by Rob Larimer Published: March 27,2012
Tags: Colorado College, Dean, Wong
Colorado College President Jill Tiefenthaler has named sociology associate professor Sandra Wong as dean of the college and faculty. Wong will start the new job July 1. Wong has been part of the college faculty for 12 years. She had previously spent eight years as an assistant professor at Wesleyan University. Wong’s major teaching and research interests [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 10,2012
Tags: Colorado, Colorado College, Education, higher education, illegal, immiigrants, tuition
A long-debated proposal about college tuition for illegal immigrants is being debated in the Colorado Senate. But the real test awaits across the hall in the Republican-led House. This year’s immigrant tuition bill would allow residents who are illegal immigrants to attend state universities at tuition rates that are higher than those for in-state students [...] [...]
by Monica Mendoza Published: September 30,2011
Tags: Colorado College, hockey, world arena
It’s two days before the Colorado College men’s ice hockey season begins and the team at the World Arena has their game faces on. Making ice is one of their specialties. And while Colorado College hockey games only represent 22 of the 250 events each year in the World Arena, hockey is a big part [...] [...]
by Monica Mendoza Published: September 30,2011
Tags: Colorado College, pizza
There’s something about college students and pizza that go together like warm cheese and bread crusts. Classes started a month ago at Colorado College — and that means one thing, at least 5,000 pizzas have been consumed by hungry students. Each year, the Colorado College students, faculty, visitors and conference guests spend about $49 million [...] [...]
by Rob Larimer Published: August 11,2011
Tags: Colorado College, Jill Tiefenthaler, One on One, president
Jill Tiefenthaler recently began her new job as Colorado College’s 13th president. Tiefenthaler was most recently a provost and professor of economics at Wake Forest University. She earned her bachelor’s degree in economics from Saint Mary’s College in South Bend, Ind., in 1987; her master’s and doctoral degrees in economics from Duke University in 1989 [...] [...]
by Rob Larimer Published: April 5,2011
Tags: Celeste, Colorado College, Tiefenthaler
Colorado College has announced that Dr. Jill Tiefenthaler, provost and professor of economics at Wake Forest University in North Carolina, has been named as the college’s new president. She will begin her job as president on July 1. President Richard Celeste will retire on June 30, after leading the college for nine years. [...]
by Jonathan Easley Published: February 3,2011
Tags: Colorado College, Iron Maiden, Leechpit, Toons
An anchor of the Colorado Springs underground is pulling up stakes to make room for bigger things. Vintage clothing, music and outsider art-shop The Leechpit has occupied a quaint spot at 708 N. Weber St. since the day Johnny Cash died in September 2003. Owner Adam Leech is moving the store this month to 802 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 23,2010
Tags: Colorado College
Colorado College has received a $490,000, three-year grant from the Mellon Foundation to support new approaches to the arts. The college plans to develop a curriculum that reinforces its interdisciplinary initiatives, with an emphasis on film and new media. College officials said the grant will also allow the college to explore the implications of digital [...] [...]
by Amy Gillentine Published: November 1,2010
Colorado College received a $10 million grant for high-need and first-generation students. The grant came from the Walton Family Foundation, and the college’s goal is to match the grant with an additional $10 million, creating a $20 million infusion of new endowed scholarship funds during the next five years. “This addition to our endowed financial [...] [...]
by Scott Prater Published: October 15,2010
Tags: CC Tigers, Colorado College, hockey
Just five seasons ago, the Tigers drew 158,923 fans to the World Arena for an average of 6,622 per game. By last year, that number had dropped to fewer than 135,000, or 6,443 on average. [...]
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