Colorado College
| Colorado College | |
|---|---|
| motto | Scientia et Disciplina |
| founding | 1874 |
| Sponsorship | Private |
| place | Colorado Springs , Colorado , USA |
| president | Jill Tiefenthaler |
| Students | 2,100 |
| Foundation assets | $ 400 million |
| University sports | Tigers |
| Website | www.coloradocollege.edu |
The Colorado College (CC) is a private educational institution at the foot of Pikes Peak in Colorado Springs , Colorado . Every year around 2,000 students enroll for the four-year course. From 2002 to 2011, Richard Celeste was president of the college. He was the former governor of the state of Ohio and US ambassador to India.
history
It was founded in 1874 by the Civil War veteran General William Jackson Palmer , who also founded today's Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad and the city of Colorado Springs , Colorado . The CC is a liberal arts college in New England tradition. In 1880 the first building, now called Cutler Hall , was occupied. The building is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
Sports
The university's sports teams are the Tigers . The university's ice hockey team competes in the National Collegiate Athletic Association 's US college championships .
Personalities
Lecturers
- Florian Cajori , Professor of Physics 1889–1898
- Dennis Showalter , professor of military history
Graduates
- Politics and administration
- Lynne Cheney , wife of the former 46th Vice President of the United States
- Mary Cheney , daughter of the former 46th Vice President of the United States
- Marian W. Clarke , Second Female MP in the US House of Representatives
- Lori Garver , NASA assistant director
- Diana DeGette , politician
- David Malpass , President of the World Bank
- Helen Stevenson Meyner , former member of the US House of Representatives
- Frederick Madison Roberts , was the first African American to be elected to parliament west of the Mississippi in the 20th century
- Gregor Robertson , Mayor of Vancouver
- Ken Salazar , former United States Secretary of the Interior
- Harry H. Seldomridge , Former MP in the US House of Representatives
- Richard H. Stallings , politician
- science
- Donna Haraway , natural science historian and women's researcher
- James Heckman , 2000 Nobel Prize in Economics
- Jane Lubchenco , marine biologist
- Marcia McNutt , geophysicist
- Emma Whiton McDonald , mathematician and university professor
- Terry Winograd , computer scientist
- Arts and Culture
- Mark Fiore , cartoonist
- Kaui Hart Hemmings , writer
- Daniel Junge , documentary filmmaker and Oscar winner 2012
- Tommy Lee , musician
- Aaron Shure , screenwriter and television producer
- Marc Webb , director
- Dean Winters , actor
- Sports
- Earl Clark , American football player and coach
- Jack Hillen , ice hockey player
- Curtis McElhinney , Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper
- Peggy Fleming , Olympic figure skating champion in 1968
- David Jenkins , 1960 Olympic figure skating champion
- Tara Nott , first Olympic weightlifting champion in 2000
- Jaden Schwartz , Canadian ice hockey player
- Peter Sejna , Slovak ice hockey player
- Jaccob Slavin , ice hockey player
- Brett Sterling , ice hockey player
- Mark Stuart , ice hockey player
- Brian Swanson , ice hockey player
- Lee Sweatt , ice hockey player
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Leadership. In: www.coloradocollege.edu. Colorado College, accessed March 1, 2020 .
- ↑ Overview. In: www.coloradocollege.edu. Colorado College, accessed March 1, 2020 .
- ^ A New College in a New City. In: www.coloradocollege.edu. Colorado College, accessed March 1, 2020 .
- ^ Cutler Hall. In: www.coloradocollege.edu. Colorado College, accessed March 1, 2020 .
- ^ Colorado College Tigers. In: cctigers.com. Colorado College Athletics, accessed March 1, 2020 .
Coordinates: 38 ° 50 ′ 55.2 " N , 104 ° 49 ′ 29.6" W.