Update From the President’s Cabinet As we work together to make mental health and wellness a top priority on campus, we want to share recent progress toward that commitment. The mental health task force had its first meeting in January with more than 80 alumni, parents, students, staff, and faculty signed up to work on …
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Dear CC Community, We have a long history of thinking differently and accomplishing what other schools cannot. We provide the finest liberal arts education anywhere in order to ignite our students’ passions and potential so they can help to create a more just world. After extensive deliberations and surveys of our students, staff, faculty, parents, …
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Dear CC Community, Sharing gratitude is a simple but powerful way to build and nurture a thriving campus community. Gratitude helps us stay positive, appreciate experiences, improve our health, deal with difficulty, and build stronger relationships. Because of the generosity of donors, our Gratitude Gifts program for staff and faculty continues – and starting now, …
Dear Students and Families, At Colorado College our vision is to prepare our students to create a more just world by providing the finest liberal arts education anywhere. We are launching an action plan to provide transformational student experiences for students from all backgrounds; foster courageous conversations and bold actions; build and nurture thriving communities; …
Faculty and Staff: As you know, there have been several highly ranked law schools (Berkeley, Yale, Harvard) and medical schools (Michigan, Stanford, Columbia) who have publicly decided not to participate in the U.S. News and World Report rankings. College presidents and deans cite many issues with the rankings; the overall sentiment is that USNWR …
Dear CC Community, It is with gratitude and appreciation that I am letting our community know that Dez Stone Menendez ’00 has resigned her position as director of innovation to pursue other interests. Over the past six and half years, Dez created and implemented a vision for creativity and innovation at Colorado College that has been …
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Dear Faculty and Staff, Welcome to the second half of the academic year! It was so wonderful to gather with about 250 staff and faculty at our Spring Conference last Friday, and it was my honor to announce the winners of this year’s President’s Leadership Awards: Christina Leza, associate professor of Anthropology, received the Victor Nelson-Cisneros Award for …
Dear Campus Community, I am pleased to announce that we will launch an additional set of annual president’s awards – the Just World Awards – in Block 5. The five Just World Awards will recognize CC alumni, students, staff, faculty, and retirees who are dedicated to actions and principles that create a more just and equitable …
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Dear CC Community, One of the goals I shared at inauguration was for us to work together to create a more thriving community on campus. Over the last several months, our Colorado College and Colorado Springs communities have faced multiple traumas. The recent tragic hate crime against our LGBTQIA+ community at Club Q has …
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