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Date: Mon Jun 16 2008 - 01:28:56 MDT
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 01:28:56 -0600 (MDT) From: Buff Bulletin <memofrom@Colorado.EDU> Subject: Buff Bulletin 06/16/2008
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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