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Issue: August 2015

Kadi Energy Follows Up On Big Idea Win

Kadi Energy has put the $25,000 first-place prize it won at the Big Idea competition in April to good use, having manufactured and shipped 1,000 battery- and solar-powered mobile phone chargers from its introductory line. Approximately 900 Ray 10 units headed to Ghana this summer, says Paul-Miki Akpablie ’16, who leads the company with Samantha Barlow ’13 and Usaama Alnaji ’14. Akpablie recently was profiled by Huffington Post as one of four “young African innovators you should know.” Kadi’s employees have been working with the company’s distribution partner, Burro, to determine ways to better sell and market the Ray 10 charger, and solidifying partnerships with startups in Ghana to help promote the Ray…

Issue: August 2015

What to Name the New Wireless Network?

CC recently started the launch of a significant upgrade of its wireless network – and thought it befitting that a new network have a new name. The Information Technology Services (ITS) team held a contest, and the entries were logged. Among them: ChiefTiefWifi CatNet ThePromisedLAN WiOfTheTiger TigersGoneWireless WiBelieveICanFi TellMyWifiLoveHer PrettyFlyForAWifi TheLANBeforeTime UniqueIntellectualConnection Students voted on the name from the finalists, selecting the winner: WiOfTheTiger The new network, which doubles the number of wireless access points on campus, skips a generation of wireless technology, going straight to the cutting-edge 802.11ac standard. Learn more about the network upgrade at: www.coloradocollege.edu/wiofthetiger

Issue: August 2015

‘Forward Thinking’ Water Rights Gift

An investment partnership comprised of Ian Griffis ’85, David Birnbaum ’83, John Chalik ’67, Michael Millisor ’83, William Griffis ’78, David Lord, the college’s former business manager, and several friends of the college donated the ground water rights beneath an 806.57 acre parcel of land to the school. The parcel, located in nearby Douglas and Elbert counties, contains 1,331 acre-feet per year of Denver Basin water rights, an amount that is the equivalent of 434 million gallons of water per year. “Water is one of our state’s most precious resources,” said CC President Jill Tiefenthaler. “This generous gift not only strengthens the college’s financial well-being, but also demonstrates how donors…