CU-Boulder Adds Registrar's Office To Enrollment Management Group

Aug. 24, 1999

The Office of the Registrar at the University of Colorado at Boulder will join the other enrollment departments--Admissions, Financial Aid, and Orientation--in the division of academic affairs on Sept. 1, according to Phil DiStefano, vice chancellor for academic affairs. The Registrar's Office works closely with enrollment services and all of the colleges and schools to provide registration, academic scheduling, record-keeping, information services and academic support to students, faculty and the campus community.

Chancellor's Community Lecture Series Features CU Natural Resources Scholars

Aug. 24, 1999

Charles Wilkinson, a distinguished CU-Boulder professor of law who is recognized as a champion of the American West through his decades of writing and legal work, will be the first featured speaker in a CU-Boulder lecture series hosted at The Academy beginning Wednesday, Sept. 8. This fall, the series will highlight faculty from CU-Boulder聮s Center of the American West, including its co-founders Wilkinson and Patricia Limerick, and the Natural Resources Law Center. All talks will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Chapel at The Academy, located at 970 Aurora Ave. in Boulder.

CU-Boulder To Institute Fall Break In Year 2000

Aug. 24, 1999

Editors: A revised academic calendar is attached. The University of Colorado at Boulder is moving ahead with plans to implement a fall break and some other changes to its academic calendar, according to William Kaempfer, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs for budget and planning. The first Fall Break will occur on Oct. 5 and Oct. 6, 2000. "Over the years we have gradually moved to starting the year earlier and ending it later," Kaempfer said. "This has created a long, unbroken and stressful fall semester for everyone -- students, faculty and staff.

CU-Boulder Sponsored Research Awards Top $200 Million For The First Time

Aug. 23, 1999

The University of Colorado at Boulder received more than $204 million in sponsored research awards for the 1998-99 fiscal year, a 12.4 percent increase over last year and the first time the campus has topped the $200 million mark. Of the 1,596 grant proposals made in 1998-99, about half were winners, despite increasing competition for funds by universities and other research institutions across the nation.

CU-Boulder Awarded $600,000 To Continue NIST Grant Program

Aug. 23, 1999

The Cooperative Education and Internship Program at the University of Colorado at Boulder has been awarded approximately $600,000 to continue the National Institute for Standards and Technology Professional Research Experience Program (NIST/PREP), according to Howard Rosenberg, principal investigator and project director for CU-Boulder. The program provides outstanding work and learning experiences for undergraduate, graduate and post-doctoral students at the NIST lab in Boulder. Graduate and post-doctoral students work with CU-Boulder faculty on selected projects.

Affirmative Action In Colorado Is Topic Of Sept. 2 Lecture At CU-Boulder

Aug. 22, 1999

University of Colorado at Boulder legal scholars Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic will lecture Thursday, Sept. 2, on "Homegrown Racism: Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action in Colorado." The lecture will be from 3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel on the CU-Boulder campus. The event is free and open to the public. Delgado is the Jean Lindsley Professor of Law and Jean Stefancic is a research assistant at the CU-Boulder School of Law.

CU-Boulder Student Receives National Student Humanitarian Award

Aug. 19, 1999

The 1999 Howard R. Swearer Student Humanitarian Award has been granted to five undergraduate students around the nation, including CU-Boulder student David Kolstad, for outstanding community service efforts. Every year Campus Compact, a national service-learning organization, gives the $1,500 award to five students who attend Campus Compact member institutions. The award money supports the student's continued efforts to address societal needs by funding a service program designed or chosen by that student.

CU-Boulder's Summer Theatre Caravan To Perform In Boulder Aug. 27-28

Aug. 19, 1999

The CU-Boulder Summer Theatre Caravan will present a free public performance of the romantic comedy, "It Had To Be You," Aug. 27-28 in the Old Main Chapel on the CU-Boulder campus. The performances begin at 7 p.m. both evenings. "It Had To Be You" features the story of Theda Blau, a would-be actress, would-be playwright, would-be sex symbol and health food nut who seeks love and success in New York. Joining her is Vito Pignoli, a highly successful and emotionally unavailable TV director and producer on whom Theda sets her sights.

CU-Boulder Presents Photo Exhibit On Colorado Hispanic Legislators

Aug. 19, 1999

A photo exhibition featuring Colorado's Hispanic lawmakers opens at the University of Colorado at Boulder on Aug. 24. The presentation, "Shaping the Law of the Land: Hispanos in the Colorado Legislature 1845-1995," will be held in the University Memorial Center Fine Arts Gallery Annex. "The goal of the exhibit is to educate different communities about Hispanic contributions to the State of Colorado," said Ofelia Miramontes, interim associate vice chancellor for diversity and equity at CU-Boulder.

CU-Boulder Students Selected For Fall Educational, Career Scholarship

Aug. 19, 1999

Five CU-Boulder students have received scholarship awards from the Center for Educational and Career Transitions at CU-Boulder for the fall 1999 semester. The $600 scholarship is awarded to three categories of students, including undergraduate women, graduate women and any student 30 years or older, male or female. To receive the undergraduate and graduate scholarship awards, students must maintain a 3.5 grade-point average. Applicants for the "student over 30" award must maintain a minimum grade-point average of 3.0.

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