Join the celebration with our community as CC hosts the annual Pikes Peak Region commemoration of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. this Monday, Jan. 16. This year’s theme:

This is an opportunity to strengthen our community by honoring King’s legacy of non-violence, service, equity, justice, peace, respect, and inclusion. 

Get details for the full day of events. Please join us for our first in-person commemoration in three years. 

Contact mlk@coloradocollege.edu with questions.

The 2021-22 academic year marked the 50th anniversary of Colorado College’s Block Plan, which was first introduced during the 1970-71 academic year. To celebrate 50 years of the Block Plan, CC filmmakers created a documentary to reflect on the college’s “radical idea that students learned more effectively when they took one — and only one — class at a time.” The film looks back on the past and founding of the Block Plan, as well as its present, what it has become, and what it means to the faculty, students, and staff who live it every day. The film can now add “best in show” to its resume, after being selected as Best Film at Helsinki Education Film Festival International 2022.

“The idea of making a documentary about the Block Plan, of trying to tell the story of how the college arrived at the idea and adopted it in the fall of 1970, as well as the way it exists today as a lived reality for the faculty, staff, and students at CC, came about a few years ago, just as we were approaching the plan’s 50th anniversary,” says Steve Hayward, filmmaker and professor of English at CC, who co-directed the film with Bryan Beasley and attended the film’s screening at the festival.

Check out the film and the many ways Colorado College celebrated 50 years on the Block Plan.

More than 120 students are participating in the Wilderness First Responder and WFR Recertification courses on campus Jan. 16-25. Sessions take place in South Commons, Loomis Lounge, and McHugh Commons, as well as some outdoor locations. Don’t be alarmed: Mock scenarios are designed to feel as real as possible, requiring students to act as though they are hurt or seriously injured. It’s part of the training and Campus Safety has been notified.

Join Tashana Taylor and Lyrae Williams to learn more about reporting options at CC and the helpful resources available to all members of the CC community. They’ll discuss options for reporting various issues, from discrimination and harassment concerns to fiscal and code of ethics-related concerns and also share information on asking a question or submitting a report through CC’s new anonymous reporting resource.

Resources:
Information about the National Day of Racial Healing 2023 from W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Worksheets:

Racism and Mental Health:

John Krauss ’71 was appointed last year to the Indiana State Ethics Commission by Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb.

“Public service has a high bar to meet in terms of integrity. The men and women who serve the citizens of Indiana must perform their duties both ethically and responsibly,” says Krauss, who majored in political science at Colorado College. “The State Ethics Commission works to assure those standards are met. I am happy to serve.”

The State Ethics Commission is made up of five members, who each serve four-year staggered terms. The commission oversees the application and enforcement of Indiana’s ethics statues for all state employees. Holcomb announced that he appointed Krauss to serve until July 31, 2026. Krauss also serves as a member of the Indiana Supreme Court Disciplinary Commission. The Commission serves as a “grand jury” for the Court in attorney ethics violations. He is in his eighth year of a 10-year term.