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CC Professor of Mathematics Marlow Anderson has received the 2013 Burton W. Jones Award for Distinguished College or University Teaching of Mathematics. As the award recipient, Anderson will receive a check for $271.82. These are, of course, the first five digits of the mathematically significant number e, sometimes called Euler’s number, which is an important…

Approximately 200 people attended an event at Wooglin’s Deli in late January in memory of Reuben Eli Mitrani ’14, who passed away while studying abroad during the fall semester of his junior year. Wooglin’s, a popular deli adjacent to campus, officially renamed their Reuben sandwich “Reuben’s Reuben” in his honor, and  the newly named sandwich…

Colorado College has placed sixth among the Peace Corps top volunteer-producing colleges, the highest the college has ever been ranked. CC moved up four notches in the small school category from its 10th place position last year, marking the third consecutive year that CC has placed among the top 10 schools in its category. CC…

Anita Pariseau joined Colorado College as the new director of alumni relations on April 1. Previously, Pariseau was director of alumni relations and executive director of  the alumni association at Colorado School of Mines for nine years. Prior to joining Mines, she worked in  both Harvard’s and Wellesley’s alumni associations and also has worked in…

Women’s Soccer Jessie Ayers ’15 joined an exclusive list of CC women’s soccer players when she was named a second-team All-American by the National Soccer Coaches Association of America. Ayers became the 14th Tiger to be honored by the NSCAA, the first since Robyn Neigel, Karla Thompson, and Cissy Wafford were recognized in 1990. Ayers…

C.J. Pascoe, CC assistant professor of sociology, has been appointed to the research advisory board of Lady Gaga’s Born This Way Foundation. The nonprofit charitable foundation is dedicated to helping young people develop skills, opportunities, and resources, as it addresses issues such as self-confidence, well-being, anti-bullying, mentoring, and career development. “It’s rare that sociologists —…

CC English Professor Claire Oberon Garcia was named a Pikes Peak Woman of Distinction by the Girl Scouts of Colorado. Garcia is writing a book based on her research into the work of black women modernist writers, and editing a collection of essays on scholarly and creative responses to the movie “The Help” and other…

A new venture, the Collaborative for Community Engagement, has been created by blending the resources and services of the Center for Service and Learning and the Partnership for Civic Engagement. The Collaborative integrates rigorous liberal arts scholarship with community-based work, and provides opportunities for students and faculty to deepen and contextualize classroom learning. By engaging…

Jessy Randall, CC archivist and curator of special collections at Tutt Library, reports that digital versions of all the CC yearbooks are now available online at http://archive.org/details/coloradocollege. The full text of each yearbook is searchable, so it’s easy to find embarrassing photos of yourself and your friends! Additionally, the library has digitized some of the…

Colorado College is offering a new major in film and new media studies, and a new thematic minor in global health. Both went into effect this fall. The film and new media studies major is a response to student interest, expertise, and demand. It also is a result of the Cornerstone Arts Initiative, which stresses…