Dear chairs and directors,

Please find the agenda for Monday's meeting below or in Teams. Thank you!

Andrea

2023-24 Block 8 Chairs and Directors Meeting Agenda 2023-24 Block 8 Chairs and Directors Meeting Age ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 

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All,
The following email was sent to the visitor list we have for Block 8.
If we have missed someone, or you know someone who is in the area but not teaching in Block 8, please feel free to forward this invitation.
No RSVP is required.

Karen Obrzut
Faculty Employment Specialist
Office of the Dean of the Faculty
Armstrong 204 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Could I get your reply to a quick straw poll<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2Fr%2FQw7a3b5cFA&data=05%7C02%7CCHAIRSANDDIRECTORS%40listserv1.coloradocollege.edu%7C06d5430d54a34c6e4f9608dc5af56b06%7Ccfc7b13c12964387b3085de08fd13c99%7C0%7C0%7C638485257315734231%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=qccfWJFHOOIcm7Fd68bn%2BpcP9SgBCH%2BOZN5RWMvlQRU%3D&reserved=0>? As you know, we’re expanding the BYOB offerings for next academic year ([?docx icon] here is an explanatory document<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ap/w-59584e83/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcctigers.sharepoint.com%2F%3Aw%3A%2Fs%2FCrownCenter-Director%2FESB7bNN_sw5Fl_2SQcPbF7EBdJ6txm_IVko0qdthss1HxA%3Fe%3Dc3xM6e&data=05%7C02%7CCHAIRSANDDIRECTORS%40listserv1.coloradocollege.edu%7C06d5430d54a34c6e4f9608dc5af56b06%7Ccfc7b13c12964387b3085de08fd13c99%7C0%7C0%7C638485257315734231%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=u%2FQ13xFTLLWYOD6oP%2F72FyAUpmgd3SXZGqJrOxxrHxc%3D&reserved=0>). It is a small number of courses, but we’re hoping to make it flexibly available to a large number of students. 

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Hello Chairs and Directors,

As promised at our meeting last week, here are some updates and information I share with you wearing my Crown Center hat. Some of this was in the email I sent week 1 of the current block<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ft.e2ma.net%2Fmessage%2F3n9rvh%2Fb6slobi&data=05%7C02%7CCHAIRSANDDIRECTORS%40listserv1.coloradocollege.edu%7C0eb039f78bf148cd625008dc59a6eab3%7Ccfc7b13c12964387b3085de08fd13c99%7C0%7C0%7C638483822487323832%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=fbWzno5o9YAUKEmWbaSyXQK62Kuf7KB8lXv28ycxcqA%3D&reserved=0>. But lots of other stuff too…

Please consider and let your colleagues know about the following: 

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Dear chairs and directors,

I have heard from a few of you—thank you for reaching out—with interest to continue to discuss and share questions related to cc freedom of expression, academic freedom, governance and democracy, student voice and protest.

Not wanting to let this opportunity to continue discussion languish, I have set aside some spontaneous drop in meeting times. I would like these to be small gatherings, and it would be lovely if you would put your name in one of these meeting times for this week Thursday (4/4 12:30), Friday (4/5 12:16, 4:15), and next week Monday (4/8 10:30), 

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2023-24 Block 7 Chairs and Directors Meeting Agenda

Date: Monday, April 1, 2024

Time: 3:30 – 5:00 PM

Location: Yalich Board Room, Spencer Building (Tejon/Cache entrance)

1. Course Tagging Project: Request for information (Andrea Bruder)

2. Crown Center Updates (Ryan Banagale):

* Programming for the rest of the year

* Instructional Coaching and Mentoring Programs

* Reminder: Lunch discussion on advising (Friday, April 5) on how to strengthen and support advising and build stronger communication, collaboration, and complementarity between faculty advising and Hub advising. 

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Dear directors and chairs,

This is the call for applications from departments and programs interested in hiring for a tenure-track position in 2024-25, with a Fall 2025 start date. Please submit applications online (upload a word document or pdf on the online submission portal)<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2FPages%2FResponsePage.aspx%3Fid%3DPLHHz5YSh0OzCF3gj9E8mdn2po1B5r5Kgr_S4xD-kCZUNzVBQ1kxQ1c5WVpJS0NLNDBPVTQxSUgyTC4u&data=05%7C02%7CCHAIRSANDDIRECTORS%40listserv1.coloradocollege.edu%7Cfab53eefea9a480ffd0708dc3d36d31a%7Ccfc7b13c12964387b3085de08fd13c99%7C0%7C0%7C638452553481250595%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=pO0MMH%2FEDsyGgpV3heLNC03fWGyvaezDmGQpgZY%2B9Lo%3D&reserved=0> by April 15, 2024.)

Requests should address the importance of the position to the College as a whole and to the department/program. In doing so, all following questions should be addressed. Please use the bulleting system (e.g., 1, 2a, 2b… etc.) for the key questions in the memo. The FEC (with recusals for commenting on one's 

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Dear chairs, directors, leaders on the DoF academic team:

Sent on behalf of Pedro de Araujo:

You may have received inquiries via email from parents or others about a protest that took place in Tutt Library Sunday. Please do NOT respond. We’ll be issuing a coordinated response to these individuals. If you have additional questions or concerns, please let me know.

Dear colleagues,

Christina Rader and I have been planning an informal get together for chairs and directors, with drinks and appetizers, for this Friday, 4-5:30pm. We posted the invitation on the Teams channel today around 1pm. We were going to also announce it at the meeting today, as well, but Emily announced another event at her home that evening. We chatted with Emily after the meeting and we and her are both fine with both events happening. So, more opportunities for conversation! 

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Dear chairs and directors,

Please find attached (or on Teams here<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ap/w-59584e83/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcctigers.sharepoint.com%2F%3Aw%3A%2Fr%2Fsites%2FChairsandDirectors%2FShared%2520Documents%2FMeetings%2520and%2520agendas%2F2023%2520Block%25206%2520CD%2520Meeting%2520Agenda.docx%3Fd%3Dw580ed34726f14c559c860d3f5ab48154%26csf%3D1%26web%3D1%26e%3DIKa2H4&data=05%7C02%7CCHAIRSANDDIRECTORS%40listserv1.coloradocollege.edu%7C5732ae80b08a4a25b85508dc34a42a50%7Ccfc7b13c12964387b3085de08fd13c99%7C0%7C0%7C638443128092410392%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=BVf%2FsKcGgH%2BQS7RfMdZzlCZjQTLoWMdQuGfvKhEZgLw%3D&reserved=0>) the agenda for Monday's chairs and directors meeting. A Zoom link is included for those who are unable to attend in person.

Thank you!

Andrea

2023-24 Block 6 Chairs and Directors Meeting Agenda

Date: Monday, Feb 26, 2024

Time: 3:30 – 5:00 PM

Location: Yalich Board Room, Spencer Building (Tejon/Cache entrance) 

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Dear Emily, Andrea, and Chairs/Directors,

Could we please add to Monday’s agenda the new deadline to schedule all college events for the upcoming academic year by March 29? This policy was recently announced by the Dean of the College/COO in an email communication.

The impact of this policy on the academic program remains unclear: 

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All,
The following email was sent to the visitor list we have for Block 6.
If we have missed someone, or you know someone who is in the area but not teaching in Block 6, please feel free to forward this invitation.
No RSVP is required.

Andrea,
I see in the Digest that we are now going to have to do quarterly reviews of our staff, which I understand many staff do NOT want. Even more, I’m not sure what the value added would be for the time it would take. I haven’t seen the format, so maybe it will be helpful, but I have my doubts. What happens in three months that would warrant such a review for an Admin Asst, for example? Is this something we can discuss at the next Chairs meeting? Or maybe this is NOT for all staff? It just comes 

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Dear chairs, directors, and administrative assistants,

Thanks to your very thoughtful work on the course grids, when I merged all of your draft grids the course schedule looked nicely balanced. Kudos to all of you for this shared effort!!! Please move forward with building your courses in Banner, guided by the blocks/visitor positions that were approved in a previous email. This process opens today and closes on March 8. Christine Brett will be in touch shortly with additional instructions. 

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Dear chairs/leaders in our academic universe (lead staff, chairs, directors, FEC members, folks in the DoF Office),

I would like to invite you to attend an informational meeting tomorrow (Wednesday 2/7) in Cossitt Commons at 1:05 p.m.

It is not mandatory, but it would be excellent if you can come. If you have something already scheduled at this time, please consider cancelling that meeting to accommodate this informational meeting. But if you cannot come, don't overstress it. 

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Dear admin assistant colleagues, chair/director colleagues,

We all received the call to submit our event dates for next academic year no later than March 29 (Block 7 first friday). I know some of you will have events already planned and ready to enter, and some of you might still planning. If details are not yet confirmed, do feel ok to put in some provisional information to help out the events folks. 

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Dear chairs and directors,

As announced at the chairs and directors meeting, Ginger Jurecka Blake (AVP, Workplace Culture) will offer a longer session (3 hours) on conflict resolution and management on February 16. To help us schedule at a time that works for most, I set up a poll here<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.polly.ai%2Fvote%2F4KLPAG&data=05%7C02%7CCHAIRSANDDIRECTORS%40listserv1.coloradocollege.edu%7Cf81569fa480245aa78fc08dc22bea52b%7Ccfc7b13c12964387b3085de08fd13c99%7C0%7C0%7C638423449435033810%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=q73HPfEvO87L1R6G2X%2Fgome9mmeXE0Si9lSFnqQUNQs%3D&reserved=0>. Please click on your preferred time (10am or 1pm) by the end of Friday, Feb 2. More soon! 

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Dear chairs and directors,

Please find the agenda for the Block 5 chairs and directors meeting in the attachment. I have also posted it on Teams here<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fteams.microsoft.com%2Fl%2Fmessage%2F19%3A66bd0eb624144e26ad0ee54392c24d99%40thread.tacv2%2F1706308563276%3FtenantId%3Dcfc7b13c-1296-4387-b308-5de08fd13c99%26groupId%3D1503205e-54e3-42f1-a4f0-6883e0435378%26parentMessageId%3D1706308563276%26teamName%3DChairs%2520and%2520Directors%26channelName%3DMeetings%2520and%2520agendas%26createdTime%3D1706308563276%26allowXTenantAccess%3Dfalse&data=05%7C02%7CCHAIRSANDDIRECTORS%40listserv1.coloradocollege.edu%7Cc54827e3c1584853d52508dc1ec180c5%7Ccfc7b13c12964387b3085de08fd13c99%7C0%7C0%7C638419063646598333%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=fDPHHCdawd8%2FU1LB2hoXRVUc0MejSYMRHgmrpxRYN1Y%3D&reserved=0>.

The Zoom link for those who need to attend remotely is:
https://coloradocollege.zoom.us/j/97718010880?from=addon<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcoloradocollege.zoom.us%2Fj%2F97718010880%3Ffrom%3Daddon&data=05%7C02%7CCHAIRSANDDIRECTORS%40listserv1.coloradocollege.edu%7Cc54827e3c1584853d52508dc1ec180c5%7Ccfc7b13c12964387b3085de08fd13c99%7C0%7C0%7C638419063646598333%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=fyhisu9Iqsck6WGWBGO2yLw4RRcDPfxghH62QTNWzzM%3D&reserved=0>

See you on Monday,

Andrea

Please click here<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foutlook.office365.com%2Fowa%2Fcalendar%2FAndreaBruder%40cctigers.onmicrosoft.com%2Fbookings%2F&data=05%7C02%7CCHAIRSANDDIRECTORS%40listserv1.coloradocollege.edu%7Cc54827e3c1584853d52508dc1ec180c5%7Ccfc7b13c12964387b3085de08fd13c99%7C0%7C0%7C638419063646598333%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=4YEm3edWq6YTwYVizrmTQKEXH%2FRybZPdksbEvLJgx2M%3D&reserved=0> to schedule a meeting with me.

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ANDREA BRUDER, PH.D.
she/her
Associate Dean of the Faculty
Chief Public Health Advisor
General Studies, chair
Associate Professor
Mathematics and Computer Science
Armstrong 207 

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Dear chairs and directors,

Might you have a faculty colleague who you would like to nominate for one of the two workshops below from the CIC (council for independent colleges)?

They are summer workshops (Ancient Medicine, Science, and Magic: DC 7/29-8/4, at the Center for Hellenic Studies; Teaching Interfaith Understanding: 6/16-20 Chicago). 

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Dear chairs and directors,

I'm reaching out with a friendly reminder that your draft course grids are due on Monday, January 22. I have attached a course grid template and instructions to this email. Please fill in the template and upload your grid here<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2Fr%2FvsNk1FPuj0&data=05%7C02%7CCHAIRSANDDIRECTORS%40listserv1.coloradocollege.edu%7Cb7312973b88047fc0d1f08dc1772ef82%7Ccfc7b13c12964387b3085de08fd13c99%7C0%7C0%7C638411029729899604%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=P9OFsZ3dj172iCQGaU3%2BzHAJzisY%2F%2BWyCBDPHsxbltg%3D&reserved=0>. For those new to this process, this helps us with merging the grids and determining how many seats we have in each General Education designation in each block. 

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Dear chairs and directors,

We would love to celebrate the hard work of staff and faculty this semester with the joint event hosted by the President’s office, FEC, and staff council. The campus wide party is 2-5 this Friday, Cornerstone.

If you can close your department during this time, please consider doing so.
We know that some will not be able to close (might have lab, studio, study sessions, searches). 

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Dear chairs and directors,
The agenda is on teams, but I realized that some of you might not have it set up to ping you or have the little "red bubble" to alert you to new content, so here it is for convenience!

Date: Monday, Dec 4, 2023

Time: 3:30 – 5:00 PM 

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Dear chairs and directors,

I hope your block is off to a good start. Just a friendly reminder about the drop-in session on Hiring and Onboarding in Cossitt tomorrow, 11/30, 4-5pm. Thanks to everyone who has already sent us their Personnel Planning form. If you haven't had a chance yet, please fill it in as soon as you are able so that we can complete the planning process on our end and share allocations of visiting positions and blocks relatively soon. 

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Dear chairs and directors,

I'm reaching out on behalf of Susan Ashley to help gather some information for Project 2024. One of the Project 2024 working groups is exploring the use of ePortfolios. If you or your departmental colleagues have implemented ePortfolios, please let me know

1. in which class(es) or context and
2. for what purpose the ePortfolios are used 

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All,
The following email was sent to the visitor list we have for Block 4.
If we have missed someone, or you know someone who is in the area but not teaching in Block 4, please feel free to forward this invitation.
No RSVP is required.

Karen Obrzut
Faculty Employment Specialist
Office of the Dean of the Faculty
Armstrong 204 

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Dear Chairs, Directors, and Administrative Assistants,

I'm writing to share the template, attached, for your department's/program's course grids. The template is the same as last year and allows us to merge all of your grids to create a balanced course schedule that meets students' needs. This format helps us to determine how many seats there are available in classes that fulfill General Education requirements and ensure that we offer sufficiently many first-year friendly classes to set our incoming students up for success. I also added a copy of the template to the Course Schedule channel on Teams here<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ap/x-59584e83/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcctigers.sharepoint.com%2F%3Ax%3A%2Fs%2FChairsandDirectors%2FEeYZSXWqam5CgfMfH4aoPxkBm1irYKi0j6cN3-BW0tmIiw%3Fe%3Dnen4aT&data=05%7C01%7CCHAIRSANDDIRECTORS%40listserv1.coloradocollege.edu%7C1f4c3322f0c345ca198208dbdedf5351%7Ccfc7b13c12964387b3085de08fd13c99%7C0%7C0%7C638348823121784667%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=gCVwo9hRd7DWSsU4NCB2BOJ16pXBtMEeeOjGNEBikrg%3D&reserved=0>. 

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EMILY CHAN, PHD
Dean of the Faculty
Professor of Psychology
Office of the Dean of the Faculty
Armstrong Hall 201

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COLORADO COLLEGE
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Dear chairs and directors,

The agenda for Monday is attached and also pasted below.

Best,
Emily

If possible, please bring your laptop or portable device you can type on easily (charged, or bring charger)

Date: Monday, October 30, 2023

Time: 3:30 – 5:00 PM

Location: Yalich Board Room, Spencer Building (Tejon/Cache entrance)

Operational matters

1. LACRELA Faculty Racial Climate Survery - (Jessica Kisunzu) Faculty Campus Climate Survey<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/ap/b-59584e83/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcctigers.sharepoint.com%2F%3Ab%3A%2Fs%2FDeanofFaculty%2FEW9d-okKnXpGs-5vdb1h9eMBA3GWPfYHcMPsni5bkNhCCw%3Fe%3DMbjP2G&data=05%7C01%7CCHAIRSANDDIRECTORS%40listserv1.coloradocollege.edu%7C7a236f1c476447c9b42408dbd73f3360%7Ccfc7b13c12964387b3085de08fd13c99%7C0%7C0%7C638340439573556628%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=HuoUQmGXKwTdDFRACK3rLC0SzVXTUpGhKrFYC8hRBIs%3D&reserved=0>
2. Dean's update and reminders
* [ACTION] Generative AI. Please verify every faculty has incorporated clear expectation about the use of generative AI, documented in their syllabus, Canvas, or assignment instructions, etc. The 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

The Consortium for Faculty Diversity (CFD) database of candidates is available for you to search and identify potential hires. There are two ways CC faculty have used the database:

1. To search for a candidate to propose as a Riley Pre-doc/Post-doc Fellow.

2. To search for potential candidates to share hiring information for upcoming faculty positions (not Riley). The CFD database can search fellow records of the most recent three years. 

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TIME CHANGE: 2:30-3:30
Coffee/tea/hot chocolate in Cossitt Lounge – first Tuesday - October 24

Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2023 4:32 PM
To: CHAIRSANDDIRECTORS Mailing List <[log in to unmask]>; Ann DeStefano <[log in to unmask]>; Ashley Roberts <[log in to unmask]>; Buzz Katsev <[log in to unmask]>; Cheri Arfsten <[log in to unmask]>; Courtney Kujawa <[log in to unmask]>; Donna Sison <[log in to unmask]>; Eileen Broderick <[log in to unmask]>; Erica Hardcastle <[log in to unmask]>; Jenna Hunt <[log in to unmask]>; Jennifer Azadmanesh <[log in to unmask]>; Ji Soo Yim <[log in to unmask]>; Karen Obrzut <[log in to unmask]>; Kate Carlton <[log in to unmask]>; Kelley Mathers <[log in to unmask]>; Lindsay Goss <[log in to unmask]>; Lisa Gregory <[log in to unmask]>; Mandy Sulfrian <[log in to unmask]>; Marcella Mills <[log in to unmask]>; Marita Beckert <[log in to unmask]>; Marla Patanelli <[log in to unmask]>; Mary Smith <[log in to unmask]>; Michelle Christiansen <[log in to unmask]>; Nancy Heinecke <[log in to unmask]>; Rachel Hardison <[log in to unmask]>; Shannon 

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Dear colleagues,

I'm reaching out to reschedule our upcoming (Oct 23) just-in-time session for October 26, 4-5pm, due to a time conflict with the Faculty Symposium (3:30-5:30pm in Bemis on Monday, Oct 23). The fall sessions are listed below.

* October 23 26, 4pm-5pm, just-in-time drop-in session, Creating a course schedule
* November 6, 4pm-5pm, just-in-time drop-in session, Personnel Planning for 2024-25
* November 30, 4pm-5pm, just-in-time drop-in session, Hiring and onboarding 

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Dear chairs and directors, associate chairs and directors, and FEC and CEC members,

I'm writing to share an announcement about a virtual discussion series on shared governance<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.academicimpressions.com%2Fleading-faculty-staff%2F&data=05%7C01%7CCHAIRSANDDIRECTORS%40listserv1.coloradocollege.edu%7Cdc099c47c2f24a6b8a0508dbcc2e1abb%7Ccfc7b13c12964387b3085de08fd13c99%7C0%7C0%7C638328270623288196%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=TUw1c5UyJLvJptNwAKK22fL19gqkPkbqhAzrz3K5r5w%3D&reserved=0> geared toward department chairs, program directors, and other campus leaders by Academic Impressions. This series of three events (Nov 28, Dec 7, Jan 9, noon - 1pm MT) is included in our institutional membership. If you are interested in attending (or accessing other online materials), please email me so that we can set you up with a membership. Our memberships will expire toward the end of January. 

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Caterer had an emergency, heart of Jerusalem arriving at 6!

let us know if you will drop by the happy hour this friday! (fam/s.o. welcome)
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Dean of the Faculty
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Dear directors and chairs,
I look forward to seeing you at the upcoming chairs and directors meeting. Here is our agenda. If you want to add items to future agendas, please email me and Andrea.

Next chairs happy hour is 10/6 (Friday) 5:15 -7. Stop by (yourself or with significant other/fam) for a quick or slow bite and beverage to create happiness, or bring home some food for yourself and family (happy hour of no cooking and kitchen cleaning). Please RSVP here<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2FPages%2FResponsePage.aspx%3Fid%3DPLHHz5YSh0OzCF3gj9E8mYJgg6FjUFJGoSiAKUhmw-hUQVYyUERHQTZUWU81MEhYM0xTVVlKRkZBMy4u&data=05%7C01%7CCHAIRSANDDIRECTORS%40listserv1.coloradocollege.edu%7C0a4e64459f65406c972708dbc01c8a67%7Ccfc7b13c12964387b3085de08fd13c99%7C0%7C0%7C638315001814377243%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=fdq8kARdO1xHd%2FvCevZvIC3GBmZAPD33AnjPaPb9Ypg%3D&reserved=0> soon so I can finalize the food order. 

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Sent on behalf of Dustin Fife, College Librarian

"My name is Clare Trissel Davis, and I am a Project Archivist working with Special Collections at Tutt Library to collect historical records on campus.

I am in the second year of a gift-funded three-year position focused on the organization of our institutional history. In the first year of my project, I collected materials from the administrative offices on campus such as the Office of the Dean of Faculty and Tutt Alumni House. I am now turning my attention to the acquisition of faculty and departmental records. At your convenience, I would 

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Dear chairs and directors,
Our staff colleagues will learn in today’s in the loop that cc will do a special fall semester round of issuing bonus (not base building) to staff employees.
It is wonderful to be able to recognize outstanding work of staff colleagues. Later today or tomorrow, i will email to you our decision and recommendation guidelines. 

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Good afternoon,

Some of you reached out because you were unable to attend last week's nuts and bolts session, so I thought I'd schedule a make up session next week, Wednesday September 20, 2:30pm-4pm, in the Cossitt lounge.

You are invited to an informal Block 2 check-in with all chairs, directors, and associate chairs and directors over coffee in the Cossitt lounge on Monday, September 25, 4pm-5pm. 

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Come celebrate community at the chairs and directors happy hour. Family and others welcome. Stay for a while, or drop in briefly and bring home some food (we'll have boxes, so you do not have to cook dinner or clean the kitchen, making the evening a happier evening). We'll also celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, so we'll try to get some mooncakes. 

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Dear chairs and directors,

The Block 1 chairs and directors meeting will be held on Monday, September 4, 3:30pm-5pm in Yalich (Spencer Center). In an effort to declutter our email inboxes and gather all agendas and minutes/notes in one place for all to refer back to, I added the agenda to the file folder of the new channel Meetings and Agendas on the Chairs and Directors Teams. The agenda is also linked here for your convenience. We hope to use the Meetings and Agendas channel on Teams to share agendas and notes moving forward - please let me know if 

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Dear chairs and directors, associate chairs and associate directors,

It was great to see so many of you at the retreat. Thank you for sharing your ideas that I know will make the upcoming year a success!

As promised, I'm reaching out with some follow-up items below.

1) I added slides and materials from the retreat to the folder in the Retreat channel on the C&D Teams (not yet complete, should be in a few days).
2) Professional development opportunities for chairs, directors, and associate chairs and directors: 

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Dear chairs and directors,

At the Forum tomorrow, our new faculty colleagues will introduce themselves during lunch. A microphone will be passed around. I emailed them to make sure they know- so no need for you to do anything in addition. I’m looking forward to seeing you at this week’s events! 

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Dear Chairs, Directors, and Associate Chairs and Directors,

I'm sharing in the attachment the agenda for the retreat on Wednesday, August 23, 9am-4pm. (I've also included those here who are unable to join us for the retreat so all can view the agenda.) Please note the slightly shifted timeframe, now beginning at 9am. 

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Dear Chairs, Directors, and Associate Chairs and Directors,

You are cordially invited to attend the annual Chairs' and Directors' Retreat at the Penrose House on August 23, 2023, 8:30am-4:30pm. Emily and I are looking forward to welcoming those who are serving in a chair or director role for the first time and discussing a range of strategic topics that will kick off the work that we will be doing together in the upcoming academic year. Please rsvp here<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2FPages%2FResponsePage.aspx%3Fid%3DPLHHz5YSh0OzCF3gj9E8mdn2po1B5r5Kgr_S4xD-kCZUMkhDWUpCWE9XVTFSUkhWWVRNTTZLMFlSSS4u&data=05%7C01%7CCHAIRSANDDIRECTORS%40listserv1.coloradocollege.edu%7C2651892e06274fb1081108db8ee76fb6%7Ccfc7b13c12964387b3085de08fd13c99%7C0%7C0%7C638260896876018506%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=xRnCPbPB05Me3W6o%2B1Kn97hroXkVWXOSDiCuqQ7zrl4%3D&reserved=0> by August 7. 

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Dear colleagues and leaders in the academic endeavor (chairs, DEAB, CEC, FEC-budget, divisional elected exec comms),

If tomorrow you can find time and any of the sessions interest you, I encourage you to log-in to the Dept of Education's national summit virtually.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/national-summit-on-equal-opportunity-in-higher-education-registration-680809077277<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fnational-summit-on-equal-opportunity-in-higher-education-registration-680809077277&data=05%7C01%7CCHAIRSANDDIRECTORS%40listserv1.coloradocollege.edu%7Ccdf747deb6154189989408db8d62e560%7Ccfc7b13c12964387b3085de08fd13c99%7C0%7C0%7C638259228116681055%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Pq2vd8wqwks%2Bzk81gmGf%2FCIwrkShK7VPQukjR4SK0nk%3D&reserved=0>

I know some of you have vacation and break days planned -- please absolutely feel free to continue the break time --- that is critical for the creativity and engagement that we will need for when we return, all hands on deck, to work on inclusion and antiracism work in post Harvard+UNC vs SFFA. 

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Hello Colleagues,

Happy mid-June!

If you’ve hired in the last few years and/or have plans to do so in the next few, please consider attending the second half of this ACM online workshop next week. Information attached and below.

Sincerely,
Ryan

Dear chairs and directors,

I have attached an annotated agenda with areas marked for action, and areas marked for information. Please do open it and take some time to review. As always, feel free to share the discussion and information with department/program colleagues.

Below is the unannotated version of the agenda.

Please do reach out if I can be a support to you!
Best,
Emily 

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Dear chairs and directors,

While we were assembling the agenda for our Monday meeting (5/8), the final date/time of the CC panel on the upcoming SCOTUS and affirmative action was confirmed, and it is exactly at the same time as chairs meeting.

It is an important panel for us all, in our college leadership roles as chairs and directors, to attend this panel discussion. The SCOTUS decision could have broad ramifications for us as faculty. Who will we have as students in our classes and majors if CC is not allowed to consider race or lived experience in admissions? What 

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Happy end of block 7 everyone,

I’m following up from David’s earlier email to you all about difficulties in hiring paraprofessionals, and we are in a predicament this year as it turns out. Thanks Gail for your thoughts back in March about paraprofessionals and the timing and how things have changed post-Covid. Of course the pay IS meagre, and that is especially apparent to (re salary) for students graduating in computer science. Thanks Tricia also for your comments. I hope the Psych department had hiring success this year. 

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Dear chairs,

A few of you have shared with me that you received a request for budget one-time reallocation (donation) to the frisbee team.

Please encourage them to work with Chris Starr for this club sport funding need. They are doing great work, and I encourage you to show support for them by attending games, but it would not be appropriate to use departmental budgets for this. 

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Dear chairs and directors,

Here is a reminder about the date and times for this year’s informational meeting for the major personnel reviews. You are in the position to know if you have colleagues who are coming up for review in 2023-24. Please share these dates with them.

I have included our memo for covid year review postponements. Your colleagues may be eligible for the postponement and it may be useful to discuss the option. 

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Dear Colleagues,
Here is our agenda for our Block 7 chairs and directors meeting. I look forward to seeing you.

Best,
Emily

All,
Please see the information below from a post by Andrea Bruder in the Chairs and Directors Team, Course Schedule Channel.
If you have any questions, please reach out to her.

Course schedule 2023-24
Dear Chairs and Directors and administrative assistants, I'm sharing below the course schedule for 2023-24. This is not yet the finalized version, as some departments are in the process of hiring and changes may need to be made. 

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All,
This information was posted today in the Chairs and Directors Team in the Hiring Channel.
Just in case you aren't using Teams much here is the post with the links.

Chairs and Directors, and administrative assistants, the salary ranges for block and one-year visitors for next year have become available, and we are ready to issue appointment letters. Please send us your appointment letter requests for block visitors<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2FPages%2FResponsePage.aspx%3Fid%3DPLHHz5YSh0OzCF3gj9E8mdn2po1B5r5Kgr_S4xD-kCZUMUtIUkFBWE4yRExROFBPODJDTEwwTDNGSS4u&data=05%7C01%7CCHAIRSANDDIRECTORS%40listserv1.coloradocollege.edu%7Cf3881bc92e49485fe0ad08db3494d83f%7Ccfc7b13c12964387b3085de08fd13c99%7C0%7C0%7C638161586111741773%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=EchgZRpQq%2Fj48kdjPGPSuKJfiWZTlDwvpeFwdzu3B8Q%3D&reserved=0> (especially if they are teaching in the fall of next year, so that we can add their names to their classes in Banner) and returning one-year visitors<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2FPages%2FResponsePage.aspx%3Fid%3DPLHHz5YSh0OzCF3gj9E8maXO3dWw2qJBjwyFgQPqb-hUMU9LV0s2U1E3N1BCTFY0MENYOFZDVlE0RSQlQCN0PWcu&data=05%7C01%7CCHAIRSANDDIRECTORS%40listserv1.coloradocollege.edu%7Cf3881bc92e49485fe0ad08db3494d83f%7Ccfc7b13c12964387b3085de08fd13c99%7C0%7C0%7C638161586111741773%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=9vL2rXFmTgZ9fSysaMqm38Hye%2F6GZVZpYAsgCG4U%2FdQ%3D&reserved=0>. Thank you! 

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Hi chairs and directors,

Please save the date and times for this year’s informational meeting for the major personnel reviews. You are in the position to know if you have colleagues who are coming up for review in 2023-24. Please share these dates with them.

I have included our memo for covid year review postponements. Your colleagues may be eligible for the postponement and it may be useful to discuss the option. 

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Dear chairs, directors, and FEC members,

I'm writing to invite you to join us for the second of two Spring Leadership Workshops with Academic Impressions this semester. The workshop will be held on April 27 (Thursday after the end of Block 7), from 1pm-4:30pm in Tutt Library 201. The topic will be Building Trust. Please RSVP here<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2FPages%2FResponsePage.aspx%3Fid%3DPLHHz5YSh0OzCF3gj9E8mdn2po1B5r5Kgr_S4xD-kCZUMVE0TTBVTEZKQUtKWkQySUZaMEhDQkFNOC4u&data=05%7C01%7CCHAIRSANDDIRECTORS%40listserv1.coloradocollege.edu%7C64987ab8b12e4aeea18108db2a35ea76%7Ccfc7b13c12964387b3085de08fd13c99%7C0%7C0%7C638150183293853460%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=e9oiqK9TPUeLv%2FKqjzi3YW3%2FXNS2ntDnUkCeE53kNeU%3D&reserved=0>. Thank you! 

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Hi friends,

I’m writing to ask for information on whether your departments and programs have faced challenges hiring paraprofs recently. This is motivated by the fact that we have had few or no applicants for our computer science paraprof position in recent years, and our students have indicated that the salary we offer is not attractive. So my questions are: 

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Dear chairs, I look forward to seeing you in our Block 6 meeting. Here is our agenda.

Chairs and directors Meeting

Block 6 2023. 3/6/2023 3:30-5 p.m. Yalich Board Room

Agenda

1. Discussion with the Registrar: Access ratings, Course Dog updates, and other Q&A (Phil Apodaca, Registrar; and Ashley Nicolas (Applications and Communications Manager).
2. Administrative updates:
* Student Researcher Summer Stipend update ($4,500 for 10 weeks in 2023 summer)
* Reminder:
* For those on a fast timeline, please post fall semester block visitor names on classes in Banner prior to pre-registration.
* Share end of year events with 

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Dear chairs and directors,

Question1: Do you already have your date/time/location of your spring semester senior academic/capstone/thesis event? If so, would you share that with me?
Question2: Do you have a special speaker or public event that you would like to share out to local alumni and trustees?

I hope to compile the information and (1) share with the president and cabinet to encourage folks to visit to learn more about the work we do with students, and (2) if you are interested—to invite local alumni and/or board members to come by and see the students' work. 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

I'm reaching out with a gentle reminder that the chairs'/directors' salary recommendations<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2FPages%2FResponsePage.aspx%3Fid%3DPLHHz5YSh0OzCF3gj9E8mdn2po1B5r5Kgr_S4xD-kCZUODc1Skk1VkoxQ05GODVPUDdHUkpYQlFESi4u&data=05%7C01%7CCHAIRSANDDIRECTORS%40listserv1.coloradocollege.edu%7C7efca0ebdb8d4c7ecd1408db190610e7%7Ccfc7b13c12964387b3085de08fd13c99%7C0%7C0%7C638131286083059403%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=poOmbIXnfdLw1uawxeV%2BhmHDMGER90XU%2BF4dBghkFfM%3D&reserved=0> are due on Friday, March 3. The chairs'/directors' faculty activity self-reports are also due that day (only the self-report<https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fforms.office.com%2FPages%2FResponsePage.aspx%3Fid%3DPLHHz5YSh0OzCF3gj9E8mdn2po1B5r5Kgr_S4xD-kCZUOUtQRDlTSU45OTlDOUU3MlRDRVZETlBTVC4u&data=05%7C01%7CCHAIRSANDDIRECTORS%40listserv1.coloradocollege.edu%7C7efca0ebdb8d4c7ecd1408db190610e7%7Ccfc7b13c12964387b3085de08fd13c99%7C0%7C0%7C638131286083059403%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=5RIhSbLK%2BNz3UIn%2BlGFK3cWtGBBpgljah%2BgGt0VmJx8%3D&reserved=0>, no need to turn in an evaluation of your own self-report nor to ask a colleague to do so). Thank you if you have already done this! Please let me know if you have any questions. 

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Dear chairs, FEC, CEC members,
In case the WSJ article is behind a paywall for you. I thought you might enjoy reading this.
Go tigers!
Emily

Dear Chairs, Directors, and FEC members,

The first of two Leadership Workshops with Academic Impressions this spring is coming up on March 15. This session will explore strategies to create an environment to support healthy conflict and constructively resolve personnel issues. Participants will be asked to complete the Kraybill assessment, a tool that identifies preferred approaches to resolving conflict. Through the results of the Kraybill assessment and additional resources, participants will gain strategies to effectively navigate difficult situations in the workplace. 

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Dear directors, chairs, departmental admins,

I want to share this report about our college-wide course offering analysis.

In sum: GO TEAM ! Thank you -- we met our goals in terms of number of seats overall, first year program, general education, etc. Thank you for leaning in to help create this overall course offering for 2023-24. 

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Dear directors and chairs,

I have attached an annotated copy of our meeting from this Block. It summarizes the topics we discussed on the agenda, as well as documents that were shared in the meeting.

Best,
Emily

PS. Dear all-faculty, some chairs shared that it was redundant for them to have to forward to you the chair's meeting notes and ask that we simply email it to all-fac. Please delete if this information is not of interest to you. 

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Sent on behalf of Lyrae Williams

Dear Chairs and Directors,
Please see the attached PDF that was discussed at the Chairs and Directors meeting on Monday. Please contact Lyrae Williams<mailto:[log in to unmask]> if you'd like to Lyrae to attend your department meetings or if you'd like to meet with her one-on-one to discuss the platform in more detail. 

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Dear chairs and directors,

I look forward to seeing you in our first 2023 chairs and directors meeting. Below you will find our agenda.

Best,
Emily

Chairs and directors Meeting

Block 5 2023. 2/6/2023 3:30-5 p.m. Yalich Board Room

Agenda

1. Crown Center Instructional Coaching Program<https://www.coloradocollege.edu/other/crown-center/programs/instructional-coaching.html> update: Tina Valtierra (Chair, Education; Crown Master Teacher) and Santiago Guerra (Director, Southwest Studies; Crown Master Teacher)
* Workshop on the Inclusive Pedagogies Observation Protocol 2/7 3:30-5pm Tutt Library 411
2. Updates: FYP, General Education, Spring Pre-registration: Aaron Stoller (Associate Vice President for Student Success)
3. Update: Advising data now viewable on the chair’s 

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(Sent on Behalf of Andrea Bruder, Associate Dean of the Faculty)

Dear Chairs, Directors, and Administrative Assistants,

I hope your year is off to a good start. I'm writing to share a template for your department's/program's course grids that we've designed to be able to look at the proposed course schedule holistically. This format allows us to determine how many seats there are available in classes that fulfill General Education requirements in each block and ensure that we offer a sufficient number of first-year-friendly classes to set our incoming students up for success. 

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Dear Chairs, Directors, and FEC members,

Please save the dates for the Spring Leadership Workshops with Academic Impressions.

Spring Leadership Workshop I
Topic: Conflict resolution and management
When: March 15, 2023, 1pm-5pm
Where: TBA

Spring Leadership Workshop II
Topic: TBA
When: April 27, 2023, 1pm-5pm
Where: TBA

The event will be held in person on campus. I will be in touch closer to the time of the events with locations and additional information. Thank you! 

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Dear chairs and directors,

One of the campus-wide initiatives to support mental health awareness and suicide prevention is to make available the QPR (Question, Persuade, Refer) training to all staff and faculty.

The official college message will go out tomorrow, and it will link to this college page where we will share options for (1) in person workshops (2-hour), (2) online self-paced training (1-hour), and (3) explanation how to opt out (e.g., might already have higher level professional certification, might have life circumstances that make taking QPR triggering, etc). https://www.coloradocollege.edu/offices/humanresources/qpr_training.html 

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Dear Chairs, Directors, and FEC members,

I'm reaching out to schedule the first of two spring leadership workshops as part of our development program with Academic Impressions. The topic will be conflict resolution and management.

Please take a moment to fill in this one-question survey<https://coloradocollege.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5jrex51eGwtMFYW> by Wednesday, December 14 to help us pick a time that works best for most. 

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Dear chairs and directors, FEC personnel policies members,

Tomorrow morning, faculty will receive this email about the annual performance review.

You will see that, as in past practice, chairs get to determine the exact due date the self-report is due from faculty within their department. I have highlighted in the email to all-fac that chairs and directors will communicate your internal deadline to them directly. 

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Dear chairs and directors,

We have only a few, but important items on our chairs and directors meeting on Monday.
3:30 - 5:00 pm, Yalich board room as usual

1. [student focused topic] How are we preparing the students for world-readiness? The imperative to collaborate with the Career Center at the departmental level. Looking at recent grad data, national data. Presentation and discussion to invite collaboration from the Career Center (Emily Chan and Megan Nicklaus)
2. [faculty development focused topic] The Crown Center: Developments in programming, resources, opportunities for leadership, support for faculty -- Discussion with chairs (Peony Fhagen)
3. 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

I'm following up on our plan from a previous chairs' and directors' meeting to tag classes as first-year-friendly if they do not have prerequisites and are appropriate for first-year students. To this end, I have added a spreadsheet to our Teams page here<https://cctigers.sharepoint.com/:x:/s/ChairsandDirectors/EVlc3yz1lAJCpL74NtaV3SgBNHX1y3aP9V__OhCu2fXTbQ?e=irCrqw> that includes all classes that have been taught since Spring 2019, sorted by department/program. 

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Dear chairs and directors, a reminder to sign up for a time slot to meet with President Richardson in a small group conversation setting!

2. Chairs and directors: Come have a small group conversation with the President!

In response to chairs' interest in sustained conversations with administration, President Song Richardson would like to host regular chairs and directors conversations to get to know. Please sign up online.<https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c094faea929a1f9c43-department> There are six meetings between now and February, and each meeting has a limit of six spots (12/1, 12/20, 2/1, 2/2, 2/10, 2/13.)

Dear chair, directors,

By now you will have heard about the mass shooting at Club Q last night just south of Academy and Austin Bluffs). It is horrifying and sickening. I hope you and your loved ones are safe.

The college is preparing responses in support for the college community and more info will go out soon. 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

I have attached this block's chair's meeting summary for your records. See the 2 new announcements below.

Have a good fall break.

If something comes up during break and you need me, I will check my email -- I won't write to you all with new business, but you all feel free to reach out if there are matters that require timely touch base. 

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(Sent on Behalf of Andrea Bruder, Associate Dean of the Faculty)

Dear chairs, directors, and administrative assistants,

As promised at the chairs' and directors' meeting, I am sharing a link to an online form for submitting changes to the course schedule. The form will route your change request to the registrar's office and, if needed, to me and Karen Obrzut, who can help with updated visitor appointment letters etc. as needed. As previously, Christine Brett will be in touch to confirm the change to the schedule, and we will be in touch if we need any additional information. Please feel 

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Dear Chairs and Director,
I look forward to chairs and directors meeting on Monday, 3:30pm at Yalich Board Room (Spencer Building)

Agenda:

1. Project 2024 - Susan Ashley will come and facilitate a discussion. No prep required and her guiding question is attached to this email (connection and time). This will take about 40 minutes.
2. Administrative matters update from Andrea: FYP courses, first year friendly (no pre-req) courses, any questions from chairs.
3. Continued discussion of FAQ document about credit hour translation to block plan (copy attached for discussion, but not for circulating yet. It is also discussed at 

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A few minutes ago I sent out this attachment that incorporated the resources and shared ideas on student mental health and academics.

You will recognize the themes--they came out from our chairs meeting, FEC and CEC meetings, topics discussed in your department meetings, Monday's faculty meeting, and materials shared on mental health and inclusive pedagogies (petitions, research summaries, professional development resources). 

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Dear Chairs, Directors, and FEC members,

Please save the date for the Fall Leadership Workshop with Academic Impressions, November 16, 12:30pm - 4:30pm. The event will be held in person on campus. I will be in touch closer to event with a location and additional information.

Thank you!

Andrea

Dear Chairs, Directors, and FEC members,

I'm reaching out to schedule the first of three workshops as part of our development program with Academic Impressions. The topic will be Leadership, and a (brief) pre-workshop assignment will include a leadership self-assessment.

Please take a moment to fill in this poll by end of Friday to help us pick a time that works best for most. (I've included everyone here because it's been a while since we sent out the original interest survey and some may have changed their mind, so this is another chance to join:-), no need to fill in 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Thank you for your engagement at block 2's chairs and directors meeting. Here are my annotations added to the agenda. My annotations are in blue italics. Feel free to share with departmental staff and faculty colleagues--I hope our chairs meetings will continue to be a place where we can work on matters at both the micro and macro levels, on emergent matters as well as sustained work, and will prompt conversations and collaborations and create broader awareness of our shared work, for all faculty and staff. 

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Dear chairs and directors,

Thank you for a helpful meeting yesterday, and the input you shared in person and by email before and after the meeting. One suggestion we heard from many of you was the importance of creating spaces for student community in addition to the chaplain's office programming space or a wellness-mental-health office space. I carried our ideas and comments to Cabinet meeting on Tuesday (one of many cabinet meetings where we will continue to review and discuss mental health, death, and other emergencies). Folks found faculty input and your observations from working with students very helpful. 

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Hello all:

Here is a link to the document<https://cctigers-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/nwood_coloradocollege_edu/ETEL_NAE3QpFi__AjS-uQTcB5XV7TvTzaSVokRUP-rbHqA?e=Md3b1A> so you may contribute and/or adopt the Wellness Pledge.

Thank you,
Naomi

Dr. Naomi Pueo Wood she/her(s)
NEH Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Humanities
Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, Department Chair
Program Director of Feminist and Gender Studies
Co-Director of CC Mobile Arts https://www.coloradocollege.edu/other/mobile-arts/ccmobilearts.html
719.389.6519/ Armstrong Hall 346

From: Chairs and Directors Listserv <[log in to unmask]> on behalf of Emily Chan <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: Emily Chan <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, October 3, 2022 at 2:43 PM
To: CHAIRSANDDIRECTORS Mailing List <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Updated agenda for chairs and director meeting 

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Dear directors and chairs,
I will have printed copies of this updated agenda (adding full item for mental health discussion).
thanks
e

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EMILY CHAN, PHD
Dean of the Faculty
Professor of Psychology
Office of the Dean of the Faculty
Armstrong Hall 201

[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
o (719) 389-6682

COLORADO COLLEGE
14 E. Cache La Poudre St.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
www.coloradocollege.edu<http://www.coloradocollege.edu/>

Dear colleagues,
Here is our agenda for Monday. See you then.
If I can be of assistance over the weekend, do feel free to email.
Take care,
Emily

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EMILY CHAN, PHD
Dean of the Faculty
Professor of Psychology
Office of the Dean of the Faculty
Armstrong Hall 201

[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
o (719) 389-6682

COLORADO COLLEGE
14 E. Cache La Poudre St.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
www.coloradocollege.edu<http://www.coloradocollege.edu/>

Dear directors and chairs

I am finalizing our agenda for next week's meeting and should be able to send you the meeting materials on Thursday.

Thank you to those of you who already send me some info in prep for this meeting. If you haven't yet, here's another invitation to share:

* Any questions/ideas you want to share with our Advancement colleagues? Some potential topics include (what are your departmental needs that you hope to advance with gifts? Does the department or individual faculty in the department already work with potential donors? Or donors are contacting you? What has your 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Thank you for activating the covid-response teaching strategies that you and colleagues have developed over the past two years (e.g., remote, more flexible assessments, some pre-recorded materials from previous years to help catch up, grade track changes, referring students to the advising hub, etc.). I appreciate the extra efforts you put in, the care, flexibility (when appropriate to the course), as well as communication with students. 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,
Thank you for your engagement at block 1 chairs and directors meeting. Here are my annotations added to the agenda. It'll not have every single point we discussed, but should provide enough key points to capture the discussion, follow-up ideas, and preparation for further action. I have attached it as a word document so that you can add your own notes to it. My annotations are in blue italics. Feel free to share with departmental colleagues--I hope our chairs meetings can prompt conversations and collaborations, as well as share broader awareness of our shared work, for 

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Hi Chairs and Director,

For those of you who cannot come in person (e.g., isolation), here is a zoom link. https://coloradocollege.zoom.us/j/97206650580?from=addon

Sincerely,
Emily

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EMILY CHAN, PHD
Dean of the Faculty
Professor of Psychology
Office of the Dean of the Faculty
Armstrong Hall 201

[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
o (719) 389-6682

COLORADO COLLEGE
14 E. Cache La Poudre St.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
www.coloradocollege.edu<http://www.coloradocollege.edu/>

Dear Directors and Chairs,

Here is the block 1 meeting agenda. We look forward to seeing you again! There will not be coffee/tea service at the meeting this year, so please top up your travel mug in advance if you need an afternoon cuppa.

Reminder:
please fill in the short survey<https://coloradocollege.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9uTONl0wsEhKRrU> by Monday, September 5 to help us gauge interest in professional development opportunities with Academic Impressions. (Individual leadership coaching, group coaching, chair's workshop, asynchronous learning). 

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(On behalf of Heidi Lewis, Coordinator of Early Career Faculty Development Programs)

Dear colleagues,

Please encourage block visitors in your programs|departments to attend the Crown Center’s Block Visitor Orientation & Professional Development session today from 3:30 to 5p in Tutt Library 105. Today’s session will focus on teaching on The Block Plan. Those who are not local may attend in my Zoom room linked below. I’ll be working with Chad to determine the best ways to host hybrid sessions, but today’s may be a bit clunky if I can’t do that in time. We’ll do better moving forward. 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Thank you for sharing an engaging retreat with us yesterday! As promised, here is a link to a short survey<https://coloradocollege.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9uTONl0wsEhKRrU> to gauge interest in professional development opportunities for the upcoming year. Please fill in the survey by Friday, September 2. We'll be in touch with more details shortly thereafter. 

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Dear Chairs and Directors and Academic Administrative Assistants:
This email was sent today to all visiting faculty members.
Please encourage your visitors to attend.

(On behalf of the Associate Dean of the Faculty)

Dear Visiting faculty,

We look forward to welcoming you to the Colorado College campus this upcoming block!

You are cordially invited to join us for an informal coffee hour in the Cossitt faculty lounge on the first Tuesday of the block, 3pm-4pm. We hope to create a space for community building where new and returning visitors have a chance to exchange experiences and connect with others. We'll 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Please find attached an updated agenda for the chairs' and directors' retreat. In exciting news, the Academic Impressions team will be joining us over lunch for an information session about professional development opportunities for CC chairs and directors this upcoming academic year.

See you next week!

Andrea

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ANDREA BRUDER, PH.D.
Associate Dean of the Faculty
Chief Public Health Advisor
Associate Professor
Mathematics and Computer Science
Armstrong 207 

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(On behalf of the Associate Dean of the Faculty)

Dear Visiting faculty,

We look forward to welcoming you to the Colorado College campus this upcoming academic year!

You are cordially invited to join us for an informal coffee hour in the Cossitt faculty lounge on the first Tuesday of each block, 3pm-4pm. We hope to create a space for community building where new and returning visitors have a chance to exchange experiences and connect with others. We'll have coffee, tea, and snacks, and we hope that you can join us. 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

I'm reaching out with an update about our upcoming chairs' and directors' retreat. We have heard from some of you about a time conflict with an NSO session that was scheduled for 9-10:30, and we will work to avoid this for next year. To remedy the time conflict for this year, we have adjusted the retreat to begin at 11am. We hope that you can join us - please rsvp here<https://forms.office.com/r/aEae1mDHTG> if you haven't already. Thank you! 

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All,

Good morning - if you have not submitted your AY 2021-22 departmental/program anti-racism report to the Dean's Office, please do so as soon as possible. These reports should be sent to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.

If you need an extension, please reach out to Peony (cc'd) at your earliest convenience.

Best,

Dale K. Willson
Office of the Dean of the Faculty
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Dear Chairs, Directors, and Academic Administrative Assistants,

Attached are the 2022-23 Dean of the Faculty supported faculty conference travel grant guidelines, and an excel form for the department assistant to use to compile your department/program's faculty travel requests for AY 2022-23. The information that you submit will help the Office of the Dean of the Faculty plan and allocate funds to support this travel grant program. 

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Dear chairs and directors, associate chairs and associate directors,

Please save the date: We will be having our start-of-year Chairs' and Directors Retreat on Wednesday 8/24. We plan to offer breakfast starting at 8:30am and begin the sessions at 9am. Lunch will be catered, and we plan to finish at 3pm. 

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(sent on behalf of the Senior Associate Dean of Equity and Inclusion)

Dear Colleagues,

As a reminder, annual department/program antiracism work reports are requested by June 3rd. Please submit your reports to Dale<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. The AY 21-22 call for annual department/program antiracism work reports is attached; the information requested is very similar to last year's call. 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

A friendly reminder that the Third-Year/Senior Lecturer Review procedural information meeting is this afternoon at 12:30 PM in the Armstrong Boardroom (Armstrong 200). Please let me know if you have any questions.

Best,

Dale K. Willson
Assistant to the Dean of Faculty
Staff Council Representative
Office of the Dean of the Faculty 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,
Here is the handout we will use for the course evaluation update and continued discussion today. Attached here, in addition to the paper version at the meting, for the convenience of those who will be on zoom.

Best,
Emily

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EMILY CHAN, PHD
Dean of the Faculty
Professor of Psychology
Office of the Dean of the Faculty
Armstrong Hall 201 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Happy Friday! Attached to this message, please find the Block 8 Chairs and Directors meeting agenda. This meeting will be held in the Yalich Boardroom, and it will be simulcast over Zoom. The Zoom link can be found in the agenda.

Please let me know if you have any questions. 

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(sent on behalf of the Associate Dean of the Faculty and the Senior Associate Dean of Equity, Inclusion, and Faculty Development)

Dear Chairs and Directors,

We are reaching out to invite your feedback comments on this year's chairs' and directors' development series. We value your feedback and use it to continuously improve the series and provide professional development opportunities that meet your needs. Please share your thoughts with us by filling out this short survey<https://coloradocollege.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cOtAL0DLYpT6OYS> by the end of Block 8. Thank you for your time and participation! 

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Dear chair colleagues,

A few of you have asked for a copy of the call for tenure-track and permanent position hires guidelines. Here it is for easy reference.

Once the applications are in (deadline 5/2), I will share the applications with the FEC to aid in the review and decisions about the proposals. I will first review the applications for any confidential information that needs to be redacted before sharing. 

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Dear Directors and Chairs,
Tomorrow is Administrative Professionals Day --- If you think your admin would appreciate it, a small gesture of thanks and celebration might be appreciated!

cheers,
Emily

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EMILY CHAN, PHD
Dean of the Faculty
Professor of Psychology
Office of the Dean of the Faculty
Armstrong Hall 201

[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
o (719) 389-6682

COLORADO COLLEGE
14 E. Cache La Poudre St.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
www.coloradocollege.edu<http://www.coloradocollege.edu/>

Hi directors and chairs,
I hope you can come by to this end of year hang out (instead of a professional development session) this Wednesday at 3:30-5 Cossitt Lounge. Come even just briefly to pick up some snacks and a bevvy. We'll have to-go boxes for those of you who are fasting.
let Karen O know if you can come 

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Dear chairs and directors,

We hope you are having a restful block break. We cordially invite you to celebrate the work we have done together this academic year.

Where: Cossitt faculty lounge
When: 3:30pm - 5:00pm; Wednesday, April 27
Please RSVP to Karen by the end of Monday by responding to this email. Thank you! 

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Dear chairs and directors,

We hope you are having a restful block break. We cordially invite you to celebrate the work we have done together this academic year.

Where: Cossitt faculty lounge
When: 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Please RSVP to Karen by the end of Monday by responding to this email. Thank you!

We look forward to seeing you then! 

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Dear colleagues,

Thank you for lively and productive discussions at chairs and directors meeting on Monday. At the bottom of the email is a summary and highlight of follow-up/to-do items from the chairs and directors meeting.

I would also like to share a few reminders. These topics will also go out in our next "administrative update" email to all faculty and staff in our Dean of the Faculty administrative-division. I add them here for easy reference. In addition to looking through your inbox for these and other past documents, you can always check the DoF Canvas page. If there are 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Dates and times have been set for the procedural review meetings in regards to those faculty undergoing Third-Year, Tenure and Promotion, Full Professor, and Senior Lecturer reviews in AY 2022-23. They are as follows:

Tenure and Promotion: May 2nd, 1:00 - 2:30 PM

Third-Year/Senior Lecturer: May 9th, 12:30 - 2:00 PM 

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Dear chairs and directors,

This is the call for applications that I mentioned in the chair's meeting. It's a call for applications from departments and programs interested in hiring for a tenure-track or lecturer position in AY 2022-23, with a Fall 2023 start date.

According to longstanding college policy, existing lines opened by retirement or resignation return to the general pool of positions. In addition to lines funded by the current faculty salary pool, in 2022-23, we also have the opportunity for three additional tenured/senior hires as a part of CC’s cluster hire to diversify the professoriate. If you are 

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All,

Slight technical issue with the Zoom link I provided originally - please see the new link below.

Dale K. Willson is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: Chairs and Directors
Time: Apr 4, 2022 04:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
https://coloradocollege.zoom.us/j/91587961675

Meeting ID: 915 8796 1675
One tap mobile
+16699009128,,91587961675# US (San Jose)
+12532158782,,91587961675# US (Tacoma) 

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All,

This memo pertains to budget increase requests for FY23. The Office of the Dean of the Faculty invites departments and programs to submit requests for funds. We do not anticipate significant new resources for next year. However, we do want to try to meet pressing needs, and we invite departments with these needs to submit a prioritized proposal for one-time increases or permanent increases in their FY23 operating budgets. 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Attached, please find the agenda and appendices for the Block Seven Chairs and Directors meeting. We'll be back in Yalich.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Best,

Dale K. Willson
Assistant to the Dean of Faculty
Staff Council Representative
Office of the Dean of the Faculty

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o (719) 389-6682

COLORADO COLLEGE
14 E. Cache La Poudre St.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
www.coloradocollege.edu<http://www.coloradocollege.edu/>

(sent on behalf of the General Education Assessment and Review Committee)

Dear Chairs and Program Directors,

I hope you are well. Resending the message below to make sure that the word gets out.

Please inform faculty members in your department/program about the two following general education updates:

First, next year's General Education Assessment and Review Committee will be assessing learning from all Creative Process and Formal Reasoning and Logic courses. This means that all faculty members teaching a course with either of those designations will need to include an assignment aligned with the assessment learning outcome for that category. 

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(sent on behalf of the Associate Dean of the Faculty and the Senior Associate Dean of Equity, Inclusion, and Faculty Development)

Dear Chairs and Directors,

We hope you had a restful spring break. This is a friendly reminder that there is a Chairs' and Directors' Development Program session this Wednesday, March 30, 3:30pm - 5pm (Armstrong Boardroom). Dean Fhagen and Dr. Mateo Muñoz have recently published an article titled Using an Antiracist Lens to Rethink Budgetary Norms in Inside Higher Ed. They will give a short presentation and facilitate our conversation on the topic of Naming and Rethinking Budget Norms. 

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(sent on behalf of the Associate Dean of the Faculty)

Dear chairs and directors,

I'm checking in regarding classes taught by visiting faculty next year. Please make sure that your visiting colleagues' classes are listed in Banner (including a topic for topics classes) so that students can sign up during the upcoming pre-registration period. This will help us to avoid having classes with zero enrollments. Thank you if you have already done this! If you have visitor blocks that are not listed in Banner in time for pre-registration, please contact me. Thank you! 

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Dear chairs and directors,

Do you have retirees who retired in 2020 and 2021, in the thick of covid, and didn't have a proper celebration of their careers at CC? I am considering if our office can host a shared celebration, for example outdoors in Stewart House backyard, towards the end of the semester. Would you let me know if your dept/pgm and retired colleague(s) might be interested? 

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Dear Directors and Chairs,

Here is a brief summary of our meeting on Monday. This might be especially helpful for colleagues on zoom--I learned that that audio was spotty; we'll work on better audio next time when we are back in Yalich.

1. Project 2024 discussion: chairs participated in a Project 2024 discussion for the first 45 minutes of the meeting**link to research about the block plan at end of email
2.
3. Updates on academic matters
* Course Grids, FYP’s, Gen Eds: Thank you to chairs for sharing the grids, and for Andrea and Manuel to create a database 

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(sent on behalf of the Dean of the Faculty)

Dear Colleagues,

Friday, March 4, 2022 is Employee Appreciation Day. In recognition of important contributions made by instructional academic staff, we will be hosting an informal lunch gathering for academic department staff in Cossitt Hall Amphitheatre/Faculty Lounge from 12:00 -2:00 pm on Friday, March 4. Lunch will be catered by Front Range BBQ and Everest Nepal. Brief remarks will start at 12:45 pm. 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Attached to this message, please find the agenda and attachments for the Chairs and Directors meeting next Monday. Please note that Yalich was unavailable for our use, so those that are able to attend in person should plan to meet in Gaylord Hall in the Worner Center at 3:30 PM.
Please let me know if you have any questions. 

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(sent on behalf of the Director of Assessment and Program Review)

Dear chairs and program directors,

I hope you are well.

Please inform faculty members in your department/program about the two following general education updates:

First, next year's General Education Assessment and Review Committee will be assessing learning from all Creative Process and Formal Reasoning and Logic courses. This means that all faculty members teaching a course with either of those designations will need to include an assignment aligned with the assessment learning outcome for that category. 

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(sent on behalf of the Associate Dean of the Faculty and the Senior Associate Dean of Equity, Inclusion, and Faculty Development)

Dear Colleagues,

We hope you had a restful block break. This is a friendly reminder that there is a Chairs and Directors Development Program session this Wednesday, February 23, 3:30pm - 5pm (Armstrong Boardroom). The topic is Managing Conflict. The suggested reading can be found here and attached - it's OK to read as little or as much as you can make time for. Please also find some case studies in the attachment to choose from and talk through 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

I am writing with two chair updates. (1) overall patterns for 2022-23 offerings and invitation for adjustments, (2) no J-Block for 2023 (half block not affected).

(1) Overall Patterns for 2022-2023 Offerings and Requests for Adjustments
Thank you for submitting your course grids. Based on your drafts, we are able to take a prospective look at the overall availability of different types of courses. I have attached the summary in the attached pdf (optional easy read). 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Attached, please find the Block Five Chairs and Directors meeting agenda. President Richardson will join the meeting as a special guest. The meeting will be hybrid, both in-person in the Yalich Boardroom and on Zoom in the link found in the document.

Please feel free to contact me with any questions. 

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Dear Chairs and Directors (and cc'd Academic Administrative Assistants),

A friendly reminder that Department/Course Grids are due to the Dean of Faculty's Office on January 31st (please send them to me directly). If you anticipate needing an extension or have any questions, let me know at your earliest convenience.

Best,

Dale K. Willson
Assistant to the Dean of Faculty
Staff Council Representative
Office of the Dean of the Faculty 

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(sent on behalf of the Senior Associate Dean of Equity, Inclusion, and Faculty Development)

Dear Colleagues,

I hope you had a good holiday break and are managing ok through omicron. As you get ready for the spring semester and Block 5, consider the sessions we are offering through the chairs and directors development program<https://www.coloradocollege.edu/offices/dean-faculty/chairs-program-directors/chairs-directors-dev-program-report.html>. 

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Dear Chairs, Directors, and Administrative Assistants,

Good morning - the Dean of the Faculty's office will continue to be the distribution point for N95 masks throughout the Omicron surge for academic departments. Beginning today, masks may be picked up from the Dean's Office each Wednesday and Friday afternoon from 1:00 - 3:00 PM for the following week. When picking up masks, please be sure to bring a tote bag (or a similar product). A Dean of Faculty staff member will be present to assist with this process. If you are unable to pick up masks during the times above, please 

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Hello, Emily,
Yes, great – looking forward to learning the status of Visitor request for 22-23, thank you for this update.
In our Dept, we do not have any courses now in J block, although research students and some who are taking a ½ block are returning. Next block, for Igneous Petrology, new fac Michelle Gevedon is preparing by recording mini-lectures for asynchronous use, and setting up for a flipped classroom. This is Michelle’s first single-taught “stand up” course, so it is a good deal of work for her. Thankfully for next block she does have a well-qualified paraprof.
The 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Decisions on visitor blocks are being finalized and reviewed for accuracy. We plan on sending official notifications by the 18th. If you have questions in the meantime, please do get in touch with me and Dale.

Best,
Emily

PS How are colleagues in your dept/pgm doing in making contingency plans (and for many, launching their contingency plans) for covid related disruptions? 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Good morning - a reminder that Third-Year review files are due physically in the Dean of Faculty's office (and on CANVAS) on January 17th. If you run into any issues, please feel free to reach out at your convenience.

Best,

Dale K. Willson
Assistant to the Dean of Faculty
Staff Council Representative
Office of the Dean of the Faculty 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Good morning - the Dean of Faculty's office is the point of distribution for Academic Departments in regards to KN95 masks. Beginning this afternoon (1:00 PM or later), please feel free to send a representative to the DOF suite to pick up the masks. I'm also cc'ing department/program administrative assistants on this message to make sure the word gets out.
Please contact with any questions regarding mask distribution, or with any other related question. 

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Dear chairs and directors,

You will have now received from the all-fac email list a message about contingency planning for the anticipated Omicron surge.

It might end up being a sharper increase in cases, or it might be a muted crest --- time will tell. I want to encourage faculty and their directors/chairs to have some conversations to confirm contingency plans. We especially want to ensure that faculty with personal concerns, caregiving responsibilities, as well as faculty newer to CC (block visitors, year-long visitors, new tenure track faculty) have the support and information that they need. 

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Dear Colleagues:
Andrea and I are meeting this afternoon (Wednesday) to determine the visitor block allocations. Notices will be sent out to you in early January when the college reopens.
Wishing everyone a peaceful and healthy break~
Claire

Claire Oberon Garcia
Professor of English
Dean of the Faculty
Acting Provost
Colorado College
14 E. Cache La Poudre Street
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
719.389.6000

Dear Chairs and Directors in the Natural Sciences,

Attached, please find the annual call for Kresge fund requests. Applications are due by February 11th, but if you need more time, please let me know before the deadline. I'm also cc'ing department/program administrative assistants on this message to make sure they have this information.
Please let me know if you have any questions. 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Thank you for your patience as we finalized the Salary Information Forms (and related documents) for this academic year, attached to this message. Important notes:

* Faculty Salary Reviews are requested completed and returned to me by February 18, 2022
* Beginning this year, all submissions should be electronic, following the format described in the attached memorandum. Please do not submit physical copies of salary documents to our office
* All departments and programs that did not execute a full salary review of regular faculty last year should do so this year. The majority of those 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Good morning - please find administrative updates from the Dean's Office that we didn't get to last night:

* Chairs and Directors Forms
* A big thanks to those that have already sent in their Chairs and Directors forms so far. If you have not done so yet, please send them (as well as the other requested documents) to me by the end of the week. If you anticipate needing more time, just let me know
* Faculty Salary Reviews
* We plan on sending out the Faculty Salary Review call (and related documents) by the 

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Dear colleagues:
I forgot to mention that I would love for you to encourage all members of your departments and programs—faculty and staff—to complete the ModernThink climate survey that went out last week. There are very few opportunities to most of us to weigh in on our experiences and perceptions of campus climate, campus culture, and workplace dynamics. At a time when the college has new leadership and external forces such as the global pandemic, political strife, financial instability and changing demographics are making us rethink how best to live up to our mission, the sort of data that the 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Good morning - immediately prior to the Chairs and Directors Meeting this afternoon, Dr. Takiyah Amin will speak with those available from this group regarding the Faculty Handbook Review (Zoom link can be found here<https://coloradocollege.zoom.us/j/95526938302>). We'll have this Zoom room open in the Yalich Boardroom for those that would like to use that space. As a reminder, written feedback related to the Faculty Handbook Review can be provided using the Qualtrics form located here<http://coloradocollege.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6A4ZzWGMh6EidGS>.
The Chairs and Directors meeting will start at 3:50 PM in the Yalich Boardroom. Paul Keurbis, Ombudsman, will be stopping by for 

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Greetings, colleagues~
Attached is our agenda for Monday.
Have a good weekend!
Claire

Claire Oberon Garcia
Professor of English
Dean of the Faculty
Acting Provost
Colorado College
14 E. Cache La Poudre Street
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
719.389.6000

Dear colleagues:
Many of you have been wondering about plans for Boettcher. Here is what is happening according to the Master Plan:
“According to the masterplan Boettcher is scheduled to be demo’d so that we can extend the campus pedestrian walk and allow the space for an addition and remodel to Loomis.”
I have recommended to President Song and the FEC that the two committees (Design and Master Plan) that used to oversee/provide input on campus space issues be revived in some form to allow for more timely and strategic planning about space in a centralized way.
Don’t forget to 

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(sent on behalf of the Associate Dean of the Faculty and the Senior Associate Dean of Equity, Inclusion, and Faculty Development)

Dear Colleagues,

We sent out a reminder prior to Fall Break, but just in case the message slipped through the cracks, this is a friendly reminder that there is a Chairs and Directors Development Program session tomorrow at 3:30 PM in the Armstrong Boardroom that you don’t want to miss! 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

If you have any questions or agenda items for discussion at the next Chairs and Directors meeting, please send them my way by Thursday morning (December 2nd).

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Best,

Dale K. Willson
Assistant to the Dean of Faculty
Staff Council Representative
Office of the Dean of the Faculty 

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(sent on behalf of the Associate Dean of the Faculty and the Senior Associate Dean of Equity, Inclusion, and Faculty Development)

Dear Colleagues,

This is a friendly reminder that there is a Chairs and Directors Development Program session the first Wednesday of Block 4.
​We have re-arranged the schedule to include a session focusing on Covid impact on departments and programs. The plan is to discuss budgets, originally scheduled for Block 4, at our Block 7 session. 

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Dear Colleagues:
Please take a look at this professional development opportunity. The Deans’ Office will be happy to support any chair, director, associate chair or associate director who wants to participate:
https://www.academicimpressions.com/leading-with-diversity-equity-inclusion-mindset-bootcamp/?utm_source=marketo&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=111721-member-digest&mkt_tok=MTgwLUxTVi02NzIAAAGAzL8Zxfqxs8emWTAU5KW5jlt_dFd9JhzpkcKmSKGdw--qhHEGKfAuE9_yDCvgXbKq1koz-FUroHzX5hX6BGZXoZFpMWJ2DQwzfuG0IHW-J30kGCY

I know that some of you have participated in AI bootcamps before~ if you would like to share your experiences with people considering participating, please let us know.
Claire 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Good morning - a friendly reminder that Riley Applications are due today. If you need more time on the application, please reach out at your earliest convenience.

Best,

Dale K. Willson
Assistant to the Dean of Faculty
Staff Council Representative
Office of the Dean of the Faculty

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COLORADO COLLEGE
14 E. Cache La Poudre St.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
www.coloradocollege.edu<http://www.coloradocollege.edu/>

Dear colleagues:
Please check out the newly redesigned COVID-19 dashboard, which makes vital information easier to read and understand. Many thanks to SAG and Communications for this updated dashboard:
https://www.coloradocollege.edu/offices/ipe/cc-covid-19-dashboards.html

Stay well~
Claire

Claire Oberon Garcia
Professor of English
Dean of the Faculty
Acting Provost
Colorado College
14 E. Cache La Poudre Street
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
719.389.6000

Dear colleagues:
Please use this version instead of what I just sent you~ they are exactly the same, but this draft has a date that reflects the date of the revisions.
Thank you!
C

Claire Oberon Garcia
Professor of English
Dean of the Faculty
Acting Provost
Colorado College
14 E. Cache La Poudre Street
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
719.389.6000

Dear Chairs and Directors:
Attached is proposed new Faculty Handbook language for the Chairs and Directors section of the Faculty Handbook. I have updated the draft that was presented at a faculty meeting in 2019-20 in light of questions and concerns that were raised at that meeting. I will be working with Mateo Muñoz, copied here, on the anticipated costs of this new chair/director model, as many concerns were related to its budgetary impact.
I would like to get your feedback in our Block 4 chairs and directors meeting. I am also sending this draft to Emily Chan to present 

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Dear colleagues:
I apologize for missing Monday’s meeting—I was part of an external review team for the College of the Holy Cross English Department. I always find this service to the profession illuminating and inspiring, so was happy to have the opportunity to do it.

I just want to catch you up on the Zero-based budget exercise, as I hear there have been some questions.
First, for chairs and directors new this year, some backstory: When I became DOF in 2019-20, a priority was to review department and program operating budgets to make a case that departments and programs should 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Attached, please find a revised course offering plan excel document. This version removes the formulas and should remedy issues found in the earlier iteration. If you're unable to access this document or have any questions, please reach out at your convenience.

Best,

Dale K. Willson
Assistant to the Dean of Faculty
Staff Council Representative
Office of the Dean of the Faculty 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Attached, please find the Block Three Chairs and Directors meeting agenda. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out.

Best,

Dale K. Willson
Assistant to the Dean of Faculty
Staff Council Representative
Office of the Dean of the Faculty

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14 E. Cache La Poudre St.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Attached, please find both the AY 2021-22 Chairs and Directors Information form, and a Course Offering Plan. Both are requested back to me completed by December 1st, but if you need extra time, please don't hesitate to reach out. The information form should be filled out and sent back to me in word format, rather than .pdf. The attached versions of the information form are the only ones that should be used for submission this year.
Chairs and Directors should plan to meet with Claire to review their information forms either shortly before or after submission 

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(sent on behalf of the Associate Dean of the Faculty and the Senior Associate Dean of Equity, Inclusion, and Faculty Development)

Dear Chairs and Directors,

We hope your block is off to a good start, and we look forward to the Block 3 Chairs and Directors Development program session on Wednesday, 10/27, 3:30pm-5pm, in Armstrong Boardroom. The topic is Roles and Responsibilities. 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Good morning - if you have any agenda items for the Block Three Chairs and Directors meeting, would you let me know by Wednesday evening?

Thanks in advance, and pleas let me know if you have any questions.

Best,

Dale K. Willson
Assistant to the Dean of Faculty
Staff Council Representative
Office of the Dean of the Faculty 

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(sent on behalf of the Senior Associate Dean of Equity, Inclusion, and Faculty Development)

Dear Chairs and Directors,

Please share the message below with any of your Block Visitors that are interested in meeting with Dr. Takiyah Amin today from 3:00 - 4:00 PM regarding the Faculty Handbook Review Process.

kind regards,
Peony (on behalf of the task force and Dr. Amin) 

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Dear Chairs and Directors:
Thank you for an inspiring and productive meeting on Monday. I look forward to working with you to continue to streamline our processes and find good ways to exchange information.

* Sabbatical requests: Along with your colleague’s sabbatical request, please include a short statement that you have discussed the proposal with your colleague and that you support it. Please give me more details in your chairs and information form (due 29 November) about how your department will manage the absence—reallocation of classes, visitor blocks, rescheduling, etc.
* We will re-start the distribution by email a Deans’ 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Attached, please find the agenda for the Block Two Chairs and Directors meeting. The meeting will be held in the Yalich Boardroom, and no food or beverages will be provided.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Best,

Dale K. Willson
Assistant to the Dean of Faculty
Staff Council Representative
Office of the Dean of the Faculty 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Good morning - per the new CC Visitor Policy<https://mailchi.mp/coloradocollege.edu/new-public-events-policy-959528?e=0fc2174eab> posted yesterday, the Deans Office no longer requires visitors to fill out our Qualtrics form and have visitors sign-in with us prior to interacting with the Colorado College community. Host departments should keep logs of when official visitors are onsite and maintain their contact information to aid with contact training efforts. The Academic Division Protocols document<https://www.coloradocollege.edu/other/coronavirus/docs/Academic-Division-Protocols.pdf> located on the COVID Updates and Resources page<https://www.coloradocollege.edu/other/coronavirus/> will be updated with this guidance in the near future.
Please let me know if you have any questions. 

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(sent on behalf of the Associate Dean of the Faculty and the Senior Associate Dean of Equity, Inclusion, and Faculty Development)

Dear Chairs and Directors,

This is a friendly reminder that this Wednesday, 9/29, 3:30-5, in the Armstrong Boardroom, is a Chairs and Directors Development program session. The topic is the "chair's letter" for 3rd year and tenure files. 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Good morning - if you have any items you would like to add to the Block Two Chairs and Directors meeting agenda, please let me know by Wednesday afternoon. I'll have the agenda to you on Thursday or Friday this week.

Please let me know if you have any questions. 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Good morning – yesterday, you may have seen the message go out over the ALLFAC regarding the Faculty Handbook Review Feedback meetings with Dr. Takiyah Amin (included below). The last of the series of meetings is with Chairs and Directors on Monday, December 6th, from 3:00 – 4:00 PM. Since this is the same day as the Block Four Chairs and Directors meeting, these two events will run in conjunction. For those able to attend, the Faculty Handbook Review Feedback meeting will start at 3:00 PM, and run until either 3:45 or 4:00 PM. The formal 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Good morning - Claire plans to visit each department and program between Blocks 1-5 to speak with you and your faculty members. In the past, these visits took place during blockly department meetings, often for 30 minutes (but can vary based on departmental need or preference). This space is provided for departmental faculty to speak about their concerns, raise any questions, discuss new departmental intiatives, etc. If your department or program has already visited with Claire regarding hiring in AY 2021-22, you do not need to schedule a second meeting.
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Dear Colleagues:
I hope your Block 1 of another “unprecedented” academic year is off to a good start. It is wonderful to have all of our students back in our classrooms, labs and tents.

I have heard that there is some confusion about class formats for this academic year. This note is a reminder that ALL teaching should be done in person unless you have a medical exemption approved by Human Resources or a non-medical exemption approved by my office. This policy applies to classes that you plan to teach in remote or hybrid format, NOT to short-term, emergency accommodations 

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(sent on behalf of the Center for Global Education and Field Study and the COVID-19 Policy Group)

All,

Attached is DRAFT guidance to elaborate on our current policy for field trips. It deals with the potential for a student becoming symptomatic on a field trip and other issues. Please review and get any feedback to me (Drew Cavin) and I will share with the Covid 19 policy team. Our aim is to finalize this policy guidance by early next week. Thank you in advance. 

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(sent on behalf of the International Student & Scholar Services Team)

Dear Chairs, Directors, and Associate Chairs and Directors,

Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you about hiring international faculty. Please know that Donna and I are here to assist you with you in making the process of hiring international faculty as smooth as possible. 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Good morning - is there anyone who would be interested in attending the Chairs and Directors meeting this afternoon remotely (via Zoom)? I can set up my laptop and send out a link if there's anyone that can't attend in-person. If you are interested, would you let me know prior to 2:00 PM?
Thanks in advance. 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Good morning - attached, please find the agenda for the Block One Chairs and Directors meeting. This meeting will take place on September 6th from 3:30 - 5:15 PM in the Gates Common Room of Palmer Hall. Also attached is a .pdf message from Tess Powers, and a word document that will be referenced during her presentation.
Presenters: please note that your timeslots may have changed slightly since we last communicated due to some last-minute changes. Please let me know of any questions at your convenience. 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Attached, please find the Key Dates Memo for AY 2021-22 year. We plan on publishing new versions of this memo as times and dates change.

Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions (or see any errors!)

Best,

Dale K. Willson
Assistant to the Dean of Faculty/Acting Provost
Office of the Dean of the Faculty 

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Dear Colleagues:
We’re off to a great start to the new academic year. It was wonderful to see so many students and faculty at this morning’s opening convocation.

This is just a reminder that ALL classes are to be taught in person with the exception of professors who have a medical exemption or an exemption from the Deans’ Office to teach remotely. The hybrid and remote formats that we asked you to prepare are our PLAN B in case the college needs to go back to social distancing or other measures that are not in place now. However, I’m cognizant 

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Dear colleagues:
The COVID-19 Policy and Implementation group in consultation with SAG, and in conversations with the Office of Global and Field Study, the Deans’ Office and Student Life is working on updating the guidelines for off-campus classes and field trips in light of the ever-evolving coronavirus landscape. This is a reminder about an important facet of our current policy. 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

A friendly reminder that the Chairs and Directors orientation will be held in the Tutt Library Event Space (Tutt 201) this Friday from 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM. All Chairs, Directors, and Associate Chairs and Directors are welcome to attend the event, not just those new to their positions. For those that plan to attend, please fill out the RSVP form located here<http://coloradocollege.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0CD7mqDdfo4vwp0>.
Thanks in advance, and please let Peony or Amy know if you have any questions. 

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Dear colleagues:
I’m looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow!
Please remember that we will be under the flagpole tent. Unfortunately, due to the short-notice change (thank you, Delta variant), we won’t be offering remote options.
I will be calling on each department and program to introduce their new tenure-track, one-year visitors, and Riley fellows, as is the tradition. I also encourage you to introduce those who joined us last fall, but didn’t have the opportunity to meet people in person. So please keep the intros even more brief than usual: 3-4 sentences MAX that include where the person is 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Good afternoon - I'm working on creating your Chairs and Director appointment letters for the upcoming academic year, and would love to hear from you on what type of compensation you prefer for holding these essential positions. The compensation offered for the AY 2021-22 year is as follows (unchanged from AY 2020-21): 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Good afternoon - based on feedback received on the Qualtrics survey, Chairs and Directors meetings will be held on the Second Monday of each block, from 3:30 - 5:15 PM, on the following schedule:

Block One: September 6th
Block Two: October 4th
Block Three: November 1st
Block Four: December 6th
Block Five: January 31st
Block Six: February 28th
Block Seven: April 4th
Block Eight: May 2nd 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Attached, please find the agenda for the Chairs and Directors Orientation on the 27th. If you have not RSVP'd for the event and would like to attend, the RSVP link can be found here<http://coloradocollege.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0CD7mqDdfo4vwp0>.

Questions regarding the orientation may be directed to Andrea or Peony at your convenience. 

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(sent on behalf of the Associate Dean of the Faculty and the Senior Associate Dean of Equity, Inclusion, and Faculty Development)

Dear Colleagues,

We invite you to engage again, or for the first time, with the Chairs and Directors Development Program this academic year. The program description and schedule with meeting dates, times, and campus location can be found here<https://www.coloradocollege.edu/offices/dean/chairs-program-directors/chairs-directors-development-program/>. We have made some modifications to the program based on the survey feedback some of you (thank you!) provided last spring. Attached is a report that Andrea and I prepared which evaluates last year's iteration of the program. 

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(sent on behalf of the Associate Dean of the Faculty and the Senior Associate Dean of Equity, Inclusion, and Faculty Development)

Greetings,

On behalf of the Dean's Office, we cordially invite you to our annual Chairs and Directors Orientation on Friday, August 27 from 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM. While primarily geared toward individuals new to the position, chairs and directors who would like a refresher are welcome to attend. We will share an agenda closer to the time of this event, which will be held in person. The link to RSVP can be found here. Breakfast will be served 

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Dear Colleagues:
I’m sorry to interrupt your summer, but there are several pressing questions and decisions to be made before we start class in a few weeks.

Andrea and I will be working on developing policies pertaining to the academic division. Could you please ask your departmental and program colleagues to start sending you their questions, which you would send to us in a single email by noon next Friday, August 6th ? 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

The Dean's Office accepts funding requests from faculty over the course of the year through the submission of a Qualtrics form, located here<http://coloradocollege.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_02igChmFwZG5MEd>. Those interested in funding from our office should fill out the form to the best of their ability, and then send me a quick message letting me know they have submitted a request. I check Qualtrics for submissions every other week on average, but if I receive a heads-up from a faculty member that a submission has been made, I send that request to Claire as soon as possible.
Please let me know 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Attached, please find the New Faculty Guidebook that was sent to new Tenure-Track and One-Year visiting faculty earlier today. Please feel free to disseminate as desired.

Best,

Dale K. Willson
Assistant to the Dean of Faculty and Acting Provost
Staff Council Representative
Office of the Dean of the Faculty

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14 E. Cache La Poudre St.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
www.coloradocollege.edu<http://www.coloradocollege.edu/>

(sent on behalf of the Associate Dean of the Faculty)

Dear Chairs, Directors, and Administrative Assistants,

Attached, please find information regarding Fall 2021 COVID-19 Protocols and information regarding Visiting Faculty members. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at your convenience.

Thank you!

Andrea

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ANDREA BRUDER, PH.D.
Associate Dean of Faculty
Associate Professor
Mathematics and Computer Science
Armstrong 207 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

The Office of the Dean of the Faculty requests your feedback on Chairs and Directors Meeting dates in AY 2021-22. The two options for Chairs and Directors meetings are the second Monday of the Block, or the third Monday of the Block. The meeting will still be held from 3:30 - 5:15 PM in the Yalich Board Room (pending space availability).
Please find the link to the Qualtrics survey here<http://coloradocollege.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9ErmW1lranzFsTY>. If you can respond by July 30th with your preferences, I'd greatly appreciate it. 

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Here it is!

Claire Oberon Garcia
Professor of English
Dean of the Faculty
Acting Provost
Colorado College
14 E. Cache La Poudre Street
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
719.389.6000

Dear Colleagues:
Attached is the AY 2021-22 Faculty Recruiting Handbook. Even if you are not doing a tenure-track search this year, it contains important information about one-year visitor appointments that you may want to refer to.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Enjoy the rest of your summer!
Claire

Claire Oberon Garcia
Professor of English
Dean of the Faculty
Acting Provost
Colorado College
14 E. Cache La Poudre Street
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
719.389.6000

All,

Good afternoon - I'm preparing the Key Dates memo for the 2021-22 academic year and would love any feedback you have on this document. Our goal is to make this product as useful as possible to you and any suggestions for improvement are welcome. No rush on this, but if you can send me your feedback by July 23rd, I'd greatly appreciate it. A version of last year's Key Dates memo is attached.
Please let me know if you have any questions. 

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(sent on behalf of the Director of the Crown Center)

Chairs and Directors,

As we hit mid-summer, NFO planning is well under way. Attached is the current agenda for NFO (August 18-20) that has been emailed to new faculty. If your new hires have questions or concerns regarding NFO, feel free to direct them to me. In the meantime, I am hoping that some of you will volunteer to participate in NFO. You will see on the agenda that we have a faculty governance lunch panel, research discussion circles, and a teaching on the block lunch panel. If you have 

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Dear colleagues:
Unfortunately, we will not be able to award extraordinary merit this year. We do not have a funding source. This means that both department/program alphabetical cohorts will have gone a cycle without extraordinary merit.

I will be working with our incoming president and Mateo Muñoz on establishing a sustainable funding source so that we may re-establish extraordinary merit awards next year. Over the course of the year I’ll have conversations with you all and the FEC about how to reinstitute it in a way that is equitable and fair to the departments and programs and the pre-tenure people 

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Dear Chairs and Directors,

Good morning - a friendly reminder that the Department/Program Anti-Racism reports are requested by this Friday. Not a problem at all to grant extensions, just send me a heads-up if any extra time is needed. When the report is ready, please either send it to me directly or cc: me on the message. 

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