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I submitted my senior thesis just before 9 a.m. on the first day of Block 7 last year, incredibly ready to be in a class again instead of dangerously managing my own time in a thesis block. Two blocks from graduating, I wasn’t expecting one of my last CC classes, AS 226: Book and Book…

Issue: Spring 2018 • Tags:

Spreading Branches: TREE Semester Grows Environmental Students and Teachers

Colorado College students in the TREE Semester live and take classes at the Catamount Center and apply their lessons to the environmental science curriculum they create and teach.

Issue: Spring 2018 • Tags:

Meet Library Director JoAnn Jacoby

JoAnn Jacoby joined Colorado College Aug. 1 as director of the newly renovated Tutt Library. Before that, she served as associate dean for user services in the University of Illinois Library, the largest publicly funded academic library in the U.S. Jacoby has spent most of her professional career at Illinois in a number of roles…

Issue: Winter 2017 • Tags:

By The Numbers

1st Library built for the Block Plan 94,317 Square feet of space (a 35-percent increase) 12,976 Square feet of glass 1,078 Seating capacity 7,040 Cups of coffee served at Susie B’s café during Block 1 220 Pounds of beans to make that coffee 1,174 Electrical outlets 80 Geothermal wells on Armstrong Quad (each 400 feet…

Issue: Winter 2017 • Tags:

Psychoanalysis Minor Brings Worldly Wisdom to CC

Though small in participation numbers, CC’s minor in psychoanalysis punches well above its weight in terms of reputation and output, and the popularity is growing constantly. Nationally recognized as a flagship program in psychoanalysis at the undergraduate level, the minor has been featured in several national publications, received a highly selective foundation grant, and serves…

Issue: Winter 2017 • Tags:

Diwali 2017

The campus community celebrates Diwali, the festival of lights, hosted by Students for the Awareness of South Asia. Participants enjoy dance performances and South Asian food. Photos by Vivian Nguyen ’20

Issue: Winter 2017 • Tags:

East Campus Honors Distinguished Alumni

CC honored 10 distinguished former students at a ribbon-cutting and dedication of the East Campus Housing Community during Family and Friends Weekend. Eight residential buildings, a community center, and a central courtyard bear their names. Residential Buildings Marcellus H. Chiles, Colorado College’s only Medal of Honor recipient, was a student at CC when World War…

Issue: Winter 2017 • Tags:

Honoring 50 Years of Teaching and Leadership

I can think of nothing I would rather do on a daily basis than get up in the morning and explore a musical masterwork with 16 intelligent, artistic and eager CC students. We can talk about how it makes us think and how it makes us feel. We can do a ‘close reading’ by discussing…

Issue: Winter 2017 • Tags:

Committing to Socioeconomic Diversity — Kyle Samuel ’92

When Kyle Samuel was considering colleges, his list included Colorado College, the University of Texas, the University of Colorado, and Dartmouth College. He chose CC in part because the T. Roosevelt Collins Memorial Scholarship helped to ease the burden of the cost of college for his family. Although he still had to work throughout his…

Issue: Winter 2017 • Tags: ,

Keep On Going On — Ed Benton ’50

In 1946, attending college was not in Ed Benton’s sights. “At 17 months I became an orphan, and I was handed over to my father’s mother. She was 55 years of age, in poor health, illiterate, and she had no money,” says Benton. “When rent went up from $5 per month to $8 per month,…

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