CU-Boulder Engineering Dean Leads Workshop On Educational Reform

Aug. 3, 2000

CU-Boulder engineering Dean Ross Corotis led a national workshop on engineering education reform July 28 in which he detailed the collegeÂ’s successful Integrated Teaching and Learning program and groundbreaking Discovery Learning Initiative for other college educators.

Elease Robbins Named Permanent Dean Of ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ At CU-Boulder

Aug. 3, 2000

Elease Robbins, interim associate vice chancellor for student affairs and dean of students at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder, has been appointed to the position on a permanent basis, according to Ron Stump, vice chancellor for student affairs. The appointment was approved by the Board of Regents on Aug. 3 and is effective Aug. 4. Robbins has held the position on an interim basis for the past year. The salary is $85,000.

CU-Boulder's August Commencement Parking Is Easier With Early Arrival

Aug. 2, 2000

The 5,000 people expected to attend the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at BoulderÂ’s commencement exercises Aug. 12 at 8:30 a.m. in the historic Norlin Quadrangle are strongly urged to plan for an early arrival. Free parking will be available in the Euclid Avenue Autopark, Lot 204 off 18th Street and Broadway, Lot 308 at Regent Drive and Kittredge Loop Road, and in Lot 310 off 18th Street and Wardenburg Drive. Lots 359 and 378, near Folsom Stadium, and the Regent Drive Autopark (Lot 436 on Regent Drive) also are open and free.

Regents Name Elizabeth Hoffman President Of The University Of Colorado

Aug. 2, 2000

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. - The ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Board of Regents announced today that Elizabeth "Betsy" Hoffman, 53, has been named the 20th president of the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½. Hoffman, currently Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), will take over CU's top post on Sept. 1.

CU's Journalism, Mass Communication School Names Sierra Nelson Outstanding Graduate

Aug. 1, 2000

After hearing a fellow CU-Boulder classmate present a speech about broadcast journalism in a public speaking class, Sierra Nelson knew it was the career for her. "IÂ’ve always loved writing, and broadcast journalism is a culmination of all of the things that I like to do," said Nelson, a 22-year-old from Littleton.

CU-Boulder And Community Food Share Prepare To Harvest Campus Crops

Aug. 1, 2000

Editors: The next harvest will take place on Aug. 8 at 9 a.m. outside of the north entrance of Regent Hall. Photographers are welcome to attend. Nestled among the stately buildings on campus, rows of vegetables that compose the CU-Boulder campus garden project have been weeded and watered throughout the summer by volunteers hoping for a bumper crop to benefit Boulder County residents in need.

Colorado Photographer John Fielder To Give CU-Boulder Commencement Speech

July 27, 2000

Colorado nature photographer and local publisher John Fielder will give the commencement address at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder summer commencement ceremony Saturday, Aug. 12, at 8:30 a.m. in Norlin Quadrangle. CU-Boulder will confer 1,008 degrees, including 696 bachelorÂ’s degrees, 174 masterÂ’s and 138 doctoral degrees. The summer ceremony, which is much smaller than the spring and winter ceremonies, will last about two hours and include the reading of all the graduatesÂ’ names.

Best Night To View Perseid Meteor Shower Aug. 12

July 27, 2000

The Perseid meteor shower, one of the best celestial treats of the year, will be visible in night skies throughout Colorado in early August. The meteors will decorate the night sky Aug. 10 – 14, peaking on Aug. 12 when as many as 50 meteors per hour could be visible, according to experts at the Fiske Planetarium at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder.

Services For CU Librarian Leo Cabell Jr. Scheduled Aug. 7 At Old Main Chapel

July 27, 2000

The ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder Libraries will celebrate the life of Leo Walter Cabell Jr., retired associate director of the University Libraries and assistant professor emeritus on Monday, Aug. 7, at 3 p.m. in the Old Main Chapel on the Boulder campus. The service is open to the public and marks the one-year anniversary of his death. Memories, anecdotes and photos submitted no later than Thursday, Aug. 3, will be compiled for a memory book. Items may be sent to the Norlin Library Dean's Office, N210C, Campus Box 184, Boulder, CO 80309-0184.

CU-Boulder Canebearer Tradition Revived For Summer Commencement

July 27, 2000

Editors: For more information about events involving the Canebearer and Outstanding Senior Woman reunion, contact Nancy Miller or Kay Oltmans at the CU Heritage Center at (303) 492-6329. Canebearers and Outstanding Senior Women from past ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ at Boulder graduating classes will gather during the university summer commencement for a reunion.

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