Looking for structure and community? Check out the Graduate School calendar for a full listing of upcoming online events. This semester, the Graduate School is offering the following virtual support services:

• Grad+ Seminar Series for weekly tips on habits and productivity.
• Writing support for weekly writing groups and one-on-one writing consultation. 
• Online resources for tips on everything from writing to job searching. 
• Digital credential badges to show future employers your professional skills.
• Meet with Sarah Tynen for help with research projects, journal publications and time management.

Visit the professional development page for the full suite of Graduate School programs and services.

The Ombuds Office is offering 15-minute virtual drop-in consults for undergraduate students on Mondays and Thursdays 1–3 p.m. on a first-call, first-served basis. Virtual drop-in consults will continue every Monday and Thursday through May 7. Please call 303-492-5077 to schedule a consultation.

The Social, Emotional, and Cognitive Computing Lab at CU Boulder is looking for participants for a study of collaboration. 

You are eligible to participant in this research study if you:

• Are a CU Boulder student at least 18 years of age
• Speak English
• Do not have significant and uncorrected vision impairments
• Have not previously played Physics Playground or a similar game (e.g., Crayon Physics Deluxe, Magic Pen) for more than an hour

The study contains will take place online via Zoom and will last approximately 90 minutes. You will be compensated with a $25 Amazon gift card.

If you are interested in participating, please contact us at emotivecomputing.cps2@gmail.com for more information.
 

A WRTG3035 class from CU Boulder is working on a community project with the Dumb Friends League animal shelter/humane society. We are researching the preferences of students regarding animal adoption and donations. If you could fill out this two-minute survey, it'd greatly help the Dumb Friends League and their cause—that of finding a home for every unfortunate animal. 

Beginning Monday, April 6, and continuing on the first Monday of each month through August, the Boulder Office of Emergency Management, in partnership with Boulder County and the City of Boulder, will begin audible testing of the countywide emergency sirens. 

The tests will be at 10 a.m. and 7 p.m. each day, on April 6, May 4, June 1, July 6 and Aug. 3. 

The siren tests ensure that all systems and procedures are working properly during the season of peak flood danger, which is typically early spring to late summer.

For more information about personal preparedness and flood safety, visit the CU Boulder Emergency Management Flood Information page, Ready Colorado, Boulder Office of Emergency Management, Boulder County and BoulderFloodInfo.net.

We want to understand your experience as a first-year freshmen at CU during the COVID-19 pandemic. Complete an online survey sharing your own experiences, thoughts and feelings. 

This research is being conducted by researchers in the CU Department of Psychology and Neuroscience (IRB#18-0483). You will have the opportunity to win one of 10 $100 Amazon gift cards. Additional opportunities to participate in paid research may be available.

To qualify, you must be a freshman at CU, between the ages of 18 and 25, and fluent in English.

Please contact gruberpeplab@colorado.edu with the subject line “EMERGE COVID-19 Study,” and we will send you a survey link to complete at your convenience.

The Research on Affective Disorders and Development Lab is conducting research on wellness and stress coping in CU students during the novel COVID-19 outbreak. 

Our community is navigating a major public health stressor. We know your lives are being deeply impacted by school closures, changes in your social life social activities and family risks—and we know these impacts may be highly stressful. We want to understand how COVID-19 is affecting CU students and understand whether, and what types, of daily wellness strategies might buffer you from this stressor and help keep you well.

You are eligible for this research study if you are a CU Boulder student over the age of 18. The study lasts eight weeks, and all study data collection happens entirely online. 

If you participate in this study, you will complete a series of short daily microsurveys (one minute a day) as well as a longer survey that is sent to you once every two weeks (about 40 minutes to complete the biweekly surveys). 

You may be assigned to a group in which we ask you to engage in daily wellness strategies either involving positive activities, or mindfulness practices. We will give you some examples of daily wellness strategies, but you get to choose what strategies you use and how long you spend on the strategies each day. 

You will be compensated for your participation (maximum of $226 for completing all parts of the study). 

If you’re interested in learning more, contact the RADD lab at raddlab@colorado.edu.

The Mathematics Academic Resource Center (MARC) is operating remotely! Graduate student, learning assistant and undergraduate math tutors are standing by to help with all of your math questions. This is a free service provided by the Department of Mathematics offered to all CU students. 

Visit the MARC page, click on a tutor's name, and you'll be whisked off to a Zoom meeting and receive one-on-one, skilled assistance in reasoning through all undergraduate math topics.

Below are the adjusted deadlines for graduate students receiving May 2020 doctoral and master’s degrees.

May 2020 doctoral degree deadlines

• Doctoral students must complete the PhD dissertation defense or final examination
  • Posted deadline: April 7, 2020
  • Adjusted deadline: April 24, 2020
• PhD students must submit the dissertation and signature page
  • Posted deadline: April 14, 2020
  • Adjusted deadline: May 1, 2020

May 2020 master’s degree deadlines

• Master’s students must complete the thesis defense or final examination
  • Posted deadline: April 14, 2020
  • Adjusted deadline: April 29, 2020
• Master’s thesis plan students must submit the thesis and signature page
  • Posted deadline: April 21, 2020
  • Adjusted deadline: May 6, 2020

Each spring, the university recognizes the important role that graduate and professional students play on campus with a week of activities, events and support services. Due to the current circumstances, we regret that full celebration of this weeklong celebration is on hold. However, we are pleased to announce that HungryBuffs has agreed to offer a 10% discount on all orders through April 30 by using the coupon code cugraduate10. We are also working on some virtual community events, which we will announce in further detail soon.

Starting April 6, the Ombuds Office will offer 15-minute virtual drop-in consults for undergraduate students on Mondays and Thursdays, from 1 to 3 p.m. on a first-call, first-served basis. Virtual drop-in consults will continue every Monday and Thursday through May 7, 2020.

Please call 303-492-5077 during these days and times to participate.

The Ombuds Office serves as a good place to surface, voice, discuss and clarify university-related concerns. They listen without judgment, help people untangle issues, develop options and strategize. 

The Writing Center is offering remote sessions through May 5! Book an appointment to have a phone conversation with a consultant or to receive written feedback on your work.

The CU Boulder Writing Center offers writers from all academic disciplines and skill levels the opportunity to work one-on-one with professionally trained writing consultants. We help writers at all stages of the writing process from brainstorming through revision. Writing Center sessions strive to address writers' stated needs while attending to relevant disciplinary, rhetorical, grammatical and stylistic concerns.

Consultants provide feedback and advice that promote writers' abilities to communicate successfully and think critically in response to complex, evolving expectations of readers in academia, the workplace and society.

• Save time by learning more effective writing techniques.
• Eliminate writer’s block and procrastination.
• Improve your argumentative impact, organization, and clarity.
• Strengthen your revision and self-editing skills.
• Learn proper citation to avoid unintentional plagiarism.

Services are free to all CU students, faculty, alumni and university affiliates.

For more information, visit our website or email wrtghelp@colorado.edu.

Update April 6: Colorado Shakespeare Festival is postponing its 2020 season and related educational programs and camps until summer 2021 because of the COVID-19 global pandemic. 

The Colorado Shakespeare Festival (CSF) seeks individuals to serve as concessions staff for the 2020 festival season. This is a great opportunity in a positive, fast-paced environment.

CSF is a professional theater company in association with CU Boulder. The CSF summer season runs May through August on the historic Mary Rippon Outdoor Theatre and the indoor University Theatre. 

Base pay for concessions staff is $12 per hour with pay increases available based on experience and position type. The ideal candidate for these positions will be students who have a work-study award and can be available up to 20 hours per week beginning in June 2020 through August 2020 with training and setup hours in May 2020, however, non-students without work-study will also be considered. All candidates must be organized, analytical and adaptable. 

All positions include Training for Intervention Procedures (TiPS) certification and formal de-escalation training, paid for by CSF.

Interested applicants should submit a résumé and cover letter to CSF Operations Manager Kurt Mehlenbacher at kume5547exc@colorado.edu.