Alumni Association

It’s super green right now in Boulder because of all the rain we’ve gotten recently – wonderful!

Note that CU’s Continuing Education has two items below offering ways for you to complete a degree or take a Saturday-only summer class. What great ways to reconnect with the “U”!

Think you might like to write a thoughtful or funny “CU Voices” article about any topic CU, similar to the one to the right? E-mail me! If you’ve moved or changed e-mail addresses, let us know. And don’t forget, you can always find the latest alumni and CU happenings at www.cualum.org. Connect with other alums at My CU Network. If you’re having trouble viewing this e-mail newsletter, you may view it online here. Marc Killinger, editor.

Programs

Are times tough? Go Buff!

With the Forever Buffs initiative, we aim to be a gateway for alumni and students to access campus career resources. Beginning in July, alumni may use most of Career Services’ tools, including job postings, on-campus interviews, information sessions and other useful approaches, free of charge. E-mail Jane Rogers or call 303-492-4100 to set up your account as an alum or student. You can access job postings through three channels: the Alumni Association’s career page, our My CU Network or the Career Services website.

Attend the big away football game Oct. 10

Grab your boots and cowboy hat and join other CU fans in the live music capital of the country, Austin, Texas. Enjoy a classic Big 12 match up as the Buffs take on the Longhorns. For packages and pregame events contact Premier College Sports together with Dodd’s Athletic Tours, a new Alumni Association partner, at 800-416-1829.

Catch a home pregame

Check out our gourmet tailgate buffet, have a drink and share your Buff pride at alumni pregames. We’re at Benson Field 2½ hours before all home football games. The season starts on Sunday, Sept. 6 at 5 p.m. at our own Folsom Field against in-state rival CSU. Here’s more information and the complete 2009 football schedule.

Golf at CU’s new course

Join the Hispanic Alumni Association at its annual Chile Open Golf Tournament June 27 at the Colorado National Golf Club (formerly Vista Ridge) in Erie, Colo., now CU’s golf course. Shotgun is at 8 a.m. For more information please go here or contact Nita Vela at 303-667-0334.

Check out the Heritage Center’s stunning China

Documenting China: Contemporary Photography and Social Change, a Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service show, features 57 dramatic photographs by Chinese photographers through mid-August. This exhibit was developed by the Bates College Museum of Art and made possible by funding from Crystal Cruises. See it with a long-term exhibit, Americans in a Changing China: 1920-2008. The exhibits are open on the third floor of Old Main 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Call 303-492-6329.

Help recruit future Buffs

Help shape the future of CU-Boulder by volunteering for the National Alumni Admissions Assistance Program (NAAAP) and the Parent Volunteers in Support of Admissions (P-VISA). These programs are great ways to stay connected to students and share all that CU-Boulder has to offer. Parents and alumni act as a resource for new Buff families, volunteer at fairs and receptions and help us recruit new students. To volunteer visit us here.

Maybe you’re interested in one-day Saturday classes

CU on the Weekend offers a complete three to six hour class most Saturdays until July 11 sponsored by Continuing Education. Get engaged! Here’s the scoop.

Looking to complete your degree?

Continuing Education’s CU Complete Service is available to help you get back to college and complete your degree. Go here or e-mail to get started

Order the wall calendar you’ve always enjoyed

The spectacular wall calendar with CU-Boulder scenes that in the past was a paid membership benefit is back this year and on sale for a modest $12.49. The calendars will be sent free to paid Lifetime members in appreciation of their special contributions to the university.

Check out the A&S Magazine

These and other story topics will be covered in the June 15 edition of Colorado Arts & Sciences Magazine: Afghan woman escapes to CU; experts weigh Obama’s first 100 days and the next thousand; scientists help NASA probe the cosmos; and alumni recall Japanese-American internment camps.

Drive with Pride

Residents of Colorado may order CU license plates to show your affiliation with CU and support the CU-Boulder Alumni Association scholarship program.

Catch two CU Museum of Natural History exhibits

• Navajo Weaving: Diamonds, Dreams, Landscapes is a major celebration of Navajo textiles from the museum’s Joe Ben Wheat Collection. Most textiles included are on display for the first time.
• Weaving Memory: Monotypes by Melanie Yazzie (MFA’93) includes prints inspired by memories from artist and CU faculty member Melanie Yazzie’s childhood along with textiles from the museum’s Joe Ben Wheat Collection.

It’s easy to order your transcript!

The CU registrar wants to remind alums of their easy-to-use online transcript ordering service. It’s meant to be more “alumni friendly” than previously. See it here. Questions? E-mail here.

Giving back to CU

Help bring clean water to Nepal

Engineers Without Borders’ Nepal Project received a boost thanks to the initiative of several CU-Boulder students and the generous support of donors and community leaders. Five students who headed to Nepal on their own dime to route clean drinking water to communities sought the help of the CU Foundation to raise funds. Two community leaders sponsored an event that raised $7,000. Help support these CU students.

Give back to CU before July 1

Time is running out to make your gift and be counted among CU’s supporters this fiscal year! In this critical time for higher education funding in Colorado, your support is more important than ever. Make your gift today to ensure that it immediately impacts students and faculty.

Grant supports promising cell research

Scientists at CU-Boulder may get a step closer to identifying all proteins present in a single cell type, thanks to a $1.2 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation. The grant could better enable researchers to understand the complex changes within a cell that are triggered by disease, food or other means. The findings could accelerate the development of targeted therapies for cancer and heart disease, among other diseases. Read more here.

Athletics

Go to Plati’tudes for all things CU sports

Associate athletic director Dave Plati (Jour’82) this month features an extensive Q&A with the “Voice of the Buffs,” Larry Zimmer, plus the usual hodgepodge of CU buffalo bits as the 2008-09 athletic season winds to a close. Just recently Zimmer was honored twice: with the Chris Schenkel Award for distinguished career broadcasting in college football, and induction into the Broadcast Professionals Hall of Fame. This is the ninth year of Dave’s blog.

Get your 2009 football season tickets

Don’t miss the excitement as CSU, Wyoming, Missouri, Kansas, Texas A&M and Nebraska all come to Folsom Field this year! Season tickets start at $180. Go here to pay your deposit of $100 per ticket for the 2009 season or for questions call 303-49-BUFFS.

Go golfing for CU athletics!

Support the Denver Buff Club and CU athletics on June 22 with a day of golf and both live and silent auctions accompanied by alums, CU coaches, administrators and local celebrities. For more information call 303-492-5497 or go here. Registration deadline is June 16.

Buff Photos

Alumna wows film world

Sarah Siegel-Magness (Mktg’95) returned from the Sundance Film Festival happy to pay excess baggage fees for her film’s three awards: the grand jury prize, the audience award and a special jury prize for acting. Precious, formerly called Push: Based on the Novel by Sapphire has Sarah in the producer’s chair, her second drama with director Lee Daniels. Here’s the Leeds Business School Portfolio magazine article about Sarah.

May graduate makes it three generations

After this spring’s commencement, three generations of CU grads stopped for a photo with the beloved Flatirons in the distance. From the left are Marcia Elaine Penfold Blum, a 1979 graduate of the Health Sciences Center in physical therapy, Rifka Elaine Blum (CivEngr’09) and Sylvia Elaine Penfold Wederquist (Bio,Chem’57, MEdu’76).

Life after college can be amazing

Peter Barnecut (Hist’02) e-mailed about his little brother, Chris Barnecut (Anthro’03), who’s on an around the world tour on a BMW motorcycle while flying his paraglider at every opportunity. Chris was in Army ROTC at CU, served as a 2nd lieutenant in Korea and then did a combat tour in Iraq coming out a captain with a Bronze Star. Peter says Chris “has kept the spirit of CU alive through it all,” and that his web blog, The Longest Friday, gets 3,000 hits a day.

Send your photos and stories for this section to Marc Killinger.