LACRELA e-Convenings Back for a Second Year

LACRELA e-Convenings Back for a Second Year! Colorado College is a member of LACRELA, which stands for Liberal Arts Colleges Racial Equity Leadership Alliance, sponsored by University of Southern California’s Race and Equity Center.  As a member, CC can send up to 10 employees (staff and faculty) per e-convening. Sign-up for these professional development seminars …

Save the Date for Block 5 In the Loop

ITL is Thursday, Feb. 17 Sent on behalf of the President’s Office and Staff Council: Mark your calendar for the first In the Loop all-staff meeting of 2022. The Block 5 ITL is happening on Thursday, Feb. 17, 8:30 a.m. This block’s meeting will focus primarily on the results of the employee engagement and climate survey. ModernThink …

Save the Dates for: ‘Forever Foreign: Asian America, Global Asia, and the Problem of Anti-Asian Racism’ Series

Year-Long Series Addressing Anti-Asian Racism Continues A violent incident of anti-Asian racism in early 2021 inspired the launch of a new series of lectures, discussions, film screenings, and reading groups: “Forever Foreign: Asian America, Global Asia, and the Problem of Anti-Asian Racism.” Following the mass killing of Asian-Americans in Atlanta in March 2021, an act …

Thank You for a Successful Spring Conference 2022

Dear Faculty and Staff,  It was wonderful to have nearly 270 faculty and staff join our Spring Conference last Friday. Thanks to the Cabinet members for sharing updates from their areas. It was my honor to announce the winners of this year’s President’s Leadership Awards: Lin Okonek, esports coordinator, received the Victor Nelson-Cisneros Award for Diversity and Inclusion. Heidi …

COVID Weekly Report

The return of CWR Here are the COVID-19-related updates in this week’s issue: All known CC student cases, regardless of whether exposure occurred at CC, appear on the CC COVID-19 dashboard. Students encourage you to mask up! President Richardson shares the “why” behind our COVID-19 response. Sign up for federal COVID-19 testing program. Help Reduce the Spread of …

TOMORROW: Block 5 First Mondays

TOMORROW: Block 5 First Mondays Start Block 5 with the campus community at a virtual First Mondays event TOMORROW, Jan. 24, at 11:15 a.m. Austin Channing Brown, media producer and author, awakens people to the current realities of systemic racism and the everyday actions that allow racism to thrive. Join Brown and Dr. Manya Whitaker, …

Around the Block-Campus News

Natanya Ann Pulley Receives NEA Creative Writing Fellowship Photo by Anginet Page Colorado College Assistant Professor of English Natanya Ann Pulley has been named a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts fellowship. Pulley is one of 35 writers who will receive a 2022 Creative Writing Fellowship of $25,000. The NEA creative writing fellowships …

Here’s How You Can Reduce the Risk

Help Reduce the Risk of COVID-19 As Colorado College prepares for an in-person spring, students Dylan Hall ’22 and Lonnell Schuler ’22 remind you about ways you can help reduce the risk of COVID-19 in the CC community. View this email online 14 E. Cache La Poudre St. Colorado Springs, CO | 80903 US This …

Block Break + Return to Campus Reminders 

Test prior to traveling to campus, upon arrival, and every Monday and Thursday. Review updated COVID-19 protocols here. If you are feeling sick, do not go to class. Dear Students, Thanks to your continued commitment to public health practices, including screening testing and indoor masking, we’ve had a successful in-person, on-campus J-Block and Half Block. Together, …

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