CC Senior Prom
ID: A woman of color in a pin prom dress dancing in a circle of people cheering her on ID: a caucasian couple posing together to have their photo taken
ID: two young caucasian men in tuxedos and sunglasses dancing together in a group surrounding them ID: 3 young women in prom dresses, posing for the camera
The 2024 graduates were not able to have a high school senior prom four years ago due to the pandemic, and so they decided to host a CC Senior Prom!
ID: a young caucasian woman with curly hair, wearing a black dress, dancing with her hand up in a group of dancers ID: A young woman of color in a cobalt blue prom dress, smiling while surrounded by other prom goers
ID: A young caucasian woman in a wheelchair, wearing a gold prom dress, smiling as someone puts a crown on her head
All photos by Jamie Cotten
ID: prom organizers, a young woman of color and young caucasian man, standing together with their arms around each other, smiling at the camera

Commencement Special for Grads and Their Families


The FAC is offering free admission to the museum May 17-18 for families that are visiting for Commencement. Use code Commencement2024 if purchasing tickets online, or let the front desk know when you arrive. In addition, for Friday only, get buy-one-get-one tickets to see Rent
ID: Trailer for Rent
Video by Ray Bailey

CC Refugee Alliance Connects CC Community with Local Refugees
ID: several people in a room at tables set up in a square shape, papers on the tables and images on projector screen
The CC Refugee Alliance hosted an English as a Second Language training session in February 2024 to teach students how to tutor refugees trying to learn English. Photo provided by co-chair Maya Elias ’25.
By Julia Fennell ’21
The CC Refugee Alliance (CCRA) provides opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to help support local refugees and asylum seekers in Colorado Springs, as well as participate in advocacy campaigns to support immigrants across the country.
The CCRA partners with Lutheran Family Services (LFS) to connect campus community members with opportunities to support local refugees. Through LFS, CCRA members train students to host English as a Second Language tutoring sessions for refugees trying to learn English.
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Baccalaureate is Saturday, May 18


Be sure to add your Baccalaureate Blessings here!

Denise Geronimo ’24 Wins Fulbright Research Award in the Philippines
ID: headshot of a woman of color with long, straight, dark hair wearing a white tshirt and black blazer, looking at the camera
By Julia Fennell ’21
Denise Sievert Geronimo ’24 has been awarded a Fulbright Research Award in the Philippines for her project, Passports to Pixels: Unraveling the Transformative Role of ICT in Workforce Migration. Geronimo will spend nine months in the Philippines, conducting research to discover how Information and Communications Technology developments impacts the Filipino labor diasporas.
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Robin Walter ’12 Wins the 2024 Academy of American Poets First Book Award
ID: headshot of Robin Walter with text saying 2024 First Book Award Winner
Celebrated poet Victoria Chang has selected Robin Walter ’12, with her upcoming debut Little Mercy, as the recipient of the 2024 Academy of American Poets’ First Book Award.
“The beautiful and meditative poems in Little Mercy are painterly, showcasing a perceptive speaker with a keen eye,” says Chang. “These poems quietly and gently ask us to look at all the natural beauty and cruelty (but mostly beauty) we face each day, every minute, every second of our strange time on this earth.”
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FAC Corner

Object Housing & Storage Mounts
ID: a rack room with art being stored
Join the museum collections team on Friday, May 17 in the Agents of Care gallery from 1-4 p.m. to learn how the museum cares for its collections while in storage. See examples of storage mounts and custom-designed enclosures and explore some of the tools and archival supplies used to create them. This is a drop-in program that is free and open to the public.

Photo of the Week
Kaelin Woodruff, midfield. CC Women’s Soccer played a game against Kansas State University April 14 at Stewart Field. Photo by Jamie Cotten
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