Grass Roots
In “Grass Roots,” journalist Kirsten Akens ’96 takes a look at the impact of cannabis on CC, from classroom conversations and concerns about youth to jobs and educational journals.
Issue: Winter 2019 • Tags: FeaturesIn “Grass Roots,” journalist Kirsten Akens ’96 takes a look at the impact of cannabis on CC, from classroom conversations and concerns about youth to jobs and educational journals.
Issue: Winter 2019 • Tags: FeaturesSupporting a cause you believe in — with money or time — can arise from many different places and take many different forms.
Issue: Winter 2019 • Tags: FeaturesHowell, a member of the Pawnee and Dakota tribes, comes to the college with an understanding of eldership in the Native tradition, as well as extensive civic engagement experience.
Issue: Winter 2019 • Tags: FeaturesAs Colorado high school seniors and their families researched colleges and began the application process for admission this fall, many who would have considered Colorado College out of reach financially had reason to look at CC more closely. In August, the college announced the Colorado Pledge, a pilot initiative designed to make CC as affordable…
Issue: Winter 2019 • Tags: FeaturesColorado College applicants have always been more than just numbers. With its new test-optional policy, CC is doubling down on that sentiment.
Issue: Winter 2019 • Tags: FeaturesOCT. 10-13, 2019
Issue: Winter 2019 • Tags: FeaturesColorado College students and recent alumni, representing a variety of disciplines and departments, continue to be widely recognized for their academic achievements. Claire Derry ’19, Fulbright Camilla Fuller ’19, Fulbright Photo by Jennifer Coombes Isaak Belongia ’21, Critical Language Scholarship Photo by Jennifer Coombes Ines Siepmann ’19, Erasmus Mundus Scholarship Photo by…
Issue: Summer 2019 • Tags: FeaturesAt the Telluride Mushroom Festival in 2016, Sabrina Heitmann ’18 learned about innovative fungal solutions for world hunger, pest control, and disease being developed at Mushroom Mountain, a farm in Easley, South Carolina. “I attended a lecture by the founder of Mushroom Mountain, who described how mushrooms could be used in all of these novel…
Issue: Summer 2019 • Tags: FeaturesIt’s 10:30 on a Friday night, and while most students begin to celebrate the weekend, Colorado College’s student-staffed, student-run Emergency Medical Services squad begins their campus rounds in the weathered CCEMS van they have affectionately named “Lucille.” In addition to ambulance-grade medical equipment, these student professionals are equipped with expertise that begins with a national…
Issue: Summer 2019 • Tags: Features“July Rising” — a film written, directed, produced, edited by, and starring a slew of Colorado College graduates — has taken flight. The film is the creative output of a group of CC students, graduates, and staff, including Robert Mahaffie ’15. Premiering at the 23rd Sonoma International Film Festival in March, it won the Stolman…
Issue: Summer 2019 • Tags: Features