In our latest issue of CMC Magazine, we share a special photo essay from the fall, a semester further highlighted by impressive 75^th Anniversary guests and an ambitious leap forward on integrated sciences. Due to global supply shortages, the print version is scheduled to arrive in January.

This summer, Schwarzman Scholars Andrew Ciacci ’20 and Stz-Tsung (Stone) Han ’21 head to Beijing’s Tsinghua University to join one of the world’s most prestigious graduate fellowships, where they will pursue Master’s degrees in Global Affairs with a core curriculum focused on leadership.

CMC’s Soll Center for Student Opportunity has partnered with Project Destined, a national real estate education and pitch competition program, providing a robust curriculum that combines theory with applied learning.

As director of CMC’s Financial Economics Institute (FEI), Prof. Nishant Dass sees Fintech as the “future of financial services.” He aims to prepare students for that future by teaching them how to leverage technology to solve problems.

“I often think of writing as a bridge,” said Christine Crockett ’01, director of the Center for Writing and Public Discourse upon its 10^th anniversary. Crockett reflects on a decade of building bridges at CMC through peer-to-peer tutoring and introducing students to “the life of writing.”

As a recognized expert in health care policy, you can find Prof. Frederick Lynch’s op-eds in the New York Times and USA Today. After 30 years at CMC, however, what he finds most gratifying is teaching how to think critically about relevant issues.

Infectious disease specialist Katya Calvo Corado ’01 has played dual roles in the fight against COVID-19, appearing on Spanish-language TV as a trusted public health expert and working as a researcher seeking viable treatments.

Former CMS coach and athletic director Mike Sutton ’76 was selected to the 100 Greatest Coaches list by the College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association, recognizing a career which saw his teams earn 18 SCIAC titles and six NCAA runner-up finishes in 21 years.

As 2021 winds to a close, we hope that you will reinvest in CMC and its students with a gift to the College. The CARES Act provision has been extended allowing individuals to deduct up to $300 in gifts to qualified charities–like CMC–when you take the standard deduction for the 2021 calendar year. But, only if you make your gift by December 31.