Faculty-Staff Edition - March 8, 2022

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Campus Community

A black and white photo of Old Main Chapel on the CU Boulder campus.

On lonely Boulder ‘prairie,’ Mary Rippon saw glory

Mary Rippon was a bona fide pioneer who became a CU icon, but CU almost did not become her home. When CU’s first president, Joseph Sewall, invited Rippon to teach at CU, which had just opened its doors in September 1877, Rippon initially declined.

Events & Exhibits

Explore the history of women in jazz March 29

Performances & Concerts Events & Exhibits

Women have been involved in jazz since the early 1920s, not just as vocalists but as instrumentalists, composers and arrangers. An understanding of jazz would not be complete without highlighting the influence and contributions of women—such as Bessie Smith, Valaida Snow, Mildred Bailey, Mary Lou Williams, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald and Sarah Vaughn.

Coffee and Conversations on Community Engagement March 17: Planning with partners

General Events & Exhibits

This spring, our series—designed for those interested in outreach and community-engaged research, teaching and creative work—will focus on partnership development: from reaching out to partners and solidifying equitable relationships to planning and achieving goals and assessing impact together.