| Alumni, Faculty Build on Block Plan Successes | |
| by Lisa Ellis '82 |
Celebration of the 35th anniversary of the unique Colorado College Plan is underway! During the 2005-06 academic year, the CC community is reflecting on the CC Plan and its most well-known component, the Block Plan.
Over Homecoming Weekend, alumni and faculty who were deeply involved in the early years of The Colorado College Plan were on campus to discuss how the college could build on something that was already very good. Read more about Homecoming in College News, and watch a half-hour video of this discussion at www.ColoradoCollege.edu/35.
In November, CC’s student debate team took on the University of California-Berkeley and debated the topic: “Resolved: That the Semester System is Superior to the Colorado College Block Plan.” Naturally, CC won! Students are planning other celebratory events throughout the year, including a 70s dance and much more.
Filmmaker Doug Pray ’83, with the assistance of Lasse Jarvi ’03 and Alex Chu ’03,is currently working on a short documentary film exploring a day in the life of three current students, which will be used to promote the college.
Throughout the year, faculty will reassess the most effective teaching and planning techniques under the Block Plan. The college will use a grant from the Teagle Foundation to examine how we use and make the most of the Block Plan: what works well, effective teaching strategies, cross blocks, and opportunities beyond the block. In addition, CC will add to the college’s oral history records with histories taken from many of those who helped create and develop the plan.
For the capstone event, CC will host a symposium: “Religion and Public Life: Why Be Afraid?” The symposium will provide opportunities to consider, discuss, and debate the various ways that religion and our public life intersect and influence one another. The college will invite scholars, politicians and political advisors, artists, scientists, religious leaders, and journalists from differing perspectives to engage each other on this topic. The highlight of the symposium will fall on Oct. 18-20, 2006, when the college will host several nationally respected visitors who will speak and perform on campus. Topics they may address include: religion and presidential rhetoric, public policy and private life, religious pluralism and democratic values, and religion and science. Other guests and programs will enhance discussions on these and related issues throughout the year.
For a thorough review of CC’s unique brand of intellectual adventure under The Colorado College Plan — past and present — check out the August Bulletin. For information and updates on activities that celebrate the 35 th anniversary, please see www.ColoradoCollege.edu/35, contact Diane Brown Benninghoff ’68 at (719) 389-6777 or DBenninghoff@ColoradoCollege.edu or contact Professor Larry Stimpert at (719) 389-6418 (the two co-chairs of the college’s 35 th anniversary committee).Board of Trustees
Margaret Allon ’81 – Denver, Colo.
William Campbell ’67 – Arvada, Colo.
Holly Ornstein Carter ’85 – New York, N.Y.
Richard Celeste – President of Colorado College
John Chalik ’67 – Piedmont, Calif.
Daniel Cooper ’66 – Glen Mills, Pa.
William Hybl ’64 – Colorado Springs, Colo.
Barbara Keener ’67 – Gainesville, Fla.
David Lampton – Washington, D.C.
Elizabeth Larned ’83 – San Francisco, Calif.
Robert Manning ’69 – Englewood, Colo.
Manuel Martinez ’74 – Denver, Colo.
Margaret Mathies ’57 – Claremont, Calif.
Karen Medville ’85 – Colorado Springs, Colo.
Eben Moulton ’68 – Cambridge, Mass.
Dorothy A. Nichols ’87 – Woodstock, Vt.
Douglas Norberg ’62 – Seattle, Wash.
Harold Price – Laguna Beach, Calif.
Edward Robson ’54 – Phoenix, Ariz.
Ken Salazar ’77 – Denver, Colo.
(Honorary Trustee)
Robert Selig ’61 – Woodside, Calif.
David van Diest Skilling ’55 – Palm Desert, Calif.
(Chair of the Board)
Michael Slade ’79 – Seattle, Wash.
Peter Susemihl ’66 – Colorado Springs, Colo.
Brian Thomson ’85 – Denver, Colo.
Hans Utsch – New York, N.Y.
Colburn Wilbur – Los Altos, Calif.
Brian Williamson ’96 – Seattle, Wash.
John Wold ’75 – Denver, Colo.
Nancy Woodrow ’68 – Wayzata, Minn. (Secretary of the Board)
Suzanne Woolsey – Harwood, Md. (Vice-chair of the Board)
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