Payroll Reminders for Winter Break

The Payroll Office wants you to be aware of important dates related to the upcoming Winter Break.

CC’s Winter Break benefit for benefit-eligible employees is up to a total of 11 days (inclusive of holidays) and will start on Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021, and end on Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022. The dates of holidays will be recognized on the actual date and hourly staff will record Winter Break and holidays on their regularly scheduled work days (up to 11 days).

Dec. 7-21 Pay Period:

Hourly staff must submit timesheets by Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021.

Supervisors must approve timesheets by Friday, Dec. 17.

NOTE: This means hours worked will be estimated for Dec. 20 and 21 in order to get timesheets submitted on time.

Dec. 22-Jan. 6, 2022 Pay Period:

Hourly staff who are not required to work over Winter Break must submit timesheets by Monday, Jan. 10, 2022.
- Hourly staff will record their regularly scheduled work days/hours as Winter Break leave or holiday leave (Dec. 24, Dec. 25, Dec. 31, and Jan. 1) up to a total of 11 days.
- Supervisors must approve timesheets by Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022.

Hourly staff who are REQUIRED to work over Winter Break must submit timesheets by Monday, Jan. 10, 2022.
- Hourly staff will record their regularly scheduled work days/hours as Winter Break leave or holiday leave (Dec. 24, Dec. 25, Dec. 31, and Jan. 1) up to a total of 11 days.
- Hourly staff who are REQUIRED to work will also record the actual days/hours they work as regular earnings.
- Supervisors must approve timesheets by Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022.

If you have any questions about recording hours, contact Heather Stapish in Payroll: hstapish@coloradocollege.edu

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Employee Climate and Engagement Survey

Have You Participated Yet?

CC is committed to being a great place to work. To do that, we periodically ask staff and faculty how they feel about their sense of well-being; the college’s mission, values, and direction; the shared-governance model we rely upon in making many decisions; and the stewardship and shaping of our campus culture, among other things. This is part of the institution’s quest to do what we do better.

An anonymous employee climate and engagement survey is open during Block 4. From now through Dec. 22, you have the opportunity to share your thoughts, ideas, and feedback on what you like most about CC, what you think the college could improve, and how to make the best of CC’s strengths — as individuals and as an institution — to achieve goals.

The results from previous campus climate surveys prompted major initiatives including the Excel at CC professional development program; a four-year, $1 million investment in staff compensation to bring it up to market levels; a focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion; a policy and compliance website; improved internal communications; and onboarding for new employees.

You should have received an email on Dec. 1, from survey partner ModernThink with a link to complete the survey. You’ll also receive reminder emails throughout the month. The next reminder messages will come out on Dec. 14, Dec. 17 and Dec. 22. ModernThink protects confidentiality in several ways: responses will be sent directly to, and processed by ModernThink LLC, an independent research and consulting firm; and Colorado College is not given any information in a way that would enable them to trace answers back to a specific person, even if you are part of a small demographic group.

Thank you for your participation in this anonymous survey.

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Announcing New Deans

Dear Campus Community,

I’m pleased to announce our new deans.

After a process of nominations, input from faculty and staff on the characteristics they would like in their leadership, and interviews, I have appointed Professor Emily Chan to be dean of the faculty, and Associate Professor Pedro de Araujo to be dean of the college. They will assume their new roles on Jan. 3. Both Emily and Pedro bring a wealth of knowledge, expertise, and CC experience to these positions, and I am thrilled that they have accepted.

Emily, as dean of the faculty, will be responsible for faculty and academic endeavors, supporting faculty and academic staff as teachers and scholars. Pedro, as dean of the college, will be responsible for the student academic experience, which includes curricular and co-curricular matters, and other college-related business. They will collaborate on the curriculum.

I am so grateful to Professor Claire Oberon Garcia, who has been tremendously impactful serving as dean of the faculty and acting provost during a particularly challenging time with the pandemic. We will celebrate and thank her for her vision and dedicated service to the college with a gathering after Winter Break.

Thanks also to the many people who shared input, applied, and sent in nominations. It is wonderful to be part of an institution where our community cares deeply about our success and future.

Please join me in congratulating Emily and Pedro.

Sincerely,

L. Song Richardson

President

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Around The Block-Campus News

Gather in Community for 60th Annual Festival of Lessons and Carols

This Advent service of scripture, carols, and choral pieces is modeled on the original service at Kings College, Cambridge, weaving in the expansive diversity of global Christianity. This year there will be pieces from CC Mariachi Tigre, the CC Choir, and others from the CC community. The wider Colorado Springs community and beyond can register to join us virtually for this annual Advent celebration.

Protect Yourself Against Flu and COVID-19

Over the last week, the Student Health Center has confirmed multiple cases of the flu. You can receive both the COVID-19 booster shot and flu vaccine at this Saturday’s booster clinic. Although walk-ins will be accommodated, you’re encouraged to make an appointment for Saturday, Dec. 11, 9 a.m.-1 p.m.

If you only need a flu vaccine, call the Student Health Center, (719) 389-6384, to schedule that stand-alone vaccination. The Student Health Center is experiencing a high volume of calls; please be patient and leave a message so a staff member can call you back.

Basic mitigation strategies like wearing masks, washing hands frequently, and social distancing protect the campus community from BOTH flu and COVID-19. If you are feeling COVID or flu-like symptoms, stay home and contact a medical provider who can determine appropriate testing (the Student Health Center for students). This symptom comparison chart may also help.

CC Launches Year-Long Series Addressing Anti-Asian Racism

The year-long “Forever Foreign” series is bringing notable scholars, authors, and films to campus and to the greater community, and will culminate with keynote lectures by two Pulitzer Prize-winning Asian-American writers and public intellectuals — Viet Thanh Nguyen and Ayad Akhtar — in the second week of Block 7. In their work, both Nguyen, author of “The Sympathizer” and “The Committed,” and Akhtar, author of “Homeland Elegies,” write evocatively about the legacies of America’s two longest wars and the intersections of violence, migration/displacement, memory, and racism. Nguyen’s work addresses the legacies of the war in Vietnam and Akhtar’s those of the war on terror. Their writings suggest that the lived experiences of Asian diaspora communities and the phenomenon of anti-Asian racism can be productively approached by situating them within the broader history of the U.S. as a global imperial power and the many wars that it has fought in Asia. View the “Forever Foreign” series event schedule.

Join the Collaborative for Community Engagement’s Bonner Fellowship!

The Collaborative for Community Engagement is currently recruiting for first and second-year students to start in the Spring of 2022! The official deadline for applications is December 19, at 11:55 p.m. Read the full job description and apply on Handshake.

The Bonner Fellowship is a cohort-based, long-term, developmental, paid community engagement fellowship in which students commit to an average of 24 hours of community engagement, community-based learning, and community building per block.

Contact the CCE’s Civic Leadership Program Coordinator, Tyra Voget (tvoget@coloradocollege.edu“>tvoget@coloradocollege.edu) with any further questions.

Stephanie Doktor Wins 2021 Best Essay in Popular Music Scholarship

Visiting Assistant Professor Stephanie Doktor received an award from the American Musicological Society for her article, “Finding Florence Mills: The Voice of the Harlem Jazz Queen in the Compositions of William Grant Still and Edmund Thornton Jenkins,” published in the Journal of the Society for American Music. The award was presented at the American Musicological Society virtual conference on Nov. 21.

Despite Mills’ overwhelming popularity among New Negro Renaissance communities, she is little known today. Disregard for Black creative life in the early 20th century undercut preservation of her music, leaving only a meager collection. Doktor analyzes the music of Still and Jenkins that was scored for Mills and posits a new way to hear her voice through these compositions — one that contests the written reception of her racially biased listeners.

The committee was impressed with the timeliness of Doktor’s work in addressing musical constructions of race, modernity, and history. Doktor supported her arguments with a mixture of deep archival work and strong engagement with relevant, contemporary theorization. The committee celebrated this essay because Doktor helps the reader “hear” Mills, although no recordings exist, through a detailed examination of compositions written for the singer, revealing how voices often subvert gendered and racialized stereotypes. Cambridge University Press is making the article available for free for 6 months because of the award.

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Around The Block-Campus News

Gather in Community for 60th Annual Festival of Lessons and Carols

Protect Yourself Against Flu and COVID-19

CC Launches Year-Long Series Addressing Anti-Asian Racism

Join the Collaborative for Community Engagement’s Bonner Fellowship!

Contact the CCE’s Civic Leadership Program Coordinator, Tyra Voget (tvoget@coloradocollege.edu“>tvoget@coloradocollege.edu) with any further questions.

Stephanie Doktor Wins 2021 Best Essay in Popular Music Scholarship

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Free Superpowers and $5

Get free superpowers for your immune system! Free flu shots and COVID-19 booster shots are available this Saturday, Dec. 11, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Plus, you get a $5 Amazon card for getting vaccinated.

Booster shots can help protect against the new Omicron variant of Coronavirus. The Student Health Center has confirmed an uptick in influenza cases on campus; the entire CC community is encouraged to get vaccinated against influenza as soon as possible. No one has time for the flu!

Although walk-ins will be accommodated, it’s best to make an appointment for the on-campus clinic, Saturday, Dec. 11, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in Cornerstone Main Space.

Basic public health practices like wearing masks, staying home and getting tested when sick, washing hands frequently, and social distancing can help protect the campus community from BOTH flu and COVID-19. Avoid unmasked indoor gatherings, including parties.

If you are feeling COVID or flu-like symptoms, stay home and contact the Student Health Center.

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Protect Yourself Against Flu and COVID-19

Free flu shots and COVID-19 booster shots are available this Saturday, Dec. 11, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Plus, you get a $5 Amazon card for getting vaccinated.

Booster shots can help protect against the new Omicron variant of Coronavirus. In addition, because the Student Health Center has confirmed an uptick in influenza cases on campus, the entire CC community is encouraged to get vaccinated against influenza as soon as possible. Vaccination can protect against severe illness, hospitalization, and death due to flu, as well as reduce the overall spread of illness.

Although walk-ins will be accommodated, it’s best to make an appointment for the on-campus clinic, Saturday, Dec. 11, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in Cornerstone Main Space.

Vaccinated individuals also help protect people around them, including those who are more vulnerable to serious flu illness, like babies and young children, older people, and people with certain chronic health conditions.

If you are feeling COVID or flu-like symptoms, stay home and contact your health care provider. If you are ill with the flu, ask your healthcare provider about antiviral drugs.

Employees can now upload COVID-19 booster information into Summit. Please follow these instructions to upload yours.

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Apply NOW for Communications Student Advisory Council

Do you have ideas about how to best reach fellow students with important information?

Are you interested in storytelling and how to authentically represent CC? Do you want to learn more about how communications strategies and campaigns are developed?

The CC Office of Communications invites you to participate on the Communications Student Advisory Council.

This new volunteer opportunity is a chance for you to share your perspective and first-person experience to help inform CC’s strategic communications.

Members of the council will work directly with the Office of Communications team to incorporate your student experience into storytelling across all our communications channels. Council members also will contribute insights on how the institutional communications efforts impact the day-to-day lives of students.

Submit an application TODAY (deadline is noon Dec. 22) on Handshake. The council will meet blockly starting in Block 5.

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Post-Fall Break Payroll Reminders

Please note the following details as you are recording your timesheet hours during the Fall Break.

If you did not work Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, and Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, please record your scheduled hours under “Fall Break.”

If you did not work on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021, Thursday, Nov. 25, and Friday, Nov. 26, 2021, please record your scheduled hours under “Holiday.”

If you were REQUIRED to work on Monday, Nov. 22, 2021, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021, Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021, and/or Friday, Nov. 26, 2021, please record the hours that you worked in both the “regular pay” (for hours worked) and the category referenced above (for hours scheduled).

If you have any questions about recording hours, contact Heather Stapish in the Payroll Office:  hstapish@coloradocollege.edu or (719) 389-6420.

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COVID-19 Booster Clinic Dec. 11

CC healthcare partners, Optum, will offer a COVID-19 vaccination booster shot clinic on Saturday, Dec. 11, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Cornerstone Main Space.

Both Pfizer and Moderna vaccines will be available, along with flu shots. Anyone who has not yet received a COVID-19 vaccine can also begin the vaccination process at this clinic.

Students, staff, faculty, and families are all welcome. Although walk-ins will be accommodated, you’re encouraged to schedule an appointment via Optum’s scheduling site.

The CDC recommends everyone 18 years and older receive a COVID-19 booster shot (six months after receiving the second shot of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccnie or two months after receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine). Additional vaccine sites in El Paso County are available here.

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