Save the Dates for Work of the College in September

Save the Dates for the First Two Events from the Work of the College Series for the 2023-24 Academic Year

Sept. 15

Let’s talk about Mental Health and Wellness! Colorado College remains committed to prioritizing mental health and wellness on campus. Please join us in kicking off the start of a new academic year with a community-wide Mental Health and Wellness webinar on Sept. 15 from 1-2 p.m. The webinar will be led by members of Cabinet and Rankin Climate, an external leader in institutional climate assessment that conducted the 2023 audit of mental health and wellness at CC.

Register in advance for this webinar.

Sept. 19

Come meet and get to know The Cabinet on Tava Quad Tues. Sept. 19, from 3:30-5 p.m. Get free ice cream starting at 4 p.m., and head to the overhang on the north side of Armstrong Hall if it rains.
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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Around the Block – Welcome Class of 2027!

Join Our Campus Community for Opening Convocation

Join us as we come together as a campus community to embark on the upcoming 2023-24 academic year during Opening Convocation 2023, taking place at Shove Memorial Chapel Mon., Aug. 28, at 9 a.m.

Opening Convocation heralds in Colorado College’s 149th academic year and serves as the First Mondays’ presentation for Block 1. Come welcome the Class of 2027 and meet this year’s inspiring honorary degree recipients.

Students and faculty will convene for the first day of classes, beginning at 10:30 a.m., following Opening Convocation.

Women’s Equality Day is Friday, August 26
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Women’s Equality Day signifies women’s voting rights through the 1920 Nineteenth Amendment, which legally granted women the right to vote. But it was not until 1965 that Black, Native American, and Asian women were afforded full electoral equality, and Latina women continued to face barriers at the polls until 1975, in each case following long and painful struggles for equal access to the ballot. It is important to recognize that the battle for women’s equality wasn’t won with the Nineteenth Amendment.

Today, we honor all women’s contributions, seek collective progress, and remember champions like Ida B. Wells, a prominent journalist who fought against discrimination, including by refusing to give up her seat on public transportation 71 years before Rosa Parks did the same. We hope this day fosters dialogue and helps to validate marginalized identities. We must all make intentional strides to make every year incrementally better for all women.

Local events: The League of Women Voters of the Pikes Peak Region holds a free event from 5-7 p.m. Fri., Aug. 26 at the Cottonwood Center for the Arts. The event will have food, a wide selection of beverages, and a space to learn more about becoming a part of the league.

Professor of Mathematics Rebecca Garcia has been awarded the 2023 MAA Inclusivity Award
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Dr. Rebecca Garcia, Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, has been awarded the 2023 MAA Inclusivity Award. Garcia received this national award during the 2023 Mathematical Association of America MathFest Conference, which took place earlier this month.

MathFest is a mathematics conference hosted annually in late summer by the Mathematical Association of America. It is known for its dual focus on teaching and research in mathematics, as well as for student participation.

CC Foreign Correspondents: A Wet Arrival in Batumi
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This summer, Colorado College students Zeke Lloyd ’24 and Michael Braithwaite ’24, with funding provided by a CC Venture Grant and the Sheffer Fund for Catholic Studies, spent a month travelling around central Europe reporting on the Ukrainian refugee crisis. They visited Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland, and reported back through stories published in the Colorado Springs and Denver Gazettes. Along the way, they kept us updated on their travels and experiences.

A welcoming party greeted us upon our arrival in Batumi. As our bus pulled into the city square, a crowd of vendors surrounded its exit, advertising shops, hotels, and taxis to us in Russian as we disembarked.

It was a great introduction to the city.

Batumi was popular with Russian tourists before the war began. Its subtropical climate and Las Vegas-like attractions cater significantly to those seeking a vacation getaway. But since Russia invaded Ukraine, it’s become a more permanent destination for Russians looking to wait out the conflict abroad.

And Batumi’s streets reflect this Russian influx. Since Western financial sanctions limit ATM transactions with Russian banks, currency exchanges have become commonplace throughout the city, allowing migrants to exchange cash roubles for dollars, euros, and Georgian Lari.

Businesses, too, cater heavily to the population. Questions are asked first in Russian, and then in Georgian to patrons passing by. Menus have items written in both Cyrillic and Georgian script. Magnets depicting Josef Stalin, the former Georgian-born leader of the USSR, are sold outside shops.

It rained the entire time we were in the city, but we still left with a good understanding of its culture and its people.

Recording studio enhances musical experiences at CC
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CC’s Packard Hall boasts one of the finest acoustic performance halls in the state, where students and faculty present a wide variety of live performances throughout the academic year. Nestled one floor below the performance hall is a space offering a much different type of musical experience, far removed from rehearsing on a brightly lit stage in preparation for one take in front of a live audience.

The Music Department’s recording studios are state-of-the-art spaces and offer some of the latest tools and equipment for aspiring music production students. The central hub, the Pearson Recording Studio, was renovated in 2017 to create a professional recording space that includes a control room, which doubles as a music technology classroom, as well as a live room and an isolation room.

“Recording in a studio is just another diversity of experience in being a musician,” said Justin Maike, the Music Department’s technical director. “If you’re ever asked to be in a studio, you know what it’s like and how it works; small things you can be more knowledgeable about, especially the technical aspects of it. It’s so much more of a social music experience, learning to speak the creative language a little bit, and as a group, talking through the creative process. It’s not something you’re necessarily able to do in a live performance setting, unless you’re rehearsing. In the studio, we’re about to put it down, so there’s finality to the ideas.”

Katja Rivera named a Propel Program Fellow by the Association of Art Museum Curators
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Huge congratulations to Katja Rivera, Curator of Contemporary Art in the Fine Arts Center Museum, for being named a Propel Program Fellow by the Association of Art Museum Curators!

Established in 2014, this respected program fosters the next generation of curatorial leaders and provides participants with learning experiences to develop their leadership roles and advocacy voices.

Rivera specializes in contemporary Latinx art and has organized a number of exhibitions at the Fine Arts Center Museum that explore art of the Americas. She was curator of “Ronny Quevedo: at the line,” co-curator of “Eiko Otake: I Invited Myself, vol. 2,” and has curated a series of new media works that expand this area of the museum’s program, including “Contested Terrains,” which is on view now through Dec. 20. Currently, she’s organizing the first solo exhibition in Colorado of work by Hương Ngô, as well as a reinstallation of the museum’s permanent collection.

Photo of the Week

College Welcome spirit tunnel on Aug. 21, during NSO. 
Photo by Lonnie Timmons III
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August 2023 People Connections – Human Resources Newsletter
This month’s newsletter includes an invitation to apply for the People Practices Advisory Group, information on an upcoming Staff Compensation Open Forum, an update on the Leadership Cohort opportunity, and the Excel at CC fall schedule.

Invitation:

Apply for People Practices Advisory Group

One of our top three priorities this year is to enhance our HR Policies, Procedures and Processes (People Practices) so they better serve the community. As part of this process, we’d like to form a group of employees to help guide some of the choices we’ll be making. If you’d like a voice in shaping the future of the employee experience at CC, visit our website.

Staff Compensation Open Forum

We invite employees to join us in a dialogue about staff compensation at CC.  We will discuss how CC will determine our new compensation structure (bands) going forward, as well as other proposed changes.  
The event will be held on August 31 at 2-3:30 PM in Yalich Boardroom.  Hold your spot. 

Pilot Program: Leading CC

Colorado College is launching an intensive pilot leadership development program: Leading CC. 
This program is an opportunity for faculty and staff at all levels (including non-management personnel) to work together to discover our individual leadership styles, and to inspire one another to ignite our passion, unleash our potential, and fulfill a shared purpose in support of CC’s mission. Applications to participate will be open until Sept. 4.
Read more about it.

Excel at CC Fall Schedule

Excel at CC engagement is open to all staff and faculty. The knowledge and expertise of members of our campus community will be shared during 30+ available sessions this fall, with our first one just around the corner on Sept. 11.  
Our complete Fall calendar is now available, and the wide range of topics includes sessions on providing effective feedback, antiracism, history of disability rights, and time management to name just a few. Make a plan to attend by talking to your supervisor and registering today! We look forward to learning side-by-side with you.

Meet Courtney Gibson: 

HR Coordinator – Recruitment and Performance Excellence
Courtney grew up in Northwest Florida before moving to Colorado and becoming the HR Coordinator for Recruitment and Performance Excellence in July of 2022.  
Courtney attended Northwest Florida State College where she majored in Healthcare Administration and Management. She is currently attending the University of Colorado, Boulder, to pursue her Master of Organizational Leadership with a concentration in Leading Innovation.  
At CC, she assists with onboarding new employees, and helps with aspects connected to Excel at CC. 
 

Photo Contest

Capturing the employee experience at CC is challenging due to the variety of roles and experiences the members of our community have. To help us better illustrate the breadth of what it means to work at CC, the HR department is having a campus-wide photo contest, open to all staff and faculty. To enter, fill in this form and upload a photo that represents highlights from your employee experience at CC. The winning photo, chosen by a team of judges, will be featured in an upcoming People Connections newsletter. The photographer of the winning photo will receive a prize from the HR department – more details to follow after the contest.

Job Opening Spotlight

Do you know someone who is passionate about data analysis and providing technical support? A Systems Data Analyst position within the Finance Department is open at Colorado College. This person is responsible for assisting the Director of Financial Planning and Systems with reporting, data analysis, process improvements, and technical support for the college Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and Business Intelligence (BI) and Reporting system. See this posting and more on the CC Careers website and please share with anyone who might be interested.

HR Updates Page

Visit the HR Updates page to check out past editions of the People Connections newsletter, along with recent updates from HR.

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Block 1 Update from Global Education & Field Study

News from Global Education: Block 1

Fall Conference Tomorrow

Fall Conference Happens Tomorrow!

Fall Conference takes place tomorrow, Thurs., Aug. 24, 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m., with breakfast beginning at 8 a.m. 

This year’s Fall Conference centers on Antiracism, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. We will start the morning with a welcome by President Richardson, followed by the unveiling of our ADEI institutional strategic plan. After the opening session, we encourage you to attend concurrent sessions to engage in an array of diverse activities, concepts, and discussions; all focused on ADEI. This intentional focus on ADEI will illuminate events and initiatives across campus and create a shared experience that will inspire and motivate you to help further our institutional antiracist commitment.

Lunch will be an excellent opportunity to reconnect with colleagues, introduce yourself to new colleagues, share your session experiences, celebrate our Tiger Service Awards, and welcome in the new academic year together as a CC community. See you there!
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