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Collinson ’02 Sees Value in CC Education Through Career in Trade & Development
“CC instilled in me a value of life-long learning, the ability to stay curious, and learn new things quickly and with depth,” says Ellie Collinson ’02. “I think about all the various mentors that I encountered both on campus as a student and in the CC community, and how much that’s had an impact on Read More
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Nieman Fellow and Emmy Nominee Mike Shum ’07 on Sociology, Press Freedom, and Nuance in Storytelling
Mike Shum ’07 was working as a CC Admissions counselor in 2009, saving up money to buy a camera, when he connected with CC alum and producer Neal Baer ’78. Seeing Shum’s interest in film, Baer invited him along as a director’s apprentice for an episode of Law & Order: SVU. On set, Shum found Read More
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Veronica Paulsen ’16 Sets Sights High in Skiing
After graduating from CC, Veronica Paulsen ’16 moved to Jackson, WY, and set her sights on big mountain skiing. In 2020, she was first woman to land a backflip into Corbet’s Couloir at Jackson Hole, an expert run that requires a 20-to-35-foot free fall, and was crowned the Queen of Corbet’s. “I wanted to have Read More
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Paul Markovich ’88 on Joining the World’s Fight for Affordable, Accessible Healthcare
The routine for Paul Markovich ’88 at CC was simple. Eat, sleep, go to class, go to Tutt Library, play hockey, recover. As a defenseman on the hockey team, he didn’t have time for much else. “I loved it. I wouldn’t change anything about that level of focus. I thrived on it,” he shares. “I Read More
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From Broke to Bestseller: True Badass, Jen Sincero ’87
Bestselling author and speaker Jen Sincero ’87 had never seen a mountain before arriving at CC in 1983. Waitlisted at first, she called the CC Admissions office and talked her way into a spot that changed her life. “I’d never been out west, I’d never been camping, I’d never even been hiking. So, my activities Read More
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’77 Alum Leaves Legacy in Newborn Health
You would be hard-pressed to find anyone who has provided greater advocacy for early pediatric medical intervention than Dr. Albert Mehl ’77. The former Tiger had a long career as an eminent pediatrician and a leader in understanding the need for newborn hearing screening and early intervention. And it started in his time as a Read More
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Breaking Barriers with Pioneer in Programming Cathy Priest ’66
As a senior at CC, Cathy Priest ’66 knew she had a choice to make. Teaching, nursing, and marriage were the three accepted tracks for female graduates at the time. She had her math teaching credentials, but she wanted something different. During Spring Break, Priest road-tripped out to the Bay Area for interviews with IBM Read More
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Human Flourishing for All: Nobel Prize Winner James Heckman’s Impact on Economics, Education, and Labor
James Heckman ’65 is a Nobel laureate and Henry Schultz Distinguished Service Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago, where he also directs the Center for the Economics of Human Development. His research, including four books and over 300 publications, has profoundly impacted the understanding of human development and capital. But back in 1961, Read More
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An Update from Rikki Held ’23
Last year, we featured CC alum Rikki Held ’23 and her involvement in the court case Held v. Montana, the first-ever constitutional climate trial in United States history, led by a group of Montana youth. Held’s group won that case and, after several appeals by the state, Montana’s Supreme Court upheld the decision. We reached Read More
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A Message from Manya
The Future of Science at CC Dear CC Alumni, Did you know that each year, approximately 40% of Colorado College’s graduating class are science majors? Our strength in the sciences may not be what you’d expect from a small, private liberal arts college — but when you consider all the ways a CC education maximizes Read More
