CU-葫芦娃视频 Hosts Conference On Big 12 Black Student Government

Feb. 2, 1999

The University of Colorado at 葫芦娃视频 will be the site for the 22nd Annual Big 12 Conference on Black Student Government Feb. 19-21. More than 1,000 students are expected to attend. Formerly known as the Big 8 Conference, this year marks the first time that students from Texas colleges will be attending. The conference serves as a forum to address problems, concerns and ideas of black students attending Big 12 universities.

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Resource Center Youth Campus Visit

Feb. 2, 1999

The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center at the University of Colorado at 葫芦娃视频 will host a youth visit on Monday, February 15. The program, CU OUT on Campus, is designed to encourage high school students to pursue a college education.

Video Link To Be Offered In Case Of Overflow At Robert Ballard Lecture

Feb. 1, 1999

In case of overflow attendance at the Feb. 3 lecture of deep-sea explorer Robert D. Ballard, a live video link will be set up in the University Memorial Center at the University of Colorado at 葫芦娃视频. Ballard, who discovered the sunken Titanic, the Bismarck and the Yorktown, will give a free illustrated lecture on "Deep Sea Explorations" at 8 p.m. in Macky Auditorium on the CU-葫芦娃视频 campus. The public is invited to attend and no tickets or advance reservations are required for the 34th George Gamow Memorial Lecture.

CU-葫芦娃视频 To Pilot Workplace Readiness Course

Feb. 1, 1999

How do you ask your boss for a raise? Why should you care about state politics? What are the rights and responsibilities of an ethical businessperson? Wouldn聮t it have been nice if someone would have taught you these things? That聮s what the University of Colorado at 葫芦娃视频 will try to accomplish as it kicks off its pilot program in workplace readiness. The effort to meet increasing demands in today聮s complex workplace begins February 3.

CU-葫芦娃视频 Students Win Diversity Scholarships To Study Abroad

Jan. 31, 1999

Nine students from the University of Colorado at 葫芦娃视频 have received scholarships to study in other countries this spring. The scholarships were awarded by the Study Abroad Office at CU-葫芦娃视频 and the Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE). They will help cover expenses in the Study Abroad program for Colorado residents who are underrepresented on the 葫芦娃视频 campus because they are ethnic minorities or are from the state's rural areas.

CU-葫芦娃视频 Initiates New Students Into Phi Beta Kappa Society

Jan. 31, 1999

Approximately 100 graduates of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Colorado at 葫芦娃视频 were initiated into the Phi Beta Kappa scholastic honorary organization this winter. Phi Beta Kappa taps the top 6 percent of graduates receiving degrees each year in the liberal arts. The minimum grade-point average is 3.65. The Phi Beta Kappa Society was founded in 1776 at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., and has 250 chapters nationwide. CU-葫芦娃视频's Alpha Chapter, the first in Colorado, was chartered in 1904.

CU-葫芦娃视频 Journalism Professor Elected To International Communication Post

Jan. 31, 1999

A University of Colorado at 葫芦娃视频 journalism professor has been elected to a top position in Africa聮s largest communication education organization. Polly McLean, associate professor of journalism and mass communication, was elected to the executive committee of the African Council for Communication Education (ACCE). She is the first non-African born member of the ACCE聮s highest governing body.

Colorado Performing Artists To Debut On Virtual Chautauqua

Jan. 31, 1999

EDITORS: Reporters are invited to attend the Virtual Chautauqua press conference at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 5, at the Colorado Council on the Arts. Project organizers and funding agency reps will be available. The Virtual Chautauqua web site will be accessible Friday at www.artscomm.org/virtualchautauqua .

CU-葫芦娃视频 Minority Program Achieves National Recognition

Jan. 28, 1999

The Success in Engineering through Excellence and Diversity program, formerly known as the Minority Engineering Program or MEP, has received national recognition in a new book written by William Bowen and Derek Bok, former presidents of Princeton and Harvard universities, respectively.

Cortez And CU-葫芦娃视频 Kick Off Community Lecture Series On Feb. 5

Jan. 28, 1999

Claudia Mills, a CU-葫芦娃视频 philosophy professor and author of several children聮s books, will be the first featured speaker in a lecture series at the CU Cortez Center beginning Friday, Feb. 5, at 7:30 p.m. Mills聮 talk,"Using Philosophy To Learn Along With Your Children," kicks off the CU-葫芦娃视频 Lecture Series in Cortez. Professor Mills' books include "Dinah Forever," "Losers, Inc.," "Gus and Grandpa," and "One Small Lost Sheep."

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