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NON-RESIDENT STUDENTS 'DENVER BOUND'
The Downtown Denver Campus of the University of Colorado Denver is one of the best kept secrets in the country. The campus has it all: a top-notch educational experience, outstanding faculty, a 14-to-1 student-faculty ratio, and access to outdoor activities and all the best venues a large city has to offer. (Click for Full Story)SURPRISE! MTVU, CELEBRITIES VISIT MARKETING CLASS
Professor Gary Schornack's business marketing class got a lesson it hadn't counted on, one it’s unlikely to forget. Students who believed they were taking part in a focus group on why they were attending the Business School at the University of Colorado Denver found themselves instead being lectured by guest speakers: Russell Simmons, founder of Def Jam records and credited with bringing hip-hop into the mainstream, and his brother, the Rev. Run of Run DMC. (Click for Full Story)
FACULTY FELLOW FOR INCLUSION TO FOSTER DIVERSITY
Not long ago, Jennifer Wade was recognized at a reception in her new role as the campus’ first Faculty Fellow for Inclusion. Donna Langston, director of ethnic studies, Kathleen Beatty, dean of the Graduate School of Public Affairs, and Mark Heckler, provost, were two of many colleagues to toast Wade, noting her impressive record prior to and since joining GSPA. (Click for Full Story)
WIRTH CHAIR HONORS THOSE WHO HONOR SUSTAINABILITY
Now in its eighth year, the Wirth Chair for Environmental and Community Development Policy honors outstanding achievements in three areas: media efforts, both print and electronic, that contribute to greater public awareness of sustainable issues; sustainable community development plans, policies and projects; and businesses that promote sustainable strategies. (Click for Full Story) POET MAJOR JACKSON ON CAMPUS THIS WEEK
The Downtown Denver Campus is hosting a series of readings by Major Jackson, author of Leaving Saturn, (University of Georgia Press, 2001) winner of the 2000 Cave Canem Poetry Prize. (Click for Full Story)
PROJECT VALENTINE TOPS EXPECTATIONS AGAIN
And the beat goes on, stronger and louder and more generous than ever. Project Valentine’s founder, Colleen Anderson, has a lot of heart. But then so do the hearts that surround her – those who donate gifts and construct care packages throughout the season for distribution to local cancer patients. (Click for Full Story)
BARD CENTER BUSINESS PLAN COMPETITION UNDERWAY
For the past few years, the Bard Center has been instrumental in fostering new business in its graduate courses in entrepreneurship. In addition to its graduate courses and now one undergraduate offering, the center provides the opportunity for graduate students, faculty, and alumni from the University of Colorado s(all three campuses), Colorado School of Mines, and Colorado State University to put their best-made plans to the test. (Click for Full Story)
MARK YOUR CALENDAR . . . - Faculty and staff search conference participants in each School, College, and the Library are now leading faculty and staff in conversations about the draft Academic Master Plan (AMP). They want and need your responses to questions that can be found on the homepage. Click on the Master Plan icon. The information from these conversations will help determine campus-wide initiatives and budget allocations for the 2005-06 academic year and beyond. Your opinion matters! Participate in the conversations in your school, college or Library!
- Plan to attend Open House, the Downtown Denver Campus event that brings about 1,500 prospective students to campus to learn more about what the University of Colorado Denver has to offer. The spring Open House is Sunday, March 6, at the Auraria Event Center, noon to 3 p.m. For more information on getting involved, contact Rebecca Brant at 303-352-3682 or Rebecca.Brant@cudenver.edu.
- The International Indigenous Games are taking place in Denver in July 2006. Donna Langston, director of ethnic studies, said they are looking for graduate students who could do their class or senior projects for the games. “We need everything from grant writers, DVD production, public relations, marketing, organizing cultural events, etc.,” she said. The games receive international media coverage, which will look good in student portfolios and resumes. For more information, contact Langston at donna.langston@cudenver.edu.
- One Book, One Denver will launch on Thursday, Feb. 24. Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper will announce the book title at a press conference at the Denver Central Library at 12:30 p.m. The Downtown Denver Campus is once again in partnership with the Mayor's Office in promoting this community building event. Look for events and activities to unfold on campus over the next six weeks.
- The 2005 CU Women Succeeding, Faculty Development Symposium will be 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 4 in St. Cajetan's Center. The symposium is a day of recognition, information, networking, career development, support and more. For online registration or more information, go to http://web.uccs.edu/women/. Click on "2005 Women's Symposium."
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