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Cheer on CC Student-Athletes During Division III Week

Today, meet two more CC student-athletes!

Division III Week is an opportunity to share information about Division III, its priorities, and – most importantly – celebrate the accomplishments our student-athletes.
Class Year: 2025
Sport: Women’s Lacrosse 
Major: Southwest Studies
Favorite Class: Foundations of Radical Non-Violence
Top CC Academic Moment: Presenting on the Columbia River Gorge with student body president Dore Young ’23
Special Talent: Repurposing trash, harmonica
Hobbies: Sea kayaking, collaging, making soup
Proudest Moment at CC: Getting fourth place at Battle of the Bands (2022)
Community Service Experience: Pueblo Raptor Center, Mill Street Neighborhood Advocacy, Grassroots Ecology
Class: 2024
Sport: Cross Country/Track 
Major: Environmental Studies
Favorite Class: Environmental Ethics 
Top CC Academic Moment: Finally declaring my major
Special Talent: Can blink like a gecko without noticing
Hobbies: Garlic farming 
Proudest Moment at CC: Welcoming my little brother, Theo, into the CC community and beating him in intramural futsal
Community Service Experience: Team creek clean-ups and getting to work for Food to Power this summer
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Office of OUTDOOR EDUCATION Student Feedback Needed! (WIN BIG PRIZES!)

You’re probably thinking “wow, this must be another

You’re probably thinking “wow, this must be another

CC Students,

You’re probably thinking “wow, this must be another survey asking me to share my feedback on one of CC offices.” And guess what, YOU’RE RIGHT!! This IS another survey asking for your feedback about one of CC’s offices. But not just any office – it’s the office of (flippin’) OUTDOOR EDUCATION!! AND there are really COOL PRIZES (see below).
Survey Link
So why are we emailing you? Well, it’s because we sincerely want your feedback.   The survey linked eight times in this email was written by student leaders at Outdoor Education in an effort to help us determine how we can best serve the student body moving forward. 
At CC Outdoor Education we work to provide students with access to the outdoors with opportunities to advance leadership skills, instill a sense of stewardship, and engage in self-discovery. As we commit ourselves to serve anyone and everyone at CC in an ever-evolving student-centered program, we want your feedback as we plan for next year! Please help us out by completing the 10-15 minute survey!
Not only will you help us ensure that Outdoor Education continues to provide inclusive and positive experiences in the outdoors to CC students, by completing this survey you’ll be entered to win any of the following prizes….
  • Spikeball set
  • Crazy Creek Chair (5 winners!!!)
  • Hammock (5 winners!!!)
  • ‘Bestie Blankets’ (lawn blankets) (5 winners!!!)
  • $20 CCOE Gear House coupon (2 winners!!!)
  • Outdoor painting kit
  • Brand-new never-before-seen Outdoor Education stickers (for everyone)
Thank you in advance! We are excited to read your survey responses!

Please reach out to Koray Gates or Jake Hams with any questions or comments. 

We will be in contact shortly following the closing of the survey to award prizes to respondents. 

Kindest regards,

The Student Team at Outdoor Education
Images: Happy and hardworking students.   
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Did You Know CC Has Anonymous Reporting?
To build and nurture a thriving community, workplaces need a foundation of trust and safety. Anonymous reporting allows employees and students to bring forth issues confidentially and without fear of retaliation. When workplace concerns are brought forth earlier, problems often can be solved before they become bigger.
In February, we announced our partnership with OneTrust to develop our 24-hour, anonymous reporting platform, Speak Up Colorado College. You can confidentially and anonymously submit your questions and concerns using this platform. Use Speak Up Colorado College to speak up, share your perspective, ask challenging questions, and raise concerns about behaviors that conflict with the college’s values without fear of retaliation. This is all done while protecting individuals who bring concerns forward. To make a report at any time, go to speakup.coloradocollege.edu or call toll free (800) 461-9330.

After submission, you can follow the status and anonymously communicate with the college through the platform about your report. CC recognizes that sometimes it takes a lot of courage to speak up. Any information you provide to Speak Up Colorado College is stored privately and securely and will be treated with sensitivity and respect.

Reach out to Lyrae Williams, lwilliams@coloradocollege.edu, with any questions or concerns.
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The Gold Mine – A Resource for CC’s Research Grant Community (Block 7, 2023)

News for and about CC’s Thriving Research Grant Community

News for and about CC's Thriving Research Grant Community

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Progress Together
Dear colleagues,

In the Spring 2021 Faculty Survey seeking feedback on how to better support your efforts to seek and obtain external funding (part of a self-study), several faculty shared that they would appreciate the College supporting them in having structured time to make progress on grants.

As a first step in this direction, I would like to learn more about any goals you may have related to grant or fellowship activity this summer. Whether you just want to dip your toe in the process, or you have larger goals for the summer, please let me know about your goals and interests so that I can best support you.

Second, I would like to invite you to join others in the grants community this summer as we make progress together toward our individual goals. I invite you to take advantage of the following opportunities offered throughout the summer:

Independent work time in Cossitt Faculty Lounge with informal lunch conversation on scholarly & creative goals on Tuesdays throughout the summer

Brief virtual presentations on a variety of themes (such as identifying funders, elements of proposal development) to be followed by independent work time

Discipline-based virtual discussions based on prior reading or webinar viewing

Learn more and sign up here!

And if you are fairly new to the grants and fellowships process, I’ve included information on the services I provide and the benefits of grants work in a new “introduction” section on my home page.

I’m looking forward to seeing you this summer!

Best,
Tess

Tess Powers

Director of Faculty Research Support
tpowers@coloradocollege.edu

Join the Inner Circle

There is no better way to become competitive for external funding than by serving as a grant reviewer – ideally the same funder you aim to approach one day. Many funders are looking for reviewers – from different career stages, disciplines, institution types and geographic regions – and generally it is not expected that you will have already been a successful grant receipient. Learn how you could serve as a reviewer for eight funders. Through this work, you will develop an understanding of a funder’s review process and meet colleagues in your field. Colorado College recognizes the value of this work by supporting it with a $1000 stipend through the SEGway program. Please reach out to Tess for more information.

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Participate in Diplomacy Lab

As noted in a Fall Gold Mine issue, Colorado College joined a network of ~45 colleges and universities in the Department of State’s Diplomacy Lab program.

“Students participating in Diplomacy Lab explore real-world challenges identified by the Department and work under the guidance of faculty members… This initiative allows students to contribute directly to the policymaking process while helping the State Department tap into an underutilized reservoir of intellectual capital.”

There will be two deadlines each year by which brief 200-word “bids” are submitted to the Department of State. The next deadline for participating is April 13th for research projects to be conducted in Fall 2023. We invite CC faculty to learn more.


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Rule of Thumb

If you are interested in exploring external funding opportunities, it’s best if we can connect at least two years before you anticipate needing the funding. This gives us time to identify the best funders, prepare an application (many programs have only one deadline per year), and wait several months to hear back. ~ Tess
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Help Us Recognize Our Community’s Accomplishments

CC Accolades

Help us celebrate your faculty colleagues’ accomplishments! Use this anonymous form to share news of publications, creative work, grants and fellowships, and other accomplishments.
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Get to Know Two More Student-Athletes During Division III Week

Thank you for helping celebrate CC student-athletes!

Get to know a bit more about Division III academics and meet two more CC Tigers.
Class Year: 2023
Sport: Women’s Cross Country, Track and Field
Major: Political Science
Favorite Class: Balkan Politics
Top CC Academic Moment: Finishing my year-long senior thesis
Special Talents/Skills: I can sing the alphabet backwards
Hobbies: Reading, skiing, and spending time with my cat
Proudest Moment at CC:  When the men’s and women’s cross-country teams won conference in 2021
Community Service Experience: Creek cleanup at Monument Creek
Class Year: 2023
Sport: Men’s Basketball
Major: Film and Media Studies
Favorite Class: Acting 2: Acting for the Camera
Special Talents: Actor, model
Hobbies: Hanging out with friends, playing Xbox, reading
Proudest Moment at CC: My senior night game
Community Service Experience: Volunteering with elementary school kids creating vision boards for their goals in the future
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Don’t Forget: Dismantling Hate with Loretta Ross Wednesday April 12

TOMORROW: Join Loretta Ross for a talk on reproductive justice as human rights.

Reproductive justice moves beyond choice and access to abortion. The term was coined by Ross and other African American women in 1994, following the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo, Egypt. It is a broader term that uses a human rights framework and looks at reproductive oppression, sterilization abuse, immigration restrictions, gun culture, rape culture, the prison-to-school pipeline, and more.
Ross, an award-winning, nationally-recognized expert on racism and racial justice, women’s rights, and human rights, will be presenting on all aspects of reproductive justice, which is becoming the primary framework new voices in the movement are using to move beyond the paralyzing debates of abortion politics.
Ross is a 2022 MacArthur Fellow and associate professor at Smith College (Northampton, MA) in the Program for the Study of Women and Gender.
Wednesday, April 12
7-8:30 p.m. MDT
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Dismantling Hate: An Educational Series Toward Understanding and Action is a campus-wide initiative that provides programming for Colorado College students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents and families, and community members from the Colorado Springs area.  Now in its second year, the purpose and goal of this educational series is to support our communities to better understand hate — its roots and outcomes, and to motivate people to take action to dismantle hate.  Each educational program in the series features a conversation with an activist, broadly defined, who shares their work and experience dismantling hate against marginalized communities.
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Earth Week Festivities
Office of Sustainability

    Enhancing Educational Experiences within the Office of the Dean of the College

Earth Week is Almost Here!

Are you ready for a week of action-packed and meaningful events to celebrate and protect our planet? Coordinated by the Office of Sustainability and in conjunction with many other campus and community partners, Earth Week (Apr.17-22) will host various activities aimed at engaging the community in a week of learning, consciousness, and celebration. Make sure you check out our activity calendar below or on our website!
 
Day 1: Monday – Apr. 17
 
Activity 1: Journal and Journaling (EnAct)
Description: Students are invited to take home a free journal to write reflect on sustainability, the environment, etc.
Location: Worner Main Lobby
Time: 12:30 – 1:00 p.m.
 
Activity 2: Trash Peak (Office of Sustainability Waste Team)
Description: Help divert waste from CC’s waste streams!
Location: The lawn in front of Worner
Time: 12:30 – 2:00 p.m.
 
Day 2: Tuesday – Apr. 18
 
Activity 1: Planting Party (EnAct)
Description: Students are invited to grab soil, seeds, and small containers to use as pots to plant small plants in your home.
Location: Outside Worner
Time: 2:00 p.m.
 
Activity 2: Art 21 Screening: Artists Addressing Environmental Concerns (Arts and Crafts)
Description: Come watch an environmental screening of the Art 21 playlist “The World is Yours”.
Location: West Room
Time: 4:30 – 6:00 p.m.
 
Activity 3: Linnemann Lecture: Communities, Food Systems, and Conservation (Environmental Studies Program)
Description: Listen to Meriwether Hardie’s talk about her work in places of tension in the worlds of conservation, food systems, and communities as she shares case studies, stories, mistakes, and successes from her experience of working with people and land.
Location: Cornerstone Screening Room #131
Time: 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
 
Day 3: Wednesday – Apr. 19
 
Activity 1: Get Your Trail Map (EnAct)
Description: Grab some trail maps for nearby hikes!
Location: Worner Main Lobby
Time: 12:30 p.m.
 
Activity 2: Sustainable Wednesday (Office of Sustainability Campus Programming Team)
Description: Play a bingo game about sustainable living habits and try to win sustainable utensils as a prize.
Location: Worner Main Lobby
Time: 12:30 – 1:30 p.m.
 
Activity 3: Synergy Garden Party (Synergy)
Description: Come help celebrate community, connect with nature, learn about gardening techniques, plant care, and sustainability practices!
Location: Synergy House (1006 N Weber St – Old)
Time: 4:00 – 6:00 p.m.
 
Day 4: Thursday – Apr. 20
 
Activity 1: Vegan Recipes (EnAct)
Description: Pick up some healthy and environmentally friendly vegan recipes which can reduce your carbon footprint.
Location: Worner Main Lobby
Time: 12:30 p.m.
 
Day 5: Friday – Apr. 21
 
Activity 1: Sunrise Watch on Hill (EnAct)
Description: Come sit on the grass outside in the early morning and watch the sunrise as it lights up Pikes Peak.
Location: Hill between Cossit and Bemis
Time: 6:15 a.m.
 
Activity 2: Arbor Day (Facilities Services Landscape & Ground Team)
Description: Plant trees and flowers with peers to purposefully integrate the CC campus forest with the surrounding urban forest. Food will be provided at the event and all participating volunteers will get a FREE hat!
Location: Southwest Studies Native Garden (Mierow House)
Time: 12:30 – 2:30 p.m.
 
Activity 3: Reuse Workshops (Arts and Crafts)
Description: Stop by the Arts and Crafts Studio in the Worner Basement to create artwork that focuses on re-using materials.
Location: Arts and Crafts Studio Basement of Worner
Time: 2:00 – 5:00 p.m.
 
Day 6: Saturday – Apr. 22
 
Activity 1: OCC Trash Fairies: Fountain Creek Cleanup (OCC Trash Fairies and Westside Cares)
Description: Join OCC Trash Fairies and Westside Cares for another fun-filled cleanup of West Fountain Creek. (Gloves, trash bags, and cleanup supplies will be provided.) Register Here!
Location: Vermijo Park (Old Colorado City)
Time: 9:00 – 12:00 p.m.
 
Activity 2: BreakOut – Partners in Housing (Collaborative for Community Engagement)
Description: Join the Collaborative for Community Engagement (CCE) to help Partners in Housing with some outdoor work at one of their properties. Register Here!
Location: Meet Outside of the CCE, destination Colorado House (Partners in Housing)
Time: 10:00 – 12:00 p.m.
 
Activity 3: Earth Day Extravaganza (EnAct and Sunrise Movement)
Description: Join Sunrise and EnAct for an afternoon of food, art, phone banking, yard games, and an open mic to celebrate Earth Day at Hybl!
Location: Hybl Community Center (East Campus) 
Time: 3:00 – 6:00 p.m.

Last Chance for OOS Applications
Hurry! Time is running out to apply to be an intern for the Office of Sustainability next year as Handshake positions will close in less than five days on Apr. 16. The OOS will host six intern teams next year: Administrative Assistants, CC Exchange, STARS, Emissions Team, Waste, and Communications. Along with individual duties for each team, student employees are asked to lead a volunteer team, attend weekly one-hour team meetings, meet with the Sustainability Coordinator once a block, and engage with the Campus Sustainability Council.
 
If you have any questions or comments, please reach out to our Sustainability Coordinator Mae Rohrbach at mrohrbach@coloradocollege.edu.

Emissions Team Greenhouse Gas Technical Report


Toward the end of every academic year, the Office of Sustainability’s Emissions Team releases an annual Greenhouse Gas Technical Report.

Emissions Team member Erin Mullins ‘24 says that this report outlines CC’s emissions, how they have changed from last year, the sources of emissions, and an overview of CC’s carbon offsets. One key figure from this report spotlights Colorado College’s impressive 54% decrease in gross emissions from 2008 to 2022! “This year’s emissions figures demonstrate Colorado College’s ongoing commitment to sustainability. We continue to maintain our institutional carbon neutrality,” says Emissions Team member Holden Maxfield ‘25.

Great job Tigers! Look for the full report to be posted on the OOS website during Block 7.

Material Recovery Facility Tour Recap
The Office of Sustainability thanks everyone who came out to attend the Sense of Place Material Recovery Facility Tour (MRF) on Apr. 5. This behind-the-scenes tour explored where CC’s recycling goes after it leaves campus. CC students, staff, and faculty learn about the importance of properly recycling their waste and how recyclables find a new life after they go into the bin. “The MRF Tour is one of my favorite Sense of Place programs because it provides valuable information and serves as a tangible demonstration of how important it is to properly place your recycling materials in the correct stream,” says Sustainability Coordinator Mae Rohrbach.
 
Stay tuned for our last newsletter of the year next block to hear our recap of the Central Plant Tour, which will take place on Apr. 18.

CC Exchange Pop-Up Event

Looking to do some spring cleaning? Join the Office of Sustainability for another CC Exchange Pop-Up Event at the Hybl Community Center Main Space today, Apr. 11, from 1-4 p.m. Bring items you no longer want or need and pick out some new ones! You can find a list of acceptable donations here. We hope to see you there!

CC Clubs

Sunrise Movement: Are you interested in becoming more involved in climate activism? If so, join the Sunrise Movement! As a national, youth-led, climate activism organization that advocates for political action on climate change, the Sunrise Movement has worked on rallies and informational workshops for bold climate action. They are currently working with the Colorado College Board of Trustees to divest CC’s endowment from fossil fuels and build environmental coalitions on campus. The group is open to everyone and meets every Tuesday from 5-6 p.m. in Tutt Library Room 105.
Reach out to s_mirick@coloradocollege.edu with questions or for more information.

EnAct: Would you like to create a deeper and more personal connection to the surrounding environment? Then you should join the EnAct club! EnACT club Co-leader William Lewis ‘24 who works alongside Co-leader Eve Gutheinz ‘23, says that EnACT’s main objective is to “deepen personal connection to the surrounding environment to promote active engagement in ongoing local and national social change initiatives.” The club has recently been focused on restarting and gaining core members, as well as establishing some key events that they can repeat on a regular basis, such as nature walks on first Tuesdays at 2 p.m. and movie nights, typically during the second or third week of each block. The club has meetings on the first and third Monday of each block at 12:15 p.m. in the Office of Sustainability, located at 1004 N Weber St.
Reach out to w_lewis@coloradocollege.edu with questions or for more information.

CC Student Farm: 
Do you want to get hands-on with the environment? Join the CC Student Farm club! 

“The Colorado College Student Farm intends to create an active space of ecological and community sustainability, based on land stewardship through intentional engagement with small-scale, hand-powered agriculture. We hope to plant vegetables and fruits, build community through farming, educate students on agricultural practices and land care techniques, and provide a space for everyone interested in engaging more with the land their food comes from. The Student Farm will be a place for everyone, especially those with little experience, to interact with the environment and their food in a positive and engaging way, with tangible produce for students to consume,” says Kai Matthiasson ‘24, CC Student Farm Club Chair. Matthiasson notes that some key club accomplishments this year have been the consistent improvement of the land and soil health, helping students understand the farm to table process, and having grown a crop of lettuce that was donated to the CC Pantry. The club meets on Sundays and Fridays from 1-3 p.m., though the timing is subject to change based on weather conditions.

Reach out to k_matthiasson@coloradocollege.edu with questions or for more information.

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