Buff Bulletin Board
The Buff Bulletin Board, a listing of campus announcements, is a service of Campus Communications.
Scholarship Services is now hiring
Fiscal certification process begins
The annual fiscal certification process is designed to certify the accuracy of the university’s financial statements and the effectiveness of its internal controls. The period covered by the fiscal certification process is the university’s fiscal year 2019, which ran from July 1, 2018, to June 30, 2019.
Please complete your Fiscal Assessment by the due date you were assigned in the July 2, 2019 email.
Questions? Visit the campus controller's webpage or contact Greg Brown at 303-492-9488.
Human Resources closed Friday, July 12
Human Resources will be closed on Friday, July 12, for a professional development retreat. Human Resources includes:
- Compensation & Position Management
- Diversity & Inclusive Excellence
- Employee Relations
- Faculty & Staff Assistance Program
- HR Operations (Records, I-9 Office, Employment Verification)
- HR Service Center
- Organization & Employee Development
- Talent Acquisition
This closure includes the offices located on east campus and the I-9 office located in Regent 1B-29. We will reopen and respond promptly to voicemail and email messages on Monday, July 15. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Earn $200 by participating in a research study on light exposure and the body clock
Staff appreciation giveaway June 20, 21
Staff Council would like to thank the hard working CU Boulder staff with a giveaway, while supplies last. Grab a few colleagues and step away from your desk for a few minutes! Get details.
CU Boulder Today to email once a week
Beginning the week of June 17, CU Boulder Today will move to a once-per-week email schedule through the week of July 8.
The faculty-staff and student editions will send on the following Tuesdays: June 18, June 25, July 2 and July 9. We will return to the twice-weekly schedule July 16.
Stories and information will post on the website throughout the week.
Earn $50 to participate in programming research study
The Institute of Cognitive Science is looking for volunteers to participate in a research study investigating the trustworthiness of computer code. Participants should have at least four years’ experience with coding and experience with the C programming language. The experiment will take approximately one hour and will take place on Main Campus in Muenzinger Room D 424.
Participants will be compensated with a $50 American Express gift card for their participation.
Requirements to participate:
- You must be between 18-65 years old.
- You must have experience with C.
- You must have four years’ experience with programming.
Open slots (two participants per slot)
Tuesday, June 18
- 9–10:30 a.m.
- 10:30 a.m. to noon
- Noon to 1:30 p.m.
- 1:30–3 p.m.
- 3–4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, June 19
- 9–10:30 a.m.
- 10:30 a.m. to noon
- Noon to 1:30 p.m.
- 1:30–3 p.m.
- 3–4:30 p.m.
Thursday, June 20
- 9–10:30 a.m.
- 10:30 a.m. to noon
- Noon to 1:30 p.m.
- 1:30–3 p.m.
- 3–4:30 p.m.
Friday, June 21
- 9–10:30 a.m.
Scheduling participants will be coordinated by Professor Leanne Hirshfield from the Institute of Cognitive Science at CU. If you can participate, please email Hirshfield’s research assistant Lucas Hayne at lucas.hayne@colorado.edu, indicating two potential time slots that would work for your schedule.
Renee Crown Wellness Institute welcomes applications for finance and grant manager
CU Boulder is seeking an individual with aligned values and interests to oversee the finance, accounting and grant operations for the Renee Crown Wellness Institute, a recently established interdisciplinary research institute committed to promoting the mental health and wellness of children, youth and the families and educators who support them.
The individual in this position will assist and report to the institute director and associate director with the oversight of all financial operations of the institute; management of institute budgets, including overseeing projections and ensuring the ongoing financial stability and growth of the Institute; as well as personnel administration.
Participants needed for dance research study
The Neural Control of Movement Laboratory on Main Campus is conducting a study that examines the effect of electrical stimulation on improving single-leg balance in experienced dancers.
The study will consist of:
- One familiarization session (~30 minutes)
- Two evaluations (~2.5 hours) before and after interventions
- Training history, balance, strength and steadiness
- 12 interventions (~30 minutes per session)
- Three times per week for four weeks
Please contact leah.davis@colorado.edu for more information.
IT help desk internship in Boulder: 30–40 hours per week, $15 per hour
Office of Financial Aid closing early June 14
Grad students: Need to activate your summer RTD pass?
12-Week Summer Publication Bootcamp kicks off June 6
Worried about the summer productivity slump? Planning on publishing one of your conference papers but finding yourself running around in circles? Need a group to workshop your paper with?
The Graduate School and Office of Postdoctoral Affairs invite all graduate students and postdocs to join a 12-Week Summer Publication Bootcamp. Thursdays from noon to 1 p.m., various locations. Email questions to gradprofdev@colorado.edu. Learn more.
Earn $15 for participating in a research study on memory
We are looking for individuals to participate in a research study on memory. The study will take approximately 90 minutes and participants will receive $15 for their time.
Participants requirements:
- Ages 18–40
- Able to read and speak English
- No history of brain injury, neurological or psychiatric disorder
- No severe cognitive or psychological problems
This study is designed to learn more about the different ways that people can manipulate information about which they are currently thinking, including keeping that information in mind, manipulating it in some manner, and removing that information from your thoughts.