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More than 1,100 people attended a rally in Cornerstone Arts Center to hear former President Bill Clinton campaign for his wife, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. EMILY KOHUT ’16, an English and classics major, and EMILY DODERER ’17, a molecular biology major, were in line at 8:07 a.m. waiting for the doors to open at 12:30…

CC piloted a new event, WINTER CELEBRATION, honoring the students who were eligible to graduate in December. A graduation ceremony and dinner were held in their honor on Sunday, Dec. 13 in Bemis Great Hall. Congratulations to CC’s mid-year graduates!

The historic “Battle on Blake” between CC and DU in February ended in the “Battle on Bake” – with CC taking the heat and forking over five strawberry-rhubarb pies as the payoff in a friendly wager between the two schools. CC President Jill Tiefenthaler and DU Chancellor Rebecca Chopp took the long-simmering rivalry between the…

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…

The Career Center is launching a two-day symposium, May 12-13, to help rising seniors develop a strategy for making the most of the upcoming summer months and their senior year, as well as navigating the transition from college student to college graduate. Sessions will focus on standing out to potential employers and developing a network.…

LIZ CHENEY ’88 met with students in two political science classes in March for a spaghetti lunch and discussion at the home of Political Science Professor Tom Cronin who was Cheney’s thesis adviser when she was at CC. About two dozen students from Cronin’s American Presidency class and Political Science Professor David Hendrickson’s The American…

The 25 students taking Lisa Hughes’ interdisciplinary course Romantic Comedy: The Birth, Death, and Re-birth during Block 2 in Greece were struck by the plight of refugees and vowed to help. With broad support from CC students, faculty, staff, alumni, student clubs, and athletics teams, the students raised more than $2,250 to buy necessities for…

Four first-year students, Amelia Eskenazi ’19, Joann Bandales ’19, Padah Vang ’19, and David Gonzalez Salgado ’19, have created the “Humans of Colorado College” Facebook page. Modeled after the “Humans of New York” project, the page seeks to tell stories that others aren’t aware of, letting students know it’s OK to be vulnerable and helping…