{"id":18199,"date":"2023-02-06T14:24:29","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T21:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/?p=18199"},"modified":"2023-02-06T14:49:49","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T21:49:49","slug":"a-vision-for-colorado-college-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/2023\/02\/a-vision-for-colorado-college-2\/","title":{"rendered":"A Vision for Colorado College"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dear Alumni, Parents, and Friends,<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve learned that we are not immune from the national mental health crisis affecting communities around the country. We are experiencing it on our campus, in our community, and in our day-to-day lives.<\/p>\n

In keeping with our history of taking bold and courageous actions, earlier this year, our students sounded a clarion call for systemic improvements to our mental health and wellness offerings on campus. As a direct result of their powerful and compassionate activism, we elevated mental health and wellness to one of our strategic lenses that, like antiracism and sustainability, inform everything we do.<\/p>\n

During times of challenge and difficulty, we discover a community\u2019s mettle. And what we learned is that CC may be just what the world needs today to address mental health and wellness.<\/p>\n

For instance, two CC faculty members, Professor of Psychology Tomi-Ann Roberts and Associate Professor of Psychology and Asian Studies Jason Weaver, recently published with colleagues a report showing that a three-day social media fast improved pre-teen and teen girls\u2019 body image, self-esteem, and self-compassion<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As Roberts notes, Colorado College may inherently provide a solution: small classes for at least three hours a day, making eye contact in discussions with a professor and classmates, going on experiential field-study trips, and being immersed in in-person learning with others.<\/p>\n

CC fosters agency, problem-solving, and relationship-building in even more ways:<\/p>\n