Alumni Association

Dear Alum,

Continuing Education is offering full or part-day courses on Saturdays called CU on the Weekend during June and July, mostly on art and culture topics. Meanwhile, the first of four summer school terms began on June 1 and end Aug. 6. And get this: about 8,000 students are taking 500 summer courses including 10 online (which Continuing Education’s marketing director Ted Rockwell calls “a big deal for the main campus”). Learn more about CU’s distance learning.

If you’ve moved or changed e-mail addresses, let us know.

And don’t forget, you can always find the latest alumni happenings at cualum.org. Connect with other alums and access our Ask a Buff service at the online Forever Buffs Network (see article to the right).

The building in the photo at left says “A.D. Library 1902″ on the top. It’s no longer the library – do you know what it is now? Post your answer with your memory on our CU Memories site.

Programs

We’re building a great network of students and alums

One of the exciting programs we’re telling incoming freshmen about this summer is Ask a Buff, where Buffs share their professional advice online with other alumni and students seeking guidance in their job, career path, relocation plans and graduate school decisions. Ask A Buff is only as strong as the Buffs who sign up for it, so please step forward !

You’ll see stars on this trip

Join us Aug. 13-15 on a canoe trip that the whole family will remember for years to come! Paddle your canoe into Dominguez Canyon, Colorado’s newest wilderness area, and sleep under the heavens. CU astronomer Tito Salas will help us identify the canopy of stars we’ll be under. Space is limited so don’t wait to reserve. Here’s more, including great photos.

Ask a Denver Young Alum what a poker run is

The Denver Young Alumni chapter is holding its first ever poker run, which members describe as a scattered pub crawl. Starts at 4 p.m. at a bar TBD (and the prize is also TBD), so check here for the latest!

Save the weekend, CU vs. Cal

Join Buff alums and fans as we take on the Cal Bears at our big away football game of the year in beautiful Berkeley, Calif., on Saturday, Sept. 11. We’ve reserved hotel rooms for CU fans at two downtown San Francisco hotels. Pregame party and separate game tickets are available. Rooms and tickets are going quickly. Go here for links to hotels and ticket information and to make your reservations soon!

Join CU President Benson at the Denver Botanic Gardens

A celebration of CU alums, families and friends with CU President Bruce Benson (Geol’64, HonDocSci’04) and CU chancellors takes place Friday, July 30, 5:30-9:30 p.m. at the Denver Botanic Gardens. A ticket ($15 for adults, $10 for kids 4-12 and 3 and under free) includes food, beverage and entrance to the Denver Botanic Gardens. Sign up here.

Donate to Suit Yourself

Help a student and be a Forever Buff by dropping off gently worn, clean clothing at Koenig Alumni Center, 1202 University Ave., Willard Hall and all Art Cleaners stores in Boulder through Sept. 15. The clothing will be sold by CU Career Services for modest prices to students in need of appropriate job interview clothing. For more information visit here or e-mail Lisa.

Get your beautiful CU campus wall calendar

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. With the launch of Forever Buffs all 260,000 alumni and students are included in Alumni Association services and it’s not economically feasible to send it to all. We’ve improved this year’s calendar by enhancing photo quality, adding lunar phases and using reader-friendly print. Check it out and order the calendar here.

Coloradan online invites your comments

Prefer to read your Coloradan alumni magazine online? The June issue is now up. And there’s additional content on the site such as summaries of books by alumni. Want to share your thoughts with us? There are comment fields at the very end of each story and throughout your alumni website. Let us know what you’re thinking!

Join a Hispanic Alumni Association barbecue

The Hispanic Alumni Association is having a barbeque on June 26 from 11 a.m.-6 p.m. at Jefferson Park in Denver. Contact Jackie at 303-492-8485 for more information

Relax at Family Camp

Load up the gang and head into the beautiful Rocky Mountains for a week at CU Family Camp July 5-11! There are a ton of activities for kids and adults. Included are three meals a day and modern private rooms with baths. Here’s more. Contact Dawn at 303-492-2281 with questions and to make a reservation.

Buffs to bike again in September

Join the fun on Sept. 12! Since 2003 the Buffalo Bicycle Classic has attracted more than 15,000 registrants. The mostly medium- to long-distance ride is popular because it’s fun and advances a good cause. It has raised $1.3 million for scholarships for talented Arts and Sciences students. This year the century ride includes a beautiful new spur up Buckhorn Road. Learn more and register here.

Attend Entrepreneurs Unplugged

Six of Colorado’s leading executives discuss telecom-oriented entrepreneurship and industry insights on Tuesday, June 22. They will consider opportunities amid exploding broadband usage and disruptive innovation. The strategies of area companies will be analyzed. Networking reception 5:30 p.m., presentation 6:30 p.m., CU law school. Read more here.

Get thee to a play

The Colorado Shakespeare Festival’s summer season runs July 2-Aug. 8. The plays are Shakespeare’s King Lear, The Taming of the Shrew and Measure for Measure; and nonShakespearean classics Our Town and The Fantasticks (the world’s most popular and longest running musical). Plus, enjoy chats with Will Shakespeare before the play (photo at right)! More here.

Hear about the future of print media

Is there really anything new about producing text and images? Get the answer when Norlin Library presents Printing the Future: Digital Techniques and Historical Tools – Let’s Talk Media! Monday, July 19, 6:30-8 p.m. in Norlin Commons room E113. Here’s more.

Here are blogs to help you navigate new media

The Alumni Association launched two blogs this year ― Geekspeak gives you the latest high-tech tips on evolving technologies, and Click & Drag is for Buffs who still feel like the Internet, e-mail and Skype are foreign.

Contribute to CU

CU Foundation trustee and donor awarded

“I didn’t choose CU, it chose me,” says CU Foundation trustee, donor and CU-Boulder alum Zuhair Fayez (Arch, MA’71). The founder of the Middle East’s largest architectural and engineering firm, he has generously supported the architecture and planning college at UC Denver and CU-Boulder. At May commencement CU-Boulder, Fayez was awarded an honorary doctorate. Read more in the Daily Camera article.

Three CU degrees and a gift lead to more

Carol Robinson Reynolds (Math’58, MEdu’68, EdD’78) knows the value of a CU degree. In 2007 she and her husband established a scholarship at the education school. And now they have made an estate commitment that will not only exponentially increase this scholarship’s impact, but also strengthen the school’s financial standing across the board. Here’s more.

Severy family names Center for Community cartouche

In 1966, newlyweds Larry Severy (MPsych, PhD’70) and his wife Linda Severy were living in Boulder as Larry completed his doctorate at CU-Boulder. “We lived in married student housing on East Campus,” says Linda. “There was a drive-in movie theater next door, and we would sit on our porch to watch the movies since we couldn’t afford to go in!” This year, they decided to name the Colorado columbine cartouche (stone ornament) on the façade of the new Center for Community on campus, honoring their home state. Read more.

Book lover gives to others

In May Harvey Ancel (MPubPer’52), who is 91, received the Channel 7 Everyday Hero Award for his extensive volunteer activities in the Littleton, Colo., public schools. He has long been a dedicated volunteer helping to bring greater literacy through reading to those around him.

Athletics

Get your football season tickets

Season tickets are one of the best values around. They combine the Buff tradition with the unmatched atmosphere of Folsom Field. Purchase your football season tickets today and enjoy the Colorado State game at Invesco Field plus six exciting home games. Call 303-49-BUFFS or visit here.

Al Williams goes the distance to the College Football Hall of Fame

Alfred Williams (Soc ex’91), one of the key figures in the University of Colorado football team’s rise to national prominence in the late 1980s, will be the fifth Buffalo to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He is a member of a very impressive overall class of 13 others who will be inducted this December in New York City. Read more.

Crew does well

The CU club crew team had a successful season this year. At the October Frostbite Regatta in Wichita, Kan., they won several medals, and kept pace in Austin, Texas, where the men’s varsity won their race. The team also placed well in several heats at the American Collegiate Rowing Association championships in Oklahoma City in May. Here’s more.

A new kind of retirement community is coming soon to Boulder.

Buff Photos

Aquanaut lives two weeks in world’s only undersea laboratory

Steve Chappell (MAero’03, PhD’06) just finished taking part in the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) 14 undersea analog mission. It involved staying in the Aquarius undersea habitat 3.5 miles off the coast of Key Largo, Fla., while performing experiments inside and outside the lab related to NASA’s mission to expand human presence into the solar system. Mission information and more about Steve can be found here. He lives in Louisville, Colo.

Boulder Buffs go gardening

Four alumni and three journalism CU students with the Boulder Buff alumni chapter carried out a community service event April 3 building a small deer fence at the Growing Gardens Hawthorn site. They say, “We knew we could put on one heck of a holiday event, but apparently we have some gardening skills as well.” Here’s more about what the chapter’s up to.

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A student’s Antarctic journey

By Jack Vertovec

“Where to next?” my family and friends asked me after I returned home in April 2008 from a four-month stay in the cloud forests of Monteverde, Costa Rica. “I don’t know, maybe Antarctica is next on the list?” I would sarcastically answer. I knew a few people who had made the epic journey south but I never thought I would actually get there, certainly not while I was a CU student. Read more.

All of the following career events are free to alumni.

• Job Search Success Group every second and fourth Thursday of the month, 6:30–8 p.m. (next sessions June 10 and 24)
• Attend the all-Colorado Alumni Career Fair Thursday, June 17, 1-6 p.m., Ramada Inn, Northglenn, Colo.
• Webinar on Using Social Networking in Your Job Search, June 22, 5-6 p.m. Find out how to incorporate Linkedin, Facebook and Twitter into your job search process.

For information about the above webinar, job group and career fair, go here or contact Lea at 303-492-6541.

Are you job searching? Let Career Services help.

Need to fill a position in your organization? Hire a CU student or alum.

Here are links to your CU, school and college e-mail and web newsletters

President Benson’s (Geol’64, HonDocSci’04) e-newsletter

Chancellor DiStefano’s e-newsletter

Colorado Arts & Sciences Magazine – to subscribe e-mail here

School of Education Education Views

Engineering Alumni News – to subscribe e-mail here

CUEngineering magazine 2010

Journalism Bylines

Amicus Magazine and LawPoints e-newsletter – subscribe or update your information here

Leeds School of Business – e-mail here to receive the e-mail newsletter. Leeds’ magazine Portfolio is here.

As a member of the CU-Boulder Alumni Association you receive special discounts and pricing at Colorado National Golf Club.

Alumni Travel

Kenya & Tanzania Classic Safari

Lions and leopards and Cape buffalo, oh my! Our original dates for this trip sold out so quickly that we’ve added a new trip, Oct. 13-29. Join us on a small-group tour of 18 as we travel from the Rift Valley and the Serengeti to the Ngorongoro Conservation Area, home of Africa’s “Big Five” wildlife, and other sites. This will sell out again so see more information and reserve soon or contact Clark at 303-492-5640.

Aspen to Crested Butte Hike

Back by popular demand! Join former CU-Boulder Alumni Association president Kent Zimmerman (Edu’80, MPubAd’90) and his wife Christine Lanier Zimmerman (Ger’80, MEdu’90) July 17-20 or July 22-25 for the Colorado hiking experience of a lifetime. Three days of hiking in the Maroon Bells Wilderness area will be capped off by a hike from Crested Butte to Aspen, wildflowers galore. Space for both dates is limited, so act now to get on the trail. Go here or contact Clark at 303-492-5640.

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Get your CU gear

What about a Champion black CU hooded sweatshirt for those cool evenings at the lake or by the beach this summer?

Contest Corner

The winner will receive the Forever Buffs t-shirt pictured at left. (please specify your size when you play the game).

The June Coloradan features a story about earthquakes and their increasingly damaging nature due to big cities built with poor construction standards on top of fault lines. About how many people died as a result of Chile’s massive 8.8 magnitude quake on Feb. 27? A. 500; B. 1,200.; C. 22,000.

The correct answer to last month’s question was that the ethnic studies department was formed in 1996. The winner, Linda Bates Leali (Mus’69, MEdu’73) of Denver, shared her rich experience with the organizational precursors to ethnic studies. She helped found the first Educational Opportunity Program in 1969 and was a founding member of the Black Student Alliance, which still exists.

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