This unique program based in Paris offers unforgettable insights into French art from the 1700s to present. Led by Frances Charteris, classes are held in museums, gardens, and on the streets of Paris and during excursions to Brussels, Giverny, Nancy and Metz. You will also be encouraged to experience French life by going to open air markets, jazz clubs, neighborhood cafés and festivals. Interest meeting: Wednesday, November 28, 5-6pm, Visual Arts Complex, 485.

This unique program based in Paris offers unforgettable insights into French art from the 1700s to present. Led by Frances Charteris, classes are held in museums, gardens, and on the streets of Paris and during excursions to Brussels, Giverny, Nancy and Metz. You will also be encouraged to experience French life by going to open air markets, jazz clubs, neighborhood cafés and festivals.  Interest meeting: Wednesday, Nov. 7, 5-6 pm, Visual Arts Complex 485.

The French and Italian Department celebrates the Italian Language Week (Oct. 22-25). Monday, Oct. 22: Bilingual readings of Dante, Petrarca, Boccaccio at 7pm HUMN 250. Win a bilingual book of one of these authors! Thursday, Oct. 25: How Italian can be your special unique skill in a tough job market - Testimonials from people who use Italian on their jobs, at 7pm HUMN 135. Refreshments following. Stop at our table in HUMN Oct. 22 and 25, and in the UMC Oct. 23 and 24 for snacks, prizes and to know more about Italian.

Oct. 22-28 – LEAD THE PAC Help CU secure the title of the Pac-12’s most active school by participating in the Pac-12 Fitness Challenge. Log your minutes of activity on the Pac-12 Challenge Facebook site to help lead the BUFFS to victory. *“Like” the PAC 12 Fitness Challenge of Facebook –beginning October 22 at 8am *Log minutes through your Facebook account *FREE Rec admittance to CU Community with Buff One card *FEE activities all week Get Fit, Earn Points and Win Prizes!

Give the shirt off your back! THE NEARLY NAKED MILE CLOTHING DRIVE IS HERE! Friday, Oct. 26 at the Koenig Alumni Center from 8-10 pm. The Herd’s 7th annual Nearly Naked Mile is back, and this year’s theme is SUPERHEROES. This is your chance to be a superhero for a great cause! So grab your cape and come to the Nearly Naked Mile. Come enjoy FREE food and hot beverages and donate your clothes to help the community!

Tuesday | Oct. 30 | 7-8:30 pm Join Lutheran Campus Ministry & Canterbury Colorado for some Halloween fun. We'll have plenty of Halloween treats, but we'll also hear about the role exorcisms play in the Lutheran church in Madagascar. Rev. Ron Roschke will share his first hand experience in Madagascar's healing villages. We'll meet at Grace Lutheran Church on the Hill (13th & Euclid).

Attention all interested in some fun yoga! Come join the Yoga and Meditation Club this Friday at 2 pm on the Norlin Quad to participate in an Acro Yoga special! It's going to be a blast! If you have questions, contact Anna Valenti at: anna.valenti@colorado.edu

Free Lecture: Concepts of God and faith formation in Islam: how they connect and contrast with Christian tradition by The Rev. Dr. Vaughan McTernan, Associate Rector, Episcopal Church of the Ascension and Holy Trinity, Pueblo, Colorado. Thursday, March 7 12-1:30pm, Aspen Room, 2nd floor, UMC.FREE catered lunch provided.RSVP by March 6 to office@saintaidans.org. This lecture will help understand faith formation in Islam and how it is different from and similar to Christian tradition.Our website

Do you know a woman who’s made a difference in your life or the lives of others? The Women’s Resource Center invites you to nominate her for Women Who Make a Difference, a celebratory dinner on Dec. 11 for influential women in our lives. Nomination forms are available in UMC 416 or on the WRC’s website. Submissions are due Friday, Nov. 16 by 5 pm to UMC 416 or to wrcprograms@colorado.edu.

Two days of wonderful work shops to build community and share skills. Please come and bring friends! Together we can build some new snow tires, a mini garden for your window sill, radical relationships, a street art mural, screen printing frames, and potentially a future where we rely on one another and not corporations to fulfill our needs. Everything is free! Oct. 18-19, 12-5 pm. All workshops will be held on the first floor of the Natural History Museum on the west side (or just South of the building, if the weather permits)!