Dear Beloved Community, Fall is officially here! The mornings are cooler, leaves are beginning to change, and we have entered my favorite time of year: boots season! As the season changes around us, there are changes within IEB as well. As many of you know, I recently stepped into the role of Interim Dean of …
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Don’t Miss the ABC Book and Events
Fall 2026 Antiracist Book Club: Wandering Stars Institutional Equity and Belonging (IEB) is delighted to announce that this semester’s Antiracist Book Club (ABC) selection is Wandering Stars (2024) by Tommy Orange. Orange’s second novel brings readers deeper into the lives of characters introduced in his New York Times bestselling debut, There There, while also standing …
Belonging: Block 1
Dear Beloved Community, It’s officially week two, and you’ve survived the joy and chaos of the start of the year: preseason, Bridge, International Student Orientation, New Student Orientation, or maybe all of the above. Congratulations! By now, you’ve probably figured out where the dining hall is. You know that Rastall to Barnes takes more than …
RSVP to Join CC at Pikes Peak Pride
Dear Beloved Community, We are two weeks away from this year’s Pikes Peak Pride Parade on Sunday, June 14 and there is still time for you to join us. Still not sure if you can make it? RSVP to get details on our on-campus, co-working craft events over the next two weeks—a chance to build community and …
Join CC at Pikes Peak Pride!
Dear Beloved Community, CC is excited to once again participate in the Pikes Peak Pride Parade on Sunday, June 14, and we invite staff, faculty, students, and their families to join us in celebration and solidarity. If you are unable to join us on the day of the parade, please join us for a decorating …
IEB Newsletter Block 8
Dear Beloved Community, Three hundred ninety-seven thousand four hundred forty minutes. 397,440 moments so dear. How do you measure an academic year? In papers written at the last minute? In dance workshop rehearsals, in lab hours, in long athletic practices and longer campus sleep out nights? Perhaps in laughter that carried you and in moments …
IEB Newsletter Block 7
Dear Beloved Community, Recently, a colleague shared something that’s stayed with me: she values how much we laugh in meetings and that she can bring her dry British humor into the room, knowing it will land. I told her the greatest compliment I can receive is knowing someone feels they can simply be themselves with …
IEB Newsletter Block 6
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.” — Audre Lorde Dear Beloved Community, We are at an inflection point. One year after a major shift in how we understand our rights and responsibilities in higher education and across the country, I find myself struggling to …
IEB Newsletter Block 5
Dear Beloved Community, As we begin another semester, my hope is that we do so in solidarity: holding both a vision for what could be and clarity of what is. Each year, the U.S. pauses to honor the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Too often, we do this with ceremonial …
MLK Day 2026 Events and Info
Dear Beloved Community, Each year on the third Monday of January, we pause to reflect on the activism and teachings of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and recommit ourselves to justice, service, equity, and inclusion. Here in Colorado Springs, the Rev Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Legacy Preservation Society honors his enduring legacy through events …