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One of the benefits of the Block Plan is the versatility it offers, including in the summer. CC under-
graduates and visiting undergraduates from other schools have the opportunity to participate in courses during summer blocks A, B, and/or C. Because of the upheaval caused by the pandemic during the 2020-21 academic year, CC undergraduate students…

The Honnen Ice Arena, named for Edward Honnen, a Class of 1921 alumnus, is undergoing a transformation. The ice was melted and removed in mid-June, and plans call for using the building as the primary new home for 3D arts classes until a permanent home can be developed. Additional campus spaces for 3D arts classes…

Colorado College Vice President and Director of Athletics Lesley Irvine has named Kris Mayotte the 15th head coach in the history of the school’s hockey program. Mayotte brings a wealth of success to Colorado College as one of the top assistant coaches and recruiters in the nation. Throughout his 10 years as a Division I assistant…

It was the Winter Olympics, CC- style: No luge,  no figure skating, no ski jumping. Instead, there was snowshoe racing without snow, fat-tire bike races where the slowest rider wins, and “Goggle Waddle,” a cross between blind man’s bluff and ball tag, played while wearing ski goggles. And because of the COVID-19 pandemic, social distancing,…

The CC Board of Trustees recently approved the naming of an entrance and study lounge in the Charles L. Tutt Library in honor of former President Jill Tiefenthaler. The library’s east entrance, which faces Palmer Hall, will be named the Tiefenthaler Entryway, and the large study area next to Susie B’s café on the library’s…

Colorado College has received a $500,000 gift from the Inasmuch Foundation for the Mike and Barbara Yalich Student Services Center. The new student services center will be adjacent to the Ed Robson Arena and will honor the legacy and contributions of alumni Barbara Neeley Yalich ’53 and her late husband Milo “Mike” Yalich ’50. “We are deeply inspired…

Colorado College has been relying upon science, data, its Scientific Advisory Group, national medical consultants, and public health partners to develop COVID-19 protocols, testing, and vaccination plans to keep the CC community safe. These efforts have been successful, resulting in a lower rate of COVID-19 at CC than in the surrounding community. CC plans to…

In 2020, Colorado College’s Department of Theatre and Dance received a $530,000 gift to establish the Pamela Battey Mitchell Visiting Artist-in-Residence in Contemporary Dance in honor of Hanya Holm. The gift, from Jere Mitchell, an emeritus academic cardiologist at Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, is made in honor of his late wife, Pamela Battey Mitchell ’58.…

The Colorado College Bulletin participates in a project called PrintReleaf WeForest as a replanting offset of the paper it uses to print the magazine. PrintReleaf has now completed its reforestation project in São Paulo, Brazil. CC contributed nearly 3,000 trees to the effort, and any excess replanting credits were transferred to a deforestation rehabilitation project…