{"id":16143,"date":"2020-09-04T14:14:58","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T20:14:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/?p=16143"},"modified":"2020-09-04T14:37:37","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T20:37:37","slug":"cc-celebrates-524-undergraduates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/2020\/09\/cc-celebrates-524-undergraduates\/","title":{"rendered":"CC Celebrates 524 Undergraduates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Colorado College Class of 2020 officially graduated on May 31, with 524 undergraduates earning degrees. An in-person, on-campus Commencement ceremony for the class has been rescheduled\u00a0for May 30, 2021. CC is working on raising funds so that all members of the class can attend, regardless of their financial circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Noted former President Jill Tiefenthaler in the printed program, \u201cThank you for all you have added to CC in your time here. You are why CC exists, and why it is a rare and special place. You have made a mark in the classroom, the community, on this campus, and in our hearts. Now you will do the same in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the Class of 2020\u2019s experiences and achievements are notable. Among them:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lived through much transition, including the development of the\u00a0East Campus Housing Community, renaming of South Hall, naming of\u00a0Tava Quad, and renovation of Tutt Library, now the largest, net-zero energy academic library in the country<\/li>\n<li>Active in\u00a0CC\u2019s ongoing antiracism work, championing the efforts and passing the activism torch<\/li>\n<li>Saw the expansion of the alliance between the Colorado Springs\u00a0Fine Arts Center\u00a0and Colorado College and the partnership between CC\u2019s NPR-member station\u00a091.5 KRCC\u00a0and Colorado Public Radio<\/li>\n<li>Contributed to CC reaching its\u00a0goal of carbon neutrality\u00a0by 2020 by installing a solar array at CC\u2019s Baca Campus<\/li>\n<li>Saw the development and growth of\u00a0CC\u2019s Refugee Alliance, working with community partners<\/li>\n<li>Helped start and facilitate an on-campus Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, helped plan programming for Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Sexual Assault Month, collaborated with the sexual assault response coordinator\u00a0and Title IX coordinator to create a feedback survey for people utilizing the formal Title IX process, and helped bring a Films for Mental Health event to campus<\/li>\n<li>Through the Coffee Marketing Challenge, returned $4,800 in profits from selling coffee from a small farmer\u2019s co-op, supporting various services and programs in Guatemala<\/li>\n<li>Colorado College received 7,997 applications for the Class of 2020, which had an acceptance rate of 15.8%, a record low at that time. Before starting at CC, the incoming class read \u201cWhistling Vivaldi\u201d by Claude Steele as their\u00a0Common Book Read\u00a0for New Student Orientation.<\/li>\n<li>Individually, members of the Class of 2020 have some notable achievements. The class includes two Erasmus Mundus Scholars, a Watson Fellow, winner of The Denver Press Club student award, and seven Fulbright semifinalists, three of whom went on to become finalists.<\/li>\n<li>Additionally, the class features a student who:<\/li>\n<li>Is a competitive juggler<\/li>\n<li>Is an opera performer<\/li>\n<li>Was born in Yellowstone National Park<\/li>\n<li>Helped build the first tennis court in Afghanistan<\/li>\n<li>Witnessed Egypt\u2019s protest of the rule of the Muslim Brotherhood firsthand<\/li>\n<li>Climbed all 46 high peaks of the\u00a0Adirondacks<\/li>\n<li>Rode down\u00a0Mount Marathon, outside Seward, Alaska, on a unicycle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>However, more than anything, the Class of 2020 has had to build resilience as they\u2019ve been tested in ways no other graduating class has during the COVID-19 crisis and having their time at CC cut short. Nevertheless, they have found ways to celebrate their accomplishments and maintain joy. This class has stood firm. And the class motto? \u201cHindsight is 20\/20.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Colorado College Class of 2020 officially graduated on May 31, with 524 undergraduates earning degrees. An in-person, on-campus Commencement ceremony for the class has been rescheduled\u00a0for May 30, 2021. CC is working on raising funds so that all members of the class can attend, regardless of their financial circumstances. 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