Dear Alum,The students, nearly 30,000 strong, came back this week and were greeted by a good six inches of snow. Walking up to the Hill I jostled with lots of people, unlike the quiet of the last few weeks, and it felt like CU! At the top of the news is that CU-Boulder has risen on the Peace Corps’ top 25 list of large schools producing volunteers. With 102 alumni currently serving we’re no. 2 in the 2009 rankings. Go here for the story. Check out the alumni ID card item just below to learn how to get your ID and access many Alumni Association services. All alumni are eligible for this in our Forever Buffs program. Please give some thought to writing an article for CU Voices, featuring your reminiscences about CU and thoughts about life. Send ideas to editor Marc Killinger. If you’ve moved or changed e-mail addresses, let us know. And don’t forget you can always find the latest CU happenings at www.cualum.org. Connect with other alums at the My CU Network. If you’re having trouble viewing this e-mail newsletter, you may view it online here.
This photo of a pond at Kittredge is by CU photographer Patrick Kelley. ProgramsHow do I get my alumni card?You might need alumni identification for any number of things: to access the CU library, the CU Recreation Center or to receive a discount from a rental car agency. Thanks to our new Forever Buffs program, alumni get an “all access” pass to these opportunities and getting your card is easy. Register or log into the MY CU Network here and download the card on the entry page by clicking on “My Alumni ID Card” link in the top left navigation bar. To learn more about Forever Buffs, visit the membership page. Celebrate the university’s heroes
Please consider nominating worthy candidates for the 2009 alumni awards. This will be the 79th year of the prestigious awards. The deadline for nominations is Feb. 13 and the awards ceremony and reception is May 6 in Old Main. Pictured are former award winners who attended the 2008 reception. For more information contact Clark at 303-492-5640 or 800-492-7743, or visit the awards site. Alumni College features ObamaSpring will be in full force and the Obama presidency will be four months young. So join fellow alumni, professors and friends from Colorado and across the country May 15-16 for a series of presentations and discussions on “The Election and Early Presidency of Barack Obama.” For more information contact Ally at 303-492-4256. Keep up with A&SWant to keep apprised of developments at the College of Arts and Sciences? Read the new quarterly e-magazine. Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine will tell some of the many inspiring and exciting stories of the college, its faculty, alumni and friends, and keep you connected. Directors Club heads out to spaceInterested in hearing about space from CU experts and meeting some fascinating, loyal alums? Both will be featured at the Directors Club Winter Meeting Jan. 31 at the Coors Events Center and Fiske Planetarium. Contact Barb at 303-492-3005 for more information. Your gift to CU countsMake a contribution to the University of Colorado today and increase the value of your degree. For every alum who makes a gift to CU, no matter the size, our ranking in college guide books is positively affected and so is the value of your degree. Go here and make your contribution today. Contact annual giving here. Class of 1959 reunion in May
Tell us what you’d like at a career eventLooking for an alumni career conference and networking opportunity? The Alumni Association is partnering with Career Services to put on such an event event on Tuesday, April 21. Let us know your suggestions for the event by taking this survey. You can also let us know if you are interested in presenting at the event. Questions? E-mail Ally. Help a student find a bookEnjoy being in a library and helping others with books? Consider volunteering with Bookfinders at CU’s Norlin Library. You’ll be trained and have short work shifts helping students in the stacks. E-mail here if you’re interested or call 303-492-7094. Gift launches summer program in China
Senior auditors registration soonColorado residents age 55 and older may audit CU courses for $10 a semester through the Alumni Association. Spring semester classes begin Jan. 12. Registration times are Jan. 20, 8 a.m.-3 p.m. and Jan. 21, 8 a.m.-noon. Go here or call 303-492-8484 for general information. Find and plan your classes here. Experiencing summer at CUThrough the joint efforts of CU-Boulder and Summer Study Programs, high school students have been living and learning on the Boulder campus for the past six summers. This successful program offers students completing ninth, 10th or 11th grade the rare opportunity to “taste” college life for three or five weeks and includes both college credit, non-credit enrichment classes, weekend outdoor adventures and more. For further information call Summer Session at CU at 800-331-2801, Summer Study Programs at 800-666-2 Big law gift for experiential learningRichard Schaden of Schaden, Katzman, Lampert, and McClune and his son, Denver businessman Rick Schaden (Fin’87), presented the CU law school in November with the largest gift in the school’s history. An endowment of $5 million will establish the Schaden Chair in Experiential Learning. “This visionary gift enables Colorado Law to lead the way in American legal education in applied learning,” says Dean David Getches. More here.
AthleticsBuff Basketball starts Big 12 conference actionYour Colorado men’s and women’s basketball teams have just started conference play, so make sure you get out to the Coors Events Center and support your Buffs as the men prepare to face KSU, ISU and top ten ranked Texas Longhorns while the women take on the nationally ranked Sooners, Texas Tech and Nebraska. For a complete men’s schedule click here and for the women click here. Get your tickets today by calling 303-49-BUFFS or visiting CUBuffs.com.
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 The author in his room at Farrand Hall in 1978. Learning from our “best years”By Michael Sterling (Econ’81) I’ve often asked myself, “Why do we so focus on and reminisce about college more than other times in our lives as we get older, and, therefore, why is our college experience so vital to who we will become?”
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Alumni TravelCampus Abroad Holland & Belgium
Explore Holland and Belgium from Antwerp to the Zeeland coast April 17-25! Cruise the scenic canals in Amsterdam with stops at the world famous Keukenhof Gardens and then journey on to the Hague and Bruges, just a few of the places you’ll tour. Go here for information or contact Ryan at 303-492-0635. CU Family Camp
Looking for a job? The Spring Career Fair is Jan. 28 and 29 in the UMC. Find a list of participants here. CU Alumni recruiters and career fair attendees are invited to a special reception at the Alumni Association from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 28. E-mail Ally to register. Career Services offers career counseling appointments for alumni and students from 8 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Details here. Employers: List your available positions on Career Services Online (CSO). Check out the services available to you here.
The Artist Series invites you to attend its first ever theatrical presentation on Feb. 2 featuring L. A. Theatre Works with Edward Asner in The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial. In 1925 a trial about one of the great debates of American society played out in a rural Tennessee courthouse. Eight decades later, the issues and oratory of the Scopes trial pitting evolution against creationism have a hauntingly familiar ring. For more information and to purchase tickets call 303-492-8008 or click here.
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For those who remember when Johnny Horton’s “The Battle of New Orleans” topped the Billboard chart, get ready for your 50-year reunion May 7-8. 
A $1.2 million gift from The Tang Fund will allow CU-Boulder students to experience China through a 
New Year’s Plati-’Tudes
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the country. Beginning in the late 60s, they have met more than 20 times to watch the Buffs play and enjoy their CU and fraternity memories, mainly in Boulder. Last year’s reunion was the largest ever with nearly 50 people attending.
Fans of the football team are used to seeing a lot of black and gold, but now they can take pride in another color: green. The 2008 football season saw the CU-Boulder Buffaloes embark on a recycling and composting program, dubbed Ralphie’s Green Stampede, the first zero-waste program ever launched at an NCAA Bowl Championship Series stadium. 
With thousands of hours logged on the project over nearly two years, students are approaching the finals in what has been referred to as the national championship series for satellite design. CU-Boulder will be one of 11 universities participating in the flight competition review Jan. 19-20. 
Pack up the car and join us in the heart of the Rocky Mountains for the seventh annual CU Family Camp! This all-inclusive camp is the perfect family vacation with something for everyone. Daily activities provide entertainment for all ages, letting the kids defy gravity on the high ropes course while adults go for a hike or just relax in a hammock. Dates are July 5-12, full week or mini-camps available. For more information 
Great Tennessee Monkey stars Edward Asner
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