Monthly Archives: August 2010

Careers in the Fashion Industry

Hillary Fritz (Engl’78) will share advice and tips about how to get your foot in the door, how to make contacts in the industry and how to find internships and a job. She’ll also talk about the various jobs attainable in fashion: design, merchandising, buying, branding, sales, marketing, account management and so on.
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CU vs. Missouri: Alumni pregame and ticket package

Saturday, Oct. 9:
Be part of the action as our Buffs take on the Missouri Tigers! For only $90, CU alumni and Buffs fans can receive a ticket to the game, a pregame bbq meal and beverages, and a parking pass near the stadium! Individual pregame passes may also be purchased for $25. Let’s help our Buffs say farewell to the Big 12 with a big win over Missouri!
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Boulder climber Glenn Porzak recovering

Glenn Porzak, an experienced climber, fell between 60 and 70 feet when the rock he was scrambling down near Little Pawnee Peak gave way. The accident occurred in the Indians Peaks Wilderness Area near Brainard Lake. Porzak suffered a broken pelvis, nine broken ribs and ‘lots of lacerations’ but is now stable and recovering in a Denver hospital.
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5,215 freshmen attend CU convocation

A veritable herd of new freshmen filled Folsom Field for the 2010 convocation ceremony.
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Buff football captains and new quarterback named

“I’m excited . . . it’s something I’ve worked long and hard for,” said Hansen, who started the final seven games of 2009 after supplanting Hawkins in early October.
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Convocation 2010

Over 5000 new Forever Buffs answered the ‘calling together’
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CU partners on telescope project in Chile

A planned $110 million telescope in Chile that the University of Colorado at Boulder is partnering on to probe distant galaxies and stellar nurseries has been named as the top construction priority for mid-sized, ground-based telescopes by the National Research Council in the coming decade.
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August 2010 Colorado edition

Dear Alum, We’re thrilled to welcome Deborah Fowlkes as our new executive director. She’s the first female director of the Alumni Association since its inception in 1882. She hails from Temple University in Philadelphia and before that Duke. She grew up in Boulder and went to Boulder High. “I’m delighted to be back home in Boulder as a member of
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I sure do have memories of Sewall Hall!

By Patricia Bianco (MThtr’65) I was a residence adviser for students living on the side of Sewall Hall in 1962-63. My little “apartment” was just off the huge living room. Sewall was an upper-class women’s residence hall. We called it Menopause Manor. The women and I obeyed most of the rules and had wonderful times together. Sewall had beautiful furniture.
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August 2010 National edition

Dear Alum, We’re thrilled to welcome Deborah Fowlkes as our new executive director. She’s the first female director of the Alumni Association since its inception in 1882. She hails from Temple University in Philadelphia and before that Duke. She grew up in Boulder and went to Boulder High! “I’m delighted to be back home in Boulder as a member of
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CU vs. CSU: Rocky Mountain Showdown

Be part of the action as our Buffs take on our in-state rivals in the annual Rocky Mountain Showdown! The game has returned to INVESCO field, and the Alumni Association is hosting the official CU pregame in Lot C near the west-side of the stadium.
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They hiked all the way to Crested Butte!

Our annual Aspen to Crested Butte hike was a great success this year. As for some of the summers between 1995-2008 when he was Alumni Association executive director, the hike was lead by Kent Zimmerman (Edu’80, MPubAd’90) along with his wife, Christine Lanier Zimmerman (Ger’80, MEdu’90).
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Welcome Alumni Association Executive Director

Deborah Fowlkes - July 2010

Please join us in welcoming our new Alumni Association Executive Director, Deborah Fowlkes. Deborah formerly served as assistant vice president for alumni relations and executive director of the Temple University Alumni Association in Philadelphia, PA, a post she held since 2005.
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Single game football tickets now on sale

Single game football tickets on sale

Single Game Tickets: Buy your 2010 CU football single game tickets now!. For all home games, Alumni Association tickets are located in section 215. For all away games, tickets are located in the visitors section.

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Tourism at CU

A student ambassador (in black t-shirt) leads a tour of prospective students and their parents and families on the Norlin Quadrangle. Between 18,000 and 20,000 people tour the CU-Boulder campus every year.
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Archeological site workers are Forever Buff!

CU Archeology professor Payson Sheets and his crew

Anthropology professor Payson Sheets, in the middle with his arm raised, took Forever Buffs t-shirts to his excavation site at El Ceren, El Salvador last month. Ceren is a well-preserved ancient Maya village that was buried by deep volcanic ash 1,400 years ago. Payson discovered it in 1976.
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