{"id":17354,"date":"2021-08-10T11:00:47","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T17:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/?p=17354"},"modified":"2021-08-17T16:13:32","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T22:13:32","slug":"celebrating-the-class-of-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/2021\/08\/celebrating-the-class-of-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the Class of 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cStumbling is not falling.\u201d\u00a0 <\/em>\u2014 Malcolm X<\/p>\n

An in-person Commencement ceremony was held Sunday, May 23, at the new Weidner Field in downtown Colorado Springs, with 532 undergraduate degrees and 17 Masters of Arts in Teaching degrees awarded. The event concluded a year like no other, in which students immersed themselves in virtual and hybrid learning, finding new ways to learn, foster relationships, and build community. Former CC President Jill Tiefenthaler P\u201921, P\u201924<\/strong>, now CEO of the National Geographic Society, delivered the Commencement address and received an honorary degree. \u00a0\u00a0A \u201cSenior Sentiment\u201d video for the Class of 2021, filmed and edited by Bergen Hoff \u201922<\/strong> and produced by former CC Video Producer Rachel San Luis \u201910<\/strong>, describes what senior life was like for these students during COVID-19. See the video \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

More on how the video was made \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n

\"CC-BUL-SUM21-24-Commencement1\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"CC-BUL-SUM21-25-Commencement2\" <\/a> <\/div>
\"CC-BUL-SUM21-25-Commencement3\" <\/a> <\/div>
\"2021 <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"2021 <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"CC-BUL-SUM21-25-Commencement6\" <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Class <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

Class of 2021<\/h2>\n

8,222 <\/strong>applicants (a record at that time)<\/p>\n

48 <\/strong>QuestBridge students<\/p>\n

15% <\/strong>admittance rate<\/p>\n

60 <\/strong>international students<\/p>\n

51% <\/strong>received some form of financial aid<\/p>\n

44 <\/strong>with dual citizenship<\/p>\n

26.7% <\/strong>self-identifying as students of color<\/p>\n

35 <\/strong>languages spoken<\/p>\n

53 <\/strong>first-generation students<\/p>\n

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  • Common Read Book:<\/strong> \u201cCitizen: An American Lyric,\u201d by Claudia Rankine<\/li>\n
  • Class Gift:<\/strong> Colorado College Mutual Aid Fund<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    The Class of 2021\u2019s New Student Orientation included viewing the August 2017 solar eclipse. They started their time at CC with one worldwide phenomenon and ended with another.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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