Buff Bulletin Board

The Buff Bulletin Board, a listing of campus announcements, is a service of Campus Communications.

 

Don't miss the All-campus Career & Internship Fair on Oct. 13

Join the All-campus Career & Internship Fair from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13. 

Employers will be recruiting majors including accounting, banking, consulting, government, human services, management, retail, sales, communications and more. CU Boulder students and alumni from all majors, experience levels and backgrounds are welcome to attend this free event.

Students with a completed Handshake profile have a greater chance of being selected for an employer one-on-one. Others will be placed into group conversations.

Faculty-staff discount available for Homecoming game Nov. 6

Join Colorado football on Saturday, Nov. 6, for the annual Homecoming game. Faculty-staff tickets start at $30 and are available here.

Faculty and staff pricing is also available for Buffalo men’s and women’s basketball. Season tickets to men’s start at $202, while season tickets to women’s start at $100.

For more information on all faculty and staff ticket promotions visit cubuffs.com/facultystaff or call the ticket office at 303-492-8337.

Fight the phish: Cybersecurity Awareness Month—week 2

Graphic illustrating phishing hook

For all the emerging threats and news that are cropping up on the horizon, phishing—one of the oldest pain points in cybersecurity—continues to be a threat to individuals and organizations. Here are a few quick best practices and tips for dealing with phishing threats.

Course alert submissions requested by Oct. 11

Course alerts are an important component in ensuring undergraduate student success. The process aligns with the university's strategic priority of creating a common student-centered approach to teaching and learning and aims to improve retention and graduation rates for students. If students are alerted early in the semester, they have the time to take action, whether this means seeking additional instructor help or guidance, engaging a tutor or modifying their schedule accordingly.

“We strongly recommend that instructors submit their alerts as early as possible, and well before the drop deadline for the term, to help students improve their academic performance in the class,” said Myers. “Instructors can submit their alerts more than once a term, but only once per student.”
The recommended deadlines for Boulder 16-week courses is Monday, October 11.

Tickets on sale Oct. 11 for an evening with Alex Honnold

The Distinguished Speakers Board (DSB) will host professional climber and TV host Alex Honnold at Macky Auditorium on Monday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m.

Tickets will be available starting Monday, Oct. 11. Student, faculty and staff tickets will be available in person at the University Memorial Center (UMC) in the Alferd Packer Grill area. Limited general public tickets will be available via Eventbrite starting Monday, Oct. 11.

Students: $2, available in person at the UMC
Faculty/staff: $10, available in person at the UMC
General public: $15, via Eventbrite (tickets for the general public are sold out)

Correction: LASP lecture to occur Oct. 6

SDO/EVE calibration rocket assembly in White Sands, New Mexico. (Credit: LASP)

A Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics lecture was highlighted through CU Boulder Today with the incorrect date. The talk, Three launches in one season: LASP’s diverse science and suborbital talent, will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 6, from 7 to 8 p.m

LASP scientist James Mason will discuss how LASP has been preparing for three small satellite and sounding rocket launches and will present an exciting launch video. These smaller missions are a fast-growing and flexible segment for the lab and promise to return an abundance of diverse and exciting science.

Interested in expanding your network in earth and environmental sciences?

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Are you interested in the earth and environmental sciences? 
Are you an undergraduate student who identifies as a woman?
Are you interested in participating in a successful national scale mentorship program? 
 
The program offers students the opportunity to meet peers from regional universities with similar interests, learn more about careers in earth and environmental sciences and expand their professional networks. 

Complete this five-minute online application to get involved: https://progress.colostate.edu/workshop_signup/
 
What you will receive:

  • A large network of peers and professionals in your local region
  • A professional development workshop on:
    • Saturday, Oct. 23, 2021, in Colorado/Wyoming
    • Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021, in the Carolinas

This is a unique opportunity that will not be offered again until 2023. Your professors are not involved. Your participation will have no bearing on your course grade or credit. Your application will be confidential. 

This project is funded by the National Science Foundation (award numbers: 2013318, 2013333, 2013323, 2013312, 2013326). 
 
For questions, please contact us at progressgeoscience@gmail.com. 

Get up to speed on new graduate student advising agreements, TA/instructor agreements

Clear communication of expectations is beneficial to both the faculty advisor and graduate student advisee. To this end,The CU Boulder Graduate School  recently developed an Advising Agreement that facilitates conversations between graduate students and their mentors on a number of topics.

In a similar vein, the Center for Teaching & Learning has developed a Teaching Assistant/Instructor of Record Agreement to facilitate conversations about expectations.