{"id":14245,"date":"2019-05-02T15:28:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T21:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/?p=14245"},"modified":"2019-05-07T16:13:04","modified_gmt":"2019-05-07T22:13:04","slug":"dynamic-half-block-half-block-2019-posts-record-numbers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/2019\/05\/dynamic-half-block-half-block-2019-posts-record-numbers\/","title":{"rendered":"Dynamic Half Block: Half Block 2019 Posts Record Numbers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Half Block, which runs nine days in early January before the start of Block 5, offers CC students the opportunity to earn half a course credit, invest in career development through non-credit courses, or learn an outdoor skill. Students earned credit in courses such as Brazilian Music and Language, Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology, and Advanced Head and Neck Anatomy. Non-credit courses provided students an opportunity to develop statistical analysis skills in Excel at Excel, study graphic design in Design Like a Pro, and learn about podcasting in Radio Production or pitching strategies during The Big Idea Half Block. Combined, 853 students, or 40 percent of the student body, participated in Half Block learning opportunities. Here\u2019s a look at Half Block 2019 by the numbers:<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Among the courses taught by CC alumni:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Michelle Chalmers \u201989\u00a0<\/b>and <b>Heather Carroll \u201989<\/b>: Nonprofits and Philanthropy<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Dez Stone Menendez \u201902: <\/b>The Big Idea Half Block<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Chris Edmonds \u201914<\/b>: Our Careers in Climate<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Trustee <b>Jerome DeHerrera \u201997<\/b>: Public Policy-making in the Era of Trump<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\">Other alumni contributors include: <b>Lisa Tormoen Hickey \u201981; Steve McDougal \u201987; Jennifer DeCesaro \u201997; Katherine Neebe \u201997; Alberto Hernandez Lemus \u201987; Tony Rosendo \u201902; Greg Zimmerman \u201906; Lucy Kessler \u201908; Mat Elmore \u201909; Zac Chapman \u201913; Holly Moynahan \u201915; Ben Criswell \u201916; Mary Friedman \u201917, and Lana Cohen \u201917.<\/b><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Also ongoing during Half Block was Winter Start Orientation for new and transfer students, which include Priddy Experience trips, designed to help students get to know one another and participate in community service. January 2019 saw:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>50 new\/transfer students<\/b> participating in Priddy Experience trips<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>13 students<\/b> serving as Priddy Trip leaders<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>6 trips <\/b>offered as part of Winter Start Orientation; five in New Mexico and one in Colorado<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">By the Numbers:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>853<\/b> students<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>40%<\/b> of student body<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>25<\/b> for-credit courses<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>21<\/b> non-credit courses<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>461<\/b> students in the for-credit courses<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>277 <\/b>students in the non-credit courses<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>101<\/b> students in Wilderness First Responder or recertification course<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>14<\/b> students training as ski leaders or assistant ski leaders<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Half Block, which runs nine days in early January before the start of Block 5, offers CC students the opportunity to earn half a course credit, invest in career development through non-credit courses, or learn an outdoor skill. 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