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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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: …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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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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. …
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 …
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 …
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Dear Campus Community, Happy New Year and welcome back! I hope you were able to rejuvenate over Winter Break. Thank you so much for continuing to persevere through what has been a challenging year so far. Your compassion, strength, and resilience energize and inspire me. I’m writing today to share the changes I will be making to …