The Creative Courage Cohort for Students
“At its core, creative confidence is about believing in your ability to create change in the world around you. It is the conviction that you can achieve what you set out to do. We think this self-assurance, this belief in your creative capacity, lies at the heart of innovation.”
– David Kelley and Tom Kelley, Creative Confidence
What is the Creative Courage Cohort?
While many people equate creativity with producing artistic masterpieces, creativity is, in fact, a mindset, a way of finding more and richer possibilities for interaction with the things, people, and places in our world. The Creative Courage Cohort is designed to equip students with tools and strategies for creative thinking that they can bring into their future classes and work beyond CC. In the process, they will learn to switch between divergent and convergent thinking and bring playfulness, exploration, and experimentation into their daily lives.
The Creative Courage Cohort experience begins with an immersive workshop during which students reconnect with their creative selves, explore how productive risk-taking and creativity are intertwined with learning and identity, and learn creative problem-solving techniques. The workshop is split over two sessions, and students should plan on attending both.
Following the immersive workshop, students can join additional workshops, discussions, and activities. This is an opportunity for students to bring questions, projects, and ideas from their current courses and personal lives, and practice using the skills and aptitudes they learn in real-world contexts. Interested students will also have opportunities to continue training to become paid student workers for the Creativity & Innovation office.
For more information, contact Kris Stanec, Director of Creativity & Innovation, kstanec@coloradocolleg.edu.
Who can join the Creative Courage Cohort?
The Creative Courage Cohort is open to all CC students.How do you join?
Students interested in joining the Creative Courage Cohort should start by signing up for an immersive workshop. The next immersion will occur on the first and second Fridays of Block 6: Feb. 21 and Feb. 28, from 2:00 p.m-5:00 p.m.
Student Immersion
