Retention & Graduation

TIGERS DON’T STOP UNTIL THE JOB IS DONE

93%

Retention Rate

86%

Graduation Rate

ALUMNI PURSUITS

up for anything.
 up to even more.

Since we attract a wide range of students with vastly different aspirations, our alumni do vastly different things. Some go on to pursue graduate and doctoral degrees. Others join and lead (or start!) companies. But what they all have in common is that they bring their curiosity, creativity, commitment to others, exuberance, and friendliness with them wherever they go.
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Guy Mossman ’95

Guy Mossman ’95 is a director and cinematographer whose latest documentary, Speak, featured at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. Best known for his dramatic photography on award-winning films including the Oscar-shortlisted Buck (2011), Mossman was a Studio Art major at Colorado College. "It was this experience where you get to try so many things, and you can break any stereotype," he recalls. "CC was that place."

Deksyos Damtew ’22

Deksyos Damtew ’22, is pursuing a career in civil rights law as a Marshall-Motley Scholar at UC Berkeley School of Law. Damtew, who was an International Political Economy major at CC, interned at the Center for Death Penalty Litigation in 2025. His time as a project assistant with the Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery, Alabama, helped to cement his resolve to pursue racial justice for Black communities in the South.
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You can’t spell ‘success’ without CC.

It’s one thing for us to talk about how our alumni succeed after graduation. It’s another to see real stories about what they’re up to. Explore some of our favorite alumni updates to get a better idea of what life after CC is all about.

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One Scoop at a Time: How a CC Alum Built a Colorado Springs Institution

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One Scoop at a Time: How a CC Alum Built a Colorado Springs Institution

Professor Made Lasmawan Receives Prestigious Award from Indonesian Institute of the Arts

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Professor Made Lasmawan Receives Prestigious Award from Indonesian Institute of the Arts

Homecoming: CC '05 grads will discuss their paths to journalism

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Homecoming: CC '05 grads will discuss their paths to journalism

Award-Winning Journalist and Filmmaker to Speak at Commencement

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Award-Winning Journalist and Filmmaker to Speak at Commencement

Music Department Boasts High Concert Attendance and Community Collaboration

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Music Department Boasts High Concert Attendance and Community Collaboration

Deksyos Damtew ’22 Named Marshall-Motley Scholar

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Deksyos Damtew ’22 Named Marshall-Motley Scholar
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