Dear CC Community, We are in grief with the recent losses of three members of our campus community: Daniel Cortés ’23, Aaron Peterson, and Jeffrey Watters. They were our friends, a classmate, and colleagues whose absence is felt profoundly already. They left an imprint on the fabric of CC. Our hearts go out to their …
Category Archives: Messages from L. Song Richardson
Block Break 7: Asking big, relevant questions
Quite often, our students are the ones educating us. Dear CC Community, While I am proud of the outstanding education Colorado College provides to our students, it is also important to highlight that quite often our students are the ones educating us. I most recently experienced this when I visited a new student-curated exhibit at …
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Block Break 7: Asking big, relevant questions
Dear CC Community, While I am proud of the outstanding education Colorado College provides to our students, it is also important to highlight that quite often our students are the ones educating us. I most recently experienced this when I visited a new student-curated exhibit at the Fine Arts Center, “Reframing Birds of America: Conversations …
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Even More Gratitude
Dear CC Staff and Faculty, When we launched Gratitude Gifts a couple of weeks ago, heartwarming stories from across campus filled the president@coloradocollege.edu inbox as faculty and staff nominated their colleagues. So far, I’ve learned about the wonderful qualities of nearly 200 gift recipients. Some traits our staff and faculty appreciate in their colleagues: …
A Chance to Show Gratitude
Dear CC Staff and Faculty, I am delighted to share that the President’s Office has received an anonymous gift to be used in a wonderful way: for employees to share their gratitude with one another. This is truly a gift that keeps on giving. When we take the time to notice, acknowledge, and express …
A Spring Break Message
Dear CC Community, When classes resume after Spring Break, we will be in the final stretch of an academic year in which we demonstrated the courage, grit, and resilience necessary to be together in person. We are a remarkable community, and we should take time to acknowledge our success. It wasn’t easy, but at CC, …
Welcome New Leadership
Dear Students, Staff, and Faculty, As we progress with Project 2024 meetings, Conversations with the President, and campus climate and racial climate surveys, I am impressed that this campus community cares deeply about making CC an even greater and more positively impactful college than it already is. Our future is bright.Today I am sharing exciting …
A Block Break Conversation with Claire Oberon Garcia
Dear CC Community, Can you believe we have already completed Block 5? I’m grateful for the hard work of our entire campus community that made it possible for us to continue an in-person, on-campus CC experience despite the Omicron surge. It’s truly wonderful that learning, living, and working – together – is possible here at …
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Congrats to Tenured Professors
Dear CC Community, I’m thrilled to share the good news that the CC Board of Trustees voted unanimously to offer tenure to 15 professors. Congratulations to these teacher-scholars for achieving this milestone in their academic careers. We are so fortunate that they have dedicated themselves to Colorado College and our students for years to come. …
Project 2024 Progress
Dear CC Community, Today we want to update you on the progress made so far with Project 2024 discussions and invite you to get involved. Project 2024 is our three-year, vision-to-action effort in which we focus on a central question: “How can we do what we do better?” The timeline: 2021-22: This is our year to …
