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 All incoming first-year students will have multiple sources of good advice
about Colorado College. In addition to your faculty advisor and your First
Course instructor (advisor and instructor may be the same person, by the
way), you'll have access to the insights of an experienced Colorado
College student in our FYE Mentor Program.

THE FYE MENTOR PROGRAM

First-Year Experience mentors are selected by the faculty teaching in the first-year program
and are associated with the particular courses in the FYE schedule. It is an honor to be
selected as a FYE mentor, and our students take the honor very seriously. FYE mentors
will not replace the important formal advising system, but may supplement it with practical,
first-hand, 'on-the-ground' advice about courses, campus organizations and informal groups,
and the local Colorado Springs area. Please take the initiative in speaking with your FYE
mentor, getting to know him or her, and taking advantage of the perspective she or he brings
to the experience of student life at Colorado College!

Your FYE Mentor may:
  • work with you as appropriate in review for your course assignments, discuss the readings
    and participate in course-related group projects and accompany you on course-related
    excursions and events.

  • offer a number of informal ‘first-year’ introduction-to-college sessions;

  • introduce you to the block plan and offer advice about prioritizing academic
    commitments, college community responsibilities, and social life;
  • introduce you to campus activities and student committees;

  • arrange occasional social events and informal discussion sessions for you and your
    fellow First Course classmates throughout the year; introduce you to the Colorado
    Springs community and region;

  • provide informal advice about courses and the general design of the first-year academic
    schedule in block two prior to preregistration for blocks 3-8;

  • offer pragmatic information (from a student's perspective!) about the point system and
    course selection before all-college preregistration in block 7.

The following is a list of the 2009-10 FYE courses with corresponding faculty and
mentor email links.
Feel free to contact them with questions you may have.

 

FYE Course: AN 101/AN 102 Introduction to Biological Anthropology and Introduction to Archaeology
Professor: Christina Torres-Rouff & Esteban Gomez
Mentor: Laura King
Year: Senior
Major: Anthropology

 

FYE Course: CL 115 An Introduction to Classical Literature and Archaeology: Sounds and Sights of the Greeks and Romans
Professors: Owen Cramer and Sanjaya Thakur

Mentor: Jordan Flanders
Year: Senior
Major: Classics-History-Politics
Hobbies: snowboarding and music

FYE Course: CN/PA 101 CN/PA 250 Elementary Chinese and Chinese Language and Culture
Professor: Hong Jiang

Mentor: Shan Shan Chan
Year: Junior
Major: Dance
Hobbies: Dance, volunteering, photograph, rocks, and costume shop

FYE Course: CO100 Introduction to Comparative Literature
Professors: Lisa B Hughes and William Davis

Mentor: Jenny Friedler
Year: Senior
Major: Comparative Literature

 

FYE Course: DR/DA100 History of Performance
Professors: Tom Lindblade and Joanne Zerdy

Mentor: Kasi Carter
Year: Junior
Major: Drama/Economics
Hobbies: music, reading, foreign and independent films, and baking

FYE Course: EC150 Principles of Economics
Professors: Daniel Johnson and Kristina Lybecker

Mentor: Geoff Clemm
Year: Senior
Majors: Mathematical Economics
Hobbies:

Mentor: Genevieve Aguilar
Year: Senior
Major: IPE

 

FYE Course: EC 160/EC 110 Principles of Financial Accounting and Topics in Economics and Business: The Economic Novel
Professor: Judy Laux

Mentor: Smirti Agarwal
Year: Junior
Major: Mathematical Economics
Hobbies: cards and movies

FYE Course: EN 203 Tradition and Change: Voyage Out and Back
Professors: George Butte and Bonnie Nadzam

Mentor: Lauren Schaefer
Year: Senior
Major: English
Hobbies: Photography, skiing, and traveling

FYE Course: EV 128/SO130 Introduction to Global Climate Change and Environmental Sociology
Professors: Howard Drossman and Wade Roberts

Mentor: Summer Roberts
Year: Senior
Major: Environmental Science
Hobbies: Reading, outdoor activities, soccer, and music

FYE Course: FG110/FG200 Introduction to Feminist and Gender Studies and Introduction to Feminist Thought
Professors: Eileen Bresnahan & Tomi-Ann Roberts

Mentor: Andrea Ruybal
Year: Junior
Major: Feminist and Gender Studies/Psychology
Hobbies: Dancing, traveling, music, art, and baking

FYE Course: FR 159 French Civilization: From Caesar to Sarkozy
Professor: Alistaire Tallent

Mentor: Michael Lynch
Year: Sophomore
Major: French/ Economics
Hobbies: Skiing and fishing

FYE Course: FS 205 American Film Noir and its European Connections
Professor: Dick Koc

Mentor: David Cummings
Year: Junior
Major/Minors: Computer Science/Music
Hobbies: Electronic music creation

FYE Course: GS101-1212 Freedom and Authority
Professors: Phoebe Lostroh and Owen Cramer

Mentor: Virginia Dreux
Year:Senior
Major: Biology
Hobbies: Photography, skiing, and cooking

FYE Course: GS101-1222 Freedom and Authority
Professor: Dennis McEnnerney

Mentor: Elliot Goldman
Year: Senior
Major/Minor: Music
Hobbies: skiing, climbing, football, and ultimate frisbee

FYE: GS 204 Spirit and Nature, Religion and Science
Professor: Keith Kester

Mentor: Ronit Mor
Year: Sophomore
Major: Biology
Hobbies: Hiking, photography, and languages

FYE Course: GY 130 Geology of the Rockies
Professors: Henry Fricke and Celeste Mercer

Mentor: Mariah Richards
Year: Junior
Major: Geology
Hobbies: Ultimate frisbee, drawing, and cooking

FYE Course: HS120 Identity and Self and The Worlds of Music and Science
Professors: Susan Ashley, Re Evitt, Richard Hilt, and Michael Grace

Mentor: Zachary Luna
Year: Sophomore
Major: Undeclared
Hobbies: Tennis, movies, hiking, drawing, people-watching, reading, and board games

Mentor: Jessica Sanderson
Year: Sophomore
Majors: Romance Languages
Hobbies: Voice, viola, languages, and hockey

FYE Course: HY 105 Civilization of the West
Professors: Carol Neel and Tip Ragan

Mentor: Virginia Rider
Year: Senior
Majors: English (Creative Writing Track)
Hobbies: Music

FYE Course: HY 109/ PA 118 Civilizations of East Asia
Professor: John Williams

Mentor: Joel Minor
Year: Junior
Major: Environmental Policy
Hobbies: Tree-hugging, energy policy, and reading

FYE Course: HY120 The American Past
Professor: Bryan Rommel-Ruiz

Mentor: Sam Franklin
Year:Sophomore
Major: Economics
Hobbies: Soccer, hiking, and skiing

FYE Course: JA/ PA130 Japanese Culture and Topics in Asian Studies: Contemporary Asian Cultures
Professor: Joan Ericson

Mentor: Victoria Silver
Year: Senior
Major/Minor: Philosophy
Hobbies: running, yoga, and music

FYE Course: MA 151 The World of Numbers: From Euclid to the Information Age
Professors: Stefan Erickson and John Watkins

Mentor: Kie Riedel
Year: Senior
Major: Mathematical Economics
Hobbies: Traveling, yoga, running, museums

FYE Course: MU104 World Music
Professor: Victoria Levine

Mentor: Jacqueline Danzig
Year: Senior
Major: Music/
Hobbies: jazz, snow boarding, skiing, and hiking

FYE Course: MU227/FE 133 Emotion and Meaning in Music of the Western Civilization
Professors: Michael Grace and Ofer Ben-Amots

Mentor: Joe Beach
Year: Senior
Major: Music
Hobbies: Snow boarding, art, and travel

FYE Course: PC123/124 Scientific Revolutions: The Copernican Revolution and Relativity
Professors: Dick Hilt and Shane Burns

Mentor: Sarah Fletcher
Year: Senior
Major: Mathematics
Hobbies: All outdoor activities, exercising, and movies

FYE Course: PS101/MU227 What is Politics? Topics in Music: Music and Society
Professors: Tom Cronin and Tania Cronin

Mentor: Alexander Desmarais
Year: Sophomore
Major: Undecided
Hobbies: Music, soccer, and the outdoors

FYE Course: PS103 The Western Political Traditions
Professor: Eve Grace

Mentor: Molly Katz
Year: Junior
Majors: History/Political Science
Hobbies: Writing, reading, and hiking

FYE Course: PS 103/HY 200 The Search for Islamic Order: Yesterday and Today
Professor: Robert Lee

Mentor: Lauren Hinkle
Year: Junior
Major: Physics/Computer Science
Hobbies: Running, hiking, and reading

FYE Course: PS/ EN 115 Concepts of Freedom from Ancient to Modern Times
Professors: Tim Fuller and John Simons

Mentor: Madalyn Rilling
Year: Sophomore
Major: Political Science
Hobbies: Dancing, acting, music, outdoor activities, and art

 

Mentor: Benjamin Burtzos
Year: Junior
Major: Political Science/English (film track)
Hobbies: film, literature, singing, and sports

FYE Course: RE200 Topics in Religion
Professors: David Gardiner and Dan Shaw

Mentor: Paul Quast
Year: Junior
Major: Religion
Hobbies: Volunteering, salsa dancing, and fencing


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FYE Course: RS200/RU101 Russian and Russia-American Relations
Professors: Alexei Pavlenko and David Finley

Mentor: Jordan Maze
Year: Junior
Majors: Russian and Sociology
Hobbies: Cooking and running

FYE Course: SO100/113 Thinking Sociologically and Racial Inequality
Professors: Kathy Giuffre and Sandra Wong

Mentor: Christina Yong
Year: Senior
Major/Minor: Sociology
Hobbies: Piano and snow boarding


FYE Course: SO100/235 Thinking Sociologically: Sociology of Family
Professor: Gail Murphy-Geiss

Mentor: B Torres
Year: Senior
Major: Sociology
Hobbies: Skiing

FYE Course: SP 304/305 Cultural Context and oral Practice and Written Expression
Professor: Sal Bizzarro

Mentor: Jamie Apodaca
Year: Senior
Major: Spanish
Hobbies: Music and tennis