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The School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ has established the Columbine Unity and Diversity Scholarship for minorities or other pre-journalism majors who help promote diversity through their news coverage. CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ freshmen Issac Lopez and Michelle Flores, the first recipients of the award, each received $1,000. Both students enrolled at CU this semester as pre-journalism majors after they completed a journalism course in the summer of 1998 under CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ's Pre-Collegiate Development Program.

The names of three candidates for the position of Director of Enrollment Management at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ were forwarded to Vice Chancellor Phil DiStefano on Oct. 11. Two were internal candidates from CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ while the third was from another institution. The external candidate withdrew his name from consideration on Oct. 11. The two internal finalists are Barbara Schneider, currently serving as interim director of enrollment management, and William Haid, registrar, according to Michael Grant, search committee chair.

Do bias-motivated incidents happen at CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ? What can you do if you, or someone you know, becomes a target? These are some of the questions to be addressed at a panel discussion, "Hate on Campus: Bias-Motivated Incidents at CU," on Thursday, Oct. 21. The panel is part of events scheduled for CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Awareness Month.

Award winning author and associate professor Judy Yung will explore the rich history of Chinese women in her lecture — "Unbound Feet, Unbound Voices: A History of Chinese Women in San Francisco." The talk will be held Monday, Oct. 25, at 4 p.m. in the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ’s University Memorial Center Forum Room. Yung will use an intimate collection of letters, essays, poems, photographs and oral histories to bring to life the experiences of Chinese women from all walks of life — everyone from immigrant wives of merchants to prostitutes.

This fall saw the inauguration of ACCESS -- Available Credit Courses for Eligible Special Students -- through the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ’s Division of Continuing Education, allowing nondegree students to register for on-campus classes. The program was formerly known as SAVE, the space available program. "This program demonstrates one of the ways that CUÂ’s schools and colleges partner with Continuing Education to serve the needs of nontraditional students in the community," said Anne Heinz Colgan, dean of Continuing Education.

The Kresge Foundation has awarded a grant of $600,000 to CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ's College of Engineering and Applied Science to assist with the construction of the Discovery Learning Center, an innovative facility that will help to expand student involvement in research. The Kresge Foundation grant represents the latest success in a multi-year fund-raising campaign that already has generated $6 million in private giving and bequests for the project. The state of Colorado also has committed $7.8 million, or about half of the $15.3 million cost of the facility.

The University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ's Center for Asian Studies and the department of anthropology are presenting 14 films in the South Asian Film Series from October through December. On Tuesday, Oct. 12, two movies in the film series will be shown from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Hale Science Building, room 270. "Tales of Pabuji," is a study of the Rajasthani tradition of story-telling and "Wedding of the Goddess," depicts the celebration of South India's lavish temple festival for Meenakshi, the patron goddess of the city of Madurai, and her brother, Lord Alagar.

The massive slab avalanche in Tibet Oct. 5 that claimed the lives of American mountain climber Alex Lowe and photographer David Bridges is a sobering reminder of the risks skiers and backcountry enthusiasts confront in the mountains each winter.

The second of a three-part live satellite broadcast on youth violence, followed by a local panel discussion, will be offered free to the public on Oct. 19 by the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ. The videoconference will be in room 4 of the Coors Events/Conference Center from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m, followed by a panel discussion from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. The panel will be moderated by sociology Professor Delbert Elliott, director of the CU-ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ center and a national authority on juvenile delinquency.

A 14-member search committee has been named to seek a replacement for Willard "Wick" Rowland, former dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Colorado at ºù«ÍÞÊÓƵ. Rowland recently resigned the dean's position and is on a leave of absence from the faculty to take an appointment as president and general manager of public television station KBDI in Denver. Stewart Hoover, professor of journalism and mass communication, is currently serving as interim dean of the school.