Information
E-Mail Policy
E-mail is an official means of communication to students from CU-Boulder administrators and faculty. All students are issued a no-cost CU-Boulder e-mail account and are expected to check their messages on a frequent and consistent basis in order to stay current with university-related communications.Photo ID Card (Buff OneCard)
The Buff OneCard is your official student ID, to be used as long as you are a student at CU-Boulder. The card is official verification that you are eligible for student privileges. It allows you access to Campus Printing, the Student Recreation Center, the libraries, Wardenburg Health Center, housing dining centers, athletic tickets and events, and RTD local and regional buses.Your Buff OneCard also offers a number of optional programs:
- Buff One Banking turns your card into an ATM/debit banking card.
- Buff Bucks lets you spend money at the CU Book Store and off-campus merchants.
- Buff CallingCard makes your card a post-paid long-distance card.
- Student Advantage Buff One Discount Card, which allows students to get discounts from local and national merchants for thousands of products and services.
Your first Buff OneCard is paid for when you pay the new student matriculation fee. Replacement cards cost $25 each. If you are a registered nondegree student, you may purchase a Buff OneCard for $25.
The Campus Card Office is located in 182 Willard Hall and is open 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
To report a lost or stolen card 24 hours a day, call 303-492-1212 immediately to avoid unauthorized use of your card. Never give or lend your Buff OneCard to anyone else.
More information is available about the Buff OneCard and its features at www.buffonecard.com, or by calling 303-492-0355.
Veterans' Affairs
The Veterans' Affairs Office serves the needs of all veterans on campus and prospective student veterans as well as military service members attending CU. The office supplements other campus units with special emphasis on the recruitment and retention of veterans on campus, and it provides a key point of contact for counseling and program information. The office is located in Regent Administrative Center 201. For more information, visit www.colorado.edu/studentaffairs/VA.
Residency Classification
For tuition purposes, new students are classified as resident (in-state) or nonresident (out-of-state) on the basis of information provided on their application for admission and other relevant information. If your parents do not live in Colorado, and if you will not be 23 years of age by the first day of class for the term for which you are applying, you must submit a petition for in-state classification (see address below).Petitioning for In-State Classification
If you are a current or former CU-Boulder student and believe you are eligible for a change to resident status, you must submit a petition with documentation. For the necessary petition forms and an explanation of the Colorado tuition classification statute, or if you have questions about your status as an in-state or out-of-state student, call 303-492-6868, visit registrar.colorado.edu/students/tuition_classification.html, send an e-mail to tuitclass@registrar.colorado.edu, or write to:
Tuition Classification
University of Colorado at Boulder
68 UCB
Boulder, CO 80309-0068
If you are a student at another CU campus, address your inquiries to the appropriate Office of Admissions and Records.
For summer 2008, petitions for residency classification must be submitted by May 9 for term M; by May 30 for terms A, C, and D; by July 3 for term B; and by the first day of class for terms E and F.
Be prepared to pay your tuition and fee bill in full by the tuition and fee payment deadline. If residency is approved after this date, you will receive a refund.
Further information on tuition, fees, and deposits is available from the Bursar's Office, 303-492-5381. The Board of Regents reserves the right to change tuition without notice.
Summer Parking and Transportation Options
Park with a Campus Permit
If you plan to park on campus frequently, consider buying a permit from Parking and Transportation Services (PTS). Vehicle, motorcycle, moped, and scooter permits are all available. Evening permits are also available. Permit prices and information on how to buy a permit are available at ucbparking.colorado.edu/students or by calling 303-492-7384. Permit rates are subject to change.
Parking permits for Maymester are available from the PTS business office at 1050 Regent Drive.
Park without a Campus Permit
Parking meters are available for $1.25 per hour and some meters allow up to 10 hours of parking time. Euclid AutoPark is a visitor parking garage with a $1.50 per hour parking rate from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. After 5:00 p.m. a flat fee of $3.00 allows parking on weeknights as well as on Saturdays and Sundays.
Night & Weekend Parking
Permit lots – Daytime permit
lots in the core of campus convert to visitor use
after 5:00 p.m. with a $3 pay station payment.
Pay the machine and display the
receipt on your dashboard. Several
lots along the periphery of campus are free after
5:00 p.m. weekdays and on weekends. Signs will
describe the lot’s use.
Meters – Campus
meters and some pay stations are free 5:00 p.m.
to 7:30 a.m. seven days a week.
Consider Options Other Than Driving
Fee-paying students can ride wherever the RTD bus goes. You may purchase a discounted bus pass for the summer. Call 303-492-8308 for more information.
Summer is the perfect time to ride a bike. Be sure to register your bike if you are parking it on campus. Visit ucbparking.colorado.edu/AlternativeTransportation for registration location and summer hours or call 303-735-2705 for more ideas.
Confidentiality of Student Records
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) of 1974, as amended, sets forth requirements regarding the privacy of student records. FERPA governs the release of these records (known as education records) maintained by an educational institution, as well as access to these records. This law applies to K-12 as well as postsecondary education.
College students are permitted to inspect their own education records. School officials may not disclose personally identifiable information about students, nor permit inspection of their records, without written permission unless such action is covered by exceptions permitted by the Act.
For a full reading of the University of Colorado at Boulder’s FERPA policy, please go to registrar.colorado.edu/regulations/ferpa_guide.html.
Information Sessions, Campus Tours, and Special Visit Programs
We invite you and your family to visit us this summer and learn about CU-Boulder firsthand.Reservations are required for all information sessions, tours, and special visit programs. To make a reservation, go to www.colorado.edu/visit, or call the Office of Admissions at 303-492-6301.
