{"id":8591,"date":"2014-08-01T09:20:20","date_gmt":"2014-08-01T15:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/?p=8591"},"modified":"2014-08-04T16:25:21","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T22:25:21","slug":"congratulations-to-the-class-of-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/2014\/08\/congratulations-to-the-class-of-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Congratulations to the Class of 2014!"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"2014 <\/a> <\/div>
\"Jerri <\/a>
Jerri Marr, the former forest supervisor whose calm demeanor reassured residents during the Waldo Canyon Fire, receives an honorary degree at CC Commencement. <\/div> <\/div>
\"Jane <\/a>
Jane Lubchenco \u201969<\/b>, former head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, speaks at Commencement. <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"2014 <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"2014 <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"2014 <\/a> <\/div>
\"Class <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Class <\/a> <\/div> <\/div>
\"Last <\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div>\n

You’ve had an extraordinary four years at Colorado College. During that time, you have:<\/span><\/p>\n

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  • Welcomed a new president, Jill Tiefenthaler, whom you have dubbed “Chief Tief.”<\/li>\n
  • Raised more money for your class gift, The Reuben Eli Mitrani ’14<\/strong> Memorial Scholarship Fund, than any other class in recent memory.<\/li>\n
  • Experienced the launch of First Mondays, The Big Idea competition, an innovative Half Block program, the addition of a new major, Film and New Media Studies, and a new minor, Global Health, and the opening of 802, a new student space on Nevada Avenue.<\/li>\n
  • Been involved with the college’s strategic plan “Building on the Block.”<\/li>\n
  • Seen the renovation of Rastall, Slocum Hall, and El Pomar Sports Center, and the building of the Adam F. Press Fitness Center.<\/li>\n
  • Attended events headlined by the likes of Terry Tempest Williams, Zadie Smith, Katherine Boo, Maz Jobrani, James Salter, Tracy Kidder, Abigail Washburn, Cynthia Lowen, Pete Earley, Margaret Atwood, Jackson Katz, Wade Davis,
    \nArt Spiegelman, and Mo Siegel.<\/li>\n
  • Participated in a variety of election-related events, including the CC-Air Force Academy debate, presidential debate viewing parties, presentations by Nate Silver, Sunshine Hillygus, Ezra Klein, Larry Bartels, and Jennifer Lawless, and an election night party.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    See how the Class of 2014 celebrated the end of the CC chapter of their lives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[29],"class_list":["post-8591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-august-2014","tag-news-from-campus"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8591"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8749,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8591\/revisions\/8749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}