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Colorado College students and recent alumni had another whirlwind year of academic recognition. Students in a variety of disciplines and departments garnered a multitude of awards. Award winners not pictured:
 Kristen Wells ’13, Phoebe Parker-Shames ’13, and Isabel Jones ’12: National Science Foundation 
Research fellowships Devon Cole ’13, Skye McClure Greenler ’14, Kyle Seewald Hemes…

This year, The Big Idea pitch competition yielded two co-first place winners — a first since the program’s inception in 2013. Sharing first place were King of the Sea, presented by Nick Kramer ’16 and Peter Wailes ’16, and Neonic, presented by Cormac Siegfried ’19 and Nick Ravich ’19. King of the Sea, which received…

Colorado College has named five new members to its Board of Trustees. The new trustees are
Mayss Al Alami ’17; Martha Wolday ’14; Kishen Mangat ’96; Liza Mallot Pohle ’85; 
and Amy Shackelford Louis ’84. The new members were welcomed and sworn in at the
June 18 meeting, and outgoing trustees were recognized for their service to CC. Leaving…

Colorado College’s Bridge Scholars Program, which serves as a gateway into college life for first-generation students, was recognized as a “Model of Excellence” by University Business. The Models of Excellence program “honors colleges and universities that have implemented innovative, effective, and interdepartmental initiatives that are bolstering student success.”

University Business notes that continuous support for students helps maintain…

Don’t let the long, languid days of summer fool you — Colorado College is a hoppin’ place in the summertime. See what’s happening on the CC campus this summer.

The five members of the CC faculty who retired this year have nearly 200 years of teaching at Colorado College among them (198, to be exact). We asked them what they plan to do. Their replies: Steven Janke, professor of mathematics and computer science, started at CC in 1975. “No dramatic retirement plans, but I…

Colorado College received an anonymous $8.5 million commitment that will provide support for the further development of its innovation program. The commitment includes $6 million toward a $15 million building for innovation and $2.5 million to permanently endow a professorship in innovation. The commitment, one of the largest gifts in CC’s history, comes after Forbes…

CC’s Sense of Place trips are a field series exploring the cultural, natural, and historic features of Colorado Springs and the Pikes Peak region. The series provides students, faculty, and staff with “backstage access” to and critical examination of some features of the college’s unique location that often go overlooked. “We believe this examination is…

The Morris Miller Memorial Garden, one of the specialty gardens of CC, was created in memory of Morris Miller Jr. ’70 after he passed away in April 1990. The garden was established through gifts made by family and more than 45 alumni and friends, including members of the Class of 1970 and the Phi Delta…

Six Colorado College faculty members were promoted and granted tenure by the CC Board of Trustees at their annual February meeting to take effect next academic year. CC President Jill Tiefenthaler and Dean of the College and Dean of the Faculty Sandra Wong visited each promoted faculty member, congratulating them and bestowing a gift. Promoted…