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Did You Receive the Emergency Notification Test?
Yesterday Campus Safety conducted a test of the emergency notification system, RAVE, which is used to notify people across campus of emergency situations. If you did not receive the test, please email Campus Safety with “RAVE Emergency Notification” in the subject line to request being added to the system.

CC is dedicated to providing a safe environment for all students, staff, faculty, and visitors. In our efforts to be more effective with safety measures on campus, we will phase out the emergency blue light boxes across campus throughout the remainder of the academic year. Data shows these call button lights are not used by our campus community and may provide a false sense of security.

The Rave Guardian app provides improved access to help with a variety of resources to include the ability to chat and talk in real time with campus safety, programable safety timers, resources directory, and one button 9-1-1 notification.

You can download the companion app, Rave Guardian, for free to take advantage of these safety features.

Remember: All buildings on campus are equipped with fire alarms. When a fire alarm sounds, all occupants of the building should safely evacuate and move away from the structure until cleared by the Colorado Springs Fire Department to re-enter. 

Want to be more involved in the safety of your campus space? The Incident Management Team is seeking volunteers to assist as Safety Liaisons. Safety Liaisons partner with Campus Safety staff and other emergency response personnel to assist students, staff, faculty, and visitors in the procedures of an emergency for a safe evacuation, shelter-in-place, or lock down. Safety Liaisons voluntarily provide a valuable service to the college community should an emergency incident occur. Safety Liaisons are never required to put their own safety in jeopardy or carry out any task that they cannot perform comfortably or safely.

If you are interested in volunteering as a Safety Liaison or would like more information, please email Andreanna Trujillo.

 
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CC Launches a New Mental Health Provider Referral Service

Introducing Thriving Campus

CC remains committed to supporting mental health for the entire campus community. As part of that work, a new resource is now available to all students.
Thriving Campus, a referral tool for off campus private practice therapists and prescribers, is now active and available to all CC students. Thriving Campus maintains a full database of both telehealth and in-person mental health providers. Students and their parents can create a free account and input detailed criteria to search for the right provider. This service is free to use and will help ensure every student on campus can find help specific to their needs.
Beginning April 1, the change to the new 24-hour phone counseling service, Virtual Care Group, will be complete. As announced in December, VCG is active and providing all students with free, unlimited access to therapists and on-demand counseling 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year including holidays. Over 150 students are currently using this telehealth service.
Other mental health resources can be found on the Counseling Center page, along with support resources and student health and wellbeing.
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CC Launches a New Mental Health Provider Referral Service
Dear CC Community,

As we have done in the past, we will include you on updates when we introduce new mental health and well-being programs or services to campus. Below you will find information about a new referral service we announced to students today.

Introducing Thriving Campus

CC remains committed to supporting mental health for the entire campus community. As part of that work, a new resource is now available to all students.
Thriving Campus, a referral tool for off campus private practice therapists and prescribers, is now active and available to all CC students. Thriving Campus maintains a full database of both telehealth and in-person mental health providers. Students and their parents can create a free account and input detailed criteria to search for the right provider. This service is free to use and will help ensure every student on campus can find help specific to their needs.
Beginning April 1, the change to the new 24-hour phone counseling service, Virtual Care Group, will be complete. As announced in December, VCG is active and providing all students with free, unlimited access to therapists and on-demand counseling 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year including holidays. Over 150 students are currently using this telehealth service.
Other mental health resources can be found on the Counseling Center page, along with support resources and student health and wellbeing.
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Around the Block – Spring Break is Almost Here

What CC Facts Would You Like to Know?

Need to know how many students are enrolled at CC?  Maybe a few figures on our staff population? Colorado College’s online fact book, CC Facts, can help you find what you need. CC Facts provides commonly requested data on the institution in an easy-to-use interactive dashboard format. The data provided on this site answers questions related not only to students, but also provides figures on faculty, staff, college financial information, and much more. 

While you’re on the CC Facts site, you can also check out our links to the Colorado College Diversity Dashboards, and the 2022-23 Colorado College Organizational Chart. Find out more by going to the CC Facts website or contacting the Office of Institutional Planning and Effectiveness.

March 31 Deadline: Apply for the Alumni Association Student Leader Scholarship


The CC Alumni Association Council (AAC) created and supports the Colorado College Alumni Association Student Leader Scholarship, a loan-reducing scholarship designed to recognize student leaders on campus and encourage them to stay involved with CC after graduation. The scholarship application is now open through Friday, March 31!
Recipients of this award are well-rounded students with strong leadership qualities and a broad outreach among their classmates, the school, and the community. Competition for the scholarship brings out the best and brightest of future alumni leaders.
This scholarship is open to current sophomores and juniors who are eligible for financial aid. A scholarship of at least $5,000 will be awarded for use in the 2023-24 academic year. The deadline to apply is Friday, March 31, at 11:50 p.m., MT. Visit our website for more information, and you can apply here.
In the video below, Libby Lazzara ’23, a recipient of the 2022-23 Student Leader Scholarship, shares a message for CC students.

Spring Break Information

Most administrative offices will be open and staffed over Spring Break. This year, staff are excited to also get a Spring Break and most non-essential services and offices will be closed from Tuesday, March 28 at 5 p.m. through Monday, April 2 at 9 a.m.

Fitness Center Hours:

Wed. Mar. 22: Close at 7 p.m.
Thurs. Mar. 23 and Fri, Mar, 24: 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Sat. Mar. 25 and Sun, Mar. 26: Closed
Mon. Mar. 27 – Fri. Mar. 31: 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
Sat. Apr. 1: Closed
Sun. Apr. 2: 11 a.m.-10:30 p.m.

CC Bookstore Hours: 

Wed. Mar. 22: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. 
Thurs. Mar. 23: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. 
Fri. Mar. 24: Closed
Sat. Mar. 25-Sunday, Mar. 26: Closed 
Mon. Mar. 27-Friday, Mar. 31: 9 a.m.-3 p.m. 
Sat. Apr. 1 and Sun. Apr. 2: Closed 
Mon. Apr. 3: 8 a.m.-4 p.m. 

Tutt Library Spring Break Hours

Wed. Mar. 22: 8 a.m.-8 p.m.
Thurs.  Mar. 23 and Fri. Mar. 24: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sat. Mar. 25 and Sun. Mar. 26: Closed
Mon. Mar. 27 and Tues. Mar. 28: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Wed. Mar. 29 and Sat. Apr. 1: Closed
Sun. Apr. 2: noon-8 p.m.
Mon. Apr. 3: start of Block 7, open 8 a.m.-2 a.m.

The Student Health Center

Sat. Mar. 25 – Sat. April 1: Closed
Sun. Apr. 2: 11 a.m.-4 p.m.

Students should contact the Optum Medical Center Point Urgent Care, (719) 636-2999, if they are feeling unwell or are experiencing symptoms to determine if they should be tested or need to see a medical provider during the closure. 

The Counseling Center

Mon. Mar. 27 and Tues. Mar. 28: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Wed. Mar. 29 and Fri. Mar. 31: Closed

As a reminder, there is always a 24/7 counselor on call, as well as after-hours phone counselors available at (719) 389–6093, press 2; or by contacting Campus Safety.  

Campus Safety

Open all of Spring Break

If you need assistance, call the following numbers:      

  • Campus Safety non–emergency number: (719) 389–6707
  • Campus Safety Emergency number: (719) 389–6911

Please note that on Thurs. Mar. 23, 6-9 p.m., Campus Safety will not be available for transports as they will be in staff training; they will be available for emergency response. 

Timesheet submittal and approval dates for the March 7-21 payroll

Timesheets for March 7-21 will need to be submitted by March 22.
Timesheets need to be approved no later than March 24.
Further communication will follow regarding how to record your hours for the March 22 – April 6 timesheets related to spring break.
If you have any questions, contact Heather Stapish in Payroll: hstapish@coloradocollege.edu. Please allow up to 3 days of response time.  We will do our best to address your request as we are able; our timelines depend on the mix of priorities and responsibilities in our work at any given time. We appreciate your patience as we balance diverse needs of different stakeholders. 

Colorado College Justice Watch Club Launches Two New Projects

Koray Gates ’25,  Emma Fowkes ’24, and Isabelle Wangevoord ’25 on Sept. 1, promoting the Justice Watch club during the Fall Club Fair.

Photo submitted by Koray Gates ’25.
By Julia Fennell ’21

Students in the Justice Watch club participate in court watching, where they sit in on sessions in the El Paso County Courthouse, to help keep judges accountable and aid the public’s understanding of what judges in their community are doing.

One of the club’s primary goals is to increase fairness in the judicial system. “Some of us come from a prison abolition angle and see this work as a stepping stone, while others don’t contest the validity of the court system but want to keep judges accountable to the community,” says Emma Fowkes ’24, co-chair of the club.

The club will help with the creation of a legislative report card in collaboration with Citizen’s Project, a local nonprofit organization. The goal of this report card is to provide voters with useful and objective information about judges in retention elections.

To complete this report card, Justice Watch members will work with the Citizen’s Project to use court watching data collected by the club, as well as historical court data obtained through Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, that club members will analyze with guidance and help from the Citizen’s Project.

The club is open to all Colorado College students, and no prior knowledge of the court system is required. The club also hopes to bring in guest speakers throughout the semester, such as judges, previously incarcerated people, and public defenders.

Join the Watch Party and Cheer on CC Tigers Hockey at Frozen Faceoff
The CC Tiger Hockey team won their playoff series for only the second time in National Collegiate Hockey Conference history by sweeping #7 nationally-ranked Western Michigan,

Now, the Tigers advance to the NCHC Frozen Faceoff vs. University of Denver this Friday, March 17.

Cheer on the Tigers at a Frozen Faceoff watch party at Robson Arena, this Friday, at 3 p.m. Watch the game on the jumbotron for free in the arena, cheer with fellow CC Tigers fans, and enjoy concessions. If the Tigers win, join us for the NCHC Championship Game watch party, Saturday March 18, at 6:30 p.m. in Robson Arena.

See you there!

Video of the Week

Former Tigers Lorna Kollmeyer ’80 and Melanie Auguste ’09 sat down with Athletic Director Lesley Irvine to talk about their experience playing basketball at Colorado College. Part 1 of this interview was shared last week, and this is part 2.
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Project 2024 Year Two

Dear CC Community,

It was rewarding to share updates on Project 2024 and to explore ways of connecting our actions with our aspirations with colleagues at Spring Conference 2023.
We took inspiration from John F. Kennedy’s directive to NASA in 1962 to “land on the moon by the end of the decade” to brainstorm motivating goals that connect what everyone does here to our institutional vision: to ignite our students’ passion and potential to create a more just world.
Ideas drawn from these and other conversations continue to shape the Project 2024 Steering Committee’s thinking as we turn what we heard in Year 1 into concrete proposals for doing what we do better.
The work of the committee and of many other students, faculty, and staff who participated in follow-up discussions and in working groups this fall is critical to the success of this multi-year visioning project.
Doré Young ’23, student body president and steering committee member, shares what she has found rewarding and challenging about participating in Project 2024 and how this process is making an impact.
Here’s what else has been underway since my last update in November.
We have wrapped up Phase Three – Consolidating Ideas. Throughout Blocks 4 and 5, members of the steering committee narrowed the sets of possibilities advanced by the eight working groups into options to investigate further.
In addition, four exploratory groups have been evaluating these primary challenges:
1. The Financial Model/Access
Exploring higher education’s financial model and its longer-term effects on the college.
2. Demographics/Access
Better understanding the potential impact of demographics or the “birth dearth,” a sharp decline in the number of college-age students beginning in 2026. 
3. Digital Knowledge – online learning
Thinking about the role of digital learning in a residential college and in the context of the Block Plan.
4. Digital Knowledge – screen time
Exploring the effects of screen time and social media use on cognitive function and student learning and wellbeing.
Responding to what we heard last year about time and connection, this fall we also asked offices and divisions to identify efficiencies and to think about how to enhance collaboration with other offices. These discussions point to both small and larger ways to improve how we do things. 
We now move into Phase Four – Vetting and Assessing Options.
The working proposals support the overarching theme of last year’s conversations: Connections.
They fall into two main categories:
1. Reinforce Liberal Learning
2. Value Our People
In this phase, we’re creating action groups to assess the feasibility of the working proposals. Can we do this? If we can, then we’ll consult broadly on details and process. How do we do this? Answering these questions leads to the next phase: deciding whether the college should enact the initiatives.
Please check our website for ongoing updates. You’ll hear from other members of our steering committee about their experiences before the end of the academic year.
Thank you for contributing to this work.

Sincerely,
 

Susan A. Ashley

Professor of History and Project 2024 Coordinator
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