{"id":6575,"date":"2026-09-08T12:30:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/?p=6575"},"modified":"2026-09-08T12:31:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:31:23","slug":"join-the-next-work-of-the-college-series-session-the-cc-budget-planning-for-institutional-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/2026\/09\/08\/join-the-next-work-of-the-college-series-session-the-cc-budget-planning-for-institutional-strength\/","title":{"rendered":"Join the Next Work of the College Series Session, The CC Budget: Planning for Institutional Strength"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"nl-container\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"background-color:#fff\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"row row-1\" role=\"presentation\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"row-content stack\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"background-color:#000;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:640px;margin:0 auto\" width=\"640\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"column column-1\" style=\"font-weight:400;text-align:left;vertical-align:top;width:100%\" width=\"100%\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"image_block block-1\" role=\"presentation\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" class=\"pad\" style=\"width:100%\">\n<div class=\"fullWidth\" style=\"max-width:640px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net\/20260907\/b8\/40\/58\/c4\/f88f80f112eb80552668e48e.png\" style=\"height:auto;border:0;width:100%\" title=\"\" width=\"640\"><\/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 align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"row row-2\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"background-color:#fff\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"row-content stack\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"background-color:#fff;color:#000;width:640px;margin:0 auto\" width=\"640\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"column column-1\" style=\"font-weight:400;text-align:left;background-color:#fff;vertical-align:top;width:100%\" width=\"100%\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"image_block block-1\" role=\"presentation\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\" class=\"pad\" style=\"width:100%\">\n<div style=\"max-width:640px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Alternate text\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net\/20260907\/14\/0e\/bf\/af\/93e3ad42f223ea6b26413f02.jpg\" style=\"height:auto;border:0;width:100%\" title=\"Alternate text\" width=\"640\"><\/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 align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"row row-3\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"background-color:#fff\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"row-content stack\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"background-color:#fff;border-radius:0;color:#000;width:640px;margin:0 auto\" width=\"640\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"column column-1\" style=\"font-weight:400;text-align:left;background-color:#fff;vertical-align:top;width:100%\" width=\"100%\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"col-pad\" style=\"padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-top:10px\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"heading_block block-1\" role=\"presentation\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\" class=\"pad\" style=\"width:100%\">\n<h1 style=\"margin:0;color:#000;direction:ltr;font-family:Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:30px;font-weight:700;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:1.5;text-align:left;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">  How CC Plans for Financial Strength<\/h1>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"paragraph_block block-2\" role=\"presentation\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pad\">\n<div style=\"color:#000;direction:ltr;font-family:Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0;line-height:1.5;text-align:left\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px\">Have you ever wondered how CC decides where its money goes? The Finance &amp; Administration division is hosting an open conversation about CC&#8217;s finances on  <strong>Thursday, Sept. 24, from 3-4 p.m. in Bemis Great Hall<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px\">Lori Seager, Vice President of Finance &amp; Administration and Chief Financial Officer, and her team will walk through how the College builds its budget in line with priorities across the institution and plans for the years   ahead. They will discuss some of the harder trade-offs that come with running a liberal arts college right now: keeping academic programs strong, funding financial aid, maintaining campus buildings, and supporting faculty, staff, and students all at once.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px\">Bring your questions about the budget process intended to keep the College financially sound for the long haul. 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The Finance &amp; Administration division is hosting an open conversation about CC&#8217;s finances on Thursday, Sept. 24, from 3-4 p.m. in Bemis Great Hall.&nbsp; Lori Seager, Vice President of Finance &amp; Administration and Chief Financial Officer, and her &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/2026\/09\/08\/join-the-next-work-of-the-college-series-session-the-cc-budget-planning-for-institutional-strength\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Join the Next Work of the College Series Session, The CC Budget: Planning for Institutional Strength&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":777,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-email","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6575","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=6575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}