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Date: Tue Jan 24 2012 - 07:34:44 MST
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:34:44 -0700 (MST) From: Student Buff Bulletin <memofrom@Colorado.EDU> Subject: Student Buff Bulletin 01/24/2012
SUBJECT: Student Buff Bulletin 01/24/2012
Student Buff Bulletin
24 January 2012, Tuesday
A Boulder Campus digest of current events
In this issue:
--- Fiske Planetarium Events
--- Free Yoga Classes
--- Ten Percent Registration Discount through Feb. 29 on CUBIC (CU-Business
Intensive Certificate)
--- Travel to NYC with CU Model United Nations!
--- Student Groups Wanted for 2012 International Festival
--- Thinking Pre-Vet? Join the Pre-Vet Club
--- 2012-13 Puksta New Scholar Applications Due Feb. 1
--- Tango Meets Jazz with Pablo Ziegler Ensemble and Stefon Harris
--- Lady Gaga's Monster Ball Tour in the VAC
--- Information Session: Grad School or Peace Corps... Why Not Do Both
--- Travel Club at CU Holding Info Meetings
--- Free Salsa Lesson and Dance Tonight (Tuesday!) No Partner or Experience
Required
--- GlobeMed Interest Meetings
FISKE PLANETARIUM EVENTS
Week of Jan. 23-29
Evening Star Talks/Shows
$7 for adults, $3.50 for children/seniors
$5 for students/faculty with ID (free for students/faculty on Thursday)
Thursday, 7:30 p.m. "CO Skies: ET Life"
Friday, 7:30 p.m. "The Crowded Sky"
Friday Evening Laser Shows
$7 general admission
9:30 p.m. "No Doubt"
10:45 p.m. "AC/DC"
Saturday Matinees
$6 for adults, $3.50 for children/seniors
2 p.m. "Moons & Stars"
3:15 p.m. "Laser: Space Odyssey"
Contact: Fiske Main Office 303-492-5002
Additional information: http://fiske.colorado.edu
FREE YOGA CLASSES
Yoga club is offering two free classes every week 5:30-7 p.m. on Tuesdays and
Wednesdays in ENVD 120. Each class is an hour of Hatha yoga and a half
hour of meditation. This is an awesome opportunity to try yoga for the first time
or to deepen your practice. The classes start Tuesday, Jan.31 and you can
drop in anytime during the semester. Any questions: nabhaji@gmail.com
Contact: Andrew Creighton
TEN PERCENT REGISTRATION DISCOUNT THROUGH FEB. 29 ON CUBIC (CU-
BUSINESS INTENSIVE CERTIFICATE)!
Calling all non-business majors with 60+ credits who want to stand out from
their peers while job searching! CUBIC, running from May 14-June 1 or June
11-29 (9 a.m.-5:30 p.m.) is your ticket! Topics include accounting, finance,
economics, marketing, leadership, sustainability, personal finance and more.
Tuition is $3,800- students who sign up by February 29th will save 10%.
Register at http://www.regonline.com/CUBIC_2012 . Learn more at a Leeds info
session (Room S233) on Jan. 26 (1 p.m.) or Jan. 30 (12 p.m.)
Contact: Frances Mahoney
Additional information: http://leeds.colorado.edu/CUBIC
TRAVEL TO NYC WITH CU MODEL UNITED NATIONS
If you are passionate about international issues and debate, check out the
CU Model United Nations club and enjoy all your favorite activities! After
attending the National Model United Nations conference in Washington D.C.
last fall, the club is geared up for the spring semester conference in New York
City! Our first meeting will be held in Hellems 241 at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday,
Jan. 26. Bring friends and impress them with your worldly knowledge!
Contact: Ryan Willson
Additional information: http://www.colorado.edu/StudentGroups/mun/
STUDENT GROUPS WANTED FOR 2012 INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
Join CU's annual International Festival and share your culture by hosting a
booth and/or performing (dance/sing, etc.) Held on April 14, 2012, I-Fest
will feature free food samples, entertainment, and booths. All student groups
are welcome. Download the forms from the website:
http://www.colorado.edu/studentgroups/festival/ or visit ISSS for a paper
copy.
First come, first served! Applications due Jan. 27, 2012!
Contact: Himanshu.Sood@colorado.edu or call ISSS at 303-492-8057.
Additional information:
http://www.colorado.edu/studentgroups/festival/2012/index.html
Contact: HIMANSHU SOOD
Additional information: himanshu.sood@colorado.edu
THINKING PRE-VET? JOIN THE PRE-VET CLUB
Become a member of Pre-Vet Club and gain the experience and knowledge to
help you be competitive when applying for vet school. Our first meeting of the
semester is Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 6 p.m. in Hellems 255. This meeting will be
informational and we will discuss how to get involved with local organizations to
get hands-on experience and boost your veterinary experience hours. We will
have food, so come hungry!
Contact: Mercedes Huff
Additional information: http://colorado.edu/studentgroups/prevetclub/
2012-13 PUKSTA NEW SCHOLAR APPLICATIONS DUE FEB. 1
The Puksta Scholars, an exemplary undergraduate civic engagement program,
is accepting applications for 2012-13 new scholars. Limited number of $4,500
annual scholarships. If you have a strong commitment to civic responsibility
and want to bring about positive change in our communities, apply now.
Scholarship only available for students who will be freshmen, sophomores or
juniors in academic year 2012-13. Application, overview,
http://www.colorado.edu/puksta/apply.html. Questions, Peter Simons,
peter.simons@colorado.edu,
Contact: Peter Simons
Additional information: http://www.colorado.edu/puksta
TANGO MEETS JAZZ WITH PABLO ZIEGLER ENSEMBLE AND STEFON HARRIS
Pablo Ziegler, the pianist from Astor Piazzolla's New Tango Quintet is
on the Artist Series Saturday, Feb. 11 with his quartet and three-time Grammy
nominee, Steffon Harris on vibraphone. Born in Buenos Aires, Pablo Ziegler is a
Latin Grammy-winner who blends classic tango rhythms with jazz
improvisations, adding a new voice to the world of tango. Tickets start
at $12 for their performance Feb. 11 at 7:30 p.m. in Macky Auditorium.
Contact: CU Presents Box Office
Additional information: http://cupresents.org
LADY GAGA'S MONSTER BALL TOUR IN THE VAC
Program Council presents a free screening of Lady Gaga Presents: The
Monster Ball Tour at Madison Square Garden on Wednesday, Jan. 25 starting at
7 p.m. in the VAC Auditorium. Lady Gaga's longest running tour brought such
hits as "Bad Romance", "Alejandro" and "Monster" to the stage, and gave
concert-goers a night of acceptance and dancing. Come see it for the first time
on screen, or relive your experience of the Monster Ball!
Contact: Connie Redfield, Program Council
INFORMATION SESSION: GRAD SCHOOL OR PEACE CORPS...WHY NOT BOTH
Are you interested in Graduate School and Peace Corps? Why not do both?
Master's International allows Volunteers to incorporate Peace Corps service as
credit in a master's degree program in a variety of fields. Join us to hear
opportunities available from CU Boulder, DU and CSU.
Feb. 13
UMC 235
6:30 - 8 p.m
Reserve your seat by calling 214-253-5475. Please include your name and
city and date of the event.
Contact: Mathew Hogue
Additional information: http://www.colorado.edu/iece/peacecorps/masters.html
TRAVEL CLUB AT CU HOLDING INFO MEETINGS
Are you looking to meet new people? Get out there and see the world?
Travel Club at CU is holding information meetings this week in UMC 245!
Info meetings will be held on Wednesday (Jan. 25) at 3:30 p.m. and on Friday
(Jan. 27) at 12 p.m. and 5:30 pm.
Regular meetings are held in UMC245 on the first and third Mondays of every
month at 5:30 p.m.
Contact: Anthony Garcia - anthony.t.garcia@colorado.edu
FREE SALSA LESSON AND DANCE TONIGHT (TUESDAY!) NO PARTNER OR
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED!
Learn to dance Salsa with Ritmos Latinos. When: Every Tuesday at 7 p.m. Where:
Denis Small Cultural Center. All skill levels are welcome and all classes are
drop-in. Bonus dances: merengue and bachata.
Web: https://sites.google.com/site/ritmosboulder/
Contact: ritmoslatinos@colorado.edu
Contact: Adnan Reza
GLOBEMED INTEREST MEETINGS
January 24 and 26, 7:30-8:30 p.m.
HUMN 190
Everyone has a role to play in global health equity! GlobeMed is a network
of university students that is partnered with global grassroots organizations
to improve living standards of impoverished people. The GlobeMed chapter at
CU Boulder is partnered with Himalayan Healthcare (HHC); an organization that
works to improve living conditions in rural Nepal. Come to learn about your
place in advancing global health equity.
Website: http://www.globemedcu.org
Contact: ucboulder@globemed.org
Contact: Jillian Warner
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