Graduation deadlines are approaching master's and doctoral students who are planning to graduate this summer. See what's coming up June 15 and June 25, and look ahead to August.

Got an arts-loving young person in your life?

The Colorado Shakespeare Festival offers summer camps for kids and teens (ages 6–18) on CU Boulder’s campus. Students will rehearse, stage and perform a shortened Shakespeare play (scenes for Sprites). Camp Shakespeare and Shakespeare's Sprites are a fabulous way for kids and teens to explore theater and Shakespeare in a creative and supportive environment.

Visit our website for dates, details, tuition and more.

The Moth will hold its GrandSLAM Championships: Big Breaks event in Denver at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 15. (Doors open at 7 p.m.)

The Moth is offering one pair of free tickets in a giveaway for CU Boulder Today readers. Enter to win by 10 a.m. on Tuesday, June 13. The Moth will notify the winner via email by Tuesday, June 13. Activate the QR code here or click on the giveaway form to enter.

Listen as 10 champions from The Moth's open-mic StorySLAM series compete for the title of the Denver GrandSLAM champs. Ten of Denver's finest storytellers will share stories of the unusual, unexpected, occasional, rare and magical. Hosted by Nick Ross, the night’s theme is big breaks. 

The Moth is an acclaimed not-for-profit organization dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling.

The Office of Information Technology will be migrating email safety and security technology to Microsoft 365 on Tuesday, June 6. This change will mostly run in the background to improve anti-spam, anti-malware and phishing protection for the CU Boulder campus, but you will start to see notifications that you haven't received before from Microsoft Defender Quarantine.

Read the OIT news story about this change, as well as the Microsoft Defender Quarantine page for additional information and instructions for releasing emails from quarantine.

Graduate and Family Housing (GFH) has experienced growing interest and a significant increase in the number of housing applications in recent years. Based on current demand and occupancy, the GFH waitlist has closed to new applicants.

This pause aims to support graduate students currently on the waitlist and set realistic housing expectations for future students, faculty and staff interested in living in GFH apartments. The application will reopen in spring 2024.

Participants are needed for a research study evaluating foods from the Mediterranean diet. 

You may qualify if you:

• Are 30–69 years old
• Have a 25–37 BMI
• Have high blood sugar, high blood pressure or high cholesterol
• Have stable medication use
• Have a relatively low intake of Mediterranean diet-style foods
• Haven't changed your exercise patterns within the last three months
• Do not smoke

Participation involves:

• Monthly visits to the CU Anschutz Medical Campus over a period of 20 weeks
• Blood, urine and stool sample collections
• Four 4-week periods with daily consumption of various study foods such as salmon, beef, oatmeal, cheesecake, walnuts, red peppers, avocado and chickpeas

Food and compensation provided. Complete the screener to see if you qualify.

The study will take place in the Clinical and Translational Research Center on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus at 1890 N. Revere Ct., Room 6030, in Aurora.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate how probiotic supplementation impacts your stress levels. This research may help us to better understand factors that support adaptive stress responding. 

You may be eligible for this study if you are:

• Ages 18 to 45
• Willing to take a probiotic supplement for approximately two months
• Not immunosuppressed

Participation includes:

• One 30-minute in-person visit where you will receive the probiotic/placebo and complete questionnaires
• Approximately two months of supplementation
• Completion of periodic brief questionnaires sent via text

Take a brief survey to find out if you’re eligible.

IRB Protocol #: 22-0234 
Questions? Contact Lauren Finkelstein 
lauren.finkelstein@colorado.edu 
970-921-9321 

Furnished 2 bedroom, 1 full bath apartment in north Boulder currently available through Aug. 1, 2023. Partial months will be considered.

Modern, new complex, new furnishings, balcony, second floor (no elevator), around the corner from restaurants and bakeries. Two bedrooms feature one queen and two twins that stack seamlessly into a single twin. Work area is also provided. Fifteen minute bicycle ride to campus.

Photos provided upon request. Unfortunately not suitable for pets. Strictly non-smoking. Rent is $3,250 per month, utilities included. References, credit check and deposit required. To inquire, please contact north.boulder.sublet@gmail.com.

Campus departments and programs are invited to sign up for a table at the Be Involved Fair, a signature Fall Welcome event. Meet thousands of students who are looking for a way to be involved in the coming academic year.

Sign-ups are open through Aug. 13. The fair will take place from 2 to 6 p.m. Aug. 30 on Farrand Field.

CU NightRide is a student-operated program dedicated to meeting the safety needs of CU students, faculty and staff by providing nighttime transportation to support a safe academic and socially responsible environment, both on campus and in the community.

CU NightRide is hiring driver/dispatchers to take calls, coordinate rides and drive within the city of Boulder. We’re looking for students who are confident and safe behind the wheel, friendly, courteous, non-judgmental, caring and skilled at multitasking.

Driver/dispatcher (Student Assistant I)

• $15 per hour, 10–20 hours/week
• Flexible schedule
• Growth opportunities
• Listen to your own music

We are looking for healthy males and females, ages 17–35, to participate in a study at the CU Boulder Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory.

• The study is seven weeks long with eight in-person visits
• Participants live in the sleep laboratory on two separate occasions for 7.7 days (15.4 days total)

Compensation up to $3,785. Get study details and apply.

Desirable Gunbarrel Greens private apartment available for rent $2,200/month:

• 800 sq ft
• Lots of natural light
• Private entrance
• Separate covered entrance with a private redwood deck and gas grill
• Full brightly lit kitchen with gas range, dishwasher, fridge/freezer, disposal and pantry
• Large living room
• 3/4 bath with heated floor and newly rebuilt shower
• Big, well-lit closets
• Big bedroom with ceiling fan/light and tiled floor
• Gas heat stove for additional heat and a separate thermostat
• Shared laundry facilities on site

Utilities included. Application fee $45. If interested, please contact me and I will send you a PDF document with photos of the apartment.

Struggling with anxiety or depression? Feeling down, hopeless or stuck in a cycle of unproductive worry? Low-cost teletherapy and in-person therapy are available through CU Boulder’s Raimy Psychology Clinic, for individuals residing in Colorado.

Raimy Clinic therapists can provide help coping with stress, depression, anxiety, relationship issues and other difficulties. Special low rates are available for all CU Boulder students, staff and faculty, or family members of full-time staff or faculty. Openings for new clients are available now. Email or call now to start the intake process.

For more information, call our intake coordinator Lauren Finkelstein at 303-492-5177, email raimy@colorado.edu or visit our website.

Summer 2023 operating hours for the Boulder campus will be 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., effective Monday, May 15, through Saturday, August 19.

On Sunday, August 20, the Boulder campus will return to its regular operating hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The standard operating hours are also core business hours for student-, employee- and customer-facing services/offices. Offices that are student-, employee- or customer-facing should attempt to maintain a consistent schedule allowing for in-person services to be provided particularly during periods or hours of high demand.

Graduate students, mark your calendars for these approaching graduation deadlines for summer 2023.

June 15

Graduate students who have not already done so must apply online to graduate through buff portal on the “apply for graduation” card in order to have the degree awarded in August. This is required even though there is no university-wide ceremony. PhD students must enter their dissertation title as part of the online graduation application; you may update the title through the portal until this date. This title will appear on your transcript after your degree is awarded.

June 15

Master's students must submit to the Graduate School a Candidacy Application for an Advanced Degree. Applications follow a workflow process and must be approved by the academic department before they are directed to the Graduate School.

July 25

Doctoral students must complete the PhD dissertation defense or final examination by this date. Notice of the examination must be provided to the Graduate School using the doctoral final examination form two weeks before the exam.

Aug. 1

PhD students must submit the dissertation with the single-page Thesis Approval Form to ProQuest by this deadline. The dissertation must be submitted electronically for review and approval by Graduate School staff by the end of the business day. The Thesis Approval Form (TAF) must be uploaded as a supplemental file with the dissertation in order for the submission to be complete. Students whose dissertations are received after this deadline, or those not submitted with the TAF, must apply to graduate at the following semester's commencement.

Aug. 1

PhD and DMA students must fill out the Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) online by this deadline. See additional information about the survey.

Aug. 1

Master's students must complete the thesis defense or final examination by this date. Notice of the examination must be provided to the Graduate School using the master's final examination form two weeks before the exam. Certain units do not require an exam for non-thesis students. Please contact your department with any questions.

Aug. 7

Doctoral grade changes must be submitted for incomplete courses taken during previous or current semesters

Aug. 8

Master's thesis plan students must submit the thesis and the single-page Thesis Approval Form to ProQuest by this deadline. The thesis must be submitted electronically for review and approval by Graduate School staff by the end of the business day. The Thesis Approval Form (TAF) must be uploaded as a supplemental file with the dissertation in order for the submission to be complete. Students whose dissertations are received after this deadline, or those not submitted with the TAF, must apply to graduate at the following semester's commencement.

Aug. 14

Master’s grade changes must be submitted for incomplete courses taken during previous semesters.