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December 2014
Labor of Love
The CC Facilities crew ensures that historic campus buildings are preserved and also prepared for the future needs of the campus.Read more
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December 2014
CC Wins Silver Stars
Colorado College presented its first State of Sustainability report to the CC community this fall. The report, which uses the nationally recognized Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System (STARS) as a guide, benchmarks the school’s performance across broad sustainability metrics and provides a road map for future improvements and priorities. The report addresses the integration of sustainability across campus and the community, seeking to put into action elements of the Strategic Plan. CC received a STARS ranking of silver (based on gold, silver, and bronze). “This is the first year of reporting to STARS, so we didn’t know where we stood,” said CC Sustainability Manager Ian Johnson. “Being solidly in…Read more
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December 2014
New Faculty, New Friends, and a Whole Lot of Syllabi
When moving from one phase of life to another, what do you need to be happy and successful? Friends and a little structure to feel like you belong. Guidance on the unwritten rules of your new culture. “What anybody needs when transitioning to a new situation is really pretty much the same,” said Anne Hyde,…Read more
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December 2014
Special Summer Programs for Alumni in 2015
The CC Office of Alumni Relations will sponsor several new alumni summer programs in Summer 2015. The first, “The Art of the Pitch,” will be a quarter-block class for alumni on July 15-19, 2015, on the CC campus. Innovation Institute Director Patrick Bultema and bestselling novelist/Colorado College English Professor Steve Hayward will create a hands-on experience that will build your creative concept from the ground up so you can avoid common pitfalls and create a pitch that will cast a spell over the marketplace. “We live in the age of the pitch. Whether it is a start-up or a screenplay, a novel or a new app for the iPhone, there’s…Read more
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December 2014
Building Summers of Opportunity
The academic year is the center of CC’s mission, but a big part of our strategic plan is to create new opportunities in the summer.Read more
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December 2014
From the President
Dear Alumni, Parents, and Friends of Colorado College, It was my junior year in college and summer was rapidly approaching. Like many college students, I was eager for a break, but also wanted to have a meaningful summer experience. After considering my options, I spent the summer teaching math at a boarding school. It was…Read more
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December 2014
Hands Up! Don’t Shoot!: Gesture, Choreography, and Protest in Ferguson, a point of view piece by Anusha Kedhar
By now, you know this phrase well. It has become the rallying cry of those protesting the killing of Michael Brown by police in Ferguson, Mo., earlier this year. Like other memorable activist slogans — “Hell no! We won’t go!” and “No justice? No peace!”— it captures the essence of collective anger in response to…Read more