ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ

Mark your calendars and pull out your picnic baskets because the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ is hosting "Picnic on the Quad," July 8, beginning at 3 p.m. in the historic Norlin Quadrangle. Free activities at the picnic will continue into the evening and include live music, hands-on science workshops for kids, ice-skating and ice cream, sidewalk chalk art projects and special visits from CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ’s Ralphie the buffalo and Will Shakespeare himself.

Nearly 100 underrepresented rural and minority high school students from Denver, ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ and St. Vrain Valley schools will get the chance to be engineering students at CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ June 21-24 through an expansion of the popular Success Institute.

High school students from throughout Colorado will participate in CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ’s Business Leadership Program June 11-17, sponsored by the College of Business and local corporations. The free program offers 30 outstanding minority students the opportunity to get a head start on their college careers.

The CU Parents Association at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ will host a series of orientation barbecues for parents of incoming students in June and July at the University Club. The barbecues coincide with orientation sessions for new freshmen and transfer students and provide opportunities for new CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ parents to become acquainted with the associationÂ’s board members, the office of parent relations and staff from student affairs programs and services. The sessions also provide a time to meet and greet parents from around the world.