{"id":6654,"date":"2026-09-23T16:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T22:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/?p=6654"},"modified":"2026-09-23T16:01:23","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T22:01:23","slug":"sign-up-for-building-bridges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/emailarchive\/2026\/09\/23\/sign-up-for-building-bridges\/","title":{"rendered":"Sign Up for Building Bridges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<div>\n<div>Academic Freedom Staff Feedback Session<\/div>\n<p>  <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.e2ma.net\/images\/spacer.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" alt=\"Academic Freedom Staff Feedback Session\">  <\/p>\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 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border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"list_block block-3\" role=\"presentation\" 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\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pad\" style=\"padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:30px;padding-right:10px\">\n<div style=\"margin-left:-20px\">\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:revert\">\n<li>Want to help build community across campus in a fun, low-commitment way?<\/li>\n<li>Would you like to get to know some great new folks at work?<\/li>\n<li>Want to attend a class in an area you\u2019re interested in, or see how one of the other departments on campus operates?<\/li>\n<li>Ever feel like there\u2019s a divide between faculty and staff on campus?<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"paragraph_block block-4\" 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\"><strong>If YES, <\/strong>then join the 2026-2027 Building Bridges program! Meet someone new, learn about a different part of CC, get a free lunch, and win some sweet CC swag.<br \/>  Here are the specific details:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px\"><strong>Who:<\/strong> Any CC staff or faculty member.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px\"><strong>What:<\/strong> Sign up now, and faculty and staff organizers, members of the Faculty Executive Committee (FEC), Staff Council (SC), and the Office of Institutional Equity and Belonging (IEB) will match you with   a faculty member (if you\u2019re staff) or a staff member (if you\u2019re faculty), based on your interests but also with some randomness built in. We will create some groups of three if the numbers aren\u2019t perfectly balanced\u2014please let us know if you would especially   like this or prefer not! You and your Building Bridges group will choose some ways to interact. The basic package is for the staff member to visit the faculty member\u2019s class or engage with their research\/outreach in some fun way, and for the faculty member   to visit the staff member\u2019s office\/workplace or engage with their work in some fun way, and for the partners to have lunch together at Rastall with lunch passes provided by the Dean of Faculty.&nbsp;<strong>This could be as little as 3 hours, during work hours,   spread over the whole academic year.<\/strong> We will also provide you with a list of other activities that you can try with your partner\u2014attending CC events, cross-constituency social stuff, and other minor adventures. We will have some giveaways. We have   some excellent CC swag and a little funding to make this fun! <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px\"><strong>How\/When:<\/strong>&nbsp;Sign up by filling out  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/fdxwqk\/nr5ib5j\/7mj6lx\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #4764af\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/pages\/responsepage.aspx?id=PLHHz5YSh0OzCF3gj9E8mSxxAeRKBI9HnBg_qYOWBDVUQlAyOEtGTlYzTDdNM0hKMDYwRkw1UkVHTy4u&amp;route=shorturl\">  this short survey<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/click\/fdxwqk\/nr5ib5j\/nfk6lx\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"text-decoration: underline;color: #4764af\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"https:\/\/nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSfl33Rd347CIJTpkrE-XokWS0W22gbUBLLihWSyKdNIcigEkw%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsharing%26ouid%3D113792003971470399642&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cbmalmskog%40ColoradoColle\">&nbsp;<\/a>by  <strong>Tuesday, Sept. 29<\/strong> and we will match you on Sept. 30. Save the date to meet your partner at our Lunch Launch on Monday, Oct. 5.  <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px\"><strong>Why:<\/strong> To have fun and build community across constituencies at Colorado College.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;margin-bottom:16px\"><strong>Questions?<\/strong> Email Building Bridges Coordinator Beth Malmskog at  &lt;a href=&quot;mailto:bmalmskog@coloradocollege.edu&quot; style=&quot;text-decoration: underline; color: #4764af;&quot; title=&quot;mailto:<a href=\"mailto:bmalmskog@coloradocollege.edu\">bmalmskog@coloradocollege.edu<\/a>&#8220;&gt;  <a href=\"mailto:bmalmskog@coloradocollege.edu\">bmalmskog@coloradocollege.edu<\/a><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0\">Presented by Staff Council, the Faculty Executive Committee, the Office of Institutional Equity &amp; Belonging, and the Office of the Dean of Faculty.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/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<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"row row-3\" 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:#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;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:5px;padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-top:5px\">\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%;padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:20px\">\n<div style=\"max-width:620px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net\/20260923\/3f\/ac\/bb\/27\/5458d6824aea9f1785b68f7a.png\" style=\"height:auto;border:0;width:100%\" title=\"\" width=\"620\"><\/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<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"row row-4\" 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;background-color:#000;vertical-align:top;width:58.333333333333336%\" width=\"58.333333333333336%\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" role=\"presentation\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"col-pad\" style=\"padding-bottom:5px;padding-left:10px;padding-right:10px;padding-top:5px\">\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%;padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:15px;padding-right:10px\">\n<div style=\"max-width:123.667px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" height=\"auto\" src=\"https:\/\/d31hzlhk6di2h5.cloudfront.net\/20260923\/f4\/52\/80\/99\/f895b8aac0c3045fffcd1b24.png\" style=\"height:auto;border:0;width:100%\" title=\"\" width=\"123.667\"><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"10\" cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"text_block block-2\" role=\"presentation\" width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"pad\">\n<div style=\"font-family:Arial,sans-serif\">\n<div class=\"\" style=\"font-size:12px;font-family:Arial,'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#9d9e9f;line-height:1.2\">\n<p style=\"margin:0;font-size:9px\"><span style=\"font-size: 9px\">View this email  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.e2ma.net\/message\/fdxwqk\/nr5ib5j\" style=\"color: #4764ae\">  online<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;font-size:9px\"><span style=\"font-size: 9px\">14 E. 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