Faculty: Please nominate yourself and/or your colleagues for representative positions within the Boulder Faculty Assembly. This is an important opportunity for you to participate in the faculty governance process at CU Boulder. Nominations are open for the following seats, and the deadline is March 10.

• Five at-large Arts and Sciences representative seats.
• Four at-large non- Arts and Sciences representative seats. The non-Arts and Sciences units include Business, CMCI, Education, Engineering, ENVD, Law, Libraries
  and Music.

Elections will be held via Qualtrics March 15–22. All members of the CU Boulder Faculty Senate are eligible to nominate, be nominated and vote. 

The Office for Outreach and Engagement is currently accepting funding proposals for the 2023–24 CU Boulder Outreach Awards. The deadline to apply is 5 p.m. Friday, April 14.

The CU Boulder Outreach Awards fund faculty-led outreach and engagement work that connects research, teaching and creative work with public needs and interests.

Book and course material information for fall 2023 is due March 24.

Instructors have received ongoing email communications requesting book and course materials information for fall 2023 courses. As a reminder, campus policy states departments are required to identify what books and other course materials are required (or if a course will have no required materials) for their classes by the day of registration.

Course material information is critical to provide financial transparency to our students during course registration and to help them plan ahead. It is also needed in order for the university to maintain Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEA) and Americans with Disability Act (ADA) compliance (Disability Services needs sufficient lead time to gain access to and prepare books and materials in suitable alternative formats for students who need them). 

Instructors who are not requiring specific books or course materials for a course (and departments with unassigned courses that won’t have required materials) or courses that will utilize open education resources still need to notify the CU Book Store of that fact as soon as possible. 

The book store has designated a staff member to facilitate any faculty needs around this. His name is Ryan Windle, and his contact information is: ryan.windle@colorado.edu, 303-492-3421.

Thank you for your prompt attention to this faculty responsibility. 

The budget development page was created to aid CU Boulder departments in creating their annual budgets. If you are a CU Boulder entity and would like consultation when creating your budgets, please contact us using our online form.

Planning parameters include preliminary fringe benefit rates, GAIR rates and other key information for 2024 are now available. 

Effective Jan. 23, Oracle changed the license metric for Java SE subscriptions from per-user to per-employee and changed the product name from Java SE Subscription to Java SE Universal Subscription.

Existing subscribers are encouraged to read more to understand the implications of this change. Contact OIT with questions or to request assistance with license renewal. 

The University of Colorado will relocate its enterprise servers to a new, modern facility on the Anschutz Medical Campus in October 2023. This critical data center relocation will be managed by University Information Service (UIS) in collaboration with their campus partners.

UROP is exploring interest in developing a community of practice (CoP) to support undergraduate research and creative work on the CU Boulder campus.

We invite all CU Boulder staff, graduate students, faculty and postdocs to engage with the community. If you're interested in joining, please provide your information in the form linked below—and let us know as you have questions.

We will contact the interest list in late spring 2023 to collaboratively develop the CoP’s purpose, goals, structure, meeting schedule and other logistics.

Fill out the CoP interest form.

We are recruiting participants for a research study who are fluent English speakers, are over the age of 18, and who are students, staff or faculty at CU Boulder. 

These studies take place at the Center for Innovation and Technology, Room 184G. In this type of study we investigate collaborative problem solving in science, technology, engineering and mathematics domains. In the study you will be working with other participants on a series of group problem-solving tasks.

During the study we’ll be using cameras and microphones to record the interactions you and your group have with one another and with the tasks at hand. We’ll also use eye tracking to measure your gaze patterns during the experiment. Collecting video and audio data of you and your group’s interactions is mandatory for this study. If you do not want to be recorded with video and microphone, you may decide not to participate in this study at any time.  

These studies last 1.5 hours each, and the pay is $25 per hour ($37.50 total). You cannot earn course credit through this study. Please note: International participants are subject to an upfront 30% tax withholding on their payment.

Sign up online. To get directions to our lab, or for more information, please email isat.lab@colorado.edu.

CU Boulder students, faculty and staff using the Guardian mobile safety app on iPhone should be aware of a critical update for iOS users and download the latest version. To ensure full functionality, all Apple users should download Guardian 4.2.1.

Haven’t downloaded the Guardian app yet? All campus community members are strongly encouraged to download the app, which features tools like a safety timer so friends or loved ones (called “guardians”) can monitor you if you’re walking alone and call for help if you don’t reach your destination at the expected time, 

Need more reasons to sign up? The app also provides an additional method to receive CU Boulder alerts, has a list of phone numbers for crisis support systems on campus as well as campus safety websites, and can provide you with quick access to call 911 or the CU Boulder police non-emergency phone number.

You can download the latest version of the Guardian app for free at app stores or Google Play. Simply search for Rave Guardian, then follow the instructions to complete the setup. Be sure to use your colorado.edu email address.

Interested in a U.S. Student Fulbright grant?

Join the Office of Top Scholarships and Fulbright staff at IIE by Zoom to learn more about opportunities for U.S. citizens to pursue graduate or professional study, conduct research or teach English worldwide. Students typically apply for a Fulbright in their senior year or during graduate school. 

In this interactive session, you’ll learn about the different types of Fulbright awards, application components and tips. There will be a Q&A and a breakout session with more information about our campus process. This will be the main information session for the 2024–25 application cycle, so please come! 

If you go

Wednesday, March 1
4–5 p.m. MT
Register
 

The Faculty & Staff Assistance Program is offering groups to support new parents this spring. 

New Mothers Group

Are you a new mother or mother-to-be? Join this six-week group to meet in person over lunch. We'll discuss the particular challenges of being a new mom who also has a career. This group will share ideas and offer support. Bring your lunches (and babies, too!).

Join Tuesdays: March 7, March 14, March 21, April 4, April 11 and April 18. Learn more and sign up.

New Fathers Group

Are you a new father or father-to-be? Join this four-week group over Zoom to discuss and navigate topics such as being a working parent, how to maintain a connection with your partner, ways to engage with your baby, how to come to terms with the impact on independence, self-doubt and more.

Join Fridays: March 3, 10, 17 and 24. Learn more and sign up.

Beginning in March, the University of Colorado’s TIAA-administered retirement plans will add two new funds to their lineup of investment options. These new funds have been researched and chosen to offer employees investment options that have strong historical performance, low costs, and consider environmental, social and governance issues.

Read more on the Work/Life blog.

Summer, fall and 2023–24 academic year application deadlines for Education Abroad are quickly approaching!

TLDR

• Advisors available for drop-ins (C4C S355) and virtual appointments
• Application deadlines range from March 1 to 15
• Financial aid applies to semester study abroad programs
• Connect with an advisor to start your application

Most summer programs have a deadline of March 1, and many of the fall and academic year programs have a March 15 deadline! Deadlines vary by program, so connect with Ed Abroad today.

Connect with Ed Abroad today to talk about your opportunities to spend next semester overseas (or in D.C.)!

Ed Abroad advisors are available for in-person drop-ins and virtual appointments 9 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Monday–Friday.

Education Abroad offers programs all over the world for international study, internship, research and faculty-led opportunities. Whether you’re looking to learn with local students in a university in Australia, earn credits while exploring Europe, get hands-on experience in a South African community, or complete research in Spain, expect an unforgettable experience. 

If cost is a concern, explore our affordable programs and connect with an Ed Abroad advisor to discuss how your financial aid applies toward your program. Check out the Ed Abroad scholarships page to explore additional scholarships you may also be eligible for.

Check out our Contact Us page for details on how to connect with an advisor to discuss your options and start an application!