President L. Song Richardson has announced the new membership of the 16-member Antiracism Commitment Committee. First shared in Fall 2019 and re-announced this fall, the committee will guide the work of the Antiracism Implementation Plan and support and hold each member mutually accountable in building a community that is more diverse, inclusive, and equitable. “We continue …
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Dear CC Community, Thank you for all you are doing as we live, learn, and work in the “new normal” amid COVID-19. Because of your vigilance, we are in person on campus, and we continue to do so as safely as possible. Even our Homecoming and Family Weekend activities, with many alumni and families on …
Dear Campus Community, Your vigilance in following our risk mitigation protocols and adhering to COVID-19 guidance has enabled us to continue classes and programming in-person, on campus. Thank you for all you’re doing to reduce the risk to yourself and others. We continue responding to a rise in COVID-19 infections among CC students that occurred in connection with off-campus …
A violent incident of anti-Asian racism earlier this year has inspired the launch of a new series of lectures, discussions, film screenings, and reading groups at Colorado College: “Forever Foreign: Asian America, Global Asia, and the Problem of Anti-Asian Racism.” Following the mass killing of Asian-Americans in Atlanta on March 16, an act of violent …
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Zoom town hall 4:30-5:30 p.m. You’re invited to join President L. Song Richardson and the Colorado College Board of Trustees for a town hall event today. On Monday, Nov. 8, 4:30-5:30 p.m., Board Chair Jeff Keller ’91, P ’22, Vice Chair Ryan Haygood ’97, and Secretary Heather Carroll ’89 will join President Richardson to share updates from their fall …
Dear CC Community, We are excited to share with you the next stage of Project 2024. We look forward to harnessing your creativity, ingenuity, and courage as we ask ourselves, “How can we do what we do better?” The process: The Cabinet, FEC, Staff Council co-chairs, and the CCSGA president shared their ideas for the …
You’re invited Monday, Nov. 8 Come together to discuss the first selection in this year’s Antiracist Book Club. Reading and discussing Delgado and Stefanic’s “Critical Race Theory” will help you to answer for yourself, “What is all the fuss about?” Join Dr. Claire Oberon Garcia, acting provost and dean of the faculty, and Barry Fagin, senior associate dean of …
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We write to you this morning to ask for your continued cooperation with campus risk mitigation protocols and to share that we are at a critical junction in our management of this pandemic. We have seen an increase in infections among students this week in connection with large social gatherings. Our ability to finish the semester in-person, and for students to spend fall break at home, depends to a large …
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This week, CDC has expanded the Emergency Use Authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to children ages 5-11. Beginning Friday, Nov. 5, CDPHE is partnering with Children’s Hospital Colorado to offer vaccines for children age 5 to 11 years. Adults and children age 12 and older may also receive COVID-19 vaccines at these clinics on a walk-in basis while supplies last. …
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ITL is Thursday, Nov. 18 Sent on behalf of the President’s Office and Staff Council: Please save the date for the Block 3 In the Loop all-staff meeting on Thursday, Nov. 18. Note this year’s location for In the Loop: Meet in Celeste Theatre inside Cornerstone Arts Center; the program will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. …