Are you a gamer? Want bragging rights? Here’s your chance! The Connection is starting a FIFA League for the fall semester.

Sign up at The Connection front desk starting at 6 p.m. There is a $5 entry fee. Play begins at 7 p.m. Games are on PlayStation 4, Xbox One or Nintendo Wii gaming systems. Tournament formats are double elimination and/or round robin. Prizes for top finishers!

Dates:
Fridays Sept. 8, Oct. 6, Nov. 3, Dec. 8

The Connection, UMC first floor

Learn about your chance to study, intern and participate in research and service-learning opportunities abroad at Education Abroad's fall fair.

Education Abroad offer hundreds of programs in 65 countries that meet the needs and interests of all students and majors. Enter to win prizes and scholarships! Recently-returned Education Abroad alumni and staff will be on hand to share what it’s like to live and learn abroad, find affordable programs and build your résumé with an international experience.

Friday, Sept. 8, 10:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
University Memorial Center (UMC) Fountain

We are excited to announce the sixth season of the Mini Med School, The Clinical Years, the next step in your Mini Med training.

The price is right (free), there's no homework, it's suitable for anyone from high school on, and you can get a famous Mini Med "diploma"—all from the CU Boulder campus. The lectures will take place on the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, but Boulder participants will watch live (and have the ability to interact) via video broadcast at the Hellems building.

The course begins Sept. 6 and runs about seven weeks. Please register online to ensure you get all updates and information. Visit the Mini Med site below for the full schedule.

If you would like more information or have questions, please email Joseph Martinez at SOM.MiniMed@ucdenver.edu.

Starts Wednesday, Sept. 6
Hellems Arts and Sciences, room 252

Kick off the weekend with fellow Buffs and show your CU pride with new, free monthly events at The Connection.

CU on Friday is all about bringing the CU Boulder community together! Students, faculty and staff are invited to join us for this new UMC tradition.

The September event is sponsored by CU Student Government. Come celebrate “FRY-day” with your 2017–18 CUSG officials.

Please join the Program in Culture, Language, and Social Practice (CLASP) for their fifth conference, CLASP V, designed for students and faculty to showcase new work at no cost.

Run entirely by graduate students, CLASP V is the program's fifth multidisciplinary conference, which promotes the broad connections between culture, language and society grounded in empirical research. The conference brings together an array of national and international scholars from diverse countries and subdisciplines; it features workshops and plenary talks by leaders in the field, including Dwanna Robertson, Jonathan Rosa, Natasha Shrikant and Jack Sidnell.

CLASP V will take place Sept. 15–17 at the Wolf Law Building.

The SNaGLab is currently running a behavioral study and is in desperate need for subjects between the ages of 18 and 35. During the 2-hour study, you will be asked to play several versions of a gambling task by yourself as well as with other individuals in your session. Compensation is $10 per hour. Plus, for your participation and performance, you will also have a chance to win bonus cash. Visit the CU Boulder SONA System to find the study (named study 989) and sign up for any session, or reach out via email at cu.snaglab.968@gmail.com.

Complete Operations Management over winter break in Spain!

Travel to Valencia this winter and study management in one of Spain's most exciting cities. You will engage in site visits to local businesses and learn first-hand about Spanish and international companies. Learn more at the informational meeting Sept. 6.

Wednesday, Sept. 6, 5 to 5:45 p.m.
Koelbel Building, room 102

Aug. 31 marks Overdose Awareness Day. At CU Boulder, we want to raise awareness, support those impacted by an overdose and share ways to prevent overdoses in the future. While a single day to acknowledge overdose is important, our conversation won’t stop there. Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 19, Health Promotion will begin hosting monthly How to Save a Life: Overdose Prevention and Response trainings that will teach attendees how to recognize and respond to both alcohol poisoning and opioid overdoses. These trainings will be held at the University Memorial Center (UMC), room 404, at noon and 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 19; Tuesday, Oct. 17; and Tuesday, Nov. 14. They are about 30 minutes long and open to students, faculty and staff. At 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, Health Promotion, Counseling and Psychiatric Services, the CU Collegiate Recovery Center and the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program will come together to share stories of those who have experienced or been impacted by overdose, connect people to resources on campus and teach overdose prevention and response skills.

Take an energizing break from your studies. Sing along to your choice of fun tunes on Thursday nights using Club 156’s sound and light systems.

Located on the first floor of the University Memorial Center, food and beverages are right next door at The Connection. Starts at 8 p.m.

Fall 2017 dates:
Sept. 7, 21
Oct. 5, 19
Nov. 2, 16, 30
Dec. 14

Check out all of The Connection’s weekly events | The Connection Bowling, Billiards & Games, UMC first floor

The Village Center Dining and Community Commons serves hundreds of students every day and is looking to build up their student workforce team, offering great pay and a fun work environment for student-employees.

Currently, Village Center is hiring students to work 10–25 hours in both customer service and food service. Please stop by and talk to a manager today to be considered!

RTD has added a new bus route (236), providing faculty, staff and students mid-day service between campus, Table Mesa Park-n-Ride and Boulder Junction at Depot Square via U.S. 36 and 28th Street when the Flatiron Flyer 4 (FF4) express bus isn't running.

The 236 runs every 30 minutes with stops at 28th and Walnut streets and 28th Street and Arapahoe Ave.

• Southbound: 9:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• Northbound: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Tips and tricks to make your commute easier:

• Transit mobile app: A real-time, easy-to-use travel app that allows users to navigate RTD routes
• Boulder BCycle: Boulder's newest bikeshare station is at Table Mesa Park-n-Ride
• RTD expanded routes: BOLT Limited and Skyride AB2 now connect to Boulder Junction at Depot Square

The CU Boulder Psychology Department is seeking participants for experiments about learning, memory, perception and language. Subjects will be compensated up to $15 per hour.

Participant requirements:

• Must be 18-29 years old
• Must be right handed

Please visit our website for more information.

The Neural Control of Movement Laboratory, located on Main Campus, is conducting a study that examines the effect of electrical stimulation on improving single-leg balance in experienced dancers. Subjects will be compensated with an electrical stimulation device.

Participant requirements:

• Dancer between 18–35 years of age with
• Five or more years of technique-based dance training
• Healthy and free of neurologic disease

The study will consist of one familiarization, two evaluations and 12 treatment sessions, meeting three times per week for four weeks.

• First visit: Familiarization session, about 30 minutes
• Evaluations: Before and after treatment, about 2.5 hours
• Training history, balance, strength and steadiness
• Intervention, about 30 minutes per session

If interested, please email Leah Davis at leah.davis@colorado.edu for more information.

Come kick off the semester with Education Abroad! New students are welcome to grab some food and chat informally with peer advisors. Program alumni can come reunite with their abroad cohort and share photos/memories with new students.

Friday, Sept. 1, 3 to 5 p.m.
Center for Community (C4C), JD Abrams Lounge

Starting Sept. 12, the CU Boulder Chapter of Ritmos Latinos, a recognized student organization, will offer classes in basic salsa every Tuesday night throughout the fall semester.

Come join us at the Dennis Small Cultural Center and learn to dance both partner and rueda-de-casino style salsa. There’s no charge, and you don’t have to bring a partner. Classes are open to all members of the CU Boulder student, staff and faculty community. Feel free to bring a friend!

Tuesdays starting Sept. 12, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
University Memorial Center (UMC), fourth floor, room 457