The Colorado College is a private four-year, co-educational liberal arts college located at the foot of Pikes Peak, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The school enrolls approximately 1,900 undergraduates each year to its 90 acre (360,000 m²) campus, 70 miles (100 km) south of the capital city Denver in the heart of the Rocky Mountains. The American Numismatic Association claims to be "on the campus of Colorado College,"[1] but might be technically said to be immediately south of it. The current President of the college is Richard Celeste, most notibly the former Governor of Ohio and ambassador to India.

History

Founded in 1875 by U.S. Civil War veteran General William Jackson Palmer — the founder of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad and of Colorado Springs — CC was instituted as a liberal arts college which would foster Christian outreach by its graduates and faculty in the New England tradition. Like many U.S. colleges and universities that have endured from the 19th century, it now is more secular in outlook than it was at its founding in 1874, though retaining its liberal arts focus.

Academics

Colorado College, or "CC" as it is familiarly known by its community, is well-known for its "block plan"; students study only one subject for three and a half weeks (blocks are only three weeks long in Summer School, in which there are also graduate blocks of differing lengths), which allows for more lab time, field trips, and other learning experiences.

In addition to its undergraduate programmes, the college offers a Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree.

Tutt Library has about half a million bound volumes.

Athletics

The school's sports teams are nicknamed Tigers. Colorado College is a member of NCAA Division III in all sports except hockey, in which it participates in the Division I Western Collegiate Hockey Association, and women's soccer, where it competes as an independent Division I team.

External links

• Colorado College