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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:32:25 -0700 (MST) From: Buff Bulletin <memofrom@Colorado.EDU> Subject: Buff Bulletin 01/17/2010
SUBJECT: Buff Bulletin 01/17/2010
Buff Bulletin
17 January 2010, Sunday
A Boulder Campus digest of current events
In this issue:
--- 20% Discount for CU Faculty and Staff - Peak Performance Leadership
Program
--- Beginning Piano Classes for Children Age 7, 8 and 9
--- Study Russian Language and Culture in St. Petersburg this Summer! -
Interest Meeting 1/21/10
--- Cafe in Koelbel Hall
--- A&S Magazine Update: Sex, 'Lies' and Videotape; India's Big Gulp;
Molding Better Science Teachers
--- CHA's Work-in-Progress Series
--- Fun Research Projects for Kids!
--- Mathematica and Matlab
--- Enjoy Singing? Audition for Extreme Measures A Cappella!
20% DISCOUNT FOR CU FACULTY AND STAFF - PEAK PERFORMANCE LEADERSHIP PROGRAM
Learn how to develop authentic leadership with a strengths-based philosophy
that drives positive outcomes at individual, team, organizational and
community levels by participating in Peak Performance Leadership (PPL), an
intensive four-day program on Jan. 22, 25, 29 and Feb. 1. Topics include:
The Whole Minded Leader, Getting Personal - The Individual, The Leader as
Relationship Builder and The Leader as Social Architect. To learn more,
visit http://leeds.colorado.edu/ExecEd or call Executive Education at
303-735-0541.
Contact: Executive Education, ExecEd@colorado.edu
Additional information: http://leeds.colorado.edu/ExecEd
BEGINNING PIANO CLASSES FOR CHILDREN AGE 7, 8 AND 9
The College of Music is offering a piano class for children in second, third
and fourth grades who have no prior piano lessons. The class includes piano
and theory instruction, music ensemble experiences and reading skills. Lots
of fun! It meets in the Imig Music Building piano laboratory every Friday,
4:10-5 p.m., Jan. 22-April 30 (14 meetings). Tuition: $300. Places limited
to eight students. To register email Megan Koegel at
Megan.Koegel@colorado.edu
Contact: Megan Koegel
STUDY RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN ST. PETERSBURG THIS SUMMER! - INTEREST
MEETING 1/21/10
Students can make this summer unforgettable by spending six weeks learning
about Russian culture and language in St. Petersburg! The program, directed
by Prof. Artemi Romanov, includes excursions in and around the vibrant city
of St. Petersburg, and a weekend trip to Moscow. Students earn nine credits
and don't need any prior experience in Russian language. Info meeting:
Thursday, Jan. 21, HUMN 145, 5-6 pm.
Contact: Sarah Westmoreland, Sarah.Westmoreland@Colorado.EDU
Additional information: http://studyabroad.colorado.edu
CAFE IN KOELBEL HALL
Stop by for Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner! Eurest Cafe in the Koelbel Hall
atrium is open this Spring as follows:
Breakfast: 8-9:30
Lunch: 11-2
Dinner: 5:30-6:30
Take a look at our weekly specials, order freshly made burgers, pizza, hot
breakfast sandwiches and burritos, or feast on soups, salads, yogurt
parfaits, pastries, cereals, or grab-and-go fare!
Contact: Emily Bromley
Additional information: http://leeds.colorado.edu/cafe
A&S MAGAZINE UPDATE: SEX, 'LIES' AND VIDEOTAPE; INDIA'S BIG GULP; MOLDING
BETTER SCIENCE TEACHERS
In the newest issue of Colorado Arts & Sciences Magazine: "Sex, 'lies' and
videotape" details a CU anthropologist's debunking of a critic of Margaret
Mead. A physicist shows how "India's big gulp" is depleting groundwater on
which 600 million people depend. Throughout the university, scholars
responding to a national crisis and are finding and testing ways to mold
more and better K-12 science and math teachers. These and other stories are
now online.
Contact: Clint Talbott
Additional information: http://artsandsciences.colorado.edu/magazine/
CHA'S WORK-IN-PROGRESS SERIES
The Center for Humanities and the Arts invites you to our Work-in-Progress
Series featuring Padma Rangarajan, Assistant Professor in the Department of
English. Prof. Rangaran will speak on "Pseudo Translations: Exoticism and
the Oriental Tale." Advance copies are available in Macky 201 or
electronically by e-mailing paula.anderson@colorado.edu. This event will be
held Wednesday, Jan. 20, at 4 p.m. in Macky 202.
Contact: Paula Anderson at 2-1423 or paula.anderson@colorado.edu
Additional information: http://www.colorado.edu/ArtsSciences/CHA/events/
FUN RESEARCH PROJECTS FOR KIDS!
The Cognitive Development Center in the Psychology and Neuroscience
Department has on-going projects on memory and language development! We
welcome all children from birth to age 10. A visit, scheduled at your
convenience, lasts about 30 minutes. Parking is free and babysitting is
available for siblings. Parents are compensated for travel and kids receive
a fun prize and a certificate!
Contact: Hiromi Sumiya
Additional information: http://psych.colorado.edu/cdc/
MATHEMATICA AND MATLAB
UCB faculty and staff benefit from site licenses for both Mathematica and
MATLAB. Both are available by download for no individual fee, for both your
office computer and personal computer. Mathematica is an all-purpose
mathematical software package for doing symbolic math, calculations,
graphics, programming, and documentation; download from
http://sitelic.colorado.edu/mathematica/ . MATLAB is used extensively in
engineering for computationally intensive computing tasks and visualization
See http://www.colorado.edu/its/licenses/matlab.html to request a
license.
Contact: Bruce Fast
Additional information: http://www.colorado.edu/its/licenses/
ENJOY SINGING? AUDITION FOR EXTREME MEASURES A CAPPELLA!
The Buff's first COED A Cappella group, Extreme Measures, is holding
auditions. We are a student group that loves singing and music. Artists we
cover range from The Jackson 5 to Radiohead. All experience levels are
welcome. Auditions will be in Hellems 193 on Jan. 19-20 from 6-9 p.m.
Walk-ins OK. For more info or to sign up for an audition time look for our
table in the UMC or call.
Contact: Extreme Emily, 925-323-6250
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