Creativity & Innovation

Creativity & Innovation at Colorado College

Creativity & Innovation is now part of the Crown Center for Teaching. This more formal partnership will enable C&I and Crown to:

  • heighten faculty awareness of the collective programming offered by Crown and C&I
  • leverage unexpected opportunities for engagement
  • provide opportunities for faculty to explore new approaches to teaching
  • identify, support, and disseminate innovative and inclusive pedagogies at CC
  • research CC’s signature pedagogies for internal and external audiences
  • facilitate long-range planning

We invite the campus community’s participation and thoughts as we utilize the creative process to pilot new programs and experiment with systems that maximize our collective service to the College.

Mission

Mission: C&I supports, cultivates, and amplifies creative teaching and learning across campus. 

Goal and Mindsets

 

Goal: To provide students with multiple opportunities, within and outside of classes, to develop the essential building blocks of creativity, which include:  

mindsets updated 

We do this by collaborating with faculty to integrate creative thinking and creative problem-solving activities into classes across divisions and by working directly with students in curricular and co-curricular contexts.

approach

Creativity & Innovation’s approach emphasizes creative thinking processes instead of original products. Unlike skill acquisition or content proficiency, creative development rarely follows a linear path.  C&I utilizes a multi-pronged, campus-wide approach that reaches students directly through our work with faculty to develop discipline-specific exercises and assignments and through our non-curricular programs. When students are exposed to creativity-building pedagogies in multiple contexts, they are better able to integrate creative thinking practices into new situations.

initiatives

Our initiatives reconnect students with their innate curiosity and cultivate their capacity for the kind of possibility thinking that transforms uncertainty into multiple options for creative thought and action.  As the world becomes increasingly more complex, students will need to step outside of what is already known in order to effect positive change in the world. 

Contact Us

Mailing Address

The Colorado College
14 East Cache La Poudre St.
Colorado Springs, CO 80903

Physical Address

Creativity & Innovation
232 E Cache la Poudre St.
Colorado Springs, Co 80903

See the location page here. 

Call or Email

(719)389-7082
creativityinnovation@coloradocollege.edu

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Upcoming Events and Workshops

Opportunities for students:

  • C&I is introducing student-led workshops in Blocks 2, 3, 5, and 6. The workshops will be led by our student facilitators in the C&I building (232 E Cach la Poudre- NW corner of Cache and Weber). The workshops will be from 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m. on the first Thursday of the block. 
    • Block 3: October 24, 4:30 p.m.-5:30 p.m.: "Lyrical Questions", facilitated by SFDS students. The workshop includes pizza.  
  • Creative Courage Cohort student immersion
    • Block break 3: November 14, from 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
    • To learn more about the Creative Courage Cohort navigate to our CC webpage.
    • Register here!

Opportunities for faculty and staff:

  • Block 2: Ten Questions, facilitated by Jessica Hunter
  • Block 3: Lyrical Questions, facilitated by Kris Stanec
  • For more information about faculty workshops, visit our Faculty Workshops page.  
  • Crown programming will take place throughout the academic year. Formal lunch gatherings on a range of relevant topics will take place on the second Tuesday of each month. Informal breakfast conversations will take place on Thursdays following the conclusion of each block. You can find a running list of all Crown and C&I programming on the updated website. 

For ALL: cSpace

  • C&I is introducing cSpace, a welcoming space for the CC community to explore their creativity. The cSpace is located in the Creativity & Innovation building, 232 E Cache la Poudre St. (the northwest corner of Weber and Cache).
    • Tours will be held on the first Tuesday of every block from 2:00-2:30, and on the second Thursday of every block from 3:00-3:30.
    • Fill out the form here to schedule your tour!!
    • Navigate to our cSpace webpage to learn more.
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