Aug. 31 marks Overdose Awareness Day. At CU Boulder, we want to raise awareness, support those impacted by an overdose and share ways to prevent overdoses in the future. While a single day to acknowledge overdose is important, our conversation won’t stop there. Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 19, Health Promotion will begin hosting monthly How to Save a Life: Overdose Prevention and Response trainings that will teach attendees how to recognize and respond to both alcohol poisoning and opioid overdoses. These trainings will be held at the University Memorial Center (UMC), room 404, at noon and 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 19; Tuesday, Oct. 17; and Tuesday, Nov. 14. They are about 30 minutes long and open to students, faculty and staff. At 4 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 10, Health Promotion, Counseling and Psychiatric Services, the CU Collegiate Recovery Center and the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program will come together to share stories of those who have experienced or been impacted by overdose, connect people to resources on campus and teach overdose prevention and response skills.

Take an energizing break from your studies. Sing along to your choice of fun tunes on Thursday nights using Club 156’s sound and light systems.

Located on the first floor of the University Memorial Center, food and beverages are right next door at The Connection. Starts at 8 p.m.

Fall 2017 dates:
Sept. 7, 21
Oct. 5, 19
Nov. 2, 16, 30
Dec. 14

Check out all of The Connection’s weekly events | The Connection Bowling, Billiards & Games, UMC first floor

The Village Center Dining and Community Commons serves hundreds of students every day and is looking to build up their student workforce team, offering great pay and a fun work environment for student-employees.

Currently, Village Center is hiring students to work 10–25 hours in both customer service and food service. Please stop by and talk to a manager today to be considered!

RTD has added a new bus route (236), providing faculty, staff and students mid-day service between campus, Table Mesa Park-n-Ride and Boulder Junction at Depot Square via U.S. 36 and 28th Street when the Flatiron Flyer 4 (FF4) express bus isn't running.

The 236 runs every 30 minutes with stops at 28th and Walnut streets and 28th Street and Arapahoe Ave.

• Southbound: 9:45 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• Northbound: 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Tips and tricks to make your commute easier:

• Transit mobile app: A real-time, easy-to-use travel app that allows users to navigate RTD routes
• Boulder BCycle: Boulder's newest bikeshare station is at Table Mesa Park-n-Ride
• RTD expanded routes: BOLT Limited and Skyride AB2 now connect to Boulder Junction at Depot Square

The CU Boulder Psychology Department is seeking participants for experiments about learning, memory, perception and language. Subjects will be compensated up to $15 per hour.

Participant requirements:

• Must be 18-29 years old
• Must be right handed

Please visit our website for more information.

The Neural Control of Movement Laboratory, located on Main Campus, is conducting a study that examines the effect of electrical stimulation on improving single-leg balance in experienced dancers. Subjects will be compensated with an electrical stimulation device.

Participant requirements:

• Dancer between 18–35 years of age with
• Five or more years of technique-based dance training
• Healthy and free of neurologic disease

The study will consist of one familiarization, two evaluations and 12 treatment sessions, meeting three times per week for four weeks.

• First visit: Familiarization session, about 30 minutes
• Evaluations: Before and after treatment, about 2.5 hours
• Training history, balance, strength and steadiness
• Intervention, about 30 minutes per session

If interested, please email Leah Davis at leah.davis@colorado.edu for more information.

Come kick off the semester with Education Abroad! New students are welcome to grab some food and chat informally with peer advisors. Program alumni can come reunite with their abroad cohort and share photos/memories with new students.

Friday, Sept. 1, 3 to 5 p.m.
Center for Community (C4C), JD Abrams Lounge

Starting Sept. 12, the CU Boulder Chapter of Ritmos Latinos, a recognized student organization, will offer classes in basic salsa every Tuesday night throughout the fall semester.

Come join us at the Dennis Small Cultural Center and learn to dance both partner and rueda-de-casino style salsa. There’s no charge, and you don’t have to bring a partner. Classes are open to all members of the CU Boulder student, staff and faculty community. Feel free to bring a friend!

Tuesdays starting Sept. 12, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.
University Memorial Center (UMC), fourth floor, room 457

This is a 5-hour study broken up into two sessions (2.5 hours each). Compensation is $10 per hour, plus a $15 dollar bonus upon completion of the second part ($65 total). In the first session you will wear a cap with sensors that records the electrical activity on your scalp (EEG) while reading sentences and answering questions on a computer screen. In the second session, you will do various tasks on a computer (without the EEG cap). The requirements for participating in the study are that you are: right-handed, university student or recent graduate, native English speaker (English primary language from age 5 to present), ages 18-35, not taking psychiatric medications, and have normal or corrected to normal vision. Our lab is located north of East Campus at the Center for Innovation and Creativity (CINC), 1777 Exposition Dr.

Discover the power of Shakespeare in performance! In this 8-week acting class for adults, you can reap the benefits of Colorado Shakespeare Festival actor Anne Sandoe and Shakespeare scholar Shirley Carnahan’s extensive experience.

The class focuses on voice, text and movement techniques that professional actors use to create compelling Shakespeare performances, culminating in a final performance for friends and family on the last day of class.

Open to students of all experience levels and abilities; students from previous sessions of this class are welcome to return. Ages 21 and up. CU Boulder faculty and staff should use promo code BUFFBARDC17 to save 10 percent.

Tuesdays, Sep. 12 to Nov. 14, 6 to 7:50 p.m.
No class Oct. 10, 31
Wesley Fellowship, Upstairs Theatre

BSI (Biological Sciences Initiative) Scholars is a funding and professional development program for current CU Boulder undergraduates.

Eligible students conducting original STEM research are paid to work in a laboratory on the CU Boulder or CU Anschutz Medical Campus. Students also attend seminars to enhance the research experience, and summarize their findings through a presentation at the end of the term.

Applications for the 2017–18 academic year are due Monday, Sept. 18, for students who have not previously received funding through BSI.

For more information, please visit the BSI website.

Interested in helping plan one of the largest student-led events on campus? Check out the International Festival Committee. Gain leadership skills and work with some great students! Free pizza provided at the interest meeting.

Thursday, Sept. 7, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Center for Community (C4C)

Put on your poker face and see if Lady Luck is with you! Sign up 6 p.m. at The Connection front desk; cards fly at 7 p.m. All skill levels are welcome. Entry is free, and there's a chance to win prizes!

Fall 2017 dates
Sept. 5, 19
Oct. 3, 17, 31
Nov. 14, 28
Dec. 12: Grand Championship (winners playoff)

Check out all of The Connection’s weekly events | The Connection Bowling, Billiards & Games, UMC first floor

Check out what's new for you at the CU Book Store!

There are tons of textbooks for rent and more used books than ever. And now you can charge your textbook course materials, school supplies and technology accessories purchased at the CU Book Store to your student tuition and fee bill.

Visit www.cubookstore.com/bill for more information. Open for extended hours during back to school.

Do you know someone looking for an opportunity who would like to join our Facilities Management team? We are looking for two individuals who will work at the Distribution Center, helping with the processing and delivery of incoming mail and packages and other duties as assigned.

These will be classified, temporary positions at 40 hours per week and could last several months or longer (but no longer than nine months). The starting wage will be $14 per hour. There is a possibility there will be a full-time permanent position that the individuals can apply for later.

Here is a basic outline of what we are looking for in a candidate:

• Minimum six months experience in materials-related work, which could include warehousing, material handling, shipping, receiving, storing, inventory tracking and/or distribution of goods
• Good work ethic, dependable
• Ability to work successfully in a team environment
• Experience working directly with customers/clients (may make deliveries to various campus departments)
• Colorado drivers’ license
• Will be required to pass a criminal and motor vehicle background check
• Must meet General Physical Demands definition of Very Heavy: "Exert in excess of 100 lbs. of force occasionally, and/or in excess of 50 lbs. of force frequently, and/or in excess of 20 lbs. of force constantly to move objects"

Anyone interested should contact Jen Salyers, FMHR, at 303-492-1096. Deadline for submission is Sept. 5.