Name: Alondra Valdez 

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers 

Year: Junior 

Hometown: Dallas, Texas 

Major(s) / Minor(s): Environmental Studies and Southwest Studies Double Major 

How we get involved at CC: Outdoor Education Trip Leader, Delta Mu, B-Side Arts Collective, Priddy Leader, and Priddy Intern. 

Fun fact: I love film photography and developing my own film! 

Favorite Block at CC: Outdoor Education and Leadership. We took a weeklong trip to Moab, Utah where we camped, hiked, and rafted! As well as learned a lot about experiential learning and developing leadership skills.  

What I’m Most Excited For During NSO/WSO: I am excited to meet new students and help them transition into our CC community and the greater Colorado Springs community. 

Words of Advice for Incoming Students: Step out of your comfort zone and let yourself explore all the things that the college has to offer! There are so many amazing classes, clubs, and activities to do that can lead you to amazing opportunities. 

Name: Shamdeed Kabir 

Pronouns: He/Him/His 

Year: Senior 

Hometown: Dhaka, Bangladesh 

Major(s) / Minor(s): Computer Science

How we get involved at CC:  Faculty Research, Investment Club, State of the Rockies Project, Intramural Soccer, Priddy Leader, and Priddy Intern. 

Fun Fact: I have a collection of 500+ coins that are antique / no longer in circulation! 

Favorite Block at CC: During block 7 of my junior year, I took Natural Language Processing where I explored what’s under the hood of LLMs(Large Language Models; i.e. Chat GPT). 

What I’m Most Excited For During NSO/WSO: I am very excited to meet the incoming class and get to know them. As a senior, I would find it very fulfilling to share my thoughts and experiences with the new students and also use my past experiences for planning NSO 2024! 

Words of Advice for Incoming Students: Keep an open mind to all sorts of academic, social, and extracurricular opportunities. There’s no harm but benefits to trying out as many opportunities as you are interested in as you don’t have to fully commit to anything when you’re starting out!