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Rochelle Dickey to Retire in Spring 2023
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After more than 30 years at Colorado College, Rochelle T. Dickey ’83, P’19, dean of students and vice president for student life, will retire in Spring 2023. Dickey has worked to improve the lives of students by fostering constructive conversations and building bridges throughout her time at CC. Her commitment to antiracism, diversity, inclusion, equity, and belonging have been steadfast through the decades.

Dickey grew up in Colorado Springs and was a first-generation student, earning a bachelor’s degree in drama from CC and a master’s in educational counseling and human services from UCCS. Since joining CC in 1990, she has served as senior associate dean of students, associate dean and director of minority student life, and director of minority and international students. Her involvement in community projects has focused on enhancing education and access for youth so that they might have the kind of support she received as a first-generation college student.

We congratulate Dickey on her remarkable career and thank her for her decades of dedication and service to CC and the entire Colorado Springs community.

Sociology Professor Partners with Community Members to Study Food Insecurity
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By Julia Fennell ’21
Florencia Rojo, assistant professor of sociology, and her co-authors, recently published findings from a food insecurity study in Colorado Springs. As part of the research, community partners conducted 35 interviews with residents of three food-insecure neighborhoods in Colorado Springs between 2019 and 2020. Rojo and other members of the research team then collaboratively analyzed the information.
Food to Power, a Collaborative for Community Engagement High Impact Partner, was a community partner on the research. “Food to Power is a local food justice organization working to cultivate equitable food systems in our community,” says Rojo. “Being invited to collaborate with them as a research partner has been a transformative experience for me and has shaped how I think about food, community, collaboration, and knowledge-production.”
Along with Rojo, the research team included three Food to Power staff, a youth intern, and Eliza Guion ’20. “Each member of our research team made substantive, analytic contributions to this paper, highlighting Colorado Springs residents’ perspectives on food access,” says Rojo.
“I was really excited to use my two blocks of thesis to contribute work already happening in the Colorado Spring community. I’ve been involved with various food justice projects since early high school, and it just so happened that when I reached out to Food to Power, they were in the middle of their work on the Food Systems Assessment,” says Guion. “I am so grateful I had the opportunity to continue working with Food to Power after my thesis, and to co-author this paper. It allowed me to see how many of the concepts we talk about in sociology and in community-based research actually play out in the real world.”

Staff and Faculty Portrait Day


Do you need to update your portrait? Now is the time. Staff and faculty portrait day is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 27 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. in the Cornerstone Arts Center Main Space. Be sure to sign up for a spot quickly before they are filled.

Concerts At Colorado College Honor Composer’s Life, Legacy
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The Crumb Legacy is a two-day event at Colorado College featuring works composed by George Crumb, who died earlier this year, and by nine of his former students, including CC Music Department co-chair Ofer Ben-Amots. The compositions will be performed by CC performance faculty, students, and special guests.
The concerts are Oct. 12 and 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Packard Hall. A pre-concert lecture starts at 6:30 p.m. prior to each concert. All events are free and open to the public and include a display in Packard lobby titled The Crumb Connection, with photographs and composition samples that provide insight into Crumb’s life, works, and special connection to Colorado College.
Crumb’s work earned him widespread acclaim, including the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Music, the UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers Award (1971), membership in the Deutsche Akademie der Künste, the Prince Pierre of Monaco Gold Medal in Composition (1989), the MacDowell Colony’s 1995 Gold Medal for Artistic Achievement, a 2001 Grammy Award, Musical America’s Composer of the Year Award in 2004, and a BMI Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. 

In-Demand Physics Class Pushes Students to Think Beyond the Stars
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Photo by Mila Naumovska ’26
By Julia Fennell ’21

An astronomy class, which aims to teach students about the universe, has done so much more. From enhancing students’ critical thinking skills, to asking them philosophical questions, this class did not disappoint.

PC133 Astronomy was co-taught by Professors Austin Hinkel and Dhanesh Krishnarao, of the Physics Department. Hinkel oversaw the class lectures and Krishnarao directed the lab portion. Hinkel says he hopes that students take away two main concepts from this course.

“First, astronomy offers students a chance to exercise their critical thinking skills and build scientific literacy in a fun, collaborative environment. For example, students will work together to understand the immensity of the cosmos and how stars ‘manufactured’ the elements that make up you and me,” says Hinkel. “Critical thinking skills and scientific literacy are critical in any democracy, and what better way to strengthen those muscles than learning about the mysteries of the universe?”

Secondly, astronomy offers an incredibly unique perspective of life here on Earth, says Hinkel. “In PC133, we learn about planets with a runaway greenhouse effect, crushing gravity, or sulfuric acid in their clouds — completely inhospitable to life as we know it — and develop an appreciation for our home planet and the life we share it with.”

Astronomy on the Block Plan offers flexibility in scheduling so that classes can meet at night to observe the stars and planets from outside the city lights, without conflicting with other classes, says Hinkel.

Free trips for friends & family

Want to share the joy of PikeRide with your family and friends during Homecoming Weekend? If so, simply have them enter the code “CCFAMILY22” under their profile in the PikeRide app.

Code is valid for two free trips up to 20 minutes in duration.

Photo of the Week
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Cutler Hall on Oct. 4. 
Photo by Lonnie Timmons III
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Attend our Dismantling Hate Talk with Kirsten Fermaglich

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Join us for Dismantling Hate: An Educational Series Toward Understanding and Action talk presented by the ADEI Team.


This block’s speaker is Kirsten Fermaglich.

She Presents: Uncovering the Origins of Pittsburgh and Poway: Addressing American Antisemitism Past and Present

Antisemitism has become more visible and violent in the United States in the past decade than ever before, but Jews have faced hatred and discrimination in the United States throughout its history.  This presentation will identify some of the themes that have been at the core of world antisemitism for centuries, highlighting the ways in which those themes have been present in American politics, culture, and society.  Finally, it will help audience members to consider the ways that antisemitism is present in American life today, and ways to combat it.      

For a Zoom option, please visit this page to register.

Hope to see you there,

Peony Fhagen 

Senior Associate Dean of Equity, Inclusion, and Faculty Development

Ersaleen Hope

AVP for Staff Equity and Inclusion

Rosalie Rodriguez 

Senior Associate Dean of Students for Equity and Inclusion
 

Juvi Therese Mallari

ADEI Programs Coordinator
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Sitting in Community with You

Dear Students,


Like many of you, I have been processing the tragic losses our community has experienced over the last few months. Nothing about this is easy. Each of us will feel different emotions, and respond and cope in our own unique ways. At times like these, it is often difficult to know what to do or what to say. We can only do our best.

I’m writing to you today because I feel a strong desire to sit in community during this difficult time with anyone who would like to join me. We can sit together in silence or talk about whatever is on your mind. 

There is no agenda and no pressure to join me. However, if you would like to, I will be at Worner Campus Center tomorrow, Oct. 6, from 12-2 p.m. and from 4-6 p.m. in the lobby lounge by the piano. Feel free to stop by at any time, for however long you like.

As I said at the beginning of this year, I am at CC because of you. I hope to spend time with anyone who would like to stop by on Thursday.

Take good care,
L. Song Richardson
President
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Now Accepting Course Proposals for Summer 2023
The dates for Summer Session 2023 dates are set and faculty are invited to submit proposals to teach on- and off-campus courses in Blocks A, B, and/or C. The dates for Summer 2023 are:

  • Block A: Tuesday, May 30-Friday, June 23 (No class Monday, June 19, in observance of Juneteenth)
  • Block B: Monday, June 26-Thursday, July 20 (no class on Tuesday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day)
  • Pre-College Block: Monday, July 10-Wednesday, July 26
  • Block C: Monday, July 24-Wednesday, August 16 (remote only, pending Higher Learning Commission approval)

To support greater student access, Summer Session will pilot a limited number of remote-only courses, pending approval by the Higher Learning Commission. Courses with high enrollment demand during the academic year are ideal for the pilot test of a remote-only Block C. If you’re considering offering a remote course, contact Jim Burke for more information: jburke@coloradocollege.edu.

Off-campus summer course proposals should be submitted via Summit by Sunday, Oct. 9, and on-campus summer course proposals should be submitted via Summit by Monday, Oct. 17.
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