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Sean Pieri, the new vice president for advancement, joined Colorado College in October, having previously served as vice president of development at the College of William & Mary and assistant secretary of the College of William & Mary Foundation since 2006. While at William & Mary, Pieri spearheaded all aspects of the university’s development program…

President Barack Obama visited Colorado College in August, drawing a crowd of more than 4,100 people to Cutler Quad. Helping to introduce the president was MAT student Christine Howard ’14 and former Colorado senator and current Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar ’77, whom Obama called “an outstanding alumnus, outstanding senator, and unbelievable secretary of…

An open house celebrating the new Cheryl Schlessman Bennett Children’s Center was held in September, with three generations of family members in attendance. Colorado College’s new children’s center is named in memory of the late Cheryl Schlessman Bennett ’77, an education major who was passionate about children’s welfare and taught elementary school in Colorado. Construction…

CC welcomes four new tenure-track faculty members, two of whom are CC alumni, and says farewell to six faculty members: Bruce Kola, Paul Kuerbis, Victor Nelson-Cisneros, Adrienne Lanier Seward, Yunyu Wang, and Laurel Watkins (not pictured.) See more about the retiring faculty members’ plans and comments. Ryan Bañagale, Assistant Professor of Music Ryan Bañagale ’00…

During this year’s Homecoming Weekend, the Alumni Association Board will recognize six distinguished Colorado College alumni for their outstanding contributions to Colorado College. The Louis T. Benezet Award recognizes outstanding achievement in one’s chosen field and excellence through success, innovations, and research that advances a profession or a cause and which exemplifies the values of…

DeGayner, Thirkell named Academic All-Americans   Jordan DeGayner ’12 (swimming and diving) and Deanna Thirkell ’12 (women’s tennis) put an exclamation point on their collegiate careers by earning a spot on the 2012 Capital One Academic All-America Teams as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). DeGayner became the seventh Tiger to…

Colorado College has numerous construction projects currently under way on campus. Work has begun on the new $2 million Cheryl Schlessman Bennett Children’s Center, 909 N. Nevada Ave., south of the Children’s Center’s current location. The new center, which is scheduled to open in late August, will accommodate 58 children, nearly doubling the number currently…

President Jill Tiefenthaler has announced that enough commitments to create the Bill Barton Professorship in Economics and Business have been received to make it a reality. Economics and Business Professor Judy Laux ’77, a former student of Barton’s, says, “Bill demonstrated an unbridled enthusiasm for teaching that never wavered in his 39 years at Colorado…

Colorado College hosted a reception and dinner this spring for about 60 alumni, students, faculty, and staff of colorat Tutt Alumni House. The event, the first of its kind, brought together regional alumni and students of color specifically to network, share CC experiences, and talk about ways to build a stronger minority community on campus…

While not in the danger zone of the Waldo Canyon Fire, Colorado College played an important role in feeding and housing evacuees, providing expertise for media interviews, and raising funds for victims in this historic, devastating fire. The Waldo Canyon Fire, which started on June 23 in the Pike National Forest several miles outside of…