Family Connections, Block 8, 2022

Updates and happenings for Block 8, May 2022

Updates and happenings for Block 8, May 2022

Students are working hard and enjoying springtime in Colorado during the final block of this academic year. Left to right, Sarah Beelaert ’25, Nabila Argueta ’25 and Olivia Crisafulli ’25 study outside in the quad. Photo by Lonnie Timmons III / Colorado College.

Important Dates
Apr. 25—Beginning of Block 8
May 10—Honors Convocation (livestream available)
May 18—End of Block 8
May 19—Residential Halls close at noon (except approved extended stay)
May 20—Class Celebration (Antlers Hotel)
May 21—Baccalaureate Ceremony
May 22—Commencement Ceremony
Looking Ahead
June 1-24—Summer Session Block A
June 27-July 21—Summer Session Block B (no class July 4)
July 25-Aug. 12—Summer Session Block C
Aug. 20-28—Fall ’22 New Student Orientation
Aug. 29—Fall ’22 instruction begins, Block 1 

Curious about dates for the 2022-23 academic year? The calendar is posted online for your convenience. 

Commencement 2022
We’re looking forward to celebrating with the 2022 graduates and their parents, families, and guests on Sunday, May 22, at 8:30 a.m. in Ed Robson Arena.
‘Tis the season for all things Commencement! Information about all the events, tickets, lodging, parking, livestream links, and more can be found on the Commencement 2022 web page. If you have a student graduating, please check back often for updates, and watch your inbox for important messages the week of Commencement.

Important Highlights and Reminders:
Lodging Room Blocks expire May 7
Still looking for lodging for Commencement Weekend? Need a hotel convenient to campus and all the weekend’s activities? Room blocks are available, but expire Saturday, May 7! Be sure to use the links online to reserve a room through CC’s lodging partners for Commencement weekend.
2022 Class Celebration, May 20, 8-11 p.m.
Purchase your tickets today for this can’t-miss event celebrating graduates and their families/guests. This event takes place in downtown Colorado Springs at The Antlers Hotel. Free shuttles will run between Ed Robson Arena and The Antlers from 7:45-11:30 p.m. Get your tickets ($25/guest) and join the Class of 2022 for food, music, dancing, student bands, the senior video, and more. Attire is cocktail or semi-formal. Cash bar available.
Phi Beta Kappa, May 20, 3 p.m. (invitation only)
Is your student being inducted into Phi Beta Kappa? The inductees to this prestigious national undergraduate honors society are selected in late spring and invited to the induction ceremony. Be sure to check with your student and make plans to be on campus by Friday afternoon to attend.
Departmental Receptions, May 21
Many academic departments will hold receptions on Saturday afternoon following Baccalaureate, at various locations on and off campus. As you make weekend plans, be sure to coordinate with your graduate and check the list of department receptions online.
Baccalaureate Blessings
Baccalaureate Blessings are a special part of the graduation tradition for Colorado College students. We invite you to surround the Class of 2022 with your hopes, blessings, and wishes by making individual messages for your student and/or classmates. This year, Baccalaureate Blessings are once again happening digitally, and submitted messages will be displayed on the jumbotron in Ed Robson Arena during Baccalaureate on May 21, as well as online. Click for instructions and ideas for how to submit a message! To ensure your blessing is shown during the ceremony, please submit by Monday, May 16. Blessings submitted after this date will still be visible online.
Flowers for your Graduate
Looking for a special way to honor your graduate? Want to skip the stop at the store on the way to Commencement on Sunday morning? You are in luck! There will be flowers for sale at Ed Robson Arena when doors open at 7:30 a.m. on Sunday, May 22. These flower sales are a fundraiser, with proceeds going to support the CC Pantry Exchange and Arts & Crafts Programs. Items for sale include half dozen roses, full dozen roses, double orchid leis, and stuffed graduation bears. Cost runs from $25-$60 for individual items and combo specials. First come, first served. Credit or debit card only.

CC Pantry Exhange
Does food insecurity exist at CC? The answer here, like the majority of college campuses, is yes. And studies have shown that food pantries on college campuses are one of the best ways to fight food insecurity. Today, we invite members of the CC community to join us in reducing food insecurity for CC students, and in keeping this resource accessible to all with no barriers to entry.
Please support the Office of Campus Activities by donating to our Food Pantry Initiative Fund. Your generosity helps keep the CC Pantry sustainable for students who might otherwise resort to skipping meals.
Thank you!

Save the Date: Homecoming and Family Weekend
Make plans to visit your student on campus and join the CC Tiger Community for our combined Homecoming and Family Weekend, Oct. 7-9, 2022. Watch for a full schedule of events and registration information in August. From the Tiger Tailgate to affinity group gatherings, plus sporting events, art exhibits, musical performances, and more, this weekend is a great way to meet other parents and families, experience the CC community, and celebrate the CC Tiger spirit. Hope to see you there!

Show Your CC Spirit
Check out the Colorado College bookstore for all your Colorado College gear and graduation gift ideas! And speaking of graduation, don’t forget the bookstore also carries official diploma frames.
COVID-19
The COVID Weekly Report newsletter continues to provide timely information for our community, delivered to your inbox every Monday. In addition, you can easily access all things COVID and all recent messages at any time online. If you have additional concerns about COVID-19 or our campus response, direct them to: covid19@coloradocollege.edu” style=”font-weight: normal;font-weight: normal;color: #7a6646;text-decoration: underline;color: #7a6646;text-decoration: underline”>covid19@coloradocollege.edu. Remember, there are numerous resources on campus for support and assistance, including the Counseling Center, the Chaplain’s Office, the Butler Center, the Advising Hub, and the Wellness Resource Center. Parents may also call (719) 389-6349 to be connected with resources to help answer questions related to COVID-19.
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Announcing CC’s 2022-23 Common Read

“Lightning Flowers: My Journey to Uncover the Cost of Saving a Life”
The Office of Academic Programs is excited to announce that the 2022-23 Colorado College Common Read book is “Lightning Flowers: My Journey to Uncover the Cost of Saving a Life” by Katherine E. Standefer ’07.
In this gripping, intimate memoir about health, illness, and the invisible reverberating effects of our medical system, Standefer recounts the astonishing true story of the rare diagnosis that upended her rugged life in the mountains of Wyoming and sent her tumbling into a fraught maze of cardiology units, dramatic surgeries, and slow, painful recoveries. As her life increasingly comes to revolve around the internal defibrillator freshly wired into her heart, she becomes consumed with questions about the supply chain that allows such an ostensibly miraculous device to exist. So, she sets out to trace its materials back to their roots.
From the sterile labs of a medical device manufacturer in southern California to the tantalum and tin mines seized by armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to a nickel and cobalt mine carved out of endemic Madagascar jungle, “Lightning Flowers” takes us on a global reckoning with the social and environmental costs of a technology that promises to be lifesaving but is, in fact, much more complicated.
Deeply personal and sharply reported, “Lightning Flowers” takes a hard look at technological mythos, healthcare, and our cultural relationship to medical technology, raising important questions about our obligations to one another, and the cost of saving one life.
CC will host Standefer as the Common Read speaker at the Block 2 First Mondays event in Fall 2022. You can learn more about the text through the Tutt Library LibGuide. Copies of the book will be available to the CC community beginning late May 2022; pick up your copy at Tutt Library.
If you are a member of a department, program, or office hosting programming related to the Common Read and would like your event added to the website, please contact Brett Gray, student support specialist in the Office of Academic Programs: bgray@coloradocollege.edu.
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Looking Back: A Year in Sustainability

Office of Sustainability

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

A Year in Review

As they say, the days are long but the blocks are short … or something like that. Here we are: already at the end of another academic year, and even though it feels like NSO and move-in just happened, we are now fast approaching the first ‘standard’ move-out, commencement, and shift to summer that we’ve had in three years.

In my welcome note back in Block 1, I was excited about the returning on-campus energy and the ways in which we hoped to move ahead this year in the Office of Sustainability; looking back, we’ve done just that. Our intern and volunteer teams are once again in-person and fully functioning. We’ve reinstated and evolved our programming, including our Sense of Place offerings and the Earth Week events that just passed. PikeRide was made available to all students, faculty, and staff, and we’ve ridden over 15,000 trips totaling nearly 19,000 miles! Our office did strategic planning around next steps and has set internal goals and directions for our teams — right now, we’re busy hiring the team that will carry that work forward into next year.

Nothing is going to go “back to normal” and we’ve got plenty of things we still need to rebuild and adapt to become a more sustainable campus, but we’re well on our way. As I look back on this academic year, my feelings of optimism this past fall were justified. Wrapping up the final loose ends on our academic year push, I’m feeling energized by the intermittent summer-like weather and am looking forward to another successful year in 2022-23.

I hope you all feel, too, that this has been a successful return to campus. It has been successful for our sustainability efforts, yes, but also more generally in how we’ve come together once again as a campus community; it feels long overdue, but refreshing. I wish you all a safe and enjoyable summer and I look forward to continuing to build our community in the coming academic year. If this past year has been any indication, we’ll be back at move-in and NSO before we know it!

—Ian Johnson, Director of the Office of Sustainability

RSVP for the Environmental Action Summit
 On May 6, 1-3:30 p.m. on Worner Quad, the Office of Sustainability will be hosting CC’s second Environmental Action Summit with an emphasis on environmental justice. The purpose of this event is to engage both community members and students in a meaningful discussion about environmental/climate action and sustainability, as well as provide opportunities for everyone to get further involved.

Various organizations, both on-campus and off-campus will have booths with relevant information and activities to share, including our featured speaker: Pueblo-based activist and community organizer Jamison (Jamie) Valdez. Valdez currently works with Mothers Out Front as a climate justice organizer, and has previously done organizing work within the racial and economic justice movements as well. The floor will then open for discussion among students and community members around how we can, as a community, better commit to lasting support and action. With local food trucks and music to help us celebrate the importance of coming together, the OOS hopes you can join!

Environmental Action Summit: Environmental Justice

May 6, 1-3:30 p.m., Worner Quad. Attendance is limited; register for a spot here!

Staff and Faculty — Get Ready for Bike to Work Day

Join the Office of Sustainability Transportation Team to celebrate sustainable commutes. Following your bike ride to work on Friday, May 6, join us for music, food, and prizes on Worner Quad from 7:30-9 a.m. 

Need support in preparing? Borrow a bike, tune your own, or plan your route to campus during one of our pre-event clinics: May 3 and 5, 4-6 p.m. at the Outdoor Education Center, 931 N. Nevada Ave. Questions? Contact sustainability@coloradocollege.edu.

2022 STARS® Report

Look out for the upcoming 2022 State of Sustainability Report, documenting information from July 2020 to June 2021. This report highlights the work that has been accomplished over the past year; learn more about the State of Sustainability here. This year’s report is brought to you by the Colorado College Office of Sustainability in close collaboration with the President’s Office, Facilities Services, and the Office of Sustainability interns. This document has been co-authored by Ian Johnson, STARS® intern Gaby Jadotte ’22, and the STARS® volunteers Hannah Shew ’24 and Yinting Zhong ’22, but is the work of many people on the Colorado College campus.

Earth Week Recap

Thank you for joining us to celebrate Earth Week! The CC campus community engaged in meaningful discussions about agriculture through the Linnemann Lecture, and celebrated diverse voices in the outdoors through Outdoor Education’s Pride Outside and gear exchange. We also came together to make a positive impact on our campus landscape as around 40 students helped the Landscape and Grounds team restore trees, shrubs, and herbaceous perennials to the area surrounding the Labyrinth on Arbor Day. Additionally, around 40 students participated in Trash Peak to improve campus waste diversion; from 180 total pounds of trash collected from “landfill” bins in Worner Campus Center and exterior bins across campus, we were able to divert 24% of the trash to compost and 14% of the trash to recycle. Participants demonstrated how taking a few extra seconds to toss your trash in the correct bin can have a substantial impact; 38% of the trash collected during this event could have been recycled or composted.

Thank you so much to everyone for engaging and making our Earth Week celebration meaningful and successful! However, it doesn’t need to end with this week as the Office of Sustainability hosts events and other ways to engage year-round. Check out our website, and be sure to follow us on Instagram, to stay up to date on all things sustainability at CC.

Students participate in hands-on events during Earth Week: sorting trash during Trash Peak (left), and planting trees on Arbor Day (right).

PikeRide Free for Friends and Family Over Commencement Weekend

CC has partnered with PikeRide for Commencement weekend to offer free rides for friends and family of graduating seniors.

Use the code CCGRAD22 to unlock two trips of up to 20 minutes per trip (if over 20 minutes, the rider will be charged the standard rate of 15 cents/minute for the remainder of the trip). The code will activate on May 20, and run through the weekend.
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A Message of Condolence

Dear CC Community,

We are in grief with the recent losses of three members of our campus community: Daniel Cortés ’23, Aaron Peterson, and Jeffrey Watters.
They were our friends, a classmate, and colleagues whose absence is felt profoundly already. They left an imprint on the fabric of CC.
Our hearts go out to their families, friends, and loved ones. Please keep them in your thoughts as we join them in mourning.
Students, if you or someone you know needs support, please turn to student mental health resources. Our Chaplain, Kate Holbrook, is also available for confidential support to the entire campus community at (719) 389-7986 or chaplainsoffice@coloradocollege.edu.
The Employee Assistance Program (EAP), (800) 272-7255, is another resource available for those who feel they may need support or a place to talk confidentially.
Please take care of yourselves and one another in these difficult times.
Sincerely,

L. Song Richardson

President
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