The Office of Communications and Marketing curates this report of news clips that feature Colorado College and CC-affiliated people.
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Media Coverage of Colorado College
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10/31/22 | High Country News | In Colorado, a storied valley blooms again
“IN 1984, a few years into the struggle to regain access to La Sierra, Peña began visiting San Luis. At the time he was a professor at Colorado College, a liberal arts school in Colorado Springs, and a fellow professor brought him to the area to meet some solar power activists.”
10/30/22 | Times-Call | Letters: Climate change; left/right balance
“And, polling released by Colorado College in February of this year indicates that 82% of Coloradans consider climate change a serious problem, with 98% saying wildfires are a serious problem.”
10/29/22 | The American Prospect | Can the Environment Help Michael Bennet in Colorado?
“According to a Colorado College survey of Rocky Mountain West voters in January, 86 percent of Coloradans support the creation of new public lands to protect natural, cultural, and historical resources.”
10/28/22 | The Business Journals | Outstanding Philanthropist: Barbara Coit Yeager
“Yeager attended Colorado College where she met and later married her husband, Bill Coit. Yeager and Coit had three children and eventually settled in Portland in the mid-60s.”
10/26/22 | Colorado Springs Indy | Mayor Suthers goes full “reefer madness” against rec marijuana ballot measures
“But Suthers took his opposition to a new level in a podcast called “The 719 Perspective with Chloe” [Brooks-Kistler], a senior at Colorado College.”
10/26/22 | KRDO | Colorado College brings back Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival after 2-year hiatus
“The Rocky Mountain Women’s Film Festival is coming back to Colorado College after a two-year hiatus. It’s an event that has lifted stories of women and many unheard or unseen through film for more than 30 years.”
10/26/22 | Telluride Daily Planet | Top of their class: in ski film season, a new movie stars locals
“C.U., D.U., CSU, Colorado College — “All the Front Range schools, really,” Palmer said — have a rich ski culture.”
10/24/22 | UCCS Communique | UCCS annual Apocalyptica Symposium hosted in Montréal
“This was year was the first time the conference was held outside of UCCS, something McAllister hopes to continue by alternating between Colorado Springs and Montréal in the future: the next symposium will be held Oct. 12-14, 2023, and will be co-sponsored by UCCS and Colorado College, then will return to Montréal in 2024.”
10/21/22 | Sentinel | Colorado news mapping project navigates state news deserts — and jungles
“The Colorado News Mapping Project is a collaboration among Colorado College, the University of Denver, Colorado Media Project, the Colorado News Collaborative, and others.”
10/21/22 | The Colorado Sun | Telluride mourns Hilaree Nelson, its “Athena in Gore-Tex”
“Born and raised in Washington state, she attended Colorado College on the Front Range but bolted for the French Alps shortly after graduation.”
10/20/22 | KOAA | Fewer people are attending college, but that’s not the trend for some schools in Colorado
“’You really have to balance the cost of college with what field you’re going into,’ said Rex Karjian, a Freshman at Colorado College.”
10/20/22 | The Durango Herald | Colorado climbers who summit buildings instead of mountains
“Will Gadd, a professional alpinist and guide, spent his years at Colorado College in the 1990s scaling buildings on the campus and said that attitude of seeking something outside of the acceptable might be precisely why buildering flourishes in those locations.”
10/18/22 | KOAA | Colorado College students advocate for mental health changes after multiple classmates die by suicide
“A movement for better mental health has sparked at Colorado College (CC), after the deaths of three students.
‘How much do we have to lose before more people start to have this conversation?’ asked Veronica Gibson, a junior at CC who is among those advocating for changes on campus.”
10/14/22 | Denver Post | Colorado U.S. House District 1 candidate Q&A
“AGE
65
RESIDENCE
Denver
PROFESSION
Attorney
EDUCATION
NYU School of Law, Colorado College, Denver South High School”
10/13/22 | The Gazette | Colorado College students call for change amid 3 student deaths in recent months
“Anger, sadness and “general unwellness” have created an undertone of tension on the Colorado College campus in Colorado Springs, which has lost three students in less than six months.”
10/12/22 | Santa Fe New Mexican | Hopi curator to lead New Mexico’s Native American art museum
“She also served as curator of Southwest art at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Museum at Colorado College and associate curator of Native art at the Denver Art Museum.”
10/7/22 | Colorado Springs Business Journal | Support buoys startups through hard times
“Existential Impact played a big role in the company’s success, Christensen said. His partner, Theo Hooker, met some of the people there while he was a student at Colorado College.”
10/6/22 | Vermont Public | Vermont College of Fine Arts faculty divided over decision to move programs to Colorado
“In June, college President Leslie Ward announced the school’s summer session would relocate to Colorado College in Colorado Springs beginning in 2023, while winter sessions would be held virtually. The college also plans to sell off most of its Montpelier buildings.”
10/4/22 | WCAX | Vermont College of Fine Arts president under fire by faculty
“In June, President Leslie Ward announced the school’s summer residencies would be held at Colorado College instead of the school’s Montpelier campus.”
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