Join InterVarsity's Graduate Christian Fellowship for a night of celebrations: 8-10 p.m., Saturday Dec. 14, at the Koenig Alumni Center (1202 Broadway Ave). Fancy Attire is encouraged. Get gussied up and join us for food, fun, and even singing Christmas carols.

Friday, Dec. 13, at 3 p.m. CSTPR Conference Room, 1333 Grandview Ave. Ashwin Ravikumar is a postdoctoral fellowship with the Center for International Forestry Research. (CIFOR). Based out of Lima, Peru, Ravikumar helps to coordinates a module of CIFOR's large multi-module Global Comparative Study on REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation +Enhancing Forest Carbon Stocks) that focuses on multilevel governance, procedural legitimacy and carbon management at the landscape scale.

Earn three credits this May in Brazil’s Atlantic forest on this exciting CU-Boulder Global Seminar. Obtain hands-on experience in the principles and practice of conservation biology. Experience operational conservation programs in the Serra do Mar Biodiversity Corridor, participate in community-based conservation solutions and much more while earning EBIO 4100 or 5100. Learn more at an informational meeting with the Director and a special guest from IPE, a conservation organization in Brazil. Thursday, Jan. 30, 12:30-1:30 p.m. UMC 353.

Earn three credits this May in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest on this exciting CU-Boulder Global Seminar. Obtain hands-on experience in the principles and practice of conservation biology. Experience operational conservation programs in the Serra do Mar Biodiversity Corridor, participate in community-based conservation solutions, and much more while earning EBIO 4100 or 5100. Learn more at an informational meeting with the Director and a special guest from IPE, a conservation organization in Brazil. Thursday, Jan. 30, 12:30-1:30 p.m. UMC 353.

Attend class and live in central Barcelona on this exciting global seminar. Earn six credits in five weeks while completing SPAN 3270 (fulfills the Human Diversity core requirement) and SPAN 3230. Participate in excursions to world-class museums and theaters, see the remarkable street culture and more. Great for SPAN, SPPR, IAFS and others. Learn more on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m., UMC 353.

Attend class and live in central Barcelona on this exciting global seminar. Earn six credits in five weeks while completing SPAN 3270 (fulfills the Human Diversity core requirement) and SPAN 3230. Participate in excursions to world-class museums, theatres; see the remarkable street culture, and more. Great for SPAN, SPPR, IAFS and others. Learn more: Wednesday, Jan. 29, 4:30 - 5:30 p.m., UMC 353.

ASSETT is pleased to announce two learning communities aimed at leveraging digital technologies to improve teaching and learning. Applications are now being accepted for the Teaching with Technology or the Hybrid and Online Course Design seminars.

The Puksta Scholars, an exemplary undergraduate civic engagement program, is accepting applications for 2014-15 new scholars. There are a limited number of $4,500 annual scholarships. If you have a strong commitment to civic responsibility and want to bring about positive change in our communities, apply now. This scholarship is only available for students who will be freshmen, sophomores or juniors in academic year 2014-15. Application, overview. Questions Peter Simons peter.simons@colorado.edu.

CU Money Sense will begin hosting office hours for student veterans in the Office of Veteran Services in the C4C, Room S482. Office hours for this month will be Tuesday, Dec. 10, from 1 - 3 p.m. and will resume every other Tuesday for the spring semester. During this time, students may drop by to ask personal finance-related questions. CU Money Sense is the financial literacy program for CU-Boulder students. Please call 303-492-0726 for more information or to schedule a one-on-one appointment with a financial literacy educator.

Ice, snow, or arctic cold, the International Film Series will be hosting a free advanced screening of "Inside Llewyn Davis," the Cohen brothers' newest film, following a week in the life of a young folk singer as he navigates the Greenwich Village folk scene of 1961. Staring Justin Timberlake, Carey Mulligan, Oscar Isaac, Garrett Hedlund and others. Dec. 5: Please show up by 7:30 to ensure time for cell phone check and a seat to the screening. Details