{"id":12546,"date":"2017-12-12T13:10:53","date_gmt":"2017-12-12T20:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/?p=12546"},"modified":"2017-12-12T13:10:53","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T20:10:53","slug":"cc-students-reap-benefits-from-returning-alumni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/2017\/12\/cc-students-reap-benefits-from-returning-alumni\/","title":{"rendered":"CC Students Reap Benefits From Returning Alumni"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are many ways of giving back, and two CC alumni are examples of those who share their time and talents with current students. Gregg Easterbrook \u201976<\/b> and Abigail Washburn \u201999<\/b> both worked with students this fall, sharing their expertise either in a classroom or workshop setting.<\/span><\/p>\n

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B\u00e9la Fleck plays the banjo as his wife, Abigail Washburn \u201999, performs a clog dance during an informal workshop for CC students during Block 1 in Packard Hall’s Room 9. Photo by Andy Colwell<\/p><\/div>\n

Easterbrook, who graduated with a degree in political science, taught a Block 2 political science course titled Topics in Politics: Understanding American Opinion. He is a contributing editor of The Atlantic<\/i> and the Washington Monthly<\/i>, the author of 10 books (with another scheduled for publication next year), writes for op-ed pages, magazines, and journals, and was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences earlier this year. During the block, Easterbrook also gave a standing-room only talk that was open to the campus and community titled \u201cTrump Lied \u2014 Why Did the Country Believe Him?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Washburn, who was the 2012 Commencement speaker, is a Grammy Award-winning, singing (often in Mandarin Chinese), songwriting, claw hammer banjo player. She was on campus with her husband B\u00e9la Fleck, the world\u2019s premiere banjo player. They conducted a workshop with Bluegrass Ensemble Director Keith Reed\u2019s students and a First-Year Experience class, Creativity and Logic.
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The following evening Washburn and Fleck gave a sold-out concert for campus and community members. \u201cIt\u2019s a special thing to have such great musicians to talk one-on-one with our students,\u201d Reed says. \u201cIt\u2019s not an everyday experience, but that\u2019s the experience that CC students can have.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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