ISSS News - November 2022

Join our Pre-Completion Optional Practical Training (OPT) workhops for students with F-1 visa status to learn more about pre-completion OPT, including eligibility requirements, the application process,  options for your pre-completion OPT work authorization dates and more.

While on OPT, SEVIS reporting is required in order to maintain your F-1 status. This ISSS workshop is meant to help students authorized for OPT better understand their OPT reporting responsibilities.

Join our OPT STEM Extension workshop to learn more about the OPT STEM Extension eligibility requirements; the application timeline and process; what to expect after you have submitted your OPT STEM Extension application to USCIS; and the OPT STEM Extension reporting requirements. 

The Skills for Success Career & Internship Fair is a great opportunity for students of all majors, backgrounds and skill sets to connect with employers who are hiring in a variety of industries.

Meet new friends and reconnect with community. Make your own gratitude journal! Enjoy music, games and free food. Undergraduate and graduate students, staff and faculty are welcome!

Engage in a dialogue circle to create conversation around gratitude and generosity, inspired by the 2022-23 CU OneRead selection, Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants.

Understand the difference between stress and anxiety in graduate school, while learning helpful management strategies. Mindfulness techniques will be included.

Free and open to everyone, Ralphie’s Corral is the one place to see everyone’s favorite buffalo up close on gameday, so be sure to stop by early for a photo op! The CU Marching Band and Spirit Teams perform during the festivities on the lawn south of the Duane Physics building. There’s music, photo ops with Chip, fun games for kids and premium giveaways, including CU Nike gear, too. Concession-style food and drinks are available for purchase.

Enjoy a night of free climbing at the Rec Center climbing gym! Outdoor Pursuits staff will be available to provide belay support and instructional advice. All expressions of the female and non-binary identity welcome. All levels and abilities welcome.

How do you set yourself up for success before the big test? Come learn about tips to help you know how to prepare and take exams. Cramming the day before isn't going to cut it. 

Come to our Skills for Success workshop to learn what you can do now to prepare for a meaningful life after graduation.

Achieving alignment is important because it allows us to make good long-term lifestyle decisions in our personal and professional lives. Please join Leslie Blood, PhD, director of graduate community and program development, for this two-part alignment series which will include discussions about values, motivation, drive and accountability.

Mental Health First Aiders learn a five-step strategy to assess and support someone in crisis. Participants are introduced to risk factors and warning signs, engage in experiential activities and learn about evidence-supported treatment and self-help strategies.

This event will be livestreamed by CU Boulder.

I Love Mondays is a weekly event hosted by the Center for Student Involvement that creates a space for students to connect with one another, learn about different organizations and events on campus, and relieve some of the Monday blues.

Come learn, connect with others and eat yummy local food (bring a reusable container to take home extras!). Together, we will learn how to personalize and prolong the life of our clothing and the importance of wearing more layers inside and turning down the heat.

A mobile food pantry will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. on the UMC South Terrace Plaza. Attendees will receive up to 30 pounds of food in multiple boxes. The mobile food pantry is free and open to CU Boulder students, faculty and staff as well as community members of Boulder and Broomfield Counties. Food will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis.

Hosted by ALTEC and our world language faculty and student partners, Crafternoon is an event where you can come learn a craft AND a language! Let’s get crafty!

How do you set yourself up for success before the big test? Come learn about tips to help you know how to prepare and take exams. Cramming the day before isn't going to cut it.

Come learn about the impacts of stress, helpful and unhelpful reactions to stress, strategies for stress management, and how to create a practice of self-care. We are all in this together, from self-care to building community care. 

Sway along with the Waltz of the Flowers and enjoy the uplifting choreography and music that take you on Clara’s magical journey through the Land of Sweets. The Nutcracker is a favorite for many of our performers because it unites family and friends of all ages in starting off the holidays.

Snow is just around the corner, and that means it’s almost time to hit the slopes. Here are seven pro tips to help you prepare for the 2022-23 ski and snowboard season.

Follow CU Boulder Alerts on Twitter and enable push notifications to receive push notifications for all three alert levels. You can also follow the University of Colorado Police Department (CUPD) on Twitter to receive the latest safety alert information, plus safety tips, resources and more. 

OIT has been receiving feedback and questions about the effort to reduce the campus’s pooled storage and planned migration of non-Google format files. We have answers to some of the most common questions under the Frequently asked questions heading.