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Date: Tue Jan 24 2012 - 03:34:32 MST
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 03:34:32 -0700 (MST) From: Student Buff Bulletin <memofrom@Colorado.EDU> Subject: Student Buff Bulletin 01/22/2012
SUBJECT: Student Buff Bulletin 01/22/2012
Student Buff Bulletin
22 January 2012, Sunday
A Boulder Campus digest of current events
In this issue:
--- Have You Signed Up to Receive Campus Alerts?
--- Prof. Mark Bauerlein to Speak at CU Boulder on Jan. 26 at 4 p.m. in Old Main
Chapel
--- Center for British and Irish Studies Conference, Friday, Feb. 3
--- HOLA Foundation - Silent Auction
--- Last Chance: Sign Up for a Table for the Spring Student Involvement Fair
--- Conservation Biology and Practice in Brazil's Atlantic Forest - Global
Seminar Study Abroad Program
--- Summer Study Abroad in Barcelona, Spain: Literature and Culture Global
Seminar
--- Study Russian Language and Culture in St. Petersburg this Summer: Interest
Meeting Jan. 26
--- Study the Works of Michelangelo in Florence and Rome
--- Join a Gospel Choir
--- Parking Near CU
--- Now, More Than Ever
--- Blood Drive Jan. 30 and 31 and Feb. 8 and 9
--- Apply Today for an Earth Education Internship! Deadline Jan. 24
HAVE YOU SIGNED UP TO RECEIVE CAMPUS ALERTS?
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
PROF. MARK BAUERLEIN TO SPEAK AT CU BOULDER ON JAN. 26 AT 4 P.M. IN OLD
MAIN CHAPEL
Thursday, Jan. 26, 4 p.m., Old Main Chapel:
"Teen Web 3.0: Social Media as Age Segregation" - a lecture by Mark
Bauerlein, Professor of English at Emory University and visiting professor in CU's
Honors Program. He is the recent author of The Dumbest Generation: How the
Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don't
Trust Anyone Under 30).
For further information, please contact Christina Lefevre-Gonzalez at
christina.gonzalez@colorado.edu, 303-735-5795.
Contact: Christina Lefevre-Gonzalez
CENTER FOR BRITISH AND IRISH STUDIES CONFERENCE, FRIDAY, FEB. 3
The Center for British and Irish Studies presents "Shake to Shuffle:
Canons in Rock, Rap and Jazz," a conference on three of the greatest Anglo-
American cultural achievements of the 20th and 21st centuries. Our conference
features a panel with CU and DU professors and a concert by the Erik Deutsch
Trio, "The Kids Are Alright: A Tribute to the Legends of British Rock." All events
are free and open to the public.
Contact: Gabrielle Dietrich
Additional information: http://www.colorado.edu/artssciences/british
HOLA FOUNDATION - SILENT AUCTION
The HOLA Foundation and SEMS is sponsoring a Silent Auction! Items
auctioned include: Kaplan Test Prep Course, Winter Park Ski Tickets, Adobe
Master Suite Software, Hot Air Balloon Rides and many more! Live performance
by "On the Rocks" A Capella and Rio Grande Restaurant catering. All proceeds
earned go directly to healthcare needs in Nicaragua. Event is Saturday, Feb. 11
from 5-8 p.m. in West Senior Center (909 Arapahoe Ave. Boulder CO 80302).
Contact: Kelly Mead, kelly.mead@holafoundation.org
Additional information: http://www.holafoundation.org
LAST CHANCE: SIGN UP FOR A TABLE FOR THE SPRING STUDENT INVOLVEMENT
FAIR!
Attention all Student Clubs and Organizations! Grow your student membership!
Register for a table today! The Spring Student Involvement will take place
Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012 from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. in the Glenn Miller Ballroom. The
Student Involvement Fair is a great opportunity to connect with students from
dozens of CU clubs and organizations and find out how to get involved on
campus. To register visit web site below:
Contact: Kerry Fessenden UMC-Events@colorado.edu
Additional information:
http://umc.colorado.edu/studentlife/involvement/events/fair
CONSERVATION BIOLOGY AND PRACTICE IN BRAZIL'S ATLANTIC FOREST -
GLOBAL SEMINAR STUDY ABROAD PROGRAM
Earn three credits in May 2012 in Brazil's Atlantic Forest on this exciting
CU-Boulder Global Seminar. Obtain hands-on experience in the principles
and practice of conservation biology. Experience operational, conservation
programs in the Serra do Mar Biodiversity Corridor, participate in community-
based conservation solutions and much more while earning EBIO 4100 or 5100.
Learn more at an informational meeting with the Director, Dr. Tim Kittel:
Thursday, Jan. 26, 4-5 p.m., UMC 325.
Contact: Liza Hensleigh (Liza.Hensleigh@Colorado.EDU)
SUMMER STUDY ABROAD IN BARCELONA, SPAIN: LITERATURE AND CULTURE
GLOBAL SEMINAR
Attend class and live in central Barcelona on this exciting new Global Seminar!
Earn six credits in five weeks while completing SPAN 4220 and SPAN 3270
(fulfills the Human Diversity core requirement). Participate in excursions to
world-class museums, theatres; see the remarkable street culture, and more.
Great for SPAN, SPPR, IAFS and others. Learn more: Thursday, Feb. 2, 5 p.m.,
UMC 325.
Contact: Liza Hensleigh (Liza.Hensleigh@Colorado.EDU)
Additional information:
http://studyabroad.colorado.edu/?go=BarcelonaLiteratureCulture
STUDY RUSSIAN LANGUAGE AND CULTURE IN ST. PETERSBURG THIS SUMMER:
INTEREST MEETING JAN. 26
Make this summer unforgettable - spend six weeks immersed in Russian culture
and language in St. Petersburg! The program, directed by Professor Artemi
Romanov, includes language courses each morning, afternoon and weekend
excursions around beautiful St. Petersburg, plus a weekend trip to Moscow! Earn
nine credits; beginning and advanced Russian speakers welcome. Come to a
meeting to learn more: Jan 26, 5 p.m. HUMN 180.
Contact: Sarah Westmoreland (Sarah.Westmoreland@Colorado.EDU)
STUDY THE WORKS OF MICHELANGELO IN FLORENCE AND ROME
Have you ever wanted to learn about Michelangelo? How about in Italy -
where he created his great works of art, such as David and the Sistine Chapel?
Join Program Director Albert Alhadeff in a three-week seminar in Florence and
Rome that explores Michelangelo and his art. Italian is not required - just an
interest in Italian culture! Learn more Thursday, Feb. 2 from 4-5 p.m. in
Visual Arts Complex room 308.
Contact: Kirstin Bebell (Kirstin.Bebell@Colorado.EDU)
Additional information: http://studyabroad.colorado.edu
JOIN A GOSPEL CHOIR
Love to sing? Love having fun? Check-out the MOSAIC Gospel Choir! Meets
Wednesdays at 7 p.m. Directed by musician extraordinaire Gary Grundei! Inter-
faith- and LGBTQ-friendly. Meets at CU's Wesley Chapel, 1290 Folsom St.,
across from Folsom Field, one block north of Colorado Ave. at the corner of
University Heights Ave.
Contact: Roger Wolsey
Additional information: http://www.wesleyf.org
PARKING NEAR CU
Affordable semester parking near campus is available at Wesley Chapel's
parking lot. 1290 Folsom St., across from Folsom Field, 1 block north of
Colorado Ave. at the corner of University Heights Ave. Call Teresa to learn more!
303-443-3934 or email wesleysecretary@hotmail.com
Contact: Roger Wolsey
Additional information: http://www.wesleyf.org
NOW, MORE THAN EVER
Only 8% of students from low-income communities will graduate from
college. The reality is that your zip code determines your life prospects.
We need to change this injustice now! Join fellow CU students and staff in an 8%
rally to raise awareness of educational inequity in America.
March on campus Jan. 27 4 p.m. meet at Norlin
Check out our Facebook event for details:
https://www.facebook.com/events/313255338716941/
Contact: Camille Paige
Additional information: http://www.colorado.edu/iece
BLOOD DRIVE JAN. 30 AND 31 AND FEB. 8 AND 9
Boulder Staff Council sponsors Bonfils Blood Drive Monday/Tuesday, Jan. 30/31
and Wednesday/Thursday, Feb. 8/9 UMC rooms 382-386 Donation times
each day 10 a.m.-3:30p.m. Please donate again or become a first time donor. A
blood donation is a gift of life. Ask a friend to donate with you. For on-line
appointment http://www.bonfils.org site code 0248 or call 303-363-2300. For
general information about blood donor eligibility, visit
http://www.bonfils.org/donate_blood/eligibility/ Thank you for your
donation to help save lives.
Contact: Lori Jackson
APPLY TODAY FOR AN EARTH EDUCATION INTERNSHIP! DEADLINE JAN. 24
Earth Education is an innovative 1-2 credit internship program providing
students with the opportunity to enrich and improve their local community
and environment. Through hands-on experience, participants will teach
principles and practices of sustainability to young people in Boulder County
schools and beyond. The mission is to promote environmental stewardship,
sustainability, education and scientific achievement by focusing on children's
personal connection to nature through sustainable actions. Apply by Jan. 24.
Contact: Environmental Center 303-492-8308
Additional information: Visit
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