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Date: Thu Feb 28 2008 - 04:05:08 MST
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 04:05:08 -0700 (MST) From: Student Buff Bulletin <memofrom@Colorado.EDU> Subject: Student Buff Bulletin 02/28/2008
SUBJECT: Student Buff Bulletin 02/28/2008
Student Buff Bulletin
28 February 2008, Thursday
A Boulder Campus digest of current events
In this issue:
--- Fiske Planetarium News
--- CU Biodiesel Engineering Grant Ideas
--- Still Need Credits This Spring?
--- CU Biodiesel Open Position: Education Director
--- Help Create a New E-Center Logo
--- Out of Poverty: Design for the Other 90%, a Book
Discussion with Paul Polak
--- Yoga Club Weekend Retreats
--- Peace Corps Info Session
--- Online Spring Writing and Rhetoric Courses Beginning Mar. 10
--- Spring Break Surf Trip
FISKE PLANETARIUM NEWS
Join Dr. Philip Plait for "Seven Ways a Black Hole Can Kill You" on
Thursday and Friday at 7:30pm - Thursdays free with CU ID! Weather
permitting, Sommers-Bausch Observatory opens Friday 8pm for free public
viewing! Friday laser shows: 9:30pm Laser Grateful Dead, 10:45pm Laser
Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon, $5 all ages. Saturday afternoon
family shows: 2pm Kids in Space, 3:15pm Stars and Lasers.
Contact: Suzanne Metlay, 303-492-5002
Additional information: fiske.colorado.edu
CU BIODIESEL ENGINEERING GRANT IDEAS
CU Biodiesel, the alternative energy student group, has many engineering
project ideas that we would like to work on with interested students.
Several are: a diesel hybrid, a third-world biodiesel processor, a
fast-food chain processor, as well as others (bulletins restrict us to
75 words). If you need a senior design project, this is perfect, but can
also be done for class credit or as an internship. Contact
info@cubiodiesel.org if interested.
Contact: Josh Maynard
Additional information: www.cubiodiesel.org
STILL NEED CREDITS THIS SPRING?
CU Continuing Education has ten sections of popular CU courses beginning
March 11 and ending on May 5. These intensive, seven week courses meet
two nights a week. Available classes include ENGL 3000, ENGL 3060, and
HIST 1025. For more information visit us online or call Continuing Ed
registration.
Contact: Continuing Education Registration 303-492-5148
Additional information:
http://www.colorado.edu/ContinuingEducation/becourses.htm#section200
CU BIODIESEL OPEN POSITION: EDUCATION DIRECTOR
CU Biodiesel seeks a motivated individual to take over the position of
Education Director. The main duties of Education Director are: teaching
biodiesel classes to students and the Boulder community, integrating
biofuel education into local elementary curriculums (Project Yellow
Bus), as well as splitting general office duties with the other two
directors (Research and Outreach). The position is paid. If interested,
please submit a resume to: Maynard@cubiodiesel.org
Or see www.cubiodioesel.org for more information.
Contact: Josh Maynard
Additional information: www.cubiodiesel.org
HELP CREATE A NEW E-CENTER LOGO
The CU Environmental Center is working on a new logo. The goal is to
create an image that reflects the unique role CU takes in global
sustainability efforts - a role that is largely shaped by your support.
That's why we're asking for your input. What does the E-Center
represent to you? Visit the link below to take our quick 3-question survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=3wFb127EKBIbrhZTeDF3wg_3d_3d
Contact: CU Environmental Center, 303-492-8308
OUT OF POVERTY: DESIGN FOR THE OTHER 90%, A BOOK DISCUSSION
WITH PAUL POLAK
Wednesday, Mar. 5, Old Main Chapel, 6pm. In a hard-hitting new book,
Paul Polak tells why traditional poverty eradication programs have
fallen short, and how his organization developed an alternative approach
that has succeeded in lifting 17 million people out of poverty. Polak's
book "Out of Poverty: What Works when Traditional Approaches Fail" will
be available at the event. A booksigning will follow. To learn more
about Paul's work, visit http://www.ide-international.org/
Contact: CU Environmental Center, 303-492-8308
YOGA CLUB WEEKEND RETREATS
Yoga Club rejuvenating weekend yoga retreats for CU students!
March 8-9 at Shoshoni Yoga Retreat in Nederland $60 with student ID
includes overnight stay in dorm accommodations, three meals, two yoga
classes, two meditation classes. Call 303-642-0116 or reserve online at
www.shoshoni.org. April 12 9am-2pm at Eldorado Mountain Yoga Ashram
$20 with student ID includes yoga class, lunch, meditation, and hiking.
Call 303-494-3051 to reserve
Contact: Susannah Levine
PEACE CORPS INFO SESSION
Interested in experiencing another culture? Acquiring international
work experience? Learning a new language? If so, the Peace Corps may
be the opportunity for you! Everyone is invited to the Peace Corps
Junior Jam to find out more about volunteer opportunities in
agriculture, forestry, education, the environment, health, HIV/AIDS
prevention, business, IT development and other areas. Returned
Volunteers will be available to share their experiences.
Wednesday, March 5, 6 pm, UMC 235
Contact: Kathleen Wiley
Additional information: http://www.colorado.edu/iece/peacecorps
ONLINE SPRING WRITING AND RHETORIC COURSES BEGINNING MARCH 10TH
Independent Learning offers seven-week online versions WRTG3020-Topics
in Writing: American Culture, call# 30294, and WRTG3040-Writing on
Business and Society, call# 30309, beginning March 10 ending May 2. $246
per credit hour tuition separate from main campus. Register online or in
person. For more information call Continuing Education at (303) 492-5148
or visit http://www.colorado.edu/cewww/termbased.htm#wrtg.
Contact: Amy Li
Additional information: http://www.colorado.edu/conted/bbs
SPRING BREAK SURF TRIP
Join The Herd for its fifth annual Spring Break Surf trip to Mexico.
This year we will again return to Sayulita, Mexico for a week of
surfing, adventuring and hanging out on the beach. Besides surfing and
relaxing on the beach, also enjoy sunset beach-side hikes and horseback
rides on secluded beaches, zipline tours, vibrant nightlife, fishing
tours and unbelievable food. Visit www.cuherd.com for more information
and to sign up.
Contact: Tyler Hartung
Additional information: www.cuherd.com
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