Colorado College
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The Colorado College is a private
liberal arts college
in Colorado Springs, Colorado
, United States
, in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains
. It was founded in 1874 by Thomas Nelson Haskell. The college enrolls approximately 2,000 undergraduates at its 90 acres (36.4 ha) campus, 70 miles (112.7 km) south of Denver in Colorado Springs.
Colorado College is known for its non-conventional "block plan," which divides the year into eight academic term
s called "blocks"; a single class is taken during each block. CC routinely ranks very high in the U.S. News & World Report listings for liberal arts colleges.
Colorado College is affiliated with the Associated Colleges of the Midwest
. Most sports teams are in the NCAA Division III, with the exception of Division I teams in men's hockey and women's soccer.
in Ohio. Like many U.S. colleges and universities that have endured from the 19th century it now is secular in outlook, though it retains its liberal arts focus.
Cutler Hall, the college's first building was completed in 1880 and the first degrees were conferred in 1882. The Beta-Omega Chapter of The Kappa Sigma Fraternity was chartered in 1904. William F. Slocum
, president from 1888 to 1917, oversaw the initial building of the campus, expanded the library and recruited top scholars in a number of fields. In 1930 Shove Chapel was erected by Mr. John Gray, to meet the religious needs of the students (though Colorado College is not religiously affiliated).
The college offers more than 80 majors, minors, and specialized programs including: Southwest studies, feminist and gender studies, Asian studies
, biochemistry
, environmental science
, neuroscience
, Latin American studies
, Russian and Eurasian studies, and American cultural studies, as well as an across-the-curriculum writing program. In addition to its undergraduate programs, the college offers a Master of Arts
in Teaching (MAT) degree. Tutt Library has approximately half a million bound volumes.
rated it 53rd of America's Best Colleges
.
Colorado College has one of the highest retention rates of any college or university in the country at 96 percent. Colorado College also has one of the nation's lowest acceptance rates, at 24 percent, with a very high yield at 48 percent. The median ACT of the class of 2012 is 31, and one-fourth of the class graduated in the top 1 percent of their high school class.
, along with the William I. Spencer Center.
The face of campus changed again at the beginning of the 21st century with construction of the Western Ridge Housing Complex, which offers apartment-style living for upper-division students and completion of the Russell T. Tutt Science Center. The east campus has been expanded, and is now home to the Greek Quad and several small residence halls known as “theme houses.”
Other notable buildings include Tutt Library, designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
, and Packard Hall, the music building, designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes
.
Cornerstone Arts Center, completed in 2008 and located at the intersection of a performing arts corridor in Colorado Springs, was designed to foster creativity and interdisciplinary collaboration. It is home to the college’s film, drama and dance departments and contains a large theater, several smaller performance spaces, a screening room, the I.D.E.A Space gallery, and classrooms, among other rooms. Architect Antoine Predock
designed the building with input from professors and students.
The school's sports teams are nicknamed Tigers, though in 1994 a student referendum to change the name to the Cutthroats (Trout) narrowly failed. Colorado College competes at the NCAA Division III level in all sports except men's hockey
, in which it participates in the NCAA Division I Western Collegiate Hockey Association
, and women's soccer, where it competes as an NCAA Division I team in Conference USA
. CC dropped its intercollegiate athletic programs in football, softball, and women's water polo following the 2008-09 academic year.
The Colorado College men's ice hockey program competes well for such a small school. The Tigers won the NCAA Division I championship twice (1950, 1957), were runners up three times (1952, 1955, 1996) and have made the NCAA Tournament eighteen times, including eleven times since 1995. In 1996, 1997, and 2005, CC played in the Frozen Four, finishing second in 1996. Fifty-five CC Tigers have been named All-Americans. NHL Hall of Fame coach Bob Johnson coached the Tigers from 1963 to 1966. Despite the relatively small size of the school, the hockey team is often ranked quite highly nationally, although it has been over 50 years since the Tigers last won an NCAA title. Their current coach is Scott Owens, who played for Colorado College and graduated from the school in 1979.
, wife of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney
, and their two daughters, as well as U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar
, and Representative Diana DeGette
.
Other well-known government figures, such as Senior Advisor to President Obama David Axelrod
, former CIA Director James Woolsey and White House Chief Economic Advisor Martin Neil Baily
, have seen their children graduate from CC in recent years. The school is regarded to have a distinguished faculty, noted for outstanding teaching and a closeness to students in an environment where no class exceeds 25, and an end-of-block breakfast or dinner at a professor's home is a common gathering. The college also owns a nearby
cabin to convene classes, as well as a more expansive mountain campus known as the "Baca," located in Crestone, Colorado.
While the focus at Colorado College is primarily on teaching, and its academics involve a high level of rigor and intensity on the block plan, a significant number of faculty are widely published and renowned in their fields. Professor Dennis Showalter, the 2005 recipient of the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Military History, is an expert on World War II, a Distinguished Visiting Professor at West Point and the United States Air Force Academy
, Reviewer for the History Book Club, and author of Tannenberg: Clash of Empires, the 1992 winner of the Paul Birdsall Prize of the American Historical Association. In 2005, he published the first single volume dual military biography of Patton and Rommel, Men of War.
Notable music and arts representatives include Susan Grace, a pianist with appearances at Carnegie Hall, Stephen Scott
, a neo-classical
composer, and Ofer Ben-Amots
, an Israeli composer. Filmmaker Marc Webb (class of 1995) was nominated for several awards including two Golden Globes for his 2009 film (500) Days of Summer.
Today, KRCC broadcasts through a series of eleven transmitters and translators throughout southern Colorado and a portion of northern New Mexico. KRCC's main transmitter, atop Cheyenne Mountain
, broadcasts three separate HD multi-cast channels, including a channel run completely by Colorado College students called the SOCC (Sounds of Colorado College).
has named Colorado College on its Red Alert list for several years over its treatment of two students who distributed a satirical flyer which parodied the college's Feminist and Gender Studies newsletter. Colorado College's speech code prohibits any act that causes any individual or group "ridicule, embarrassment, harassment, intimidation or other such result."
Private university
Private universities are universities not operated by governments, although many receive public subsidies, especially in the form of tax breaks and public student loans and grants. Depending on their location, private universities may be subject to government regulation. Private universities are...
liberal arts college
Liberal arts colleges in the United States
Liberal arts colleges in the United States are certain undergraduate institutions of higher education in the United States. The Encyclopædia Britannica Concise offers a definition of the liberal arts as a "college or university curriculum aimed at imparting general knowledge and developing general...
in Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs, Colorado
Colorado Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of El Paso County, Colorado, United States. Colorado Springs is located in South-Central Colorado, in the southern portion of the state. It is situated on Fountain Creek and is located south of the Colorado...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains
Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains are a major mountain range in western North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch more than from the northernmost part of British Columbia, in western Canada, to New Mexico, in the southwestern United States...
. It was founded in 1874 by Thomas Nelson Haskell. The college enrolls approximately 2,000 undergraduates at its 90 acres (36.4 ha) campus, 70 miles (112.7 km) south of Denver in Colorado Springs.
Colorado College is known for its non-conventional "block plan," which divides the year into eight academic term
Academic term
An academic term is a division of an academic year, the time during which a school, college or university holds classes. These divisions may be called terms...
s called "blocks"; a single class is taken during each block. CC routinely ranks very high in the U.S. News & World Report listings for liberal arts colleges.
Colorado College is affiliated with the Associated Colleges of the Midwest
Associated Colleges of the Midwest
Associated Colleges of the Midwest is a consortium of 14 private liberal arts colleges, primarily in the Midwestern United States. The 14 colleges are located in five states . The ACM was established in 1958 and is headquartered in Chicago...
. Most sports teams are in the NCAA Division III, with the exception of Division I teams in men's hockey and women's soccer.
History
Colorado College was founded in 1874 on land designated by U.S. Civil War veteran General William Jackson Palmer, the founder of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and of Colorado Springs. Founder Thomas Nelson Haskell, described it as a coeducational liberal arts college in the tradition of Oberlin CollegeOberlin College
Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, noteworthy for having been the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students. Connected to the college is the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the oldest continuously operating...
in Ohio. Like many U.S. colleges and universities that have endured from the 19th century it now is secular in outlook, though it retains its liberal arts focus.
Cutler Hall, the college's first building was completed in 1880 and the first degrees were conferred in 1882. The Beta-Omega Chapter of The Kappa Sigma Fraternity was chartered in 1904. William F. Slocum
William F. Slocum
William Frederick Slocum was a United States educator.-Biography:He was the son of William F. Slocum, a Boston lawyer, and Margaret Tinker. He graduated from Amherst College in 1874. In 1874 and 1875, he was a newspaper correspondent in England and Germany. By 1876, he was at Andover Theological...
, president from 1888 to 1917, oversaw the initial building of the campus, expanded the library and recruited top scholars in a number of fields. In 1930 Shove Chapel was erected by Mr. John Gray, to meet the religious needs of the students (though Colorado College is not religiously affiliated).
Academics
Asian studies
Asian studies, a term used usually in the United States for Oriental studies and is concerned with the Asian peoples, their cultures, languages, history and politics...
, biochemistry
Biochemistry
Biochemistry, sometimes called biological chemistry, is the study of chemical processes in living organisms, including, but not limited to, living matter. Biochemistry governs all living organisms and living processes...
, environmental science
Environmental science
Environmental science is an interdisciplinary academic field that integrates physical and biological sciences, to the study of the environment, and the solution of environmental problems...
, neuroscience
Neuroscience
Neuroscience is the scientific study of the nervous system. Traditionally, neuroscience has been seen as a branch of biology. However, it is currently an interdisciplinary science that collaborates with other fields such as chemistry, computer science, engineering, linguistics, mathematics,...
, Latin American studies
Latin American Studies
Latin American studies is an academic discipline dealing with the study of Latin America and Latin Americans.-Definition:Latin American studies critically examines the history, culture, politics, and experiences of Latin Americans in Latin America and often also elsewhere .Latin American studies...
, Russian and Eurasian studies, and American cultural studies, as well as an across-the-curriculum writing program. In addition to its undergraduate programs, the college offers a Master of Arts
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
in Teaching (MAT) degree. Tutt Library has approximately half a million bound volumes.
Block Plan
Colorado College follows an unconventional "block plan"; in which students study one subject for three and a half week "blocks", which advocates say allows for more lab time, for research and study in the field, more intensive learning experiences and fewer distractions. Blocks are only three weeks long during the summer session, during which there are also graduate blocks of differing lengths. In parallel with the students, professors teach only one block at a time. Classes are generally capped at 25 (32 for two professors) to encourage a more personalized academic experience.Rankings and admissions
Colorado College perennially ranks in the top tier of liberal arts colleges in the U.S. News & World Report rankings, most recently ranging from a high of 19th in 1999 to a low of 33rd in 2005. In a January 2004 ranking of all colleges and universities by Kiplingers magazine, it placed 31st. In the 2010 U.S. News rankings it was 24th among liberal arts colleges, and 21st place in Best Values among all national colleges. In 2009, ForbesForbes
Forbes is an American publishing and media company. Its flagship publication, the Forbes magazine, is published biweekly. Its primary competitors in the national business magazine category are Fortune, which is also published biweekly, and Business Week...
rated it 53rd of America's Best Colleges
Forbes Magazine's List of America's Best Colleges
In 2009 Forbes Magazine, along with The Center for College Affordability and Productivity, compiled a list of America's Best Colleges based on "the quality of the education they provide, the experience of the students and how much they achieve".- 2009 List :...
.
Colorado College has one of the highest retention rates of any college or university in the country at 96 percent. Colorado College also has one of the nation's lowest acceptance rates, at 24 percent, with a very high yield at 48 percent. The median ACT of the class of 2012 is 31, and one-fourth of the class graduated in the top 1 percent of their high school class.
Sustainability
In 2009, Colorado College developed a sustainability plan and implemented the “aCClimate 14” conservation campaign. The campus saved $100,000 in utility costs and cut greenhouse gas emissions by 378 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent during the campaign. Other sustainability initiatives at CC include: a 25-kilowatt solar PV array, composting of kitchen and dining waste, and a singlestream recycling program.Campus
Since the mid-1950s, new facilities include three large residence halls, Worner Campus Center, Tutt Library, Olin Hall of Science and the Barnes Science Center, Honnen Ice Rink, Boettcher Health Center, Schlessman Pool, Armstrong Hall of Humanities, Palmer Hall, El Pomar Sports Center, and Packard Hall of Music and Art. Bemis, Cossitt, Cutler, Montgomery, and Palmer Halls are some of the remaining turn-of-the-century structures on the National Register of Historic PlacesNational Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
, along with the William I. Spencer Center.
The face of campus changed again at the beginning of the 21st century with construction of the Western Ridge Housing Complex, which offers apartment-style living for upper-division students and completion of the Russell T. Tutt Science Center. The east campus has been expanded, and is now home to the Greek Quad and several small residence halls known as “theme houses.”
Other notable buildings include Tutt Library, designed by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP is an American architectural and engineering firm that was formed in Chicago in 1936 by Louis Skidmore and Nathaniel Owings; in 1939 they were joined by John O. Merrill. They opened their first branch in New York City, New York in 1937. SOM is one of the largest...
, and Packard Hall, the music building, designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes
Edward Larrabee Barnes
Edward Larrabee Barnes was a American architect.Barnes was born in Chicago, Illinois into a family he described as "incense-swinging High Episcopalians", consisting of Cecil Barnes, a lawyer, and Margaret Helen Ayer, recipient of a Pulitzer Prize for the novel Year of Grace...
.
Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center
Colorado College’s Edith Kinney GaylordEdith Kinney Gaylord
Edith Kinney Gaylord , also referred to as Edith Gaylord Harper, was born March 5, 1916 in Oklahoma City to parents Inez and E. K. Gaylord. Her father was editor and publisher of The Oklahoman and The Oklahoma City Times...
Cornerstone Arts Center, completed in 2008 and located at the intersection of a performing arts corridor in Colorado Springs, was designed to foster creativity and interdisciplinary collaboration. It is home to the college’s film, drama and dance departments and contains a large theater, several smaller performance spaces, a screening room, the I.D.E.A Space gallery, and classrooms, among other rooms. Architect Antoine Predock
Antoine Predock
Antoine Predock is an American architect based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Antoine Predock is the Principal of Antoine Predock Architect PC. The studio was established in 1967...
designed the building with input from professors and students.
Athletics
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
, in which it participates in the NCAA Division I Western Collegiate Hockey Association
Western Collegiate Hockey Association
The Western Collegiate Hockey Association is a college athletic conference which operates over a wide area of the Midwestern and Western United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as an ice hockey-only conference....
, and women's soccer, where it competes as an NCAA Division I team in Conference USA
Conference USA
Conference USA, officially abbreviated C-USA, is a college athletic conference whose member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports...
. CC dropped its intercollegiate athletic programs in football, softball, and women's water polo following the 2008-09 academic year.
The Colorado College men's ice hockey program competes well for such a small school. The Tigers won the NCAA Division I championship twice (1950, 1957), were runners up three times (1952, 1955, 1996) and have made the NCAA Tournament eighteen times, including eleven times since 1995. In 1996, 1997, and 2005, CC played in the Frozen Four, finishing second in 1996. Fifty-five CC Tigers have been named All-Americans. NHL Hall of Fame coach Bob Johnson coached the Tigers from 1963 to 1966. Despite the relatively small size of the school, the hockey team is often ranked quite highly nationally, although it has been over 50 years since the Tigers last won an NCAA title. Their current coach is Scott Owens, who played for Colorado College and graduated from the school in 1979.
Notable people
Several CC alumni are engaged in political careers. Its graduates include Lynne CheneyLynne Cheney
Lynne Ann Cheney is the wife of former United States Vice President Dick Cheney and served as the Second Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009...
, wife of former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney
Dick Cheney
Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney served as the 46th Vice President of the United States , under George W. Bush....
, and their two daughters, as well as U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar
Ken Salazar
Kenneth Lee "Ken" Salazar is the current United States Secretary of the Interior, in the administration of President Barack Obama. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States Senator from Colorado from 2005 to 2009. He and Mel Martinez were the first Hispanic U.S...
, and Representative Diana DeGette
Diana DeGette
Diana Louise DeGette is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997, and a Chief Deputy Whip. She is a member of the Democratic Party.The district is based in Denver.-Early life, education and career:...
.
Other well-known government figures, such as Senior Advisor to President Obama David Axelrod
David Axelrod
David Axelrod may refer to:* David Axelrod * David Axelrod , Senior Advisor to U.S. President Barack Obama* David B. Axelrod , poet and educator...
, former CIA Director James Woolsey and White House Chief Economic Advisor Martin Neil Baily
Martin Neil Baily
Martin Neil Baily is an economist at the Brookings Institution and formerly at the Peterson Institute. He is best known for his work on productivity and competitiveness and for his tenure as a cabinet member during the Clinton Administration...
, have seen their children graduate from CC in recent years. The school is regarded to have a distinguished faculty, noted for outstanding teaching and a closeness to students in an environment where no class exceeds 25, and an end-of-block breakfast or dinner at a professor's home is a common gathering. The college also owns a nearby
cabin to convene classes, as well as a more expansive mountain campus known as the "Baca," located in Crestone, Colorado.
While the focus at Colorado College is primarily on teaching, and its academics involve a high level of rigor and intensity on the block plan, a significant number of faculty are widely published and renowned in their fields. Professor Dennis Showalter, the 2005 recipient of the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Military History, is an expert on World War II, a Distinguished Visiting Professor at West Point and the United States Air Force Academy
United States Air Force Academy
The United States Air Force Academy is an accredited college for the undergraduate education of officer candidates for the United States Air Force. Its campus is located immediately north of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States...
, Reviewer for the History Book Club, and author of Tannenberg: Clash of Empires, the 1992 winner of the Paul Birdsall Prize of the American Historical Association. In 2005, he published the first single volume dual military biography of Patton and Rommel, Men of War.
Notable music and arts representatives include Susan Grace, a pianist with appearances at Carnegie Hall, Stephen Scott
Stephen Scott
Stephen Scott is an American composer best known for his development of the bowed piano , which involves a grand piano being played by an ensemble of ten musicians who utilize lengths of horsehair, nylon filament, and other utensils to bow the strings of the piano, creating an orchestra-like...
, a neo-classical
Neoclassicism (music)
Neoclassicism in music was a twentieth-century trend, particularly current in the period between the two World Wars, in which composers sought to return to aesthetic precepts associated with the broadly defined concept of "classicism", namely order, balance, clarity, economy, and emotional restraint...
composer, and Ofer Ben-Amots
Ofer Ben-Amots
Ofer Ben-Amots is a classical Israeli-American composer and teacher of music composition and theory at Colorado College. His music is inspired by Jewish folklore of Eastern-European Yiddish and Judeo-Spanish Ladino traditions...
, an Israeli composer. Filmmaker Marc Webb (class of 1995) was nominated for several awards including two Golden Globes for his 2009 film (500) Days of Summer.
Presidents of Colorado College
Colorado College has about 16 presidents and acting presidents since its founding:CC Library- James DoughertyJames DoughertyJames Edward Dougherty was an American policeman who rose to fame for being the first husband of Marilyn Monroe.-Early life:...
, 1875-1876 - Edward P. Tenney, 1876-1884
- William F. SlocumWilliam F. SlocumWilliam Frederick Slocum was a United States educator.-Biography:He was the son of William F. Slocum, a Boston lawyer, and Margaret Tinker. He graduated from Amherst College in 1874. In 1874 and 1875, he was a newspaper correspondent in England and Germany. By 1876, he was at Andover Theological...
, 1888-1917 - Clyde A. Duniway, 1917-1924
- Charles Brown Hershey, 1933-1934 (acting) and 1943-1945 (acting)
- Thurston J. Davies, 1934-1948
- William GillWilliam GillWilliam Gill may refer to:* William Henry Gill , Manx composer* William F. Gill , American author of the book behind the musical Adonis...
, 1949-1955 - Louis T. BenezetLouis T. BenezetLouis Tomlinson Benezet was an American educator, education administrator and multiple U.S. university president....
, 1955-1963 - Lloyd E. Worner, 1963-1981
- Thomas CroninThomas CroninThomas Edward Cronin is a noted political scientist and professor. He served as President of Whitman College from 1993-2005. He is currently the McHugh professor at Colorado College and an expert on campus lore. An authority on the expanding power of the American Presidency in the 20th Century, Dr...
, 1991 (acting) - Gresham Riley, 1981-1992
- Michael Grace, 1992-1993 (acting)
- Kathryn Mohrman, 1993-2002
- Richard F. Celeste, 2002-2011
- Jill Tiefenthaler, 2011-present
Professors
- Ofer Ben-AmotsOfer Ben-AmotsOfer Ben-Amots is a classical Israeli-American composer and teacher of music composition and theory at Colorado College. His music is inspired by Jewish folklore of Eastern-European Yiddish and Judeo-Spanish Ladino traditions...
, classical Israeli-American composer - Peter Blasenhiem, Latin American historian, Brazlianist
- Thomas CroninThomas CroninThomas Edward Cronin is a noted political scientist and professor. He served as President of Whitman College from 1993-2005. He is currently the McHugh professor at Colorado College and an expert on campus lore. An authority on the expanding power of the American Presidency in the 20th Century, Dr...
, political scientist and author - Edward DillerEdward DillerEdward Diller was a Professor of Germanic Languages and Literature at the University of Oregon and an author.-Early years and education:...
, German literary scholar and author - J. Glenn GrayJesse Glenn GrayJ. Glenn Gray was a philosopher, writer, and professor of philosophy at Colorado College. Gray published numerous books and essays. His first major publication, The Warriors: Reflections on Men in Battle, is a philosophical memoir of his years as an counter-intelligence officer near the battle...
, philosopher, author and translator - Steven Hayward, Canadian poet and author
- Tass Kelso, botanist
- Eric Leonard, geologist
- Robert Loevy, political scientist
- David MasonDavid Mason (writer)David Mason is an American writer and the Poet Laureate of Colorado.-Life:David Mason was born and raised in Bellingham, Washington. He studied briefly at the Colorado College, but left after one year to work as a fisherman in Alaska. He returned to the college to earn his B.A. in 1978...
, poet - Douglas Monroy, historian
- Paul Myrow, geologist
- Carol Neel, medieval historian
- CJ PascoeCJ PascoeCheri Jo "CJ" Pascoe is an American sociologist and author, currently an assistant professor at Colorado College, and interested in gender, youth, homophobia, sexuality and new media.-Personal life:...
, sociologist and author - Andrew Price-SmithAndrew Price-SmithDr. Andrew Price-Smith is a Professor of Political Science, and academic writer, best known his for work on 'health security' and 'environmental security.' An expert on the effects of Pandemic Influenza, and government efforts to contain it, his consilient works analyze the complex linkages...
, political scientist, author on health security, environmental security, pandemic influenza - Tomi-Ann Roberts, social psychologist, feminist
- Stephen ScottStephen ScottStephen Scott is an American composer best known for his development of the bowed piano , which involves a grand piano being played by an ensemble of ten musicians who utilize lengths of horsehair, nylon filament, and other utensils to bow the strings of the piano, creating an orchestra-like...
, neo-classical composer - Dennis ShowalterDennis ShowalterDennis E. Showalter is a professor of history at Colorado College who specializes in German military history. He was president of the American Society for Military History from 1997 to 2001. In addition, Showalter is an advising fellow of the Barsanti Military History Center at the University of...
, military historian - Elmo Scott WatsonElmo Scott WatsonElmo Scott Watson was an American journalist and college professor, whose longest educational stint was at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois...
, Class of 1916, journalist and college professor who specialized in the American West - Christine Smith Siddoway, geologist, Antarctica researcher
- Mike Siddoway, mathematician
Graduating professionals
- Neal BaerNeal BaerNeal Baer, MD is an American pediatrician and television writer and producer. He is best known for his work on the television shows ER and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.-Education:...
, television producer/writer and pediatrician - Dee Bradley BakerDee Bradley BakerDee Bradley Baker is an American voice actor. He is noted as his long-running-role as Klaus Heissler in American Dad! and other various characters including Squilliam Fancyson in the hit TV series SpongeBob SquarePants, Nightcrawler in X-Men: Legends and Marvel: Ultimate Alliance...
, voice actor - Eric Bransby, muralist
- Vincent Bzdek, news editor of The Washington Post, author of "Woman of the House" and "The Kennedy Legacy"
- Elizabeth CheneyElizabeth CheneyElizabeth Cheney Perry , commonly called Liz, is an American attorney. During the George W. Bush administration years, she held positions in the State Department of the United States...
, attorney, co-founder of Keep America Safe, daughter of former Vice President Dick CheneyDick CheneyRichard Bruce "Dick" Cheney served as the 46th Vice President of the United States , under George W. Bush....
and Lynne CheneyLynne CheneyLynne Ann Cheney is the wife of former United States Vice President Dick Cheney and served as the Second Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009... - Lynne CheneyLynne CheneyLynne Ann Cheney is the wife of former United States Vice President Dick Cheney and served as the Second Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009...
, wife of former Vice President Dick Cheney, novelist, conservative scholar, and former talk-show host - Mary CheneyMary CheneyMary Claire Cheney is the second daughter of Dick Cheney, the former Vice President of the United States, and his wife, Lynne Cheney. She is openly lesbian, has voiced support for same-sex marriage, and has been credited with encouraging her father to support same-sex marriage as well...
, former campaign aide, daughter of former Vice President Dick CheneyDick CheneyRichard Bruce "Dick" Cheney served as the 46th Vice President of the United States , under George W. Bush....
and Lynne CheneyLynne CheneyLynne Ann Cheney is the wife of former United States Vice President Dick Cheney and served as the Second Lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009... - Diana DeGetteDiana DeGetteDiana Louise DeGette is the U.S. Representative for , serving since 1997, and a Chief Deputy Whip. She is a member of the Democratic Party.The district is based in Denver.-Early life, education and career:...
, U.S. House of Representatives, attorney - Gregg EasterbrookGregg EasterbrookGregg Edmund Easterbrook is an American writer, lecturer, and a senior editor of The New Republic. His articles have appeared in Slate, The Atlantic Monthly, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Reuters, Wired, and Beliefnet. In addition, he was a fellow at the...
, writer - Randall EdwardsRandall Edwards (politician)Randall Edwards is an American politician who most recently served as the state treasurer of the state of Oregon. A Democrat, Edwards was elected as treasurer in 2000, and reelected in 2004, after serving two terms in the Oregon Legislative Assembly...
, State treasurer of Oregon - Mark FioreMark FioreMark Fiore is an American political cartoonist specializing in Flash-animated editorial cartoons, whom the Wall Street Journal recently called the undisputed guru of the form....
, Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist - Lori GarverLori GarverLori Beth Garver is the Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration . She was nominated on May 24, 2009, by President Barack Obama, along with Charles Bolden as NASA Administrator...
, deputy NASA administrator - Glenna GoodacreGlenna GoodacreGlenna Maxey Goodacre is a sculptor well known for having designed the obverse of the Sacagawea dollar that entered circulation in the United States in 2000...
, class of '61, designer of Sacagawea on the U.S. golden dollar coin - James HeckmanJames HeckmanJames Joseph Heckman is an American economist and Nobel laureate. He is the Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago, Professor of Science and Society at University College Dublin and a Senior Research Fellow at the American Bar Foundation.Heckman...
, class of '65, winner of 2000 Nobel Prize for Economics - Kaui Hart Hemmings, novelist, author of "The Descendants" and "House of Thieves"
- Mabel Barbee LeeMabel Barbee LeeMabel Barbee Lee was an American writer, teacher at Victor High School, and administrator of Colorado College, the University of California in Berkeley, and other institutions....
, writer - Jane LubchencoJane LubchencoDr. Jane Lubchenco is a Ukrainian-American environmental scientist and marine ecologist. On March 19, 2009, she was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as the first woman to serve as the administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration .While performing duties as head of NOAA, Dr...
, marine ecologist and environmental scientist, NOAA Administrator - Marcia McNuttMarcia McNuttMarcia Kemper McNutt is an American geophysicist. She is director of the United States Geological Survey and science adviser to the United States Secretary of the Interior....
, geophysicist, director of U.S. Geological Survey, science advisor to U.S. secretary of the interior - Ted MortonTed MortonFrederick Lee Morton , known commonly as Ted Morton, is a Canadian politician and Minister of Energy for the Province of Alberta. As a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta he represents the constituency of Foothills-Rocky View as a Progressive Conservative...
, politician - Philip PerryPhilip PerryPhilip J. Perry is an American attorney and was a Bush Administration political appointee. He was Acting Associate Attorney General at the Department of Justice, General Counsel of the Office of Management and Budget, and General Counsel of the Department of Homeland Security...
, attorney, former acting associate attorney general at Department of Justice, former general counsel of Office of Management and Budget, and former general counsel of Department of Homeland Security - Gregor RobertsonGregor Robertson (politician)Gregor Angus Bethune Robertson is a Canadian politician who has been the 39th Mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, since 2008. He was elected as part of the Vision Vancouver party slate...
, mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Ann RoyerAnn RoyerAnn Royer is a painter and sculptor living and working in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Her work consists mostly of abstract nudes and horses. She was born in Sioux City, Iowa in 1933.-Education and work:...
, painter, sculptor - Ken SalazarKen SalazarKenneth Lee "Ken" Salazar is the current United States Secretary of the Interior, in the administration of President Barack Obama. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a United States Senator from Colorado from 2005 to 2009. He and Mel Martinez were the first Hispanic U.S...
, United States Secretary of the Interior, former United States senator - Timothy J. Sexton, Academy Award nominated screenwriter for film ("Children of MenChildren of MenChildren of Men is a 2006 science fiction film loosely adapted from P. D. James's 1992 novel The Children of Men, directed by Alfonso Cuarón. In 2027, two decades of human infertility have left society on the brink of collapse. Illegal immigrants seek sanctuary in England, where the last...
") and television - Thom Shanker, Pentagon correspondent at The New York Times
- Liang Shih-chiuLiang Shih-ChiuLiang Shih-chiu , a renowned educator, writer, translator, literary theorist and lexicographer.-Biography:Liang was born in Beijing in 1903. His father, Liang Xianxi , was a Xiucai in the Qing Dynasty. He was educated at Tsinghua College in Beijing from 1915 to 1923...
, academic - Steven Stevenson, academic
- Richard H. StallingsRichard H. StallingsRichard Howard Stallings represented the Idaho Second District in the House of Representatives from 1985 to 1993. Stallings also served in several other state and local political offices over the course of a 22-year political career.Stallings earned degrees from Weber State College, Utah State...
, politician - Bert StilesBert StilesBert Stiles was an American author of short stories who was killed in action during World War II while serving as a fighter pilot in the U.S. Army Air Forces.-Youth:...
, pilot and author - Sebastian Suhl, chief operating officer, PradaPradaPrada S.p.A. is an Italian fashion label specializing in luxury goods for men and women , founded by Mario Prada.-Foundations:...
S.p.A. - Marjorie E. Thompson, British peace activist and author
- Abigail WashburnAbigail WashburnAbigail Washburn is an American clawhammer banjo player and singer. She performs and records as a soloist, as well as with the old-time bands Uncle Earl and Sparrow Quartet.-Biography:...
, clawhammer banjo player and singer - Marc WebbMarc WebbMarc Preston Webb is an American music video, short film and major motion picture director. He directed the 2009 romantic comedy-drama Days of Summer and is currently directing the 2012 Spider-Man reboot The Amazing Spider-Man.-Life and career:Webb was born in Bloomington, Indiana, the son of...
, music video, short film and motion picture director ("(500) Days of Summer")
Athletes
- Richard Bachman (ice hockey)Richard Bachman (ice hockey)Richard Bachman is an American professional ice hockey goaltender. He is a member of the Dallas Stars organization of the National Hockey League...
- Dutch Clark, Pro Football Hall of FamePro Football Hall of FameThe Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of professional football in the United States with an emphasis on the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, on September 7, 1963, with 17 charter inductees...
player and coach - Brian ConnellyBrian ConnellyBrian Connelly is an American professional ice hockey defenceman that currently plays for the Rockford IceHogs of the American Hockey League.Connelly played in the 2011 AHL All-Star Game.-Career statistics:-External links:...
, AHLAmerican Hockey LeagueThe American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
ice hockey defenceman - Alison DunlapAlison DunlapAlison Dunlap is an American professional cyclist. She won the world cross-country mountain bike championship in 2001 and two Mountain Bike World Cup races...
, professional cyclist, former Olympian - Dave FeamsterDave FeamsterDavid Allan Feamster is a retired American ice hockey player who played for the Chicago Black Hawks. He was picked in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft, after coming through Colorado College and made his debut in 1982...
- Jack HillenJack HillenJack Hillen is a professional ice hockey defenseman who is currently a member of the Nashville Predators.-Academic Honors:* 2008 ESPN the Magazine Academic All-America University Division At-Large All-District VII Team...
- Tara NottTara NottTara Nott Cunningham was an Olympic weightlifter for the United States. She is the only athlete to have trained for three different sports at the United States Olympic Training Center . Her coaches were Mike Gattone and Bob Morris...
- Tom Preissing (ice hockey)
- Peter SejnaPeter SejnaPeter Sejna is a Slovak ice hockey center currently with the HC Davos of the Swiss Nationalliga A. Peter Sejna also won the bronze medal with the Slovak national ice hockey team in the 2003 Ice Hockey World Championship....
, NHL ice hockey center, 2003 Ice Hockey World Championship bronze medalist, Hobey Baker Award winner - Marty SertichMarty SertichMarty Sertich is an ice hockey center currently with EHC Olten of the Swiss NLB.-Playing career:...
, AHL ice hockey center, Hobey Baker Award winner - Ed SmithEd Smith (defensive end)Edwin Alexander Smith is a former American football defensive end for the Denver Broncos. His son Alex formerly played for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and was traded to the New England Patriots on April 30, 2009 before being released during final roster cuts on September 5, 2009, and was sequentially...
, defensive end - Brett SterlingBrett SterlingBrett Stewart Sterling is a professional ice hockey left winger who currently plays for the St.Louis Blues of the National Hockey League.-Early life:Sterling, who is Jewish, was born in Los Angeles, California...
, NHL ice hockey player - Colin Stuart (ice hockey)Colin Stuart (ice hockey)Colin Stuart is an American professional ice hockey winger who currently plays for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League . He is the older brother of Winnipeg Jets defenseman, Mark Stuart.-Playing career:...
- Mark Stuart (ice hockey)
- Mike StuartMike StuartMichael Stuart is a professional ice hockey player who currently plays for Lørenskog of the Norwegian Eliteserien.-Playing career:...
- Brian SwansonBrian SwansonBrian Swanson is a professional ice hockey player who currently plays for the Alaska Aces of the East Coast Hockey League.-Playing career:...
- Lee SweattLee SweattWalter Lee Sweatt is an American former professional ice hockey player. Sweatt played four years of professional hockey in Europe and North America. Sweatt played three games in the National Hockey League in 2011, before retiring to work in the financial industry...
- Hillary WolfHillary WolfHillary Wolf is a former American child actress and judo player. She is most notable for starring as the lead character Laura in the theatrical film Big Girls Don't Cry... They Get Even and for her role as Megan in the Home Alone series. She won the world judo championships for juniors in 1994,...
- Matt Zaba (ice hockey)
- Nate ProsserNate ProsserNathanael Christian Prosser is an American ice hockey defenseman, who was signed as a free agent by the Minnesota Wild after his senior season at Colorado College. Prosser made his National Hockey League debut for the Wild on April 5, 2010, against the Edmonton Oilers.-Career statistics:-External...
KRCC
Colorado College operates National Public Radio Member Station KRCC-FM. In 1944, KRCC began as a two-room public address system in the basement of Bemis Hall. Professor Woodson "Chief" Tyree, Director of Radio and Drama Department at Colorado College was the founder and inspirational force in the program that one day became KRCC-FM. In 1946, KRCC moved to South Hall (where Packard Hall now stands) on campus where two students, Charles "Bud" Edmonds '51, and Margaret Merle-Smith '51, were instrumental in securing a war surplus FM transmitter. KRCC began over the air broadcasting in April 1951 as the first non-commercial educational FM radio station in the state of Colorado.Today, KRCC broadcasts through a series of eleven transmitters and translators throughout southern Colorado and a portion of northern New Mexico. KRCC's main transmitter, atop Cheyenne Mountain
Cheyenne Mountain
Cheyenne Mountain is a mountain located just outside the southwest side of Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S., and is home to the Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station and its Cheyenne Mountain Directorate, formerly known as the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center .Throughout the Cold War and...
, broadcasts three separate HD multi-cast channels, including a channel run completely by Colorado College students called the SOCC (Sounds of Colorado College).
Free speech concerns on campus
The civil liberties organization Foundation for Individual Rights in EducationFoundation for Individual Rights in Education
The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education is a non-profit group founded in 1999 and focused on civil liberties in academia in the United States...
has named Colorado College on its Red Alert list for several years over its treatment of two students who distributed a satirical flyer which parodied the college's Feminist and Gender Studies newsletter. Colorado College's speech code prohibits any act that causes any individual or group "ridicule, embarrassment, harassment, intimidation or other such result."