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The Women's Resource Center is offering two scholarships for the upcoming 2018–19 school year.
This $500 academic annual award is named for Cleo Estrada, who has devoted her life's work to the struggle for social justice for underrepresented communities. Estrada was a farmworker and first-generation student from the San Luis Valley who graduated from the University of Colorado with three degrees and worked as a counselor and student advocate at CU Boulder for 40 years.
The Dorothy Martin Fund provides $2,500 to a current, full-time undergraduate or graduate student. These awards will honor those who exemplify the ideals of Dorothy Martin, Professor Emerita, who was a faculty member in the psychology department at CU Boulder for 46 years and was instrumental in establishing the first CU Women’s Center in 1964. Martin’s ideals included activism and awareness concerning women’s issues and gender equity, openness to life and new experiences, and academic excellence.
The Buffs host the Utes this weekend on Friday and Sunday, so be sure to come to Coors Events Center to catch the action.
First, the men's basketball team takes on Utah at 7 p.m. Friday. Then come back to Coors Events Center at noon Sunday to watch the women's basketball team. Get your tickets at cubuffs.com/tickets.
Each summer, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival invites kids ages 6–18 to CU Boulder’s campus to study Shakespeare with CSF professionals.
Working in small groups, these students learn about Shakespeare by rehearsing, staging and performing a shortened play on the outdoor Mary Rippon Theatre (Sprites perform in the indoor Loft Theatre). Camp Shakespeare and Shakespeare's Sprites are a fabulous way for kids and teens to explore theater and Shakespeare in a creative and supportive environment.
In addition to acting training, students participate in master classes with special guests from the CSF company. Campers also work with a stage combat professional to learn the safe way to fight onstage. Tuition includes one ticket to attend a CSF performance. Scholarships available.
Camp Shakespeare: Session 1
Ages 9–13 will rehearse and perform Love's Labour's Lost
Ages 14–18 will rehearse and perform All's Well That Ends Well
May 29–June 25 | 9 a.m. to noon Monday–Friday (this session begins on a Tuesday)
Final performance: 6 p.m. Monday, June 25
Camp Shakespeare: Session 2
Ages 9–12 will rehearse and perform The Tempest
Ages 13–15 will rehearse and perform Richard III
Ages 16–18 will rehearse and perform Edward III
July 23–Aug. 10 | 1–5 p.m. Monday–Friday
Final performance: 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 10
Shakespeare's Sprites, ages 6–9
Week 1: July 9–13 | 9 a.m. to noon
Week 2: July 16–20 | 9 a.m. to noon
Final performance: 11:30 a.m. Friday of each week
Camp Shakespeare tuition: $925 regular, $875 early bird (before March 1)
Shakespeare's Sprites tuition: $225 regular, $200 early bird (before March 1)
Use the faculty/staff coupon code "BUFFBARD18" to save 10 percent when registering! Call 303-735-1181 for registration, payment and scholarship questions.
Take a fun break and unwind at The Connection, Monday through Friday, for as little as $1! Take a look at the weekday bowling and billiards specials below.
Early-bird Special | Monday–Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
CU students: $1 per person, per game; $1 shoe rental
Faculty/staff: $1.25 per person, per game; $1.25 shoe rental
Public: $1.50 per person, per game; $1.50 shoe rental
Mid-day Special | Monday–Friday, 2–5 p.m.
CU students: $1.50 per person, per game; $1.25 shoe rental
Faculty/staff: $2 per person, per game; $1.50 shoe rental
Public: $2.25 per person, per game; $1.50 shoe rental
Early-bird Special | Monday–Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Faculty/staff: $1.25 per hour, per table
Public: $1.50 per hour, per table
Mid-day Special | Monday–Friday, 2–5 p.m.
CU students: $2 per hour, per table
Faculty/staff: $2.50 per hour, per table
Public: $2.75 per hour, per table
The Connection offers Sunday bowling leagues for four-member teams from 6 to 8:30 p.m. Open to everyone! If you don’t have a team, we’ll find a spot for you. All leagues follow the single round-robin format, and first place wins the prize!
Registration deadline: Friday, Feb. 2
One-time registration fee of $50 per team; $5 weekly fee per bowler. Includes three games per night and shoe rental. A great value!
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:
For more information, feel free to check out our Facebook page and website.
Pericles: Shakespeare in Production, ages 12–18
10 weeks | Tuesdays, 4–5:30 p.m., Feb. 13–Apr. 24 | No class March 27 | $200
Part fairy tale, part soap opera, and part seafaring adventure (complete with pirates), this rarely performed play has something for everyone. In this 10-week class, students will rehearse an abridged version of Pericles and perform it for friends and family on April 24.
Mischief and Magic in Shakespeare, ages 8–12
10 weeks | Thursdays, 4–5:30 p.m., Feb. 15–April 26 | No class March 29 | $200
Do you love to stir up trouble? Prepare to get mischievous in this 10-week class, in which you'll explore Shakespeare's moments of mischief and magic in plays such as A Midsummer Night's Dream, The Tempest and The Comedy of Errors, among others.
Scholarships available; call for details. Use the faculty-staff coupon code "BUFFBARDC17" to save $20. Call 303-735-1181 for more information
Join your colleagues for the faculty and staff appreciation basketball game Sunday, Feb. 4. Employees can receive a game ticket, hot dog and soda for $15 when they purchase a ticket for the CU women's basketball game against Utah. Tipoff is a noon!
Get your tickets online at cubuffs.com/promo and enter promo code "FACSTAFF" to redeem this offer.
Global Seminar: Dante in Florence
Spend Maymester with CU Boulder’s Suzanne Magnanini in Italy, exploring Florence’s historic streets. Learn about Dante, his Inferno and paintings and frescoes inspired by the poem.
The course fulfills upper-division Literature & the Arts core. You don't have to know any Italian to spend part of your summer studying in Italy! Come learn more at the informational meeting. See you there!
Tuesday, Jan. 30, 5 p.m.
Center for Community, room N215
Global Seminar: Conservation Biology & Practice in Brazil's Atlantic Forest
Earn 4 credits this May in Brazil’s Atlantic Forest on this exciting Global Seminar. Obtain hands-on experience in the principles and practice of conservation biology. Experience operational conservation programs in the Pontal do Paranapanema, participate in community-based conservation solutions, experience Iguaçu Falls National Park and much more!
Students from a range of disciplines with an interest in conservation are encouraged to apply. Offered as EBIO 4340/5340 and ENVS 4340/5340, this course fulfills the EBIO Lab/Field and 4000-course major requirements and ENVS's application and specialization requirements.
Learn more at an informational meeting with the director.
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 3:30–4:15 p.m.
Hellems Arts and Sciences, room 211
Global Seminar: Prague Past & Present
Want to travel around Prague and earn 3 credits this May? Join Professor Jennifer Fluri on this Maymester Global Seminar. You will explore the unique history and geography of the Czech Republic and conduct an independent research project.
This course also has been approved for the Contemporary Societies A&S core. Learn more at the interest meeting. See you there!
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 5–5:30 p.m.
Center for Community, room S341
The Children’s Auditory Perception Laboratory is currently recruiting children between 2 and 7 years old for a research study to help us learn more about how children hear.
During the course of this study, your child will sit in a soundproof booth with an examiner and will listen to sounds presented over a loudspeaker or over earphones. To find out what your child can hear, we will teach him/her to make a response to a certain sound signal.
These responses will be play activities like putting a toy in a bucket or adding a block to a tower. We may use a mechanical toy whenever he/she responses to the sound. The signals will be presented in quiet and in various background sounds. The sounds we use are not loud. You will be able to sit inside the booth with your child or watch your child through an observation window.
As part of this study, your child will also receive a middle-ear screening at no cost to you. If at any time we discover any important hearing-related findings, we will report those findings to you and provide you with contact information for a complete hearing evaluation.
Two visits to the laboratory are required. Each visit lasts about one hour. You will receive $10 per hour, and we will pay your parking if you drive to the lab.
If you are interested, please email childhear@colorado.edu or call 303-735-6252.
The principal investigator for this research study is Angela Yarnell Bonino, PhD, Department Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences. All testing will be completed in the Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences (SLHS) building on Main Campus.