{"id":1218,"date":"2022-09-09T08:30:45","date_gmt":"2022-09-09T14:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/?p=1218"},"modified":"2022-09-09T09:01:29","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T15:01:29","slug":"around-the-block-campus-news-forward-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/2022\/09\/09\/around-the-block-campus-news-forward-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Around the Block Campus News \u2013 Forward Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Colorado College Remains a Top Institution in Sustainability<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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By Julia Fennell ’21.<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
Colorado College has once again been named a top institution in sustainability<\/a> from the Sustainable Campus Index.<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe recognize that sustainability is a broad topic that extends far beyond just environmental issues. Our ranking as a top ten baccalaureate institution reflects this and all of our efforts across the college to create a more just world,\u201d says Director of Sustainability Ian Johnson.<\/div>\n

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The Sustainable Campus Index is a ranking of top institutions in different areas of sustainability. The placement is based on the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System, known as STARS, which is administered by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education. CC is a gold-rated STARS institution.<\/div>\n

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CC remains one of only ten institutions of higher education in North America to achieve carbon neutrality, which was accomplished in 2020.<\/div>\n

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CC\u2019s commitment to sustainability goes beyond the campus. The college has invested in a methane destruction project at the Larimer County landfill, which works to prevents methane, a greenhouse gas, from entering the atmosphere.<\/div>\n

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This is the fourth year in a row that CC has been recognized in the annual Sustainable Campus Index.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Anthropology Professor Calla Jacobson Wins Prize for Manuscript<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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By Julia Fennell \u201921<\/i><\/div>\n
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Professor Calla Jacobson was recently awarded the Sandra Carpenter Prize for Creative Nonfiction<\/a>, which is an annual award given by the Sandra Carpenter Memorial Fund<\/a>, in partnership with the First Pages Prize.<\/div>\n
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Jacobson won the award based on an excerpt from her working manuscript, \u201cThe Tiger\u2019s Paw Print: A Memoir of Myth and Desire in the Himalayas.\u201d She was awarded $750, a developmental edit, and an agent consultation.<\/div>\n
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\u201cFor more than two decades, people have been telling me that I should write the story of my daughter\u2019s origin \u2014 conceived, as she was, in an unlikely love that blossomed with a subsistence farmer in the Himalayas,\u201d Jacobson says. \u201cI have finally done so in a memoir that is part immersion into the daily life of a mountain community, part love story, and part retelling of a local mythology featuring sorrowful birds, stingy gods, a feral female yeti, and the ordinary humans implicated in their exploits.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Jacobson taught at CC from 2000-2004 as a visiting assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology, and has returned since then as a block visitor. You can read more about Jacobson\u2019s work and memoir on her website<\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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Publicly Engaged, Actionable Knowledge Project <\/span>
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The CCE continues to develop the PEAK Project<\/a>, which launched in 2019. The PEAK Project promotes community-engaged teaching, learning, and research at CC to connect knowledge to action for community impact. <\/span><\/div>\n
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  1. Educate stakeholders about best practices.<\/li>\n
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      If you are a faculty or staff member interested in transitioning a course to community-engaged learning, but don’t currently have the community connections to do so, you are invited to participate. To participate, please fill out this interest form<\/a> <\/strong>by Sept. 25. <\/strong>Students interested in connecting with a partner for an applied senior thesis project should email jradke@coloradocollege.edu<\/a><\/a>. <\/span><\/div>\n
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      Italian Professor Uses Horses to Help Students Focus<\/span>
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      By Julia Fennell \u201921<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n
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      When Amanda Minervini,<\/a> assistant professor and director of the Italian Program, was planning her First-Year Program class on the rise of fascism last year, she had an idea that would inspire and teach her students more than just the history of fascism: Equine-Guided Learning and Healing Experience.<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n
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      \u201cEGLHE inspires students to look for communication in places they are not used to, for instance, in the very subtle ways an equine face and whole body change to signal relaxation, pleasure, discomfort, satisfaction, or wanting a carrot,\u201d says Minervini. \u201c[Horses] are the masters of embodied emotions! This type of observation requires attention to detail, presence, and attunement. Being present and aware helps students focus.\u201d Students often see EGLHE as a soothing experience, which is a welcome shift from the fast pace of the Block Plan, Minervini adds.<\/span><\/div>\n
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      Minervini has a website<\/a> where students write testimonials about their experience with EGLHE. Many students cited feeling less anxious, calmer, and more focused after a session with Minervini’s horse, Jimmy.<\/span><\/div>\n
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      Minervini hopes to eventually collect data and run a study on the effects of EGLHE on mood and attention. EGLHE is a nonprofit foundation directed by Minervini and Haley Griffis \u201917. Minervini received a grant from Creativity & Innovation at CC<\/a>, which allowed her to trademark EGLHE.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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      Submit Nominations for Renaming of South Hall<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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      By Julia Fennell \u201921<\/i><\/div>\n
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      Members of the Colorado College community are invited to submit their ideas for the re-naming of South Hall<\/a>, formerly known as Slocum Hall.<\/div>\n
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      The building was originally named after former Colorado College President William F. Slocum, who retired in 1917 in response to allegations of sexual misconduct. In Fall 2017, former President Jill Tiefenthaler investigated the allegations and brought the findings to the school\u2019s Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees found \u201coverwhelming and uncontroverted evidence\u201d that Slocum did engage in sexual misconduct and egregious sexual assault while he was the president of CC. \u201cSuch behavior was reprehensible and is in direct conflict with the mission and values of Colorado College,\u201d the board wrote<\/a> in 2018.<\/div>\n
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      As a result of the findings, the board voted unanimously to rescind Slocum\u2019s honorary degree and ordered the immediate removal of his name from the residence hall and commons building. The spaces were temporarily re-named \u201cSouth Hall\u201d and \u201cSouth Commons.\u201d<\/div>\n
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      The South Hall Naming Committee, made up of CC students, staff, and alumni, met via Zoom in May to discuss the re-naming process. The committee discussed a year-long timeline, as well as how to thoroughly vet name submissions. The committee acknowledged the great importance of the committee\u2019s work being both transparent and understood by the broader community.<\/div>\n
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      Name suggestion submissions will be accepted via this form<\/a> through Nov. 27.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
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      Colorado College Remains a Top Institution in Sustainability  Photos by Mae Rohrbach By Julia Fennell ’21. Colorado College has once again been named a top institution in sustainability from the Sustainable Campus Index. \u201cWe recognize that sustainability is a broad topic that extends far beyond just environmental issues. Our ranking as a top ten baccalaureate … <\/p>\n

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