Annual Fall Scholar Picnic

In what has become an annual tradition, WES hosts our Scholars for a late afternoon picnic, in some years in the beautiful garden of board member Judy Sondermann and more recently in Cossitt Hall on the CC campus. Over dinner first-year scholars are able to meet and get to know returning students and board members.  We also take the opportunity to have upperclass students who have benefited from the WES Special Purpose funding share how they used this funding to support their academic and career goals. It is always wonderful to meet our newest scholars, and to hear about the summer experiences of our returning Scholars!

ANNUAL FALL TEA

Each Fall, WES invites its scholars, boared members and the wider WES community to a traditional Tea, held in the beautiful Stewart House on the CC campus.  Attendees enjoy hors d'oeuvres, tea, and desserts, along with the view from the Stewart House patio. This is always the first opportunity for our larger WES community to meet the incoming class of Scholars.

Holiday Cookie Exchange

The Annual Meeting & Luncheon

Board members and WES membership joined scholars in a lunch at Taste Restaurant at the Fine Arts Center.  Graduating seniors gave presentations highlighting their many and impressive experiences during their four years at Colorado College, and expressed their gratitude for the support WES has given them throughout.  These presentations are a highlight of the WES year!

Other Notable Events

Colorado Women's Hall of Fame Induction of Our Founder, Mary Goodale Slocum

This year, we experienced a highlight in WES's history when our founder, Mary Goodale Slocum, was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame.  Through the passion and efforts of two of our WES board members, the application illuminating Mary's work and contributions was successful, and WES board members attended the induction ceremony in Denver in March, along with an impressive group of inductees and attendees from all over the state.  We are honored to have our founder and her legacy recognized in this visible and permanent way.

Book Talk with Jeri Norgren

On February 9, WES hosted a Book Talk with Jeri Norgren, author of "Colorado's Highest:  The History of Naming the 14,000 Foot Peaks".  WES members and community members enjoyed drinks and hors doeuvres in Bemis Great Hall before the engaging presentation of the stories behind the names some of Colorado's highest peaks.  We were joined by members of the Saturday Knights, a local hiking club, two of whose members at the event had climbed all of Colorado's 14ers!

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