Around the Block Campus News

CC Partners on World’s First Conference on Muslim Futurism

Mipsterz, in partnership with Colorado College, Duke University, University of Miami, Columbia University, and the Center for Afrofuturist Studies,  announces a landmark virtual conference that includes an impressive roster of over 30 Muslim thought leaders, artists, and creatives who will lead conversations, panels, and individual talks.

The Muslim Futurism: Definitions, Explorations, and Future Directions conference attempts to define Muslim Futurism as an idea, aesthetic, and framework. Inspired by and building upon Afrofuturism, organizers hope to create conversations centered on five themes: imagination, identity, community, resistance, and liberation. Showcasing the work and ideas of prominent scholars and creators, the conference will explore issues in the present and how they could manifest in multiple alternative futures where Muslims are at the center of the narrative.

Declaring Your Major

Sophomores: Staff in the Student Opportunities and Advising Hub are eager to meet with you this semester to discuss your plans for declaring your major. After all, if you haven’t yet, this semester is the time to settle on your major and declare it. Hub advisors can work with you to determine the best academic path for you to take to achieve your goals. They can also help you identify a faculty advisor in the department you want to join, and they can help you navigate the declaration process. Make an appointment on the Hub webpage.

Get to Know … Julia Fuller, CC Video Producer

Photo by Lonnie Timmons III
What does your job entail?  

I’m the video producer at CC, which means I portray CC stories and experiences through video with a team of student interns.

Where did you work before CC and what were you doing?

I lived in Chicago for many years, shooting, editing, and crewing on narrative and documentary films. I was the director of photography and editor for a political media company and the video producer at Lincoln Park Zoo. I also have experience in community media, most recently teaching at After School Matters in Chicago.

Tell us a little about your background.

I’m originally from Oakland, California, and have a B.A. in cognitive psychology from Barnard College and an MFA in film and media arts from Temple University. Some of my film influences include Chantal Akerman, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Lucrecia Martel, and Jan Švankmajer. My short films have screened both nationally and internationally at festivals, conferences, and in curricula.

What do you like to do when not working?  

When not at CC, I enjoy exploring new places, hiking, taking care of plants, celebrating, thinking about learning to draw, and eating the amazing food that my partner cooks.

Wild card: When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up?

As a kid, I wanted to be a vet, but the death and neutering would not have worked for me.

Alumni Association Leadership Scholarship Encourages Awardees to Stay Involved with CC After Graduation

The Alumni Association Leadership Scholarship encourages awardees to stay involved with CC after graduation. This year’s awardees – Maddie Ross ’22, Zaria Taylor ’22, and Grace Wade-Stein ’23 – reflect on their favorite CC memory and class as they look forward to how they will advocate for CC and give back their time, talent, and treasure after graduation.

Lisa Marie Rollins’s $7,500 Grant Further Develops Groundbreaking Play

Assistant Professor of Acting and Directing Lisa Marie Rollins has been awarded a $7,500 grant from the Zellerbach Family Foundation to support the continued development of her new play, “Love Is Another Country,” which follows three women as they navigate living in a country that claims to love Black women. That country would be the United States of America. “Love Is Another Country” focuses on three members of the Chapman family — two sisters and their great-grandmother. “It features an ensemble of diasporic Black women who bring to life this story about all the forms of violence against these Black women that they must learn how to navigate, and it holds space for the hard work of their collective healing,” says Rollins.

Video of the week

Reflections and Resilience

In case you missed it last block, have a look at CC students as they share what being on campus last year means to them.

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