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Announcing Our New Assistant Vice President for Civil Rights

Dear CC Community,

I am pleased to announce the hiring of David Jensen as CC’s new Assistant Vice President for Civil Rights and Title IX Coordinator. He begins his new role this Friday, Dec. 1.
With over 20 years of experience working in civil rights and Title IX, David joins our community from Salt Lake Community College, where he served as the Title IX Coordinator and EEO Director.
Charged with overseeing CC’s college-wide programs, policies, and procedures, he is dedicated to ensuring that individuals are safeguarded from protected-class discrimination, harassment, and sexual misconduct. David will also oversee the college’s compliance with federal and state discrimination and harassment laws, design and deliver instructive compliance materials and training programs, develop and monitor appropriate policies, and ensure the prompt investigation and resolution of complaints.
Search Chair and Director of Accessibility Resources and ADA Coordinator Sara Rotunno said, “David brings incredible experience and education to this position, including his talents in investigating, supervising, educating, and developing policy. During his campus interview, participants were impressed with David’s focus on trauma-informed approaches, building trust with campus community members, and his strong leadership style and vision.”
Please join me in giving a hearty thanks to Josh Isringhausen and Barbara Wilson for covering all of the job responsibilities while the role has been vacant and extend a warm welcome to David.
Warm regards,

Pedro de Araujo

COO and Dean of the College
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Career Center Newsletter 11/29/23

Career Center Highlights

Questions Corner: Your Questions Answered!

Did you see the Career Center tabling in Worner Campus Center on Halloween? We asked you to share questions you were afraid to ask the Career Center so we can answer them in our newsletter. 
This week’s question is: Where do you start looking for Internships? Can I do an internship between graduating and before getting a job? 

Start your internship search by first thinking about what you want to prioritize in your search. Is there a specific location you have in mind? What type of industry would you like to get experience in?

Update your Handshake profile and create a LinkedIn account. These two resources are a great place to start setting up automatic job alerts by putting in your search criteria like location, key words, and “internship” as a filter.
Come to the Career Center to talk through your search strategy in a drop-in appointment (Monday – Thursday 1-4 pm) or by making a formal appointment on Handshake!

Have more questions?

Attend drop-in hours between 1-4pm Monday-Thursday or schedule an appointment on Handshake to meet with our Career Consultants!
Emma Fairburn, Megan Mrkonjich, Sarah Reinbrecht, and Leah Brown (Left to Right)
Pathways:
Emma: Arts, Media, and Communications  
Megan: Science, Research, Outdoor Industry 
Sarah: Competitve Business and Technology 
Leah: Careers for the Common Good (Education, Non-Profit, Government, International Careers, and Service)

Public Interest Fellowship Program (PIFP)

To learn more, join us for an information session!
Mon, Dec. 4, 4 p.m. @ Zoom RSVP 
Tues, Dec. 5, 1 p.m. @ Career Center Carriage House RSVP 

*RSVP in Handshake (via Single Sign On) so we know to expect you and for Zoom links.


Check out the available fellowships at : CCPublicInterest.com
Questions? Reach out: PublicInterest@ColoradoCollege.edu

Get Involved!

Colorado College Activism Institute

Program Dates: May 28 – July 14, 2024, First Deadline: Dec 1
This .25-credit mentored internship program is an opportunity for students to engage in activist and/or advocacy work that aims to confront escalating surveillance and criminalization of BIPOC (Black, indigenous and people of color) communities by collaborating directly with community-based organizations in the U.S. Southwest (Denver, Albuquerque, and El Paso, Austin, and San Marcos, Texas).

The program is open to all current first-years, sophomores, and juniors at Colorado Colleges, all schools in the Associated Colleges of the Midwest, and other select colleges. Application and interview required. This program requires full-time work commitment. For more information email the Program Director, Dr. Eric Popkin, at
epopkin@coloradocollege.edu or visit their page.   

Upcoming Events

Finance Interviewing Pratice Session

Date: Thursday, November 30, 2023; 1-2 p.m.
Location: Career Center Carriage House
This event will help you learn more about and prepare for finance interviews by practicing with and receiving feedback from your peers. Want to prepare before hand? Check out the Career Center’s interviewing resources, specifically Big Interview and the Investment Banking Interview Guide. Register on Handshake!

Speed Interviewing Event

Date: Monday, December 4, 2023; 1-2 p.m.
Location: Career Center Carriage House
Join the Women in Business and Consulting Club for a “speed interviewing” practice session. Review the basics of interviewing and practice behavioral interview questions with your peers. ALL majors and class years are welcome. Register on Handshake!

Half Block Update & Registration Information


A new Half Block course has been added! Harnessing Design Thinking through Innovation is a 4-day class in which you will tackle a real business challenge, using design thinking and innovation to create a solution. This course is free to take. You can register for this class through Student Life Summit. Reach out to Emma Fairburn at efairburn@coloradocollege.edu with any questions.

Half Block Registration is open from October 2nd at 8:30 a.m. to December 4th at 5 p.m. Students can participate in the Wall Street Prep in-person session or an online Kaplan test prep session for a very low cost! This is a wonderful opportunity to explore your interests and gain professional knowledge and skills. Registration is through SUMMIT.
More details can be viewed here. 

Highlighted Positions

Student Success Stories

Have you secured an internship or job this summer, been accepted into a post-graduate program, or been rewarded for an academic or research achievement? The Career Center would love to celebrate you and your achievements! Fill out the Student Success Story form in our bio to be featured next on our Instagram! 
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Update from the Board of Trustees

Dear CC Community,


The CC Board of Trustees gathered on campus for our annual fall meeting from Nov. 9-11.
We had the fantastic opportunity to hear from Debo Adegbile, Partner and Chair of the Anti-Discrimination Practice at WilmerHale, and a key member of the team representing Harvard in the recent U.S. Supreme Court case Students for Fair Admissions, Inc., v. President and Fellows of Harvard College. Debo shared his insights about what the Supreme Court ruling on affirmative action means for CC and our path forward. The Board discussed evolving admission strategies at CC, which will enable us to continue upholding our commitments to academic excellence and access while following the law. 
For the last several months, a dedicated group of CC students has advocated for the college to divest from carbon industries and fossil fuels. The Board’s Investment Committee carefully considered the students’ research and recommendations and continues to do so. At this meeting, the Board agreed to prioritize selling all directly owned oil and natural gas wells and two legacy investment partnerships in fossil fuels. We also voted to establish a special committee of Trustees, students, and campus leadership to vote by proxy on directly held securities related to fossil fuel matters. At our Spring meeting, we will discuss working with Partners Capital to invest in renewable or transformational energy.
During our time on campus, we also witnessed student demonstrations related to the Israel-Hamas war and were made aware of specific demands made to the college from student groups. We continue to take student activism seriously. The Board had an in-depth, thoughtful discussion with President Richardson and her Cabinet surrounding freedom of expression and the importance of fostering a campus environment in which all students are safe and supported.
The Board spent significant time discussing the college’s vision, mission, and priorities, including strategies to support and engage with the alumni community. Megan Nicklaus, Director of the Career Center, shared some of the amazing work the college has been doing focused on post-graduate success and student outcomes. In particular, we were thrilled to hear about the Career Center’s collaboration with faculty and the Advising Hub to integrate career readiness competencies into the curriculum. We also heard from Professor of Education Mike Taber ’86, MAT ‘87, P’12, P’17, and Ed Bowditch ’86, Trustee and Alumni Association Council past president, about plans for CC’s 150th anniversary celebrations next fall.
We toured a newly renovated near-campus apartment and visited the repurposed Honnen Arena as it transforms into the new home for 3D Arts. Several Trustees also sat in on classroom sessions, sharing afterwards how inspiring it was to watch CC faculty and students in action. On Friday night, we enjoyed cheering on the Tiger women’s basketball team as they defeated Nebraska Wesleyan.
As always, The Keller Family Venture Grants student presentations were a major highlight of our time on campus. Every year, many board members share that this glimpse into students’ self-driven research projects is their favorite CC event.
Thank you to all who spent time with us, shared updates from across the college, and helped us to understand and contextualize key priorities during this meeting.
If you missed this week’s virtual town hall discussion, you can view a recording here.
I wish our students, faculty, and staff a restful and rejuvenating holiday season, and I look forward to our next meeting on campus in February.
Sincerely,

Jeff Keller ’91, P’23

CC Board of Trustees Chair
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Tomorrow: Discover the Art of Orchestrating a College Budget

TOMORROW: Get Ready to Unravel the Mysteries of Budget Creation!

Have you registered for our next Work of the College Series event about how a college budget works? 
Come learn and ask questions with Lori Seager, Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer, Wednesday, Nov. 29 at 3 p.m. in the Timothy Fuller Event Space of Tutt Library.

Register now! 
The Work of the College Series is a year-long program of events with four goals: (1) clarify organizational structures and decision-making processes; (2) offer campus constituencies the opportunity to dialogue with leadership about campus affairs; (3) increase decision-making transparency in hopes of building trust; and (4) build community.

The Work of the College Series consists of:

  • Community Conversations (dialogue about specific topics)
  • Roadshows (presentations and Q&As)
  • Board of Trustees Town Halls (informational updates)
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Second Antiracism Book Club (ABC) Book of the Academic Year!

You’re invited to read and discuss the Second Antiracist Book Club Book of the 2023-24 academic year! 
The reading for Blocks 4 and 5 is We Are Not Dreamers: Undocumented Scholars Theorize Undocumented Life in the United States by Leisy J. Abrego and Genevieve Negrón-Gonzales.

This book is a collection of essays authored by undocumented and formerly undocumented scholars, exploring the “Dreamer narrative,” a term used to celebrate the educational and economic achievements of undocumented youth to justify a path to citizenship. To counter this narrative, these scholars theorize that those excluded from the Dreamer category are academically struggling students, transgender activists, and queer, undocumented parents. The contributors call for an expansive articulation of immigrant rights and justice that recognizes the full humanity of all undocumented immigrants while granting full and unconditional rights.
The Butler Center’s Advocates for Immigrant Justice (AIJ) and Peer Educators will be leading conversations about the book during Block 4 on Nov. 29, from 3-5 p.m. and Block 5 on Feb. 7, from 3-5 p.m. in the Rochelle T. Dickey Multicultural Lounge on the second floor of Worner. All students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to attend. Please sign up for the Butler Center Newsletter to get more information about future discussions and events.

For resources about this and other books in our reading series, please join the ABC Microsoft Team. All books are provided free of charge with your Gold Card and will be available for pickup beginning November 28, at the CC Bookstore. Be sure to fill out this registration form prior to pick-up.

The Antiracist Book Club is meant to be self-led and asynchronous. We encourage you to create space to discuss these books and their topics in the spaces you already inhabit (e.g., department meetings, athletics teams, student clubs/organizations, etc.) at your own pace. Check out our webpage on upcoming readings for this year.
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Upcoming Music Events – Block 4

Performances galore, CC music video releases, and Block 3 highlights

Performances galore, CC music video releases, and Block 3 highlights

Block 4 Upcoming Events
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Upcoming Concerts

Unless otherwise indicated, all concerts are free and open to the public.
The Collegium Musicum Concert has been rescheduled to Sunday, January 28, 2024, 3 p.m.
CC Choir and Chamber Chorus
Friday, Dec. 1, 7 p.m.
Featuring Mozart’s Requiem in D minor.
Shove Chapel

Guitar Ensemble
Saturday, Dec. 2, 3 p.m.
Packard Hall
Concert Band– Carnival of the Animals
Tuesday, Dec. 5, 7 p.m.
Celeste Theatre
Bluegrass Ensemble
Thursday, Dec. 7, 7 p.m.
Packard Hall
Chamber Orchestra
Tuesday, Dec. 12, 7 p.m.
Packard Hall
Music at Midday
Wednesday, Dec. 13, 12:15 p.m.
Packard Hall

Tiger Jazz
Thursday, Dec. 14, 7 p.m.
Packard Hall 

Gamelan Ensemble
Sunday, Dec. 17, 3 p.m.
Packard Hall
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Between Two Shelves Open Mic Night

Friday, Dec. 8, 5 p.m.
Seay Library of Music and Art

Singer-songwriters, poets, storytellers, and listeners are invited to the second blockly open mic event! With 50 attendees at the last one, we are looking forward to another successful open mic event. 

Interested in hosting one of these events with a guaranteed spot to share your art? Email Hannah Freitas at h_freitas@coloradocollege.edu?subject=Between%20Two%20Shelves%20Open%20Mic” style=”font-weight: normal;font-weight: normal;color: #7a6646;text-decoration: underline;color: #7a6646;text-decoration: underline”> h_freitas@coloradocollege.edu

Check out these music video releases!


Released by CC professor Justin Maike on October 10, 2023: Ruby’s Castle Island
Made with his daughter Jette, partner Hanna, and CC Music alums Eliza Neiman-Golden and Jason Edelstein, among others, this music video was their take on the kid’s fantasy films of Studio Ghibli – Kiki’s Delivery Service, Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, et.
“‘Ruby’s Castle Island’ tells the story of a little girl named Ruby who, in a desperate attempt to escape bedtime, transforms into the world of her favorite movie Ruby’s Castle Island and becomes her hero, Ruby.  ” – Justin Maike

Released by CC Music Major Iyanla Ayite on November 10, 2023: dear black boy
“Releasing this song feels delicate for so many reasons. In the same breath that I celebrate the miraculous interventions that allowed me to produce this piece, I must also acknowledge the greater context into which I am releasing it. It doesn’t feel right to orient this promotion around solicitation of your attention…I need you to know that that this is not just me pushing a project, adding to the market, selling something. I need you to know that my whole heart is here…I take intentionality very seriously, so I wish to clarify that my intention is always to be thoughtful about how I enter the world as an artist.” – Iyanla Ayite
Music Video of Justin Maike's song Music video of Iyanla Ayite's release

Music students and faculty attend musicology and thoery conference as well as the JASNA AGM

Music students attended two separate conferences during Block 3. On November 3-4, the Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) organized their Annual General Meeting (AGM) at the Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center, which students were able to attend as part of Professor Lidia Chang’s class “Music and Gender in Jane Austen’s England.” Part of this class involved learning the traditional dances of that era. Students were able to test their choreographical skills during this conference’s Regency Ball while adorning traditional garments (pictured above).

On November 10-11 the annual meetings of the American Musicological Society (AMS) and Society for Music Theory (SMT) took place jointly in Denver. This conference featured four days of research presentations, round-table discussions, and lecture-recitals that professors Liliana Carrizo, Lidia Chang, and Ryan Bañagale attended with twenty-two CC undergraduates. These students included six upper-level music majors/minors, and sixteen first-year students from Professor Carrizo’s First Year Experience writing course titled “Musical Embodiment and Ethnography.”

The AMS conference is an important space for the professional development of our music faculty. Professor Chang chaired a session called “Lessons from Avian Organology” and Professor Bañagale chaired a session called “Copyright, Reparations, and the Marketplace.” Additionally, Professor Bañagale and senior music major, Forrest Tucker got to celebrate the publication of the most recent volume of the Journal for the American Musicological Society for which they serve as Digital and Media Editor and Assistant Digital and Media Editor, respectively (pictured lower left). Ryan Bañagale recalls, “When I was an undergraduate, a mentor brought me to the AMS conference in Atlanta. Witnessing what professors do when they aren’t teaching was an eye-opening experience.” 

CC Alumni were also present, including Yan Gao ’16 who is currently completing her dissertation at Stonybrook University, as well as Brandon O’Donoghue ’12 who happened to be performing with his jazz combo in the central lounge of the hotel the last night of the conference.
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Call for Proposals: Student Grants for Social Justice Projects

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