloway Fine Arts in Washington, D.C., recently was featured in a Washington Post story about gardening and the visual arts. 1967 Linda Seger recently won two book awards: a Gold Medal Illumination Book Award for “Spiritual Steps on the Road to Success: Gaining the Goal Without Losing Your Soul,” and a Silver Illumination Book Award for “Jesus Rode a Donkey: Why Millions of Christians are Democrats.” 1969 Michael Allen Kelly has been elected president of the Florida Medical Association…

Issue: December 2015

On the Bookshelf

Now and Then Old Worlds Unfurl by Mary Elizabeth Bradley ’61 Jones and co-author Emily Calhoun ask if parallel lives can intersect — then enumerate the ways theirs have: family lives, professional interests, commitment to a public ethic, and love of nature. “We have recognized over the 15 years we have been meeting as friends and writers, we have come to speak with different voices about our worlds. Through the process of bringing our poetry together and forging intersections among our words, we have experienced the convergence of our parallel lives,” Jones says. Their book of poems is a testament to that. Published by Poetry Partners Press, 2014. At…

Issue: December 2015

Cache La Poudre, Sacred Grounds More Appealing

Visitors to campus will notice a more pedestrian-friendly and aesthetically pleasing Cache La Poudre Street, between Cascade and Nevada avenues. The Cache La Poudre Improvement Project is the first phase to address the campus master plan’s recommendation to create a clearer gateway into campus from the south. The project extends the curb on the south…

Issue: December 2015

“Humans of CC” Now on Facebook

Four first-year students, Amelia Eskenazi ’19, Joann Bandales ’19, Padah Vang ’19, and David Gonzalez Salgado ’19, have created the “Humans of Colorado College” Facebook page. Modeled after the “Humans of New York” project, the page seeks to tell stories that others aren’t aware of, letting students know it’s OK to be vulnerable and helping to promote empathy, said co-founder Vang. “I think it’s become a rare space of authenticity and a community of support. I find myself looking forward to the stories everyday because in the bustle and stress of my day, it’s a reminder that our world is full of people with love, triumph, sadness, and hardship. It gives me some hope…

Issue: December 2015

Students Assist Refugees While in Greece

The 25 students taking Lisa Hughes’ interdisciplinary course Romantic Comedy: The Birth, Death, and Re-birth during Block 2 in Greece were struck by the plight of refugees and vowed to help. With broad support from CC students, faculty, staff, alumni, student clubs, and athletics teams, the students raised more than $2,250 to buy necessities for…

Issue: December 2015

Innovation@CC Strengthened, Recognized

Innovation continues to thrive at Colorado College – and the college’s efforts have been nationally recognized. CC launched an Innovator-in-Residence Program this fall featuring two well-known innovators, Michael Hannigan ’75, founder and former CEO of the Pikes Peak Community Foundation, and Aaron Kahlow, founder and former CEO of the Online Marketing Institute. Kahlow was on campus through the end of October; Hannigan will continue through the fall semester and assist with the Startup Crash Course: What You Need to Know to Start an Innovation-Based Venture, a Dynamic Half-Block class scheduled for Jan. 4–14, 2016. Both resident innovators have partnered with various programs on campus, including the Career Center, met regularly…

Issue: December 2015

By the Numbers: The Class of 2019

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Issue: December 2015

Keller Family Gives $4 Million for Venture Grants

CC alumni Jeff Keller ’91 and David Keller ’95 announced a $4 million commitment to the Keller Family Venture Grant Program for individual student research on Thursday, Nov. 5, at CC’s Keller Family Venture Grant Forum. The announcement includes $3 million to permanently endow the program, which celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. The program provided $121,750 to 134 Colorado College students for research and experiential projects during the 2014-15 academic year, and many of those students presented at the forum. One of them was Anna Cain ’17, an English major who studied James Joyce’s “Ulysses” and its ongoing impact on Ireland. She used funds from her Venture Grant to…

Issue: December 2015

Update: Veggie Wrap To Go!

CC’s veggie van, featured in the August 2015 issue of the Bulletin, has a new look: a large, green, leafy-looking veggie decal that clearly distinguishes CC’s veggie van from any other on the road. The van graphics project and design were led by Anna Kay ’15, a sociology major, and was a collaborative effort between…