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Date: Mon, 2 May 2011 01:32:22 -0600 (MDT) From: Buff Bulletin <memofrom@Colorado.EDU> Subject: Buff Bulletin 05/01/2011
SUBJECT: Buff Bulletin 05/01/2011
Buff Bulletin
01 May 2011, Sunday
A Boulder Campus digest of current events
In this issue:
--- GRE Prep Courses Offered this Summer Through the Division of Continuing
Education
--- Grant Writing Workshop Offered this Summer Through Continuing
Education
--- Mark Your Calendar Now for Book Craft Events in May Presented by the U
Libraries
--- Reinhardt Lecture in Philosophy of Mathematics by Crispin Wright
--- Engineering Community Forum
--- One on One with ITS: WHat You Need to Know About Campus IT
--- CU-Boulder Website Infrastructure Upgrade Night of May 6
--- Just Desserts Features Mystery Writer Maggie Sefton
--- Accounting Technician III Transfer Opportunity
GRE PREP COURSES OFFERED THIS SUMMER THROUGH THE DIVISION OF
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Verbal/Analytical Writing and Quantitative GRE prep courses are being offered
through the division of Continuing Education in the summer. The skills and
strategies you learn in these prep courses will not only help immensely on
the GRE, but also in graduate school. Space is limited! Course begins Monday,
June 6, 2011. Please visit the Continuing Education website, or call
303-492-5148 for more details.
Contact: Registration - Continuing Education
Additional information:
http://conted.colorado.edu/programs/professional-development/
GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP OFFERED THIS SUMMER THROUGH CONTINUING
EDUCATION
Advance your skills in grant writing this summer with Continuing Education's
Grant Writing course, beginning June 1. It's the only grant writing course
officially sponsored by University of Colorado. Course topics include audience-
centered writing and how to match your program's goals with those of individual
grant makers. Students will have the chance to get drafts critiqued in class. Four
sessions for only $290! Space is limited!
Contact: Registration - Continuing Education
Additional information:
http://conted.colorado.edu/programs/professional-development/
MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW FOR BOOK CRAFT EVENTS IN MAY PRESENTED BY
THE U LIBRARIES
Series of events exploring the book as artifact and art opens Thursday, May 19
with exhibits reception and artist talk. Reception at 6 pm in Norlin east lobby;
talk by Peter Thomas, "What is a Book? What is an Artist's Book?" at 7 pm in
Norlin Commons room E113. Exhibitions of work by Colorado hand paper
maker/paper artist and CU alum, Ray Tomasso, and members of the Guild of
Book Workers Rocky Mountain Chapter.
Contact: Deborah.Fink@colorado.edu
Additional information: http://www.ScriptaLab.org
REINHARDT LECTURE IN PHILOSOPHY OF MATHEMATICS BY CRISPIN WRIGHT
The William Reinhardt Memorial Lecture in Philosophy of Mathematics
commemorates the life of William Reinhardt, Professor of Mathematics at CU
from 1967 until his death in 1998. The Reinhardt Lecture brings a leading
contemporary philosopher of mathematics to speak on some topic in set
theory, logic, or the foundations of mathematics. The 2011 Reinhardt Lecture, by
Professor Crispin Wright of NYU, is entitled "Basic Arithmetical Knowledge."
Tuesday, May 3, 3:15-5 pm, Rec Center Conference Rooms 2-4.
Contact: Philosophy Department, 303-492-6132
Additional information:
http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/events_reinhardt.shtml
ENGINEERING COMMUNITY FORUM
On Wednesday, May 4, the Office of Faculty Affairs will host a community
forum on the theme of advancing the study of engineering at CU-Boulder.
Please join us in the Discovery Learning Center Collaboratory from 2- 3:30 pm
for a conversation led by four visiting deans (representing Kansas State U.,
Clemson U., U. of Pittsburg, and Virginia Tech). A reception will follow at 3:30
pm. The public, CU faculty, staff and students are invited.
Contact: Andre Grothe,303-492-4603
ONE ON ONE WITH ITS: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CAMPUS IT
The Spring 2011 edition of the One on One with Information Technology
Services (ITS) is now available. Learn about the new ITS website coming this
summer, CU-Boulder's iTunes U site, and much more through this online
newsletter. Your participation in this edition is very helpful, as we are asking for
feedback on our communication efforts.
Contact: IT Service Center: 303-735-4357 (5-HELP), help@colorado.edu
Additional information:
http://www.colorado.edu/its/oneonone/currentissue/index.html
CU-BOULDER WEBSITE INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADE NIGHT OF MAY 6
ITS and University Communications are working together to update the
equipment that supports the CU-Boulder website http://www.colorado.edu.
This vital maintenance will make campus websites beginning with
http://www.colorado.edu unavailable for content changes by web administrators
on Friday, May 6 starting at 7 pm and unavailable to view starting at 10 pm. The
web site should be completely available by 1 am on Saturday, May 7. This
outage and resulting maintenance should otherwise appear seamless.
Contact: IT Service Center: 303-735-4357 (5-HELP), help@colorado.edu
Additional information:
http://www.colorado.edu/its/news/www_infrastructure.html
JUST DESSERTS FEATURES MYSTERY WRITER MAGGIE SEFTON
Friends of the CU Libraries will host a talk by bestselling author Maggie
Sefton, Friday, May 13, 2011, at 7 pm in the Wolf Law Building on the CU
campus. Maggie's Knitting Mystery Series interweaves amateur sleuthing,
knitting and a group of colorful folks who frequent a small-town knitting shop
in the Colorado Rockies. Parking in Lot 470, west of the Law Building. Light
catered reception before presentation.
Contact: Mary Jane Campbell, 303-492-7511
Additional information:
http://ucblibraries.colorado.edu/friends/activities.htm
ACCOUNT TECHNICIAN III TRANSFER OPPORTUNITY
This position is located in the MCD Biology Department. This position is provides
payroll and expense report processing support to the faculty, staff, graduate
students and student employees. Also, provides support to the Graduate
Program Asst., including graduate application processing and departmental ISIS
support. This position assists the director in processing financial transactions
and with special projects as necessary. To view the job posting and apply, please
visit http://www.jobsatcu.com
Contact: Employment Services
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