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Darnell Moore, author of CC’s 2020-21 Common Read “No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black & Free in America,” spoke at the Block 2 First Mondays event in the Kathryn Mohrman Theatre. He and Heidi Lewis, director and associate professor of feminist and gender studies, discussed a wide range of subjects, including Moore’s…

Heather Horton (center), senior director of student health and wellbeing, is making it her mission to meet students where they are by taking the Well Mobile out and about on the CC campus. The cart, designed by Horton and her husband, features a variety of drawers and cabinets that store stress management and other well-being…

The Club Level in Ed Robson Arena honors Kelley Dolphus Stroud ’31, one of CC’s first Black alumni, a premier athlete and entrepreneur.

CC celebrated 15 graduates at its Winter Commencement on Dec. 19 in Shove Memorial Chapel, with President L. Song Richardson welcoming the students and bestowing their degrees upon them. Assistant Professor of Sociology Florencia Rojo gave the Commencement address, titled “Cultivating Hope: Community Care in Challenging Times.”

Colorado College welcomed 628 incoming members of the Class of 2025 and 26 transfer students in August 2021. Students participated in a range of orientation activities, including discussing the Common Read book, “No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black & Free in America” by Darnell Moore, and taking part in the service-oriented Priddy…

Recipients of various CC communications, including emails, videos, social media messaging, and the Bulletin, may notice a range of new works. New to CC Communications are Jessi Burns ’06, Julia Fuller, and Lonnie Timmons III. As the college’s content and social media manager, Burns, who joined the staff in July 2021, manages the college’s overall…

Colorado College has earned a STARS Gold rating in recognition of its sustainability achievements from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE). The college tied for first place in water conservation, reuse, use reduction, and rainwater management (the third year CC was named a top performer in this category), and was…

Kris Stanec ’88, MAT ’89 has been named the 2021-22 Faculty Fellow in Creativity & Innovation. Most recently the director of education at the Colorado College Fine Arts Center’s museum, Stanec utilizes arts integration when teaching, citing the capacity for the arts to pull people into conversations, engage them in learning, and increase access to…

Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science Luis David Garcia Puente has been invited to join the 2022 class of Fellows of the American Mathematical Society. He is one of 45 mathematical scientists from around the world to have been named an AMS fellow for 2022, and one of only nine AMS fellows in Colorado.

Jiun Bang, Political Science Bang is a 2016 graduate of the University of Southern California; her dissertation focused on commodification and its effects on bilateralism and concepts of nationalism. Prior to coming to CC, Bang was an instructor at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, teaching courses such as Money, Politics, and Power in Northeast Asia, and…