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, …

Save the Date for: “Dismantling Misconceptions of Disability” with Dr. Rebekah Taussig

 “Dismantling Misconceptions of Disability” with Dr. Rebekah Taussig Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022 7-8:30 p.m., Mountain Time This is a virtual event. Register in advance for this webinar. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar. Dr. Rebekah Taussig, a disability advocate and educator who has been paralyzed since the …

Don’t Forget: MLK Community Events Jan. 17

Don’t Forget: MLK Community Events Jan. 17 Commemorate the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his legacy as a part of CC’s annual community events on Monday, Jan. 17. Mark your calendar to join campus and community leaders for the MLK All People’s Breakfast, happening virtually Monday, Jan. 17, 10-11:30 a.m. The MLK Day community …

Students Explore Their Racial Identities

Class Invites CC Students to Explore Their Own Racial Identities Through the interplay of academics and self-exploration, students in Professor Peony Fhagen’s Racial Identity Development class explore their own becomings: the chords and melodies that make up their identities. For many students, the course material offered revelations about their own selves. “I think one of …