Colorado College in the News

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Media Coverage of Colorado College

National News

4/26/22 | The Chronicle of Philanthropy | The 134-Year-Old Start-UpNational Geographic Maps Its Future
“Before coming to the society, she was president of Colorado College and closing out a nearly half-billion-dollar campaign
4/21/22 | Inside Higher Ed | What’s Driving Increased Hiring of Presidents of Color?
“We’re now seeing minority presidents hired to places like Rice University and Colorado College, places that are highly selective and pretty successful.”
4/4/22 | The Atlantic | Do Yourself a Favor and Go Find a ‘Third Place’
“Kathy Giuffre, a professor at Colorado College who studies third places, told me that a real third place can also contain an element of casual social aid.”
4/1/22 | CPR | The Local 303: Colorado artists we’re featuring for April 2022
“Tiny Tomboy combines distorted guitar with dreamy textures and witty lyrics. Formed at Colorado College in 2019, the indie rockers amassed a cult following and are known for breaking floors and bursting eardrums at their wildly fun shows.”

4/30/22 | The Andalucia Star News | ‘O beautiful for spacious skies’
“ ‘O beautiful for spacious skies’ are the words that came to Katharine Lee Bates in 1893 as she stood with some of her Colorado College students gazing at the summit of Pike’s Peak.”

4/28/22 | CSBJ | Opinion: Respect the past, don’t demonize it
“If reasonable righties like Colorado College grad Liz Cheney and Lisa Murkowski are thrown under the bus by Trumpian voters and replaced by Lauren Boebert clones, then who?”

4/28/22 | Sean Percival | Windmark Sculpture – Quail Lake Park
“It was completed in 1973 by Colorado College instructor Jack Edwards and placed alongside Colorado Highway 115. It was later moved east to Quail Lake Park where it sits today.”

4/28/22 | Intermountain Jewish News | Holocaust Memorial Service (Cheyenne)
“Holocaust memorial service at Colorado College, with keynote speaker Prof. David Weiss. At McHugh Commons, JLK Bldg.”

4/26/22 | Street Insider.com | CDB Global Announces Change of Chief Financial Officer
“Mr. Dooley has an undergraduate degree from Colorado College in Colorado Springs and brings to the team a breadth of knowledge and experience in management and finance, coupled with effectively operating in a growing entrepreneurial environment.”

4/27/22 | Tech Live | Why the Large Binocular Telescope At Mount Graham Was Controversial
“The Indigenous Religious Traditions course at Colorado College explains that Mount Graham provides refuge for a vast diversity of wildlife.”

4/27/22 | The Gazette | Colorado Springs Chorale’s concert to feature music they’ll sing at upcoming D-Day ceremonies in Normandy
“Teske will continue to serve as artistic director for Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble and director of choirs at Colorado College.”

4/26/22 | Globe Newswire | CDB Global Announces Change of Chief Financial Officer
“Mr. Dooley has an undergraduate degree from Colorado College in Colorado Springs and brings to the team a breadth of knowledge and experience in management and finance, coupled with effectively operating in a growing entrepreneurial environment.”

4/26/22 | Craig Press | Four MCHS seniors sign letters of intent for schools from Hawaii to Texas
“Moffat County coach Todd Trapp introduces Halle Hamilton, left, and Emma Jones, right, who are best friends and both signed letters of intent Tuesday to attend college on track scholarships. Hamilton will head off to Hawaii while Jones will attend Colorado College this fall.”

4/26/22 | Fox 21 News | Cold case of Colorado woman unsolved 20 years later
“It has been 20 years since the death of 41-year-old Jocelyn Sandberg, who was found stabbed to death on the Colorado College campus. The suspect was never found and, the case remains unsolved.”

4/25/22 | The Reflector | Ridgefield School District welcomes new assistant principal
“McQuiston has a bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in mathematics from the University of Puget Sound. She also has a master’s degree in teaching secondary mathematics from Colorado College in Colorado Springs.”

4/25/22 | The Columbian | Clark County Business Briefing
“McQuiston has a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a minor in mathematics from the University of Puget Sound and a master of arts in teaching secondary mathematics degree from Colorado College in Colorado Springs.”

4/24/22 | Colorado Sun | SunLit Interview: When prose failed her after her son’s death, a Colorado mother turned to poetry
“Diane Alters and Kathryn Eastburn met and bonded when they were both instructors at Colorado College and discovered they had both lost a young son.”

4/22/22 | KRDO.com | Trees planted near Colorado College to commemorate Earth Day
“Colorado College lost nearly 50 trees back in December and the Old North End neighborhood and surrounding areas lost so many more.
Cheryl Brown is the present of the Near North End Neighborhood Association and said they are so excited to give the college and nearby Palmer High School the tree canopies they deserve.”

4/22 | 5280 | Banksy Art Is Coming to Denver, but Banksy Doesn’t Want You to See It
John Riker, Professor of philosophy, Colorado College
‘I am not sure that an artist who makes public art has the right to declare that museums can’t exhibit his work. Attending the exhibit wouldn’t break any moral laws. In fact, I think witnessing Banksy’s artworks might do something to make viewers more sensitive and empathetic and more likely to be ethical persons.’”

4/21/22 | GHBase.com | Dean Winters wife
“After completing his high school education, he enrolled at Colorado College. He then further up to London where he studied Art History.”

4/21/22 | Inside Higher Ed | What’s Driving Increased Hiring of Presidents of Color?
“We’re now seeing minority presidents hired to places like Rice University and Colorado College, places that are highly selective and pretty successful.”

4/20/22 | Clark County Today.com | Ridgefield School District adds new administrator
“McQuiston has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a minor in mathematics from the University of Puget Sound and a Master of Arts in Teaching Secondary Mathematics degree from Colorado College in Colorado Springs, CO.”

4/19/22 | History Colorado | History Colorado Announces Two New State Historian’s Council Members
“Dr. Claire Oberon Garcia is a professor of English at Colorado College. Dr. Garcia’s research focuses on Black history portrayed through literature, including an emphasis on women of the Black Atlantic in the beginning of the twentieth century.”

4/18/22 | Norfolk Daily News | Two Lincolnites competing in Democratic primary
“Education: Bachelor’s degree in. political science, Colorado College; law degree from University of Nebraska College of Law.”

4/16/22 | Bozeman Daily Chronicle | Guest column: Protecting Montana from wildfires with new approaches
“It’s little wonder that a bipartisan survey recently conducted by Colorado College found that 92% of Montana voters are concerned about more frequent and severe wildfires.”

4/16/22 | The Gazette | Easter, Passover, Ramadan messages speak of peace, unity, charity, prayer
“David Gardiner, co-founder of BodhiMind Center in Colorado Springs and a religion professor at Colorado College, said words of wisdom won’t change during upcoming meetings, which remain in an online format.”

4/14/22 | The Gazette | Colorado College to present an evening of art, music and poetry inspired by math, physics
“In the early 1970s, mathematician and meteorologist Edward Norton Lorenz made famous the butterfly effect, an aspect of chaos theory in which he said it’s possible a butterfly could spread and flip its wings in Brazil and create a chain of events resulting in a tornado in Texas. It seemed like a good description of the pandemic to Colorado College music professor Ofer Ben-Amots.”


4/14/22 | KOAA | ‘The Safety Stop’ law: local biking community for it, while others share concerns
“ ‘The majority of accidents with bicycles occur at intersections and this keeps them out of the intersections and keeps them from waiting at intersections for lights to turn,’ said Cathy Buckley, the director of campus safety and emergency management at Colorado College.”

4/13/22 | Westword | As a Decade of Legalization Approaches, a Look Back at Colorado’s Marijuana Connection
“A few years later, the News reported that 67 percent of students at Colorado College favored cannabis legalization.”

4/13/22 | Daily Pilot | UC Irvine announces newest dean for its law school, the third since 2009
“Parrish, a professor at Indiana University Maurer School of Law who has served as its dean since 2014, will officially succeed former UCI law school dean L. Song Richardson on Aug. 3. Richardson left for a presidency at Colorado College in July 2021.”

4/13/22 | Daily Pilot | UC Irvine announces newest dean for its law school, the third since 2009
“Parrish, a professor at Indiana University Maurer School of Law who has served as its dean since 2014, will officially succeed former UCI law school dean L. Song Richardson on Aug. 3. Richardson left for a presidency at Colorado College in July 2021.”

4/13/22 | GFAM News | DU hockey celebrates national championship with fans: “The entire state of Colorado is so proud”
“U.S. Rep. Diana DeGette, D-Denver, also delivered a message at the ceremony. She plans to enter remarks in the congressional record this week with a statement to recognize DU’s championship season. However, DeGette is a graduate of Colorado College — the Pioneers’ bitter hockey rival.”
-also in Denver Post

4/12/22 | Nieman Lab | Journalism at small liberal arts colleges shouldn’t be inaccessible
“At Colorado College, Cutler Publications, a student-run non-profit that funds campus publications, pays students per piece or with stipends.”

4/12/22 | Las Cruces Sun News | Greater Las Cruces a model of conservation
“According to Colorado College’s 2022 Conservation in the West Poll, 66% of New Mexicans visited national public parks and public lands more than twice this past year.”

4/12/22 | The Gazette | Monument Valley Park is downtown Colorado Springs’ fresh-air escape | Happy Trails
“Today’s bunch are a running, cycling, pickleball-playing bunch — students from adjacent Colorado College and many more from around Colorado Springs getting fresh air and exercise on this edge of downtown.”

4/12/22 | Axios Denver | Monica’s Taco Shop in Colorado Springs does old school right
The other day, we asked a friend and Colorado College grad where to find the best tacos in Colorado Springs.

4/11/22 | News Wise | National Geographic Society CEO to deliver keynote address for University of Redlands Commencement 2022 ceremony
“Before joining the Society, Dr. Tiefenthaler spent nine years as the president of Colorado College. During this time, she helped set a new direction for the school, executed the most ambitious fundraising campaign in the college’s history, and developed and implemented a comprehensive strategic plan that expanded and cultivated an engaged and globally connected academic community.”

4/11/22 | Missoula Current | Viewpoint: Blackfoot-Clearwater bill supported by Montanans, so where is Daines?
“It comes as no surprise then that a recent poll by Colorado College showed that 79% of Montanans support the bill.”

4/11/22 | The Frontier Post | ‘Once You Lied’
“David Hendrickson, a professor of political science at Colorado College, is even sharper in his judgments. In one of his recent comments, he explains in detail “why the current economic war against Russia violates all the rules of the game,” including the right to private property, which has been considered sacred and inviolable in the overseas republic since its founding.”

4/10/22 | The New Dark Age | Biden Administration Budgets Record $27.6 Billion For Militarization of Outer-Space
“Evelyn Baher-Murphy, a freshman at Colorado College who is part of a student peace group, told the local newspaper that “adding space as a landscape for future battles furthers the proliferation of war and violence.”

4/9/22 | The Gazette | A life painted in shades of both light and dark | Vince Bzdek
“Why is it I remember the silliest of things when I remember Kelly Dean Kirks, renowned Colorado artist, mechanical engineer, fierce mountain biker, Colorado College grad, great soul and lifelong friend?”

4/9/22 | The Mountain Jackpot News | The Historic Hotels of Woodland Park
“The property was then given to the Colorado College’s forestry department and a hotel the college built burnt down a third time.”

4/7/22 | The Gazette | Investment in downtown Colorado Springs soars to $2.2 billion since 2013
“The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Museum that opened in 2020 and the 2021 debuts of the Weidner Field multipurpose outdoor stadium and the indoor Ed Robson Arena at Colorado College combined to attract 350,000 people to downtown last year.”

4/6/22 | Whitefish Pilot | Time is now to protect public lands
“This bill has wide-ranging bipartisan support. According to research from Colorado College’s 2022 State of the Rockies, 79% of Montanans support the passage of the BCSA.”

4/6/22 | 1011 Now | VOTER’S GUIDE: First Congressional District
“I graduated from Southeast High School, then received a B.A. in Political Science from Colorado College. I received my law degree at the University of Nebraska College of Law.”

4/6/22 | The Gazette | 8 weekend things to do around Colorado Springs and beyond: Scheels Outdoor Expo, Tartan Day, Spamalot and more
“A delightful way to sample opera, one scene at a time, at the Colorado College Department of Music’s ‘Opera for Everyone!’  

4/6/22 | Whitefish Pilot | Time is now to protect public lands
“According to research from Colorado College’s 2022 State of the Rockies, 79% of Montanans support the passage of the BCSA.”

4/6/22 | Westword | Buntport’s 50th Production Takes on England’s Murderous — or Innocent? — King Richard III
“Some twenty years ago a group of ex-students from Colorado College founded Buntport, a unique Denver theater company that is opening its fiftieth group-created original production, Richard, this weekend.”

4/5/22 | Centennial Citizen | My Name Is … Jessica Comerata
“I came to Colorado as a student to the University of Denver — I graduated with a degree in education and went on to get my master’s degree in southwest studies from Colorado College in the 1980s.”

4/5/22 | PR Newswire | RIVERSTONE ACCLERATES GROWTH OF DECARBONIZATION PLATFORM WITH ADDITION OF LAUREL BUCKNER
“Ms. Buckner holds a bachelor’s degree from the Colorado College with Distinction, a Juris Doctor from the University of Denver, and an LL.M in Taxation from the University of Washington.”

4/5/22 | Look to the Stars | Moby and Ricky Gervais Urge Elephant Release from 10 Worst Zoos in North America
“Shocking neuroscientific research has revealed that all elephants suffer brain damage from captivity. Bob Jacobs, Ph.D., a professor at Colorado College, is lead author of the study which shows how life in unnatural and barren captive environments physically damages elephants’ brains.”

4/5/22 | Age Grouper | Ahead of the Curve
“His senior year he started a YouTube channel with a friend called Fast Foodies, where they would rate and review fast food, snacks, and protein products. He graduated from Colorado College with a degree in computer science.”

4/5/22 | BioMed Reports | ‘Pandemic Medicine: Why the Global Innovation System is Broken, and How We Can Fix It’ Wins Global Health Best Book Award
“The Andrew Price-Smith Book Award, formerly known as the Global Health Studies award, is presented annually by the International Studies Association, recognizing the impact made by Price-Smith, a leading scholar of global health security and Professor at Colorado College, who died of cancer in 2019.”

4/5/22 | The Gazette | Bird Call: New Colorado Springs exhibit features Audubon prints, explores controversial ornithologist
“Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center at Colorado College has about 220 of those prints, and two dozen will be featured in the new exhibit “Reframing Birds of America: Conversations on Audubon.” It opens Friday and runs through July 30.”

4/5/22 | The Mountain Mail | Candidate has hospital history
“He received his bachelor’s degree in political science from Colorado College and a master’s degree in administration/higher education from University of Denver.”

4/4/22 | Southeast Express | District 11 students voice opinions on superintendent search
“For [kids] to see someone their age and see you all care so much about this decision,” said Ty Nagamatsu, Estate Settlement & Gift Planning Officer at Colorado College, “that means so much to me and these kids.”

4/4/22 | The Denver Gazette | Protesters object to militarization of space at symposium in Colorado Springs
“Members of Colorado College Peace and Justice, a student group, also demonstrated on the sidewalk in front of the hotel’s largest conference hall.”

4/4/22 | Market Screener | VIMEO, INC. : Change in Directors or Principal Officers, Financial Statements and Exhibits (form 8-K)
“Ms. Munson holds a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from the Colorado College in Colorado Springs.

4/4/22 | The Denver Gazette | While Evans is contended, a look at 20 other Colorado 14ers named for people
“Ellingwood Point: From Colorado College, Albert Ellingwood went on to mountaineering glory in the state. He pioneered routes across fourteeners beyond just this namesake.”

4/3/22 | The Denver Gazette | It’s about time: Black women directors make local history | John Moore
“Just last month, Hart became the first Black female director in the 86-year history of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center’s theater program at Colorado College.”

4/1/22 | The Colgate Maroon-News | Professor Teo Ballvé: An Ode to Serendipity
“Originally from Argentina, Ballvé moved to New York City after graduating from Colorado College and started working as an associate editor for NACLA Report on the Americas, a magazine focused on Latin American politics and U.S. policy.”

3/23/22 | Boise State University | Benner will lead College of Innovation and Design

ATHLETICS

4/11/22 | On Tap Sports Net |
Blackhawks Prospects Dominic Basse, Connor Kelley Announce NCAA Transfers
“Basse, a goaltender, will make the move from Colorado College to St. Cloud State to remain in the NCHC.”

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