The Puksta Scholars, an exemplary undergraduate civic engagement program, is accepting applications for 2014-15 new scholars. 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. Questions, Peter Simons, peter.simons@colorado.edu.

Join us for a retirement celebration honoring CU Facilities Managment engineer Pieter van der Mersch: Monday, Nov. 25 3 – 5 p.m. UMC Room 235 Congratulations to Pieter for his contributions to the university community! ~~~~~ RSVP by Nov. 22 - 303 492-5681 or Susan.Martinez@colorado.edu

The Colorado Family Project, a group of clinicians and researchers at CU, is conducting a study of family-based therapy for youth with mood swings and a family history of bipolar disorder. Treatment focuses on helping youth and their families understand and cope with mood swings, develop plans for preventing moods from getting worse, communicate more effectively and solve family problems. Treatment is free of charge, and families are compensated for participation in regular research interviews.

Students interested in applying for UK scholarships, including the Rhodes, Marshall, and Churchill, are invited to attend an information meeting on Friday, Dec. 6, at 4 p.m., Norlin S-421. These scholarships fund one to three years of graduate study in the UK at Oxford, Cambridge, and other universities. Students wishing to enter a UK university in 2015 must apply this spring to be considered for nomination. Minimum eligibility: 3.7 GPA, leadership, community service. More info on the website.

The Top Scholarships office seeks CU's exceptional students to compete for prestigious scholarships like the Rhodes, Marshall, Churchill and Mitchell. We rely on faculty referrals to reach our most talented students. If you work with a student who has excellent academic credentials, motivation, leadership potential, and a desire to make a difference in her/his field or community, please invite her/him to attend an information meeting on Dec. 6, 4 p.m., NRLN S-421, or suggest the student contact me.

CLOSING Thursday, Nov. 21 WeatherTech Café closes 2 a.m. (Friday morning) Friday, Nov. 22 All Grab-n-Go's, Retail Markets, Darley, Libby, and Sewall Dining Centers close 2 p.m. C4C closes 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 27 The Bakery closes 3 p.m. OPENING Sunday, Dec. 1 WeatherTech Café opens 2 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2 All Dining Centers, Grab-n-Go's, Retail Markets, The Bakery, and WeatherTech Café resume normal hours

Adam H. Lisbon, Japanese studies librarian, will give a presentation on the uses of Multi-Lingual Zotero. Zotero lets researchers provide transliterations and/or translations in addition to the original language data that many academic journals require as part of their submission guidelines. MLZ proposes to solve this issue for researchers who work in multiple languages. For students as well as professors, MLZ promises to make their research easier and more organized. This event will be on Friday, Dec. 6, at 12 p.m., in Guggenheim 201E.

Did you miss a session from the Diversity and Inclusion Summit that you really wanted to see? Several sessions were captured on video including Adam Bradley’s "Hip Hop Road Map to Diversity;" the lieutenant governor’s address; Patricia Gurin’s keynote, Dick Jessor and panelists from the “Where Have We Come From” discussion, Melissa Hart’s “Diversity Under Scrutiny;” Bianca Williams’ “Made in America: Jay Z and American Blackness;” and city, county and CU representatives from the “Where Are We Now/Where Are We Going” panel. Tune in!

Summer Session courses are now available on MyCUInfo and on the Registrar's website for guest search. It is never too early to start planning for summer. Summer Session offers a wide range of courses throughout a series of terms. You can earn credit, keep up with major requirements, improve your GPA and still enjoy summer. The Summer Session catalog will be available in early January 2015 and enrollment begins March 4.

If you: *Are 18 or older *Are a monolingual speaker of American English *Are right-handed *Are without neurological injury/disease, learning disability, or speech-language or hearing impairment *Have no formal musical training *Have full use of both hands and arms We want you! You'll be paid $20 for participating in a preliminary phone screening and 2 one-hour testing sessions at the Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences building. If interested, send your name and phone number to: aphasialab@colorado.edu