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Date: Mon Jun 22 2009 - 01:30:26 MDT
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:30:26 -0600 (MDT) From: Buff Bulletin <memofrom@Colorado.EDU> Subject: Buff Bulletin 06/22/2009
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
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