Buff Bulletin 06/16/2008

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    SUBJECT: Buff Bulletin 06/16/2008

    Buff Bulletin
    16 June 2008, Monday

    A Boulder Campus digest of current events

    In this issue:

    --- Blood Drive June 25th & 26th
    --- TIAA-CREF Personal Financial Counseling
    --- PERA Representative on Boulder Campus
    --- 457 Representative on East Boulder Campus
    --- LEAVE SHARING DONATIONS
    --- Colorado Light Opera presents A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC and HOW TO SUCCEED IN
    BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING
    --- PRONUNCIATION CLASSES AT INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH CENTER
    --- GENERAL ESL CLASSES AT INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH CENTER
    --- Department of Human Resources Closure Notification
    --- Register now for Bike to Work Day
    --- Blood Drive June 25th & 26th
    --- Request Your CULearn Course Now

    Blood Drive June 25th & 26th

    The Boulder Campus Staff Council is hosting a blood drive on June 25th & 26th
    at 10:00am-3:30pm on the bus by Dalton Trumbo Memorial Fountain. Bonfils Blood
    Center needs more than 4,000 blood donors each week to meet the needs of our
    community. If scheduling an appointment online, reference 6414 and the date.
    You may also contact Bonfils at 303-363-2300 or www.bonfils.org to schedule an
    appointment.
    Contact: Staff Council

    TIAA-CREF Personal Financial Counseling

    TIAA-CREF will be offering Personal Financial Counseling at the University of
    Colorado - Boulder: June 17th, 18th, 19th and 26th. To schedule an
    appointment, please call 1-800-732-8353 between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00
    p.m. MT. After hours, please call 800 842-2009 x2738.
    Contact: TIAA-CREF
    Additional information: www.tiaa-cref.org

    PERA Representative on Boulder Campus

    On June 19, 2008, a Colorado PERA representative will be in Room 384 at the
    UMC. Stop by at your convenience between 12:30 pm and 3:30 pm to ask questions
    about the PERA retirement plan and 401(k) plan. (Note: The PERA
    representative will not be able to access your personal information.) From
    4:00 pm to 5:30 pm, there will be a PowerPoint presentation about PERA
    fundamentals. No reservation is necessary.
    Contact: Colorado PERA
    Additional information: www.copera.org

    457 Representative on East Boulder Campus

    New hires, part- and full-time employees, the 457 Plan is a supplemental
    retirement account. You can enroll with as little as $25/month separate from
    your 403(b)/401(k) plan contributions! Contributions and earnings grow
    tax-deferred until money is withdrawn. To enroll, get info or discuss your
    account Thursday, June 19, ARC Bldg 346, 3100 Marine Street, call 303-830-3510,
    8:30 am - 4:30 pm to make an appointment. Evenings e-mail joyce.reuter@gwl.com.
    Contact: Joyce Reuter
    Additional information: www.colorado457.com

    LEAVE SHARING DONATIONS

    Do you have annual leave that will be forfeited at the end of this
    fiscal year due to excess balances? Consider donating it to the
    leave-sharing program. Any employee may donate annual leave hours at
    anytime during the year by completing a donation form and submitting it
    to the Office of Labor Relations at 565 UCB. Donation forms are
    available at: http://www.colorado.edu/humres/support/leavesharing.html

    Contact: Jennifer Norton, Office of Labor Relations, 303-735-5416
    Additional information: http://www.colorado.edu/humres/support/leavesharing.html

    Colorado Light Opera presents A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC and HOW TO SUCCEED IN
    BUSINESS WITHOUT REALLY TRYING

    Colorado Light Opera invites you to enjoy two sophisticated musicals: Stephen
    Sondheim's A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC and Frank Loesser's HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS
    WITHOUT REALLY TRYING. Both productions feature great singing, staging, and
    live orchestra. Performances take place July 10 to August 3 in the Imig Music
    Building's intimate air conditioned Music Theatre. Tickets are $25 and $30 with
    some discounts available. For more information or tickets, call 303-492-8008 or
    visit http://www.cuconcerts.org .
    Contact: CU Concerts Box Office, (303) 492-8008
    Additional information: http://www.cuconcerts.org/lightopera.html

    PRONUNCIATION CLASSES AT INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH CENTER

    The Division of Continuing Education and Professional Studies' International
    English Center (IEC) is offering an American English pronunciation and speaking
    class to all Boulder residents and visitors. Classes meet for six weeks for
    intermediate and advanced students on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30-8:30 pm
    for $355, text included. CU faculty/staff non-credit discount applies. Summer
    classes start Thursday, June 19, 2008. For more information, please contact
    the IEC.
    Contact: IEC office, 303-492-5547 or ieccu@colorado.edu
    Additional information: http://www.colorado.edu/iec/evening.html

    GENERAL ESL CLASSES AT INTERNATIONAL ENGLISH CENTER

    The Division of Continuing Education and Professional Studies' International
    English Center (IEC) is offering multi-skill evening classes in English as a
    second language (ESL) to all Boulder residents and visitors. Classes meet for
    six weeks at beginning, intermediate, or advanced levels on Mondays and
    Wednesdays from 6:30-8:30 pm for $355, text included. CU faculty/staff
    non-credit discount applies. Summer classes start Wednesday, June 18, 2008.
    For more information, please contact the IEC.
    Contact: IEC office, 303-492-5547 or ieccu@colorado.edu
    Additional information: http://www.colorado.edu/iec/evening.html

    Department of Human Resources Closure Notification

    The Department of Human Resources (Director's Office, Employment Services,
    Organizational & Employee Development, Records Services, Labor Relations, and
    the Office of Discrimination and Harassment) will be closed on Thursday, June
    19 for an all day retreat.

    We will respond promptly to voicemail and email messages on Friday, June 20.
    Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. Thank you.

    Contact: Shashi Pillai, 303-735-3846

    Register now for Bike to Work Day

    Bike to Work Day is Wednesday, June 25th. Visit www.drcog.org to sign up to
    participate. CU Employees are encouraged to form their own teams among friends
    or departments or sign up as an individual. When you sign up you will be
    eligible for great prizes. Visit the Bike Station, Monday through Friday, from
    9 to 5, to pick up your free Bike to Work Day poster for your office or
    department.

    Contact: Tracy Calvin 5-2705

    Blood Drive June 25th & 26th

    The Boulder Campus Staff Council is hosting a blood drive on June 25th & 26th,
    10:00am-3:30pm, on the bus by Dalton Trumbo Memorial Fountain. Bonfils Blood
    Center needs more than 4,000 blood donors each week to meet the needs of our
    community. If scheduling an appointment online, reference 6414 and the date.
    You may also contact Bonfils at 303-363-2300 or www.bonfils.org to schedule an
    appointment.
    Contact: Connie Patzer

    Request Your CULearn Course Now

    Avoid the start-of-the-semester crunch and reserve your CULearn courses now for
    the coming fall semester. Requests for courses should be made through the
    Faculty Tool Kit channel in CUConnect. You can request new blank courses, or
    courses based on a course template already in the system dating as far back as
    fall '06. For more about CULearn, go to http://www.colorado.edu/its/culearn/.
    Contact: IT Service Center
    Additional information: http://www.colorado.edu/its/culearn/

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