by Nicholas Pfosi | Jan 20, 2022 | Community and Equity, Featured News
“How do we begin the hard work of self-reflection and opening our hearts to others we’ve been taught to fear?” Director of Community and Equity Grant Hightower posed this question during his opening remarks at CA’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration on Monday,...
by Heidi Koelz | Jan 9, 2022 | Academic, Admissions 2022, CA Magazine, Faculty Profiles, Featured News, Online Feature, Students
On the evening of December 2, students in Kim Frederick’s American Utopias history course transformed the SHAC atrium into an expo for 19th-century utopian communities. As members of the CA community meandered through the various booths, they received food and gifts—...
by Heidi Koelz | Dec 22, 2021 | Academic, Admissions 2022, Faculty Profiles, Featured News
When designing the new course Discrete Mathematics, George Larivee wanted to cover topics outside the scope of the existing math curriculum at CA. He asked himself what both he and students would be interested in, and electronics quickly came to mind. He decided that...
by Heidi Koelz | Dec 9, 2021 | Academic, Admissions 2022, CA Magazine, Faculty Profiles, Featured News, Online Feature, Sustainability
Gretchen Roorbach, CA science teacher and organizer of the Environmental Symposium, introduced the third and final speaker in the lecture series as one of her environmental role models. Her colleague Ben Stumpf ’88 has been teaching computer science, film, and graphic...
by Heidi Koelz | Nov 29, 2021 | Featured News
In her work as an activist and teacher, Loretta J. Ross says she leads with “grace, love, and respect” as opposed to “blame, shame, and punishment.” She believes in the power of accountability though calling others in rather than calling them out. “You can use...
by Heidi Koelz | Nov 18, 2021 | Academic, Featured News
In 2010, independent journalist Wen Stephenson wrote his first long personal essay about climate change and activism. “Walking Home from Walden” gave him a form to wrestle with his awakening to the climate crisis with help from 19th century transcendentalist writer...
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