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Women’s History Month
Did you know that International Women’s Day was Wednesday, March 8? In celebration of that and Women’s History Month, check out this interview where Director of Athletics Lesley Irvine speaks to Lorna Kollmeyer ’80 and Melanie Auguste ’09, two of the most prominent women in Colorado College Athletics history.
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TREE Semester Sets Students Up for Successful Teaching Career
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Photo by Connor Nolan ’20, M’21
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By Julia Fennell ’21
The TREE Semester is a 16-week residential semester, similar to a traditional study abroad experience, where students live and learn at the Catamount Center, in the montane forest near Woodland Park. While the program is open to all CC students, it was especially designed for students interested in environmental and educational fields.
CC students can only participate in TREE once, but Howard Drossman P’23, TREE Semester program director and professor of environmental education, often hires TREE alumni to return as fellows. Fellows are residents who assist students with their science and education assignments, run the community, and take lead roles on the early teaching.
By the end of the semester, each student has developed a professional portfolio that they submit to the Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education for professional certification.
On average, nine CC students participate in TREE each year. There is no required coursework for admission to TREE, but in Drossman’s experience, students who have good writing and community living skills, as well as previous science and education classes, tend to be most successful in the program.
The deadline to apply for TREE Program Fall 2023 is March 15, 2023. For more information, apply on SUMMIT or contact Howard Drossman at hdrossman@coloradocollege.edu.
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Nominations for the Livesay Awards are Open
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Do you know Colorado College alumni who significantly impact Colorado’s nonprofit sector?
The Livesay Award was created in honor of popular and well-respected Professor Emeritus of Sociology Jeff Livesay, who brought the Public Interest Fellowship Program to Colorado College and has shepherded it through years of growth to become a signature program on campus. It is presented each year to a CC graduate who is living out the mission, spirit, and goals of the PIFP in their life and career by contributing to systemic change, increasing the capacity of the nonprofit sector, and helping to build a new generation of nonprofit leaders.
The Colorado College Public Interest Fellowship Program invites you to nominate a Colorado College graduate for the Livesay Award for Social Change.
If you know a CC grad who has made a significant career contribution to the nonprofit sector in Colorado over the years, please nominate them for the Livesay Award. Nominations for the Livesay Award must be submitted by April 1 each year. We invite everyone and anyone to submit a nomination. To nominate a Colorado College graduate please complete this form.
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The CC Education Department is excited to announce that we are hosting a public screening of “ The Truth About Reading” on Tuesday, March 14, 6 p.m. at the Kathryn Mohrman Theatre in Armstrong Hall. This new, eye-opening documentary from Emmy-Award-winning Director Nick Nanton brings to light the illiteracy crisis in America, highlighting people who learned to read as adults and sharing proposed solutions for working towards a future where every child learns to read proficiently.
Panel discussion and Q & A to follow the screening.
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Mike on the Mic Episode 2 is Here
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The Block 6 episode, Mike on the Mic: The State of American Politics, is now available. Mike on the Mic is a podcast series featuring Mike Edmonds, senior vice president, in the months leading up to his retirement after 30 years of service at CC. Edmonds hosts faculty members and local leaders for conversations about topics that matter including race and higher education, mental health, and the current political environment in the U.S.
In this episode, Edmonds is joined by Elizabeth Coggins, associate professor of political science, for a conversation about the state of American politics and this past year’s midterm elections. Coggins joined the faculty of CC in the fall of 2014. She studies United States politics, public opinion, ideological identification, and political psychology.
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Campus Safety, in conjunction with the Campus Resource Officer, can provide an assessment of your campus space based upon Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED). This assessment is free for campus offices and spaces. If you are interested in receiving CPTED assessment, contact campussafety@coloradocollege.edu with CPTED in the subject line.
Campus Safety invites you to participate in Empower Con, a biannual safety fair. Spring Empower Con is Wednesday, March 15 from noon-1:30 p.m. in Worner Center.
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Public Screening of the Film “Resistance Climbing”
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Tim Bruns ’14, founder of CityROCK, will be presenting the screening of “Resistance Climbing,” in which he is featured and helped create.
Reel Rock Film Tour and Sender Films, founded by CC alums Nick Rosen ’97, Josh Lowell ’94, and Peter Mortimer ’97, filmed, directed, and edited the film after Bruns convinced them to come to Palestine and make the film about climbing. “The ultimate goal of the film is to change the narrative about Palestinians and to humanize them to the world. If we succeed, I hope there will be more resources available to the Palestinian climbers, more international climbers going to visit Palestine and a better understanding of the region globally. We are also hoping to leverage the momentum of the tour to raise money for continued climbing development in Palestine,” says Bruns.
Thursday, March 16, 7 p.m.
Kathryn Mohrman Theater
200 free tickets are first come first served for CC students, faculty and staff. Additional tickets are available to the public on the Reel Rock site for $20
Add to your calendar.
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Photo by Lonnie Timmons III
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