Each month, communications milestones and actions will be shared with faculty and staff related to the monthly CU Boulder Today update on the student-centered approach to teaching and learning. It aims to provide student-facing staff and faculty a quick glimpse into the month’s key milestones for undergraduate students, along with links to corresponding communications. Each feature will also include topics and resources staff and faculty can highlight when having conversations with students. 

Milestones for the fall semester

• Students are registering now for spring 2022.
• Students can no longer drop a full-semester fall semester course, apply for grade replacement or change the grading status to pass/fail and must petition their dean’s office if they want to withdraw from a fall semester course.
• Fall break:  
  • No classes Nov. 22–24 (Monday–Wednesday) 
  • Campus closed Nov. 25 and 26 (Thursday and Friday) 
  • Residence halls remain open during fall break; there will be limited dining and bus transportation.

Actions to support students

• Ask students about their spring plans.
• Encourage students to log in to Buff Portal to see their enrollment appointment and any holds they may need to clear before registering. 
  • Students can view a description of each hold, including instructions for clearing the hold and contact information for the office that manages the hold. 
• Ask students about their plans for fall break, and remind them if they are struggling with food insecurity to stop by the Mobile Food Pantry on Nov. 18.
• Ask students about their current course load, inquire about their stress level and help them find resources: 
  • Red Folder: Recognize, respond to and refer students in distress
  • Health and Wellness Liaisons: Connect students with college-specific resources for mental health, stress and more
  • Tutoring: Help students who may need additional academic support
  • Advising: Support students in creating and achieving their academic, career and life goals
• Encourage students to connect with University Libraries for assistance with their research, to reserve group study spaces and for other help (for example, to borrow a laptop charger or calculator) via Ask a Librarian. Now is the time for students to schedule in-depth coaching with a librarian to help complete papers and other end-of-term term assignments through a research consultation.   

Shakespeare enthusiasts unite!

The Applied Shakespeare graduate certificate program returns in spring 2022 and provides a wonderful opportunity to meet like-minded peers and engage deeply with the works of Shakespeare.

Throughout this 9-credit interdisciplinary program, scholars, teachers, artists and enthusiasts of Shakespeare can analyze and discuss plays in Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s upcoming season, such as, The Two Gentlemen of Verona, All's Well That Ends Well, Coriolanus and The Alchemist. Students will also examine the community-based work of Applied Shakespeare practitioners across the country, attend a variety of hands-on masterclasses taught by CU Boulder faculty and festival guest artists, or explore pedagogies, lesson plans, and exercises for making Shakespeare accessible for students of all ages and across multiple mediums.

Complete the certificate in as little as two semesters with fully online or hybrid coursework that is relevant to your personal or professional goals.

For those who do not wish to complete the entire certificate program, all courses can be taken independently of the program for 3 graduate credits per course.

To enroll, or not to enroll––there is no question

Learn more about the program during a live virtual information session hosted by Kevin Rich, program director for the Applied Shakespeare graduate certificate, on Monday, Nov. 15.

If you cannot join us for the live event, a recording will be emailed to all registrants after the information session ends, but you must register to receive your emailed link.

See you at the information session!

Remember when fetch was fun?

Does your dog have severe osteoarthritis that interferes with their quality of life? A research study with a new therapeutic being developed for use in humans and dogs for osteoarthritis is seeking volunteers for a no-cost treatment.

Robert Landry, DVM, is teaming up with CU distinguished professor Linda Watkins, PhD, in a clinical study involving treating dogs with a non-viral gene therapy delivered locally in the joint space to help relieve pain associated with debilitating osteoarthritis. This provides a naturally occurring, potent anti-inflammatory protein to calm the ongoing joint inflammation. 

Participation is free once your pet is determined to be eligible. 

• Exams, blood work, gait analysis and X-rays (if needed), once determined to be eligible, are provided to participating dogs and paid through the study. 
• You can keep copies of the diagnostic test results after the study. 
• Your participation could lead to a revolutionary treatment of chronic arthritis pain in our companion animals and possibly set the groundwork for human treatments.

The Testing and Assessment Center joined the CU Book Store Academic Resources Department and is open and committed to providing fast, accurate and secure exam grading. Their office is located in the lower level of the UMC, Room 1B72B. Tests may be dropped off at the TAC office from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. or at the textbook desk in the CU Book Store during store hours.

Results are guaranteed within one business day, and typically orders are completed within two hours of intake.

Standard reports include a grid result, class roster, item analysis and detailed item analysis in Excel format, as well as a histogram and individual test results in PDF format.

Using Canvas? Let us upload the scores for you! We will leave the scores hidden/muted from your students and send you an email when the upload is complete.

Please reach out––we are here to help!

Testing and Assessment Center
tacenter@colorado.edu
303-492-6700
www.colorado.edu/tacenter

The CU Student Government fall election is just around the corner. Students can vote beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, Nov. 8, through 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 12.

This semester's election sponsors are Cosmos Pizza, Ozo’s Coffee and Ben & Jerry’s. Present a screenshot of your final voting screen at one of these eateries for a 10% discount during election week Nov. 8–12.

Are you planning on graduating this semester? If so, these is an important regalia order deadline coming up to mark on your calendars. MBA, law, master's and doctoral students have until Wednesday, Nov. 10, at 11:59 p.m. MT to purchase "ship to home keeper" regalia from Jostens.

Get complete details and order online.

The CU Boulder scholarship application is now open for the 2022–23 school year. Complete the general application to be considered for multiple scholarship opportunities, now through March 25.

Let us know what you think about Buff Portal and enter to win one of five $25 Amazon gift cards.

The Buff Portal team wants to know what’s working and what’s not working so we can keep improving your student portal! We recently added a favorites feature to Buff Portal after this was highly requested by students in last fall’s survey.

Students who complete the survey by the end of the day Thursday, Nov. 11, will be entered in a random drawing to win one of five $25 Amazon gift cards.

Log in to http://buffportal.colorado.edu/ and select “Take the Survey” in the Buff Portal Survey card on the homepage.

Do you have programs, services, courses, events or messages you want or need to promote to get more attention? Put your message on the University Memorial Center's digital signs!

Create your own eye-catching slides, animations or videos that cycle on three different UMC digital signs in front of hundreds of students and UMC visitors every day. It's environmentally friendly, low-cost and cuts down on print materials.

Get more details and information on other opportunities within the UMC to help get the word out to the CU Boulder community. 

Student Legal Services is a small law office dedicated exclusively to serving the legal needs of CU Boulder students, sponsored by the CU Boulder Student Government.

Our mission is to help students resolve or minimize their legal situations so they can focus on school. SLS has several attorneys on staff who can help students make sense of their legal situations, explain their options and help them prevent their legal issues from spiraling out of control. We’ll even tell students when we think they don’t need lawyers.

Journey Leaders are students within the New Student & Family Programs department that help welcome our newest class of CU Buffs to campus. As a Journey Leader you will gain valuable leadership experience while meeting new people and getting involved on campus. 

The Nov. 1 application deadline has been extended to Nov. 8. Learn more and apply.

Silicon Flatirons and the Colorado Technology Law Journal (CTLJ) seek those interested to submit their works of scholarship on issues related to high-tension areas of technology law, policy and the impacts of the law on marginalized groups or communities.

Two successful submissions will be selected for publication in the CTLJ. The authors of the papers selected pursuant to this CFP will also be asked to present their research during the Silicon Flatirons annual Topics in Law and Technology Conference (TILT), held annually in February. In 2022, the conference will be Feb. 17–18 and is expected to be held in a hybrid format, meaning participants will be welcome to join us either virtually or in person for the event.

Deadline to apply is Nov. 17.