CC News Headlines http://www.coloradocollege.edu/news_events/ CC News Headlines Sun, 22 Nov 2009 4:32:17 MDT Copyright 2009, Colorado College Sun, 22 Nov 2009 4:32:17 MDT CC Offers Low-Cost Rental Cars in Sustainability Effort Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 5:00 pm A new car-sharing program, Connect by Hertz, is now available to students, faculty, and staff at Colorado College. This provides an environmentally friendly alternative to bringing cars to campus. Qualified drivers age 18 and older are able to rent either a Ford Escape or a Toyota Prius at a low cost, by the hour or the day (which includes insurance, gas, GPS, and a lot more). The cars are parked on campus and are accessed by “smart cards.” For more information, go to Connect by Hertz member care center, 877-654-4400, or www.connectbyhertz.com.

]]> http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/poster/view.asp?id=1082 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:28:00 MST http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/poster/view.asp?id=1082 Dec. 10: Father and Daughter Together: Conrad and Jane Hilberry Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 7:00 pm http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/calendar/view.asp?id=2484 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 4:32:17 MST http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/calendar/view.asp?id=2484 Dec. 6: Festival of Lessons and Carols: And Every Stone Shall Cry Out Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 6:00 pm http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/calendar/view.asp?id=2528 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 4:32:17 MST http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/calendar/view.asp?id=2528 Dec. 3: Annie Leonard: "The Story of Stuff" Thursday, December 3, 2009 at 6:00 pm http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/calendar/view.asp?id=2496 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 4:32:17 MST http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/calendar/view.asp?id=2496 Dec. 1: Visiting Writers Presents David Quammen Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 7:00 pm http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/calendar/view.asp?id=2480 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 4:32:17 MST http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/calendar/view.asp?id=2480 Colorado College's Dennis Showalter Publishes New Book Friday, November 6, 2009 at 11:00 am Colorado College History Professor Dennis Showalter has published a new book, “Hitler's Panzers: The Lightning Attacks That Revolutionized Warfare.” Showalter, a renowned World War II scholar, presents a comprehensive and unbiased study of Nazi Germany’s armored forces and their influence on the role of the army in the Third Reich. Panzers, self-contained armored units able to operate independently, became the nucleus of the German army’s fighting power as well as its moral focus and the core of its identity, establishing an entirely new military doctrine. Showalter is a visiting professor and guest lecturer at West Point, and former president of the Society for Military History. The book, published by Putnam Berkley Publishing Group, will be available Dec. 1.

]]> http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/poster/view.asp?id=1115 Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:38:00 MST http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/poster/view.asp?id=1115 Colorado College Noted Nationally for Outstanding 'Green' Efforts Monday, July 27, 2009 at 4:00 pm Colorado College has been named one of 15 Green Rating Honor Roll colleges for 2010. The Princeton Review, in its second year of the rating, collected data about environment-related policies, practices and academic offerings from 697 colleges and universities. Colorado College is among the 15 that received the highest possible score. Criteria cover three areas: 1/ whether the college or university's students have a campus quality of life that is healthy and sustainable 2/ how well the institution is preparing its students for employment and citizenship in a world defined by environmental challenges and 3/ the college or university's overall commitment to environmental issues. Specific areas examined include energy use, recycling, food, buildings, transportation to academic offerings, availability of environmental studies courses, and action plans and goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

In addition, Colorado College's environmental efforts were featured in a Reuters news story,  EarthFirst U's Green College Spotlight, and a story at GreenerBuildings.com.

]]> http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/poster/view.asp?id=1035 Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:52:00 MST http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/poster/view.asp?id=1035 Check out the new interactive online edition of the Colorado College Bulletin Monday, July 27, 2009 at 1:00 pm http://blog.coloradocollege.edu/bulletin/ Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:24:00 MST http://blog.coloradocollege.edu/bulletin/ Marcia McNutt ’74 Nominee for Director of U.S. Geological Survey Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 12:00 pm http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/south_bay&id=6909798 ]]> http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/poster/view.asp?id=1017 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 12:57:00 MST http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/poster/view.asp?id=1017 Four CC Graduates Now Tapped by Obama Administration Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 10:00 am A fourth Colorado College graduate has been tapped for a position with the Obama administration. President Barack Obama announced on Thursday, July 9, that he intends to nominate Marcia McNutt, a 1974 graduate of Colorado College, to be director of the U.S. Geological Survey and science advisor to the secretary of the interior. McNutt will be the first woman to head the USGS. For more, see http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/south_bay&id=6909798.

Other Colorado College graduates tapped by the administration are:
- Former Colorado senator Ken Salazar ’77, secretary of the interior
- Jane Lubchenco ’69, head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Lori Garver ’83, a political science and economics major, deputy administrator of NASA

Additional Colorado College-Obama administration connections include three parents: Tom Vilsack, secretary of agriculture and an ’03 parent, David Axelrod, senior advisor to Obama and an ’09 parent, and Christine Varney, U.S. Department of Justice assistant attorney general and an ’09 parent.

]]> http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/poster/view.asp?id=983 Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:12:00 MST http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/poster/view.asp?id=983 Colorado College Leaps to Global Stage at World Games in Taiwan Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 7:00 am Colorado College’s Drama/Dance and Asian Studies departments leaped to the global stage when the World Games opened on Thursday, July 16 in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Yunyu Wang, Colorado College professor of dance and a  member of the college’s Asian Studies faculty, served as the artistic director of the opening performance. She also choreographed the “Ocean Dance” portion of the event. Jan Avramov, Colorado College’s costume shop supervisor, created silk panels used in the piece. ]]> http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/poster/view.asp?id=1016 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 7:47:00 MST http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/poster/view.asp?id=1016 CC Saves Nearly $100,000 in Utility Costs Through Behavioral Change Friday, July 10, 2009 at 2:00 pm http://www.coloradocollege.edu/news_events/releases/2009/July%2009/aCClimate14.asp Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:59:00 MST http://www.coloradocollege.edu/news_events/releases/2009/July%2009/aCClimate14.asp CC Kicks Off 25th Summer Music Festival Season With Varied Program Friday, June 5, 2009 at 9:00 am http://www.coloradocollege.edu/news_events/releases/2009/May%2009/Summer%20Music%20Festival.asp Fri, 05 Jun 2009 9:21:00 MST http://www.coloradocollege.edu/news_events/releases/2009/May%2009/Summer%20Music%20Festival.asp CC English Professor David Mason Named Creativity Prize Recipient Thursday, June 4, 2009 at 12:00 pm David Mason, an English professor at Colorado College, recently was named the 2009 Thatcher Hoffman Smith Creativity in Motion Prize recipient. The prize, given by the University of Oklahoma College of Arts and Sciences, is a biennial award honoring the creative process and is worth $40,000.

The award allows Mason more time to focus on creating the libretto for the opera adaptation of his verse novel "Ludlow," which tells the dramatic story of immigrants caught in a labor struggle in southern Colorado, culminating in the Ludlow Massacre of April 1914. Mason previously teamed with composer Lori Laitman for the 2008 opera "Scarlet Letter," her first full-length opera. With nine books written and edited, and poems published in such magazines as The New Yorker, Poetry, The New Republic, and The Nation, Mason was inspired to adapt “Ludlow” after his experience with the libretto for Laitman's "Scarlet Letter." Learn more about this project.

Mason will be honored at an event to be held in September.

]]> http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/poster/view.asp?id=992 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:24:00 MST http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/poster/view.asp?id=992 Melanie Auguste wins Jostens Award Tuesday, March 10, 2009 at 9:00 am http://www.cctigers.com/news/2009/3/10/WBB_0310091206.aspx Tue, 10 Mar 2009 9:16:00 MST http://www.cctigers.com/news/2009/3/10/WBB_0310091206.aspx Auguste Named Academic All-American Wednesday, February 25, 2009 at 3:00 pm http://www.cctigers.com/news/2009/2/23/WBB_0223091635.aspx Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:41:00 MST http://www.cctigers.com/news/2009/2/23/WBB_0223091635.aspx Billy Blaustein wins NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship Tuesday, February 24, 2009 at 4:00 pm http://www.cctigers.com/news/2009/2/24/FB_0224094012.aspx Tue, 24 Feb 2009 16:30:00 MST http://www.cctigers.com/news/2009/2/24/FB_0224094012.aspx CC Religion Professor Named Association's Regional Senior Scholar Monday, February 23, 2009 at 3:00 pm Colorado College Religion Professor David Weddle has been named regional senior scholar for the Rocky Mountain-Great Plains region of the American Academy of Religion and Society of Biblical Literature. He will deliver his plenary address, "Ceci n'est pas une pipe: The Problem of Representation and the Future of Religious Studies," at noon, Friday, March 6, at Regis University in Denver. ]]> http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/poster/view.asp?id=883 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:14:00 MST http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/poster/view.asp?id=883 CC Sociology Professor Lead Author on Ground-Breaking Study of Youth and Digital Media Friday, November 21, 2008 at 4:00 pm C.J. Pascoe, assistant sociology professor at Colorado College, is a lead author on a newly released study that shows time spent online is important for teen development. The study was released at the American Anthropological Association’s annual meeting on Nov. 20 in San Francisco.

Over the course of three years, researchers interviewed more than 800 young people and their parents, and spent more than 5,000 hours observing teens on digital social networking sites. Pascoe, who wrote a chapter on intimacy, says results show that America’s youth are developing important social and technical skills online – often in ways adults do not understand or value. An overview of the study may be found at:

http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu/files/report/digitalyouth-TwoPageSummary.pdf

]]> http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/poster/view.asp?id=814 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:08:00 MST http://www.ColoradoCollege.edu/news_events/poster/view.asp?id=814 CC Launches Historic Walking Tour Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 5:00 pm http://www.coloradocollege.edu/news%5Fevents/releases/2008/Nov.%2008/Historic%20walking%20tour.asp Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:03:00 MST http://www.coloradocollege.edu/news%5Fevents/releases/2008/Nov.%2008/Historic%20walking%20tour.asp