Be sure to register for Fall Conference 2024, happening next Thursday, Aug. 15, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. on Tava Quad, hosted by the Academic Events Committee.

Breakfast starts at 8 a.m. and remarks begin at 8:45 a.m. with a brief welcome by Interim President Manya Whitaker.

This is an opportunity to reconnect with colleagues and start the new academic year together. Please register by 9 a.m. on August 12. On-site registration will not be available this year.

By Megan Clancy ’07

In June, CC Professor of Molecular Biology Dr. Phoebe Lostroh co-hosted a workshop with Grinnell College Professors Dr. Leslie Gregg-Jolly and Dr. Katya Gibel Mevorach at Grinnell College titled “Unteaching Racism: Understanding and Handling Misuse of Racial Categories.” The workshop was designed to support faculty members in fields where the use of racial labels are common so that they can unpack the implicit and explicit remnants of scientific racism. By examining how these categories have been misused to perpetuate racist ideologies, the workshop sought to empower faculty to challenge and dismantle these harmful practices. It was funded by a $20,000 grant, co-authored by Lostroh, Gregg-Jolly, and Mevorach, from the Alliance to Advance Liberal Arts Colleges (AALAC).

“There is no genetic basis for race,” says Lostroh. “By equipping educators with the tools to address implicit and explicit remnants of scientific racism, the workshop aimed to disrupt, and ultimately eradicate, misinformation that perpetuates discriminatory practices.”

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Michelle Gevedon, Assistant Professor of Geology, teaches a summer geology course, funded by the National Science Foundation, at Baca Campus in Crestone. Photo by Jamie Cotten

By Alexa Gromko

Two CC Geology professors spent the past five weeks leading a summer research opportunity for ten rising sophomores from other institutions around the country exploring how geology impacts climate change.

Assistant Geology Professors Dr. Sarah Schanz and Dr. Michelle Gevedon were awarded over $92,000 in funding from the Keck Geology Consortium and the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Research Experiences for Undergraduates program to run their project, “Investigating Linkages Between Geologic Histories, Eolian Dust Production, and Climate Change.” They also offered a peer mentor role to Lucy Rogers ’25, a Geology major and Dance minor, who participated in a previous Keck Geology NSF project before her sophomore year.

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Bemis School of Art Director Tara Sevanne Thomas and art therapist Kim Nguyen were awarded the 2018 ADA Progress Award for their Military Artistic Healing program at the FAC.

By Julia Fennell ’21

The FAC has been giving back to the local military community since 2009, when they first offered Military Artistic Healing classes to members of the military, including active military, their spouses, and veterans. More than 15% of the Colorado Springs population are veterans and the FAC is proud to honor their service, teaching and providing this group a platform to use art as an outlet for communication and self-expression.

Bemis School of Art Director Tara Sevanne Thomas MAT ’00 estimates that close to 5,000 active-duty military, veterans, and their spouses have participated in the Military Artistic Healing classes over the years.

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Join Fine Arts Center's museum collections staff on Friday, August 16, from 1–4 p.m. as they roll Diné rugs for long-term storage. Learn how the museum cares for and stores textiles, and see examples of the various materials and supplies used to keep these works safe. Feeling crafty? Visitors are invited to help sew special archival tags used for labeling textiles. Supplies provided (must be able to use needle and scissors). This drop-in program is free and open to the public.

Amy Dounay, Associate Professor and Chair in Organic Chemistry, leads a group of four research students, Ty Kruger ’25, Cate Rosenbaum ’25, Ollie Beland ’25 and Trenton Chalik ’26, during the summer. The students’ research is instrumental in the development of new antibiotics. Photo by Jamie Cotten