Computer science advisors are frequently contacted by other offices, both on- and off-campus, with requests to share information with our students. This includes information about campus events, extracurricular activities, student groups, hackathons, research options, career development options and some student-specific internships and jobs. The goal is that this listserv should not include much overlap with resources offered by Career Services (including Handshake), nor with the cs-jobs listserv.

This mailing list is available to CU Boulder students involved with computer science, whether it is your major, minor or some other affiliation. A few things to note about this list:

  • Students can join or leave the list at any time. See "How to Subscribe" and "How to Unsubscribe" below for instructions. However, note that if you are subscribed you will receive all messages distributed to this list, and if you unsubscribe you will not receive any of these messages. We are not able to offer a function to only "opt in" to messages about specific topics.
  • The list is moderated, so all messages are reviewed before being distributed to the list.
  • List membership is not visible to anyone other than administrators of the list.

Subscribe to the CS Opportunities list by sending an email to sympa@lists.colorado.edu:

  • The message should have no subject.
  • The body of the message should consist of the single line (no signatures, vCards, or anything else):
    • subscribe cs-opportunities FirstName LastName
  • For example, the user "Chip Buffalo" would send a message with nothing in the subject only this line in the body of the email:
    • subscribe cs-opportunities Chip Buffalo

The address used to send this subscription email will be the address added to the list (@colorado.edu addresses only).

Unsubscribe from the CS Opportunities list by sending an email to sympa@lists.colorado.edu:

  • The message should have no subject.
  • The body of the message should consist of the single line (no signatures, vCards, or anything else):
    • unsubscribe cs-opportunities 

The address to be removed from the list will be the one from which the message is sent, which should be the same address used to subscribe to the list in the first place.

If the above process does not work, you can also unsubscribe by visiting https://lists.colorado.edu/sympa/info/cs-opportunities, log in with your CU Boulder Identikey, and find the link to Unsubscribe on the left side of the page.

Send an email to cs-opportunities@lists.colorado.edu and provide the following in the message:

  • Descriptive email subject including the name of your department/office/company/group.
  • Information in the message body about the organization/group/office/event.
  • Description of the specific opportunity.
  • Any RSVP requirements or action requested from students.
  • Contact information in case students have questions or want to follow up.

Please note:

  • There is a maximum size limit of 5MB for any message sent to this list. This size limit includes the message body as well as any attachments. Messages exceeding this size will automatically be rejected.
  • If attachments must be used, suggested formats include: .pdf, .jpg, .doc/docx, .xls/xlsx, .ppt/pptx.
  • Messages, if approved for distribution, are sent exactly as submitted, including subject and the entirey of the body of the message. Moderators cannot edit a message before distributing.
  • Messages unrelated to computer science students/opportunities will most likely disappear silently (not be distributed to the list).
  • Subject lines should be descriptive - for example "Student Group X kickoff meeting (Sept. 20, 10am)" or "XYZ Corp recruiting event (Oct. 10, 5pm)" - rather than generic subject lines like "meeting" or "FYI", etc.
  • HTML-formatted emails are acceptable.

Need Help?

If you are having problems or have questions about the list, please email Amy Richards.