Buff Bulletin 06/22/2009

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    SUBJECT: Buff Bulletin 06/22/2009

    Buff Bulletin
    22 June 2009, Monday

    A Boulder Campus digest of current events

    In this issue:

    --- Solar PV Hands-On Workshop- June 26-28
    --- Fiske Planetarium Shows
    --- PC Maintenance to Report to CU Book Store as of July 1
    --- PC Maintenance Diagnostic Fee Notification: No Change
    --- Slaying Beetle-Kill Myths, Escape from Afghanistan, the Obama-Meter
    --- Acupressure Study
    --- Adobe Licensing Shipping Fee
    --- Sign Up to Receive Campus Alerts

    SOLAR PV HANDS-ON WORKSHOP- JUNE 26 - 28, 10% FACULTY / STAFF
    DISCOUNT AVAILABLE

    This workshop is designed for anyone interested in solar electricity and
    how it works. Experiences include a day of classroom learning and labs,
    followed by on-site solar PV design and installation. This course
    is ideal for project minded homeowners and anyone curious about the
    nuts-and-bolts of solar photovoltaic systems.
    June 26-28, 9 am-5 pm, CU Boulder campus.
    $440, CU faculty, staff and students receive a 10% discount.
    Register now at 303-492-5148.
    Contact: James Wentworth
    Additional information:
    http://conted.colorado.edu/programs/sustainable-
    practices/courses/introduction-to-grid-tied-pv/

    FISKE PLANETARIUM SHOWS

    The Fiske Planetarium schedule for June 23-26 is:
    Tuesday June 23: Story Telling with Kay Negash 10 am; Space Odyssey 1pm.
    Wednesday June 24: Great Space Chase 10 am; Space Storm 1pm.
    Thursday June 25: Moons & Lasers 10 am; Peter & Wolf 1pm.
    Thursday evening talk: "CO Skies: Hubble ST Update" 8 pm.
    Friday evening show: "Two Small Pieces of Glass" 8 pm. Sommers-Bausch will
    open at 9 pm Fridays in June for public viewing, weather permitting.
    Friday night lasers: Laser Red Hot Chili Peppers 10 pm.
    Contact: Sara Jelley (303) 492-5001
    Additional information: http://fiske.colorado.edu

    PC MAINTENANCE TO REPORT TO CU BOOK STORE AS OF JULY 1

    Beginning July 1, PC Maintenance will begin reporting to the CU Book Store
    instead of ITS. While we expect changes to take place, customers who have come
    to rely on PC Maintenance for their computing needs should expect the same
    level of service. Contact Jason Katzman for more information. 2-3844 or
    Jason.katzman@colorado.edu
    Contact: CU Book Store
    Additional information: http://www.cubookstore.com

    PC MAINTENANCE DIAGNOSTIC FEE NOTIFICATION- NO CHANGE

    Due to customer concerns, PC maintenance will not charge a diagnostic fee for
    Dell and HP warranty repairs beginning on July 1. Customers with Dell and HP
    warranty repairs can continue to bring their computers to PC maintenance and
    receive their diagnostic evaluation and service at no charge.
    Contact: CU Book Store
    Additional information: http://www.cubookstore.com

    SLAYING BEETLE-KILL MYTHS, ESCAPE FROM AFGHANISTAN, THE OBAMA-
    METER

    Do pine-beetle outbreaks make forests fire-prone? How does a
    woman make her way from an illegal school in Afghanistan to CU?
    What are President Obama's chances of success? Learn more about these
    and other topics in Colorado Arts & Sciences Magazine's Summer 2009 edition.
    The magazine also covers research, donors, alumni, students and books by
    faculty. "Fan" us on Facebook, http://tinyurl.com/cuarts-sciences, or follow
    us on Twitter, http://twitter.com/CUArtsSciences.
    Contact: Clint Talbott
    Additional information: http://artsandsciences.colorado.edu/magazine/

    ACUPRESSURE STUDY

    CU-Boulder/Clinical Neuroscience Research Group is seeking brain injury
    survivors for a study on the effects of acupressure after brain injury. Participants
    will receive free acupressure treatments and up to $150. For more information,
    call 303-492-6273.
    Contact: Miranda Dettmann

    ADOBE LICENSING SHIPPING FEE

    Beginning July 1, the Adobe-authorized licensing distributor will be
    implementing a small order fee of $4.95 for all orders that are valued under
    $200. The fee will be applied to all Adobe licensing orders that involve a
    physical shipment. Please carefully consider consolidating future orders to save
    your department the shipping costs for small orders.
    Contact: CU Book Store
    Additional information: http://www.cubookstore.com

    SIGN UP TO RECEIVE CAMPUS ALERT

    Students, faculty and staff can sign up to receive alerts via text message, email,
    or both. Campus community members with a colorado.edu, cu.edu, or
    cufund.org email address can register with the system at
    http://www.colorado.edu/alerts. Users are also encouraged to add Campus Alert
    to their phone contacts so that in an emergency the alert will display as received
    from the university. Note: RAVE, the service provider, cannot market other
    services to people in the CU-Boulder database.
    Contact: Melanie O. Massengale, (303) 492-2442, melanie.massengale@colorado.edu
    Additional information: http://www.colorado.edu/alerts

    Buff Bulletin is a service of the Boulder Campus E-Memo System. It
    adheres to the CU-Boulder "Use of Faculty/Staff Electronic Memo System"
    policy and is monitored by the Chancellor's Electronic Communication
    Committee. See http://www.colorado.edu/ememo/ for more information.


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