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Date: Mon Sep 15 2008 - 03:30:11 MDT
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:30:11 -0600 (MDT) From: Buff Bulletin <memofrom@Colorado.EDU> Subject: Buff Bulletin 09/15/2008
SUBJECT: Buff Bulletin 09/15/2008
Buff Bulletin
15 September 2008, Monday
A Boulder Campus digest of current events
In this issue:
--- CHA's Work-in-Progress Series
--- Mailing Services Will Close 2 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 18
--- Free Mini Constitutions Available Sept. 17 in UMC
--- AlumNight with Jen Dean: Sunday, Sept. 21, 7 p.m., ATLAS 102
--- Red Heroine (Hongxia) with Devil Music Ensemble: Wednesday, Sept. 17,
7 p.m. Only, Muenzinger Auditorium
--- Volunteer with Moving to End Sexual Assault (MESA)
--- Affording Study Abroad: Sept. 18 Meeting Re-scheduled
--- Theatre & Dance presents: "4:48 Psychosis" and "The Lottery"
--- Huge Savings on Software and Computer Systems for Faculty and Staff
--- The Testing and Assessment Center is here to help!
--- Open House Sept. 17: CU Volunteer Resource Center
--- 457 Retirement Plan Appointments, Boulder East Campus, Spet. 18
CHA's WORK-IN-PROGRESS SERIES
The Center for Humanities and the Arts invites you to our Work-in-
Progress Series featuring Jordan Alexander Stein, Assistant Professor,
Department of English. Professor Stein will speak on, "Secular
Aesthetics: Form, Theme, and Method in American Studies." Advance copies
available in Macky 201 or electronically by emailing
paula.anderson@colorado.edu. The event is Wed., Sept. 17, 4 p.m., Macky 202
Contact: Paula Anderson at 2-1423 or paula.anderson@colorado.edu
Additional information:
http://www.colorado.edu/ArtsSciences/CHA/events/calendar.html
MAILING SERVICES WILL CLOSE 2 P.M. THURSDAY, SEPT. 18
Due to the football game and early road closures on Sept. 18th,
Mailing Services will close at 2 p.m.. All departments will receive
mail service that morning. The Denver shuttle will leave Regent at 8
a.m.. The last pickup at Regent for Meterline processing will be at
noon on that day. All outgoing mail must be received by noon at 3300
Walnut for same day service. Please contact Mailing Services at 2-6242
with questions.
Contact: Jeremy Pine, 2-6242, Jeremy.Pine@colorado.edu
Additional information:
http://www.colorado.edu/facilitiesmanagement/distmail/mailing/index.html
FREE MINI CONSTITUTIONS AVAILABLE SEPT. 17 IN UMC
Sept. 17 is Constitution Day. In celebration IECE is giving away
pocket constitutions. Come get yours during lunch in UMC. That night
attend an original, Constitution Day multi-media concert by Hunter
Ewan - Grusin Hall, 7:30 p.m.. Ewan's composition features a set of
live performers underscoring a series of dramatic readings, where
music is generated and notated by a computer. Call 303-492-8008 for
information about this free performance.
Contact: Joyce Kinde
Additional information: http://www.colorado.edu/iece
ALUMNIGHT WITH JEN DEAN: SUNDAY, SEPT. 21. 7 P.M., ATLAS 102
Free Q & A with Film Editor Jen Dean and free admission! Jen Dean is a
commercial film editor based at Lost Planet Editorial since 1999,
where she apprenticed under editor/owner Hank Corwin (The New World)
and worked with Martin Scorsese. She has edited commercials, music
videos and a lifetime achievement film for designer Carolina Herrera.
Jen recently won Best Editing in a Music Video from the Association of
Independent Creative Editors.
Contact: Pablo Kjolseth
Additional information: http://www.internationalfilmseries.com
RED HEROINE (HONGXIA) WITH DEVIL MUSIC ENSEMBLE: WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17,
7 P.M. ONLY, MUENZINGER AUDITORIUM
Note: Admission to this film is $8 ($5 for students). A 1929 silent
martial arts film, made at the height of Shanghai's martial-arts
craze, "Red Heroine" is the story of a maiden kidnapped by an outlaw.
The screening of this rare, surviving silent martial-arts picture -
most were destroyed during the Communist revolution - will be
accompanied by the live music of the Devil Music Ensemble, three multi-
instrumental musicians from Boston, Mass., known for their
transporting percussive style and instrumentation in their
performances of original scores. The IFS is sponsored by the Film
Studies Program at CU-Boulder.
Contact: Pablo Kjolseth
Additional information: http://www.internationalfilmseries.com
VOLUNTEER WITH MOVING TO END SEXUAL ASSAULT (MESA)
Do you want to make a difference and help others? MESA has several
volunteer opportunities: 24 hour Rape Crisis Hotline, Outreach
Volunteer Corp, Peers Building Justice and Men Standing Up. These
programs vary as far as training hours and time commitment, so you
will be able to find something that will work for you and your
schedule! Please check out the website below for more information or
call MESA at 303-443-0400.
Contact: Mary Friedrichs
Additional information: http://www.movingtoendsexualassault.org
AFFORDING STUDY ABROAD: SEPT. 18 MEETING RE-SCHEDULED
Due to the CU football game, the Sept. 18 meeting has been re-
scheduled to the following date/time. At this meeting, you can learn
more about how to select a more affordable program option, maximize
scholarship opportunities and how to use financial aid to study
abroad. Bring your questions! Thursday, Sept. 25, 5 - 7 p.m.;
Humanities 150
Contact: Cindy Kraft, Cindy.Kraft@Colorado.EDU
Additional information: http://studyabroad.colorado.edu
THEATRE & DANCE PRESENTS: "4:48 PSYCHOSIS" AND "THE LOTTERY"
Theatre & Dance presents Sarah Kane's "4:48 Psychosis" and "The
Lottery" by Shirley Jackson. Two plays about ostracism and the
strangeness of the human psyche; one story told through internal
madness and destruction, the other through comic adherence of
antiquated rituals. University Theatre Loft, Sept. 18, 19 and 20 at
7:30 p.m. Matinees Sept. 20 and 21 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $8 (student)
to $10 (general public). Box Office: 303-492-8181
Contact: Pam Stone
Additional information: http://www.cutheatre.org
HUGE SAVINGS ON SOFTWARE AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS FOR FACULTY AND STAFF
Faculty and staff are now eligible to purchase Adobe software licenses
and Apple and Dell computer systems at exceptional prices for their
personal use! For information please visit our website. To purchase
please visit the Buffalo Chip Computer Store in the CU Book Store. You
won't believe the savings! Check it out today!
Contact: CU Book Storee
Additional information: http://www.cubookstore.com/computers
THE TESTING ASSESSMENT CENTER IS HERE TO HELP!
The Testing and Assessment Center (TAC) is here to help with your
testing and research needs. TAC offers a variety of services including
multiple choice test grading, semester grading, custom survey design
and text scanning. We are committed to fast, reliable service. Come by
and see us today we are located in Norlin Library, room E275 or call
us at 2-6700. You can also visit us online at our website below.
Contact: Testing and Assessment Center
Additional information: http://www.colorado.edu/tacenter
OPEN HOUSE SEPT. 17: CU VOLUNTEER RESOURCE CENTER
"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can
change the world, indeed it's the only thing that ever has." -
Margaret Mead. We have a new name! CU Volunteer Resource Center
(formerly the Volunteer Clearing House), your campus volunteer center,
invites you to stop by for food, prizes and good company Wednesday,
Sept. 17, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.. We'll help you discover your own path to
make the world a better place.
Contact: Anna Domenico
Additional information: http://www.colorado.edu/vrc
457 RETIREMENT PLAN APPOINTMENTS, BOULDER EAST CAMPUS, SEPT. 18
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 review your account Thursday, Sept 18, ARC 346,
call 303-830-3520, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. to make an appointment. Evenings: joyce.reuter@gwrs.com
Contact: Joyce Reuter
Additional information: http://www.colorado457.com
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