President Richardson Named to U.S. Air Force Academy Honorary Commanders Program

By Julia Fennell ’21

Colorado College President L. Song Richardson has been named to the United States Air Force Academy Honorary Commanders Program.

Air Force Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Richard Clark named Richardson, along with about 20 other community members, to the next term of the Honorary Commanders Program last month. The honorary commanders will serve through October 2024.

Honorary commanders are local civic leaders and influencers who are each assigned to an Academy mission commander, with the intention of strengthening community relationships through experiencing life at the Academy, according to the Air Force Academy’s statement last month. After experiencing a deep dive into life at the Academy, honorary commanders are asked to share what they learned about how the Academy accomplishes its mission with their own networks and communities.

The honorary commanders will be inducted on Oct. 31 in Polaris Hall, an amphitheater on the Academy’s base.

Mental Health Matters

Sexual Assault Response Coordinator
sarc@coloradocollege.edu
SARC on-call: (719) 602-0960

The Counseling Center
(719) 389-6093; if calling after hours press 2 to be connected to a licensed counselor.
All students receive six free sessions.

The Chaplains’ Office
Chaplain Kate Holbrook is a confidential resource who can offer emotional and spiritual guidance to students.
Kate Holbrook (719) 389-7986 kholbrook@coloradocollege.edu

ULifeline
This online resource has information about mental health, as well as a self-evaluation screening, which does not provide a diagnosis, but identifies problems that could be impacting thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. The screening process also provides information on these conditions and how to reach out for help.

National Crisis Services for Students of Color
Are you a young person of color? Feeling down, stressed, or overwhelmed? Text STEVE to 741741 and a live, trained crisis counselor will respond.

Primatology Class Utilizes Cheyenne Mountain Zoo for Research Projects

By Julia Fennell ’21

A Block 1 primatology class taught students how to put together formal research proposals, how to ensure accurate data collection, and how to appreciate non-human animals, all while traveling to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo almost ten times! This six-person class allowed for an intimate class setting, where students not only learned the ins and outs of how to put together formal research proposals, but actually had the chance to create one, based upon research questions they formed at the zoo.

Krista Fish ’97, associate professor and chair of the Anthropology Department, taught AN306 Primatology, which she took as a student when she was at Colorado College.

During the first visits to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, students learned and practiced behavioral data collection methods. Students were taught the importance of being systematic when collecting data to ensure that they weren’t biased by attention-grabbing behaviors, such as infant play or a moment of aggression between two individuals, as those behaviors can then become over-represented in the understanding of primate behavior. Students were taught methods to minimize this type of bias.

Students used their experience at the zoo and their readings to come up with potential research questions and hypotheses. Throughout the second week of the class, students traveled back to the zoo to pilot methods to investigate their research questions. Students were then taught how

“I hope that students come away with an appreciation of what it means to do science — that it’s often not the linear process that their textbooks outline. There are false starts and sometimes serendipitous events that alter what the students initially thought they were going to research,” says Fish. “Science is also creative and innovative, and I hope that they experience those parts of science as they carry out their project.”

Computer Science Professor Awarded National Science Foundation Grant

By Julia Fennell ’21

Janet Burge, associate professor of mathematics and computer science, has been awarded a $132,758 grant from the National Science Foundation’s Computer and Information Science and Engineering Program.

The total grant of $599,994 was awarded to Burge and her collaborator, Andre van der Hoek, from the University of California, Irvine, for their upcoming empirical study of distributed, fragmented software design meetings. The study will analyze software design meetings to determine what common issues come up in the meetings and what is necessary to address the issues. The project will then design, implement, and make new tools and practices available to overcome the issues identified, according to the award abstract.

The National Science Foundation is a federal agency that works to promote the progress of science, secure national defense, and advance national health.

Click here for more information on Burge’s research.

One-Day Event Celebrating Downtown Makers

It’s Arts Month 2022, and we are celebrating the creatives and makers of Downtown’s creative district during #ArtsOctober.

Come celebrate the makers with Made, Saturday, Oct. 22, a day celebrating the downtown creative district and its makers. Bring home local creations, connect with artists, or check out a creative workshop.

Made will highlight local businesses that feature regionally made products. Explore downtown’s vibrant boutique retail scene and meet the people behind the hand-crafted goods that make our region unique.

Visit Downtown Partnership online for more information.

Cybersecurity Awareness Month – October 2022

We’d like to explain a few government terms which are relevant to data and cybersecurity compliance at CC – these concepts are what we use to identify risk.

PII – Personally Identifiable Information –

Information about someone that could identify them either directly or in directly, particularly in combination with other PII or a person’s name.

Examples: name, telephone number, credit card number, street address, social security number, license plate numbers, geolocation data from a picture taken on a cell phone (or any other unique identifying number, characteristic, code, or combination that allows an individual to be identified).

PHI – Protected Health Information –

Information about someone’s health thus violating Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). When combined with PII, this is particularly troublesome.

Examples: Medical records, beneficiaries

PCI DSS – Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard

PCI DSS is a widely accepted set of policies and procedures that optimize the security of credit, debit and cash card transactions and protect cardholders against misuse of their personal information.

Finally, the Gramm-Leach-Bliley-Act (GLBA) has created new rules and guidelines for Financial Aid that have very specific terminology.

NPI — Nonpublic Personal Information

Nonpublic Personal Information, or NPI, is a type of sensitive information created and defined by the GLBA, which specifically regulates financial services institutions.

Examples:

Basic information provided by a consumer on an application, such as name, address, social security number, or income.
Information from a transaction involving a financial product or service such as account numbers, credit or debit card purchases, payment history, and loan balances.
Information that financial institutions obtain as part of providing a financial product or services such as credit reports or court records.

Guidance on the Protection of Personal Identifiable Information

What is PHI?

Welcome to PCI Compliance Guide

Photo of the Week

RoCCy at Tiger Tailgate, Friday, Oct. 7.

Photo by Lonnie Timmons III

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