On Campus

  • From Miami to the World Stage: CC’s Model UN is Shaping Future Diplomats

    From Miami to the World Stage: CC’s Model UN is Shaping Future Diplomats

    In a packed conference hall in Miami, surrounded by students from across the country, the Colorado College Model United Nations (MUN) team found themselves deep in debate, pushing policy proposals, and negotiating international agreements. This past November, CC’s MUN delegation traveled to the University of Miami’s annual Model UN Conference. It was a test of… Read More

  • Music Department Boasts High Concert Attendance and Community Collaboration

    Music Department Boasts High Concert Attendance and Community Collaboration

    As the final notes of Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 resonated through Packard Hall, the fading chord was met with a wave of applause and cheers from an enthusiastic audience of over 150. Despite it taking place during one of the harshest snowstorms of the season, nearly every seat in the hall was filled for the… Read More

  • EV128: Introduction to Global Climate Change

    EV128: Introduction to Global Climate Change

    Block 5 Featured Course / Department: Environmental Studies & Science / Professor: Dr. Allison Lawman Welcome to EV128 Introduction to Global Climate Change! This course considers the science of Earth’s climate system and the drivers of change within it. We will examine climate from a whole-earth point of view that considers interactions between the atmosphere,… Read More

  • Mixing Science With Art: Biology of Microbes at CC

    Mixing Science With Art: Biology of Microbes at CC

    CC students create art using biology in this multi-week agar art lab project in Dr. Jesús Peña’s Biology of Microbes class. Agar art is created by culturing microorganisms like bacteria or yeast in specific patterns to create images. When grow on agar in a petri dish, microbes grow as discrete colonies, and each colony will… Read More

  • All-American Tiger Hoops Star Returns to Teach Half Block

    All-American Tiger Hoops Star Returns to Teach Half Block

    As a student-athlete at CC, Melanie Auguste ’09 was an All-American basketball player, setting record after record and earning the National Player of the Year Jostens Award in her senior year. After graduation, Auguste, an Economics major, began to climb the corporate ladder at Nike – a perfect fit for the woman whose dorm rooms… Read More

  • CC’s COP29 Delegation Returns to Campus

    CC’s COP29 Delegation Returns to Campus

    Eight students recently returned to campus after spending two weeks in Baku, Azerbaijan, where they attended the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29). CC’s delegation was led by Dr. Sarah Hautzinger, Professor of Anthropology, and Myra Jackson, Mindfulness Fellow for Creativity and Innovation. “I was seeing and learning so much that even though COP… Read More

  • CC Club Helps Create Rocky Mountain Case Competition

    CC Club Helps Create Rocky Mountain Case Competition

    The CC Consulting Club has thrown around the idea for a case competition for several years, but it wasn’t until now that it became a reality. Last spring, Consulting Club Co-leaders Sasha Akinchina ’25 and Emmet Shuman ’26 attended a career networking event in Boulder, where they were introduced to the president of the Leeds… Read More

  • CC Celebrates Winter Commencement Grads

    CC Celebrates Winter Commencement Grads

    Photos by Jamie Cotten/Colorado College. The first graduates of CC’s Class of 2025 crossed the stage to receive their diplomas on Sunday, Dec. 15, during this year’s Winter Commencement. The ceremony took place in Shove Memorial Chapel and celebrated the achievements of 29 graduates. In her opening remarks, CC’s Interim President Dr. Manya Whitaker praised… Read More

  • First Year Student Brings Food Insecurity Awareness to Campus

    First Year Student Brings Food Insecurity Awareness to Campus

    Polina “Polly” Panasenko ’28 is an ambitious first-year planning to double major in English and Political Science with a minor in Journalism.  Originally from Ukraine, Panasenko has a long history of community engagement. She taught English at the National Children’s Hospital in Kyiv and, when she moved to Maine, she continued providing English lessons to… Read More

  • CC Recognized as a Most Engaged Campus for Student Voting

    CC Recognized as a Most Engaged Campus for Student Voting

    CC has been recognized by the ALL IN Campus Democracy Challenge as a 2024 ALL IN Most Engaged Campus for College Student Voting. The honor recognizes colleges and universities for outstanding efforts to increase nonpartisan student voter participation. CC joins a group of 471 colleges and universities recognized by ALL IN for participating in the… Read More