Dear CC Community,

Can you believe we have already completed Block 5? I’m grateful for the hard work of our entire campus community that made it possible for us to continue an in-person, on-campus CC experience despite the Omicron surge. It’s truly wonderful that learning, living, and working – together – is possible here at CC.

As we head into the block break, I’d like to share this conversation I had with Claire Oberon Garcia, professor of English for 30 years at CC, and recent dean of the faculty and acting provost. We’re discussing an amazing Mellon Foundation Humanities for All Times grant that CC was recently awarded – $1,024,000 to be distributed over three years – that will support transformational change for our students and our curriculum and build on our antiracism commitment.

I’m excited to see what will blossom from this ambitious project over the next three years — and beyond.

Happy block break!

Sincerely,