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‘Daddy, are you going to admit that student?’

Hatch Family Scholarship Increases Access Without a scholarship, Mark Hatch, CC’s vice president for enrollment, never would have attended Bates College, where he majored in psychology and held a work-study position in the Admission Office. If it wasn’t for that scholarship, Hatch may have never found his calling — a career in admission and financial…

Issue: April 2015

By The Numbers: Digging Deeper

The Geology Department recently looked at what its majors have gone on to do since graduation, specifically examining reports provided by the HEDS (Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium). They focused on reports documenting the U.S. undergraduate institution from which Ph.D. recipients in Earth Sciences earned their bachelor’s degrees. The results: During the 1970s (1971-1980), eight…

Issue: April 2015

Recent Alumni and Their CC Opportunities

“If I hadn’t taken the opportunity to research with Dan Johnson [associate professor of economics] and Kevin Rask [college research professor in the Economics and Business Department] I would not be where I am today,” said Cassandra Benson ’12, who is in her second year of a Ph.D. program in economics at Cornell University. Benson…

Issue: April 2015

Palguta Named Head Coach of CC Men’s Soccer

Scott Palguta, who served the last two seasons as an assistant coach with the CC men’s soccer team, has been named the third coach in program history, Athletics Director Ken Ralph announced Feb. 6. Palguta, who succeeds Horst Richardson, emerged as the favorite during a national search. “I want to thank Ken Ralph and Greg Capell [senior associate athletics director] for giving me this opportunity,” Palguta said. “None of this would have been possible without Horst’s mentorship over the last two years. I’ve learned a great deal about being a college soccer coach, but specifically being a college soccer coach at CC. Thanks to his efforts and taking me under…

Issue: April 2015

Ayers Drafted By FC Kansas City

Jessie Ayers ’15, one of the most decorated players in the 30-year history of Colorado College women’s soccer, was selected by defending champion FC Kansas City in the third round of the 2015 National Women’s Soccer League College Draft, held Jan. 16. Ayers, the 26th overall pick, is the first Tiger ever drafted by an…

Issue: April 2015

Tigers Excelled in Fall 2014

The men’s and women’s cross country teams each won the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference team championship, the first for both teams since 2011 … Nick Hall ’15 and Leah Wessler ’17 captured the individual SCAC championships, with Hall claiming his third consecutive title … Rebecca Lavietes ’15 advanced to the NCAA Division III national meet after finishing 15th at the West Region meet … Head coach Ted Castaneda was named the SCAC Coach of the Year for both the men and women’s programs. The women’s volleyball team earned a trip to the NCAA Division III national tournament for the 17th consecutive season … The Tigers fell to Claremont-Mudd-Scripps in five…

Issue: April 2015

Richardson Retires After 50 Years with Men’s Soccer

The most enduring coaching tenure in the history of Colorado College Athletics has come to an end. Horst Richardson, who recently completed his 49th season as head coach of the men’s soccer team and 50th overall with the program, announced his retirement in early December. “Half of a century is probably enough,” Richardson said. “Much…

Issue: April 2015

CC Selected as EPA Green Power Partner

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has selected CC as an EPA Green Power Partner, a program that aligns with CC’s goal of reducing carbon emissions. Green power is electricity generated from environmentally preferable renewable resources, such as solar, wind, geothermal, low-impact biomass, and low-impact hydro resources. “Being recognized by the EPA is an amazing honor and gives credence to our efforts on our campus,” said Ian Johnson, CC’s sustainability manager. “Last year, CC obtained over 16 percent of its power from renewable resources. Solar power in particular represents an excellent investment in our immediate and long-term energy goals, and our aim is to increase the amount of local renewable energy…

Issue: April 2015

Bro Adams to Speak at Commencement

CC alumnus William “Bro” Adams, chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), will address the Class of 2015 at this year’s Commencement ceremony on Monday, May 18. Adams, the former president of Bucknell University and Colby College, is nationally known as a strong advocate for the humanities and the liberal arts and has a long history of leadership in higher education. Adams graduated from Colorado College magna cum laude with a philosophy degree in 1972, but his time on campus was interrupted by three years of service in the Army, including a year in Vietnam. It was partly that experience, he says, that motivated him to study and…

Issue: April 2015

State of the Rockies Project Earns Accolades in Australia

Brendan Boepple ’11, assistant director of Colorado College’s State of the Rockies Project, gave a presentation at the World Parks Congress, organized by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature in Sydney, Australia. Boepple attended the conference to represent the project, which was recognized by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy as a “Conservation Catalyst” for its work highlighting the many challenges facing the Colorado River, as well as its efforts to work with various groups to find ways to restore the Colorado River Delta. “To present the work we’ve conducted at CC to the world’s oldest global environmental network was truly an incredible honor,” Boepple said. “It was…