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DeGayner Crowned Co-Champion in 200 Free at National Meet Jordan DeGayner ’12 came from behind on the final leg of the 200-yard freestyle to tie Tyler Harp from the University of Redlands for first place at the 2012 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships at the Indiana University Natatorium. DeGayner finished in a school-record…

Tiffany Calabaza ’12 is one of 11 Native American youth leaders honored at the White House Tribal Nations Conference on Dec. 1 as a “Champion of Change.” Calabaza was recognized for her efforts to bring renewable energy to her hometown of Kewa (formerly Santo Domingo Pueblo), N.M. Calabaza worked with Chemistry Professor Sally Meyer and…

Rebecca Tucker, associate professor of art at Colorado College, has been selected as   the 2012 recipient of the Ray O. Werner Award for Exemplary Teaching in the Liberal Arts. Tucker specializes in Renaissance and Baroque art of Northern Europe, and emphasizes student collaboration and discussion in her class. She integrates new technology, group learning, and…

  Colorado College has initiated “First Mondays,” a campus-wide event held at midday on the first Monday of the block, designed to bring the entire campus community together around a shared academic experience. CC President Jill Tiefenthaler says the series allows the campus to gather, build community, and unify around a common theme. “First Mondays”…

It’s not often that a class assignment becomes a tangible enterprise, but CC’s new on-campus bar is the direct result of an economics course. Seniors Lee Carter, Ryan Patterson, and Luke Urban, and juniors Bryce Daniels and Tyler Thorne (not pictured) took Economics and Business Professor Larry Stimpert’s Block 1 class “Entrepreneurship” in which the…

Daniel Junge ’92 won the Academy Award in the category of “Documentary Short” for his film “Saving Face,” while “The Descendants,” based on the book of the same name by Kaui Hart Hemmings ’98, won for “Writing (Adapted Screenplay).” Both Junge and Hemmings attended the 84th Annual Academy Awards event in Hollywood, Calif. “Saving Face”…

Richard Skorman ’75 and his wife, Patricia Seator, conducted a two-day workshop titled “How to Start and Grow a Community-based Small Business” during the break between Blocks 5 and 6. Using their own local businesses as models, Skorman and Seator, owners of Poor Richard’s, Little Richard’s, and Rico’s in Colorado Springs, discussed with CC students…

Six Colorado College students and two staff members spent their winter break on a service trip in rural India. The group worked with Maitri, a non-government organization based in India to pilot a residential school program called the 100-Day School. While there, the CC students worked with 43 children, teaching classes ranging from water erosion…

Colorado College Dean of Students and Vice President for Student Life Mike Edmonds has been elected by the KEY Society, one of the nation’s most prestigious forensics educator honor societies, as an honorary KEY coach. Edmonds accepted the honor at Emory University, where the society is housed, on Jan. 27. Edmonds was cited as a…

Professor of History Anne F. Hyde has been awarded the prestigious Bancroft Prize for her book “Empires, Nations and Families: A History of the North American West, 1800-1860.” One of the most celebrated awards in its field, the Bancroft Prize is awarded annually by the trustees of Columbia University.  Winners are judged in terms of…