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Colorado College
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Colorado College is a national, independent, residential four-year liberal arts college in Colorado Springs. Colorado College was established as a coeducational institution in 1874, two years before Colorado became a state. In 1871, General William Jackson Palmer, founder of the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad, laid out the city of Colorado Springs along his new line from Denver. Envisioning a model city, he reserved land and contributed funds for a college, which was to open May 6, 1874.
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Colorado College is one of only two colleges in the United States to utilize the Block Plan. On the Block Plan, students take only one class at a time for three and a half weeks. In between blocks, students have four-day vacation periods called block breaks. The school believes that the Block Plan allows students to immerse themselves in a subject rather than having to spread effort and brain space over four or five different classes at the same time.
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At Colorado College, the proposal prompted much debate but won faculty approval. What happened next is somewhat surprising in hindsight. The idea — new in American higher education — neither failed nor caught on more broadly. Rather, Colorado College nurtured and tweaked it, and it has survived as a nearly unique experiment.
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According to news reports, weeks ago, Sept. 8, the Colorado College men’s hockey team made an annual pre-season golf outing. The theme in mind was television shows, with the players divided up, representing characters from “Baywatch,” “Scrubs,” “Entourage,” the
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PARKER, Colo., March 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Rocky Vista University College of Osteopathic Medicine (RVUCOM), a new healthcare university committed to the education of osteopathic physicians, broke ground on its new medical campus today on 40 acres of land in Parker, Colorado. The school is focused on the education of primary care doctors dedicated to providing excellent healthcare to rural, underserved and underrepresented populations.
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Christine Powell, a student at the University of Northern Colorado, was CPW's 2006 college scholarship winner. She received a $350 scholarship and a free one-year membership in CPW. CPW members honored her during the spring conference.
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