{"id":15150,"date":"2020-01-08T12:12:08","date_gmt":"2020-01-08T19:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/?p=15150"},"modified":"2020-01-08T12:12:08","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T19:12:08","slug":"ccsga-president-shares-thoughts-on-new-cc-initiatives-and-traditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/2020\/01\/ccsga-president-shares-thoughts-on-new-cc-initiatives-and-traditions\/","title":{"rendered":"CCSGA President Shares Thoughts on New CC Initiatives and Traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dan Cooper \u201966<\/strong> (on right) presents CCSGA President Ethan Greenberg \u201920<\/strong> with a bottle of champagne for the Class of 2020. Photo by Tom Kimmell<\/p><\/div>\n

During Homecoming Weekend, Fifty Year Club Co-President Dan Cooper \u201966 and Colorado College Student Government Association President Ethan Greenberg \u201920 started a new tradition. <\/strong>Cooper presented Greenberg with a bottle of champagne to be saved for the Class of 2020\u2019s champagne on the quad toast that will happen as the academic year wraps up this coming spring. Greenberg then addressed the newly inducted Fifty Year Club members, sharing with them his plans for senior year as well as how the CCSGA group now functions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s important for students to recognize that we interact with alumni all the time at the college,\u201d says Greenberg, who shared that many alumni are CC professors, members of the Board of Trustees, or people in the communities they\u2019re from who may have introduced them to Colorado College.<\/p>\n

The newly established tradition of the Fifty Year Club and student connection was one way of formalizing those interactions and, symbolically, it represented the lifelong connections that both alumni and students have with the college.<\/p>\n

As CCSGA president for the 2019-20 academic year, Greenberg also believes it\u2019s important for alumni to know about what is happening at the college. Specifically, he cites the college\u2019s work on becoming an antiracist institution, the college\u2019s 2020 carbon neutrality commitment, and recently launched access initiatives like the test-optional policy, the Stroud Scholars Program, and the Colorado Pledge.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlumni should feel they have a part in it,\u201d he says. \u201cIt\u2019s really key to view alumni as continuing their education, just as students are pursuing theirs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Greenberg, who is a political science major from Denver, came to CC as a Boettcher Scholar, which gives him perspective on the college\u2019s efforts to become more accessible for Colorado families.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s also been extensively involved in the local community, working at the El Paso County courthouse through a program called Justice Watch and the El Paso County jail through the Prison Project. Greenberg says those extracurriculars, along with his student government work, have been formative to his CC experience.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are three extracurriculars \u2014 teaching at the county jail, working with justice court, and participating in student government \u2014 that have been critical factors,\u201d he says. \u201cThey\u2019re all outward facing and interesting in unique ways.\u201d<\/p>\n

Through these extracurriculars, Greenberg says that he is able to give back to the community and that the college and CC students also are benefiting from these collaborations. He sees the Colorado Pledge as a commitment to Colorado and Colorado families and as an affirmation of CC\u2019s sense of place in the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cCertainly, we\u2019re fortunate to have perspectives from a lot of other countries at Colorado College,\u201d he says. \u201cAt the same time, I\u2019m proud of what we are doing through the Colorado Pledge because it\u2019s bringing more of that foundational element and commitment to CC by bringing more Colorado students here.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe recognize this state as our home,\u201d he adds, \u201cand we recognize that we have a service to this place because it gives us so much.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also believes that Colorado College needs to look locally to accomplish meaningful sustainability goals and achieve its commitment to being carbon neutral by next year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe can get carbon credits and we can help other institutions in the surrounding area become more environmentally friendly,\u201d he says. \u201cWe can build relationships and good will and partnerships for years to come through that effort.\u201d<\/p>\n

Regarding the college\u2019s goal to become an antiracist institution, Greenberg says it will require looking beyond how students are admitted.<\/p>\n

\u201cAntiracism efforts are not solely about the compositional diversity of a school,\u201d he says. \u201cThey\u2019re about the student experience after you\u2019re admitted and providing equitable access to resources for all students.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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