Academic Calendar

Academics: Teaching and advising resources

Visit the Crown Center page for resources to support professional development in teaching. The For Faculty main page in the Office of the Dean of the Faculty website has links to learn more about CC's academic policies (curriculum and all-college requirements), advising resources, First-Year Program, the Colket Center, and other teaching resources. 

Benefits information

Building access, keys, and hours

Building entrance and office keys are ordered online via the "Work Order Form" from Facilities Services. Please check with your department staff assistant to see if keys have already been ordered for you. Do not give your students your office keys. Do not lend your CC ID Card (Gold Card) to students.

Class list

After your email account (login and password) is set up, you can view your class lists by logging onto Self-Service Banner via the college Single Sign On page.

Colorado Springs

The Colorado Springs web site shares information about the city. The El Paso County website provides information on park services and programs, county maps, and county offices. The Visit Colorado Springs Relocation Guide provides helpful information about relocation to Colorado Springs.

Course Evaluation System (Online)

All students complete the all college course evaluation on Banner at the end of the course. Faculty can review the results from each block, and department chairs have access to the results so as to facilitate discussions with faculty on teaching and learning. All faculty can customize (add numerical and narrative questions) the course evaluation each block, up to Sunday midnight before the start of Week 4 of the block. Course evaluations are open to students on Monday of Week 4. To learn more about how to use and customize the course evaluation portal, please visit the Course Evaluation Instructions Page for Faculty. You can also see the instructions posted for students.

Faculty research account and finances

Start-up funds for new tenure-track faculty, as well as internal college grants awarded to faculty members, are placed in the faculty member's research account so that they can be managed properly as official business expenses. You are responsible to learn about business expense policies for eligible use of the funds and processing procedures--this information can be found in the Guidelines for Business Expenses. Also see instructions on how to review your research account transaction and balance information on Banner.

Governance

The faculty governs matters of academic policies, academic standards, and the curriculum. Faculty Meetings are held on the 4th Monday of each block. The agenda and minutes are emailed to all faculty and also archived on the Dean of the Faculty Office Canvas Page. The Faculty Handbook describes the administrative organization of the College and the policies and procedures that govern members of the faculty and the academic programs of the College.

College committees and all divisions of the college contribute to the shared governance at Colorado College.

Grants

The Office of the Dean provides numerous internal grant resources and also supports faculty in applying for external grants. Visit the Grants page for additional information for internal and external grant information.

Gym and athletics

Faculty have access to the Adam F. Press Fitness Center and its faculty and staff locker rooms. Visit the Recreation website for information and schedules for competitive and recreational sports.

Human resources office

The HR office provides an array of services on college employment, compensation, benefits, policies, and procedures.

Identification card (Gold Card)

Your faculty ID card is a photo ID card that can be used for building access, gym access, library check-out, and many other functions. Visit the Gold Card Information Page to obtain your GoldCard.

Information technology and computing

Your network account and email are created automatically and your username and password are sent to the staff assistant in your department. You have a personal network storage drive and a department shared network storage drive. The department staff assistant may be able to help if you need information on how your computer works.

Your Office365 web access also includes cloud storage and collaboration capacities, and local installation of the Office Suite. See the ITS website for a menu of service resources. Contact ITS by submitting a work order on the ITS website. You must complete the cybersecurity training when ITS sends out the annual training notification.

Tenure-track faculty are issued a standard CC computer. Computers and computing devices MUST be purchased through ITS. Do you purchase the computer using your P-Card or your personal credit card (and seek reimbursement) for your college funded computers. They will not be accepted and you will not be reimbursed.

This computer will be replaced by the college's ITS (central) funding pool according to the Life-Cycle Replacement Procedure. Additional computers purchased using the faculty member's research funds or the department's funds are not covered by the Life-Cycle Replacement Procedure for future repairs or replacement.

Intellectual property and copyright policy

The college's intellectual property and copyright policy encourage the creation and dissemination of creative and intellectual work. It applies to all faculty, staff, and students. Appendix B of the policy provides guidelines on the reproduction and distribution of copyrighted materials such as library reserves, electronic course materials.

Library

Tutt Library provides a rich set of research and teaching resources. Visit the website for more information on circulation, the Seay Music Library, Special Collections, interlibrary loans, course reserves, and other resources.

Mail

Campus and off-campus mail is delivered to and picked up from the department or program office daily. See Campus Mail instructions for faculty and staff for mailing address information.

Mentoring

The faculty mentoring program at Colorado College is the Mentoring Alliance Program. MAP facilitates interdisciplinary and collective support for early career faculty who have much to offer regarding new ideas, energy, and experiences. MAP also supports tenured faculty in developing their capacity for robust, intentional, and interdisciplinary mentoring for early career faculty in collaboration with all relevant on-campus constituencies.

Printing and copying

Colorado College utilizes a centralized managed print approach to printing, copying, faxing, and scanning across the whole college to improve access to advanced features and environmentally sustainable printing for the campus community. Visit the ITS: "Printing (Regular and 3D)" section for information on connecting to a CC printer.

Student support resources, conduct and policy

The college has a rich network of resources to support students. Take a look at these student resources and become familiar with the many offices that can partner with you if you need to make referrals.

The Pathfinder is the document that describes the rights and responsibilities of students. All Colorado College students are governed by the Pathfinder, from the time they matriculate to the time they graduate, whether they are on-campus or off-campus (includes studying abroad), in class, or out of class. The Pathfinder includes academic policies and procedures, student code of conduct, residential life policies, and general college policies.

Textbook ordering

You can order textbooks to be carried by the CC bookstore through the Single Sign on page.

Visiting faculty housing and residential life

As a residential liberal arts college, the vast majority of students live on campus in traditional dorms, themed living communities, and apartments are overseen by the Office of Housing and Residential Experience. For short-term visiting faculty, Colorado College offers a limited number of furnished apartments as temporary housing.