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CC has named five new members to its Board of Trustees. They are charter trustees Heather Carroll ’89, Lisa Hastings ’91, and Lauren Watel ’07, who will serve six-year terms; Kyle Samuel ’92, who will serve a four-year term (two as Alumni Association Council president and two as immediate past president); and Lily Weissgold ’20,…

During the 2018-19 academic year, Colorado College hired 14 new faculty members. CC looks forward to welcoming each faculty member as they begin their tenure-track appointments. Colorado College also has hired four new Riley Scholars-in-Residence. The new tenure-track faculty are: Ikemefuna (Ike) Agbanusi, Mathematics and Computer Science Agbanusi received his Ph.D. in mathematics from Boston…

The course description for Introduction to Journalism gives fair warning: “Consider this class your gateway drug to becoming a news junkie.” Students in CC Visiting Lecturer Corey Hutchins’ class, offered during Colorado College’s Summer Session, spent three days at the end of the course in Washington, D.C., where they visited The New York Times bureau,…

Acclaimed writer and editor Roxane Gay read excerpts from her book “Hunger” and discussed the intersections of fiction and activism as part of the 2019 Cornerstone Arts Week theme, “Can We Get Real?” Gay spoke to a full house and answered questions from students at the event, held in Mohrman Theatre in late April.

Commencement was the first time the CC community gathered as a group on Tava Quad, formerly known as Armstrong Quad. Debbie Howell, a member of the Pawnee/Dakota tribe, gave the invocation, and the Cozad Singers, members of the Kiowa tribe renowned for performing at powwows nationwide, sang an honor song to celebrate the naming of…

Tara Thomas, director of Bemis School of Art at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College, was awarded the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region’s Community Support for Arts Education Award. Andy Vick, executive director of the Cultural Office of the Pikes Peak Region, presented the award to Thomas for her Art…

Students and community members helped Amauri Bargioni ’19 work on his “Wall of Negativity” mural, which covered two sides of the Whitney Building behind Wooglin’s on North Tejon Street. When Bargioni and members of the Art Department heard about plans for the building’s demolition in order to prepare for the new Robson Arena, they saw…

Dean of Students and Vice President for Student Life Mike Edmonds has been inducted into the National Speech and Debate Association Hall of Fame. Edmonds has been involved in competitive speech for most of his life. His work in speech and debate earned him induction into the Gold Key Society at Emory University. He also…

When people think of historians, they don’t often think of marketing and advertising. Assistant Professor of History Amy Kohout doesn’t have experience in marketing, but she does think about how historical context is essential for successful advertising. This spring, Kohout saw a Nike trail running ad with a problematic slogan and was able to get…

Tiffany Williamson Kelly has been named the new director of alumni and family relations at Colorado College. An experienced constituent relations and events manager, she has a strong background in both independent schools and higher education. Kelly was the associate director of admission and financial aid as well as the director of tuition assistance at…