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Deadlines extended for summer Global Seminars

Not sure yet what you’re doing this summer? Study abroad with CU faculty on a Global Seminar!
Application deadlines just extended for programs in Chile, Nicaragua, Northern Ireland, Senegal and South Africa, with many more programs and countries to choose from. Come by C4C S355 or contact globalseminars@colorado.edu with questions or to open your application today.
For parents: Cognitive Development Center offers fun research projects for kids
The Cognitive Development Center in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience is looking for children ages birth to 12 years old who are interested in playing games that will help teach us about self-control, language and cognitive strategies.
A visit, scheduled at your convenience, lasts about 60 minutes. Babysitting is available for siblings, parents are compensated for travel, and kids receive a fun prize.
To sign up, please do one of the following:
- Visit our website.
- Email cogdevctr@colorado.edu with your child’s name, gender, date of birth and parent contact information (address, phone number, email address).
- Call us at 303-492-6389.
For more information, feel free to check out our Facebook page and website.
Equity and Excellence Award: Call for nominations, due March 5
Do you know someone who is has made significant contributions to making excellence inclusive at CU Boulder? Nominate them!
The Equity and Excellence Award recognizes students, staff and faculty who have successfully and effectively worked to promote the principles of making excellence inclusive in teaching, learning, higher-education program management or leadership practices and execution.
Nominations are due Monday, March 5. Read the guidelines and submit an online nomination.
Student orgs: Apply for UMC office space, lockers by March 9
The UMC is accepting applications from student organizations for free office space or lockers during the fall 2018 semester.
Pick up an application in the UMC Executive Director’s Office (UMC 305) or CUSG (UMC 125), or download an application at our website. Groups with current space must reapply!
Applications must be submitted by noon Friday, March 9.
Act now! Help your organization succeed with a central office location. Questions? Call 303-492-8832.
Feeling down? Struggling with anxiety? Worried about health or relationship problems?
Apply for fall, summer Education Abroad

Property Services hosting live auction Feb. 24

CU Boulder Property Services will hold a public auction of surplus property and equipment on Saturday, Feb. 24. Items for sale may include: computers, furniture, lab equipment, vehicles and more.
Items will be available for preview beginning at 8 a.m., and the auction will begin at 9 a.m. Auctions are held on the east side of the Distribution Center, located at 3300 Walnut St.
Please “like” us on Facebook for the most up-to-date information on our upcoming sales and auctions.
Women's basketball vs. Washington Huskies Feb. 16
Students: Submit your Western American writing by March 20 for chance to win $500
Regardless of whether you call the West your home or you are just passing through, as a student at CU Boulder you live, breathe, eat, drink and sleep the West. Here's an opportunity to transform your unique perspective on this region into cash, simply by putting it to paper.
Center of the American West will continue accepting entries through March 20 for its 19th annual Thompson Awards for Western American Writing. The contest is open to all CU Boulder students, graduate and undergraduate.
Prizes are $500 in each of four categories: fiction, memoir, poetry and creative non-fiction. Students may submit entries in any or all of the four categories. The theme must touch upon some aspect or issue of the American West. To name a few examples: growing up in a Western town; visiting a national park or other place in the West for the first time; immigration; wildfire; the use of myth and stereotype in movies and books about Western people, places and events; ranching and public lands; skiing and ski resorts; prairie dogs and mustangs; water; tourism; energy development.
Please visit our website for details, entry form and to read winning entries from past years. Then contact us with your questions: academics@centerwest.org or 303-735-1399.
Equity and Excellence Award: Call for nominations, due March 5
Do you know someone who is has made significant contributions to making excellence inclusive at CU Boulder? Nominate them!
The Equity and Excellence Award recognizes students, staff and faculty who have successfully and effectively worked to promote the principles of making excellence inclusive in teaching, learning, higher-education program management or leadership practices and execution.
Nominations are due Monday, March 5. Read the guidelines and submit an online nomination.
Participate in a paid study on mood and emotion

Interested in your moods and thoughts? Participate in a paid study on emotion and mood here on campus in the CU Department of Psychology and Neuroscience.
Earn up to $200 to participate in studies involving answering questions about your feelings and thoughts, watching brief films, playing computer games and keeping a log of your emotions and activities. The study includes two separate visits and pays $10 per hour in cash each (the first visit is 2–3 hours; the second is 4 hours), with an option for paid follow-up phone interviews.
For more information, please complete the screening survey. If you have questions please email us at gruberpeplab@gmail.com or visit our website.
Students: Be involved, be heard ... join the UMC Board!
Join the UMC Board and be part of the decisions that help the UMC fulfill its mission. It is a great leadership opportunity for new and returning students!
The UMC Board is the governing board for CU's student union and currently has openings for student members. You must be able to make the board meetings on Tuesdays from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Learn more and apply today.
Safe Zone training: LGBTQ Ally Development Program
Call for Southeast Asia course development proposals, due Feb. 26
The Center for Asian Studies has funding available for CU Boulder faculty members who would like to develop curricula for new or revised courses about Southeast Asia.
CAS will offer two faculty awards for the creation or significant revision of an undergraduate course on Southeast Asia in any discipline. Funding will be provided to faculty in order to enhance the area studies curriculum and build toward the Southeast Asia track in the Asian Studies major. Two $1,500 stipends will be awarded for a total of $3,000 per year. Proposals for new Global Seminars in Southeast Asia are also welcome.
Awards will be paid as summer salary (subject to taxes and withholding), or as reimbursement for travel or course materials. Recipients will be asked to submit a report and syllabus for the new course during the fall 2018 semester. New or revised courses must be cross-listed with Asian Studies. Failure to do so will result in ineligibility for future CAS faculty awards.
Please complete a Course Development Grant Application and submit, along with appropriate attachments, to cas@colorado.edu. Proposals are due Monday, Feb. 26.
Please direct any questions to CAS Executive Director Danielle Rocheleau Salaz at salaz@colorado.edu or 303-735-5312. To learn more, visit the CAS website.