{"id":3771,"date":"2024-08-26T08:30:24","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T14:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/?p=3771"},"modified":"2024-08-27T12:54:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T18:54:32","slug":"welcoming-the-2024-25-academic-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/2024\/08\/26\/welcoming-the-2024-25-academic-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcoming the 2024-25 Academic Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<table class=\"nl-container\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; background-color: #efe0d2;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table class=\"row row-1\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; background-color: #efe0d2;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table class=\"row-content stack\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; background-color: #efe0d2; border-radius: 0; color: #000; width: 640px; margin: 0 auto;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"640\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"column column-1\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; background-color: #fffbf5; vertical-align: top; border: 0;\" width=\"100%\">\n<table class=\"image_block block-1\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pad\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div class=\"alignment\" style=\"line-height: 10px;\" align=\"center\">\n<div style=\"max-width: 640px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; height: auto; border: 0; width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net\/20240823\/75\/05\/db\/fc\/e7fa99f2f16a09090d1f09d5.png\" width=\"640\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"row row-2\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; background-color: #efe0d2; background-size: auto;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table class=\"row-content stack\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; background-size: auto; background-color: #efe0d2; color: #000; width: 640px; margin: 0 auto;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"640\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"column column-1\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; background-color: #efe0d2; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 20px; vertical-align: top; border: 0;\" width=\"100%\">\n<table class=\"heading_block block-1\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pad\" style=\"text-align: center; width: 100%; padding: 10px 10px 5px 10px;\">\n<h1 style=\"margin: 0; color: #222; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 26px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; mso-line-height-alt: 39px;\"><span class=\"tinyMce-placeholder\" style=\"word-break: break-word;\">Dear CC Community,<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"row row-3\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; background-color: #efe0d2;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table class=\"row-content stack\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; background-color: #efe0d2; color: #000; width: 640px; margin: 0 auto;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"640\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"column column-1\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; background-color: #efe0d2; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top; border: 0;\" width=\"100%\">\n<table class=\"paragraph_block block-1\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; word-break: break-word;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pad\" style=\"padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #222; direction: ltr; font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; mso-line-height-alt: 24px;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0; margin-bottom: 16px;\">It&#8217;s the start of the 2024-25 academic year, and I can\u2019t help but feel the excitement of a new beginning. As a lifelong teacher, this time of year has always held a special place in my heart. It\u2019s a feeling of reinvention, brought to life by new people and new experiences. In fact, the Block Plan gives us small moments of reinvention all year long \u2014 which may be why I love it here so much.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; margin-bottom: 16px;\">On July 1, I shared a video about what drew me to CC 13 years ago as a postdoctoral fellow, what keeps me here today, and our vision for the future. <a style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #4764af;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/r20tii\/nr5ib5j\/jsrt9p\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> If you haven\u2019t yet, I hope you\u2019ll take a moment to watch<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">In that video, I shared that we are prioritizing <strong>institutional strength<\/strong>, ensuring the college\u2019s success and longevity for the next 150 years by:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"text_block block-2\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; word-break: break-word;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pad\" style=\"padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px;\">\n<div style=\"font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif; mso-line-height-alt: 21px; color: #222; line-height: 1.5;\">\n<ul style=\"line-height: 1.5; mso-line-height-alt: 21px; font-size: 16px;\">\n<li><span style=\"word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;\">expanding access, affordability, and opportunity,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;\">reducing reliance on tuition through revenue generation and operational efficiency,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;\">investing in our people with expanded mental health resources and a new compensation philosophy, and<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;\">engaging in initiatives that deepen our sense of place, community, history, and institutional identity, thereby furthering our commitment to antiracism.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"paragraph_block block-3\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; word-break: break-word;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pad\" style=\"padding: 5px 10px 5px 10px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #222; direction: ltr; font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; mso-line-height-alt: 24px;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">We are also focused on <strong>reclaiming the liberal arts <\/strong> \u2014 reminding the world of our purpose and value by:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"text_block block-4\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; word-break: break-word;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pad\" style=\"padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px;\">\n<div style=\"font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif; mso-line-height-alt: 21px; color: #222; line-height: 1.5;\">\n<ul style=\"line-height: 1.5; mso-line-height-alt: 21px; font-size: 16px;\">\n<li><span style=\"word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;\">leveraging the Block Plan in service of interdisciplinarity, community-building, and applied learning,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;\">equipping students to be citizens of their communities through civic preparedness skill development and public engagement,<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;\">bolstering the arts and athletics as integral to the liberal arts experience, and<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"word-break: break-word; font-size: 16px;\">expanding lifelong learning, career support, connection, and mentorship programs for alumni.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"paragraph_block block-5\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; word-break: break-word;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pad\" style=\"padding: 5px 10px 10px 10px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #222; direction: ltr; font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; mso-line-height-alt: 24px;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0; margin-bottom: 16px;\">While the design and implementation of specific initiatives will be led by offices and departments across the college, as Interim President, I will provide the clarity, vision, resources, and advocacy for all of this to happen successfully.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; margin-bottom: 16px;\">When I\u2019m not on campus, I\u2019m likely on the road, connecting with alumni and prospective students to support our engagement, fundraising, and enrollment goals. I will attend the occasional higher ed panel or workshop, learning from leaders of other institutions and building visibility for CC and the Block Plan. If you want to know where I\u2019ve been and where I\u2019m headed next, check out the <a style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #4764af;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/r20tii\/nr5ib5j\/zkst9p\"> Map of Manya<\/a>, an interactive tool that I\u2019ll keep updated year-round.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; margin-bottom: 16px;\">I want to close by acknowledging that last year was challenging for our campus. We felt heightened tension in academic, personal, and professional settings. Relationships were tested, and at times, our individual and collective values seemed to conflict. As I shared at Opening Convocation, working through these challenges is how we become active participants in our community, society, and democracy, which is the goal of a liberal arts education. It takes practice \u2014 but we must continue to listen to each other and ask questions with the intent to understand. In doing so, we build empathy, which is the only way we can heal division.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; margin-bottom: 16px;\">That\u2019s why I am requesting proposals for \u201cConflict &amp; Community\u201d \u2014 a new, year-long series of trainings, workshops, lectures, and small-group discussions designed to engage our community in discourse across perspectives, experiences, and identities. This series is sponsored by the President\u2019s Office, and faculty, staff, students, and alumni are invited to submit for funding. Find more information and proposal requirements <a style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #4764af;\" href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/r20tii\/nr5ib5j\/fdtt9p\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">Here\u2019s to a year filled with hard work, discovery, and collaboration. I look forward to growing alongside all of you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"row row-4\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; background-color: #efe0d2;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table class=\"row-content stack\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; background-color: #efe0d2; color: #000; width: 640px; margin: 0 auto;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"640\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"column column-1\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; font-weight: 400; text-align: left; background-color: #efe0d2; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-top: 5px; vertical-align: top; border: 0;\" width=\"100%\">\n<table class=\"text_block block-1\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; word-break: break-word;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pad\" style=\"padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px;\">\n<div style=\"font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif; mso-line-height-alt: 21px; color: #222; line-height: 1.5;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 16px; mso-line-height-alt: 24px;\">With gratitude,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"heading_block block-2\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pad\" style=\"padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 100%;\">\n<h2 style=\"margin: 0; color: #222; direction: ltr; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; mso-line-height-alt: 30px;\"><span class=\"tinyMce-placeholder\" style=\"word-break: break-word;\">Manya Whitaker<\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table class=\"paragraph_block block-3\" style=\"mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0; word-break: break-word;\" role=\"presentation\" border=\"0\" width=\"100%\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pad\" style=\"padding-bottom: 10px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 10px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #222; direction: ltr; font-family: Georgia,Times,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: 0; line-height: 150%; text-align: left; mso-line-height-alt: 24px;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\"><em>Interim President<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><!-- End --><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/track\/r20tii\/nr5ib5j\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear CC Community, It&#8217;s the start of the 2024-25 academic year, and I can\u2019t help but feel the excitement of a new beginning. As a lifelong teacher, this time of year has always held a special place in my heart. It\u2019s a feeling of reinvention, brought to life by new people and new experiences. In &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/2024\/08\/26\/welcoming-the-2024-25-academic-year\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Welcoming the 2024-25 Academic Year&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":777,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,18,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-email","category-mw","category-pres","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/777"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3771"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3785,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3771\/revisions\/3785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}