{"id":4689,"date":"2025-03-06T14:00:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T21:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/?p=4689"},"modified":"2025-03-06T14:01:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T21:01:25","slug":"february-2025-board-of-trustees-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/2025\/03\/06\/february-2025-board-of-trustees-update\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2025 Board of Trustees Update"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Colorado College Board of Trustees met on campus Feb. 27-28 for our regular spring meeting, during which we had important discussions about the strategic direction for CC, the challenges facing higher education, and the values that guide our decision-making.<\/p>\n

The session began with a conversation with CC\u2019s legal counsel about new executive orders impacting higher education and our community \u2014 focusing on the Board\u2019s role in setting broad strategy, mitigating risk, and ensuring alignment with the Interim President and Cabinet. College policies and programming around equity, belonging, and nondiscrimination remain both central to our values and compliant with federal law. College Diversity Officer Rosalie Rodriguez and the Institutional Equity and Belonging team are dedicated to distributing resources and timely information to the CC community as we navigate these challenges. <\/p>\n

We also heard more about the strategic vision and progress Interim President Manya Whitaker has led at CC for the last eight months. We\u2019re grateful for her leadership during this transitional period.<\/p>\n

The Board continued to discuss and evaluate the 2023 decision to withdraw from the USNWR rankings, within the context of our intended impact and current enrollment goals. Of note are the recent changes to the criteria used to assess institutions and the benefit that may have to CC.<\/p>\n

We also had collaborative sessions focused on CC\u2019s brand refresh, recruitment and enrollment for the Class of 2029, and refreshing CC\u2019s core values. Faculty Executive Committee Chair Beth Malmskog shared updates on faculty governance, and board members will be meeting with the FEC later this spring. We broke up committee meetings with lunch at Rastall with members of the CCSGA Executive Council.<\/p>\n

As a highlight of the week, we had the wonderful opportunity to see the world premiere production of In Her Bones <\/em>at the FAC.<\/p>\n

The board also discussed next steps in the college\u2019s presidential search, and we will share those with the CC community in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

At the Thursday business meeting, the board:<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
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