Peak Experiences

Ken Ralph, Athletic Director, at Boston City Champions Event

Zeb — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:49:06 +0000

http://www.coloradocollege.edu/multimedia/v2010/kenralph.flv

Antoine Predock on the Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center

mlee — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:12:01 +0000

On the eve of its completion, architect Antoine Predock discusses the Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center.

http://www.coloradocollege.edu/multimedia/Cornerstone/predock.flv

Learn more about the Cornerstone Arts Initiative here: http://www.coloradocollege.edu/news_events/Cornerstone/

NPR and CC

Boomer — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:31:55 +0000

I just heard an interview on NPR with CC Professor Stephen Scott about the Bowed Piano. Amazing. If you didn’t hear the interview, go to http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18666248

There’s even a link to a video so you can see how they produce the amazing music. Guess it’s been around since the mid 70’s - so lots of alumni might know about it — but it’s a nice reminder of some of the amazing things that are going on at CC. Makes me proud.

This is the link directly to the video: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18666248

Achieving the Vision — the film

Zeb — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 23:17:42 +0000

Filmmaker alumni Katy Garton and Erin Hudson, both from the class of 2001, have produced this fantastic piece about the campaign.

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Hockey champs of ‘57 return to CC

Zeb — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:15:56 +0000

The ‘57 hockey team came back to Colorado Springs in March 2007, 50 years after their NCAA championship. (more…)

Dr. Meg Mathias ‘57

lavsummers — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:20:49 +0000

http://www.coloradocollege.edu/multimedia/alumni-interviews/DrMegMathias-la.flv

Susie Romano ‘90

lavsummers — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:19:26 +0000

http://www.coloradocollege.edu/multimedia/alumni-interviews/SusieRomano-la.flv

Hills to climb

Boomer — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 00:03:41 +0000

What a great opportunity — to reflect on my own peak experiences at CC. Thanks for making the site available.

Maybe the first “peak experience,” as you call it was discovering that I could be a lime tree! Yep, tryouts for a play my first week at CC — “show me a lime tree.” That should have been a signal that I was in for an experience unlike anything that had come before. In fact it was the first of hundreds, maybe thousands of opportunities I had to think, imagine, learn, communicate, and finally perform in different ways in all areas - not just on a stage.

Just as for many others, my CC experience transformed me. A fact that has become more clear to me with every passing year. Every success I’ve had can probably be traced back in one way or another to what was demanded of me and offered to me as a student of CC.

By the way, it’s been amazing to watch the new arts center go up. I’m just a LITTLE jealous of the students who will get to use it.�

Class of ‘51 Peak experience

Zeb — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 23:24:30 +0000

I drove sightseeing trips during my years at CC. I have logged about 1000 trips up and down that mountain. A great mountain but I don’t think I’ll do it Again! Well maybe on the cog railway!
— G. Russell Sauer

Climbing THE Peak

selder — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:41:39 +0000

Half-way up the mountain, this campaign has already been a transformative personal and professional adventure for me. I’m planning to post stories from the campaign using this site over the coming 2 years, 11 months, and 28 days. (NOTE: This first post includes a hint for “Name that Head.”)

It seems fitting to start with a September 2005 climb of Pikes Peak (my first). I climbed as part of the annual event to raise money for the Brain Injury Association of Colorado. A CC student, Ian, who has a brain injury from a car accident he suffered as he was driving from Denver back to campus, had recruited me to do the climb. I was interested because I have two family members with brain injuries. It’s all about the brain! (more…)