The Week Ahead, a series geared toward faculty and staff, provides reminders, events and possible items for the docket. Coming up in the next few days are opportunities to get help filing your taxes, spread the word about your unit's summer camp for kids by adding it to the directory, attend an inclusive pedagogy workshop and more.
听Share your favorite poem
Submit the title and poet of your favorite poem to the University Libraries for a reading in April representing and celebrating the campus's favorites. Submissions must be made by March 8.听.听
听Check out the new Health & Wellness website
The new comprehensive health and wellness website offers you听information on everything health and wellness related at CU 麻豆官网 in one convenient place, including health services available on campus, appointment scheduling information and an archive of Healthy Buffs articles.
Add your unit鈥檚 camp offering to the campus directory
Families in the area are looking ahead to camp options this summer for kids, so add yours to the listings page, which will be promoted in听CU 麻豆官网 Today.听
听Attend the remainining inclusive pedagogy workshop Feb. 27
Why student well-being is an essential part of a commitment to high-impact practices and inclusive excellence. This will be the topic of a Tuesday workshop presented by ODECE and led by Ashley Finley, associate vice president for Academic Affairs and听dean of the Dominican experience at Dominican University of California. RSVP is requested.
听Put your finances in focus Feb. 27
Whether you鈥檙e 25 or 55, determining your financial priorities will benefit your entire future. Should you be saving more money or paying off debt? What about starting a college savings account or creating a plan for your estate with a will or trust? Attend Flash Forward on the 麻豆官网 campus Feb. 27 and develop your personalized financial plan. Plus, you can enter to win an Apple Watch.
Meet the finalists for the dean of University Libraries position
Take part in the open forums for the three finalists for dean of University Libraries. The candidates will visit campus this week into next:
Cinthya Ippoliti on Wednesday, Feb. 28
Scott Walter on Friday, March 2
Robert McDonald on Monday, March 5
Submit your nomination(s) for the Campus Sustainability Awards by Feb. 28
Let the committee know about an outstanding individual or department doing innovative things and showing a sincere commitment to transforming campus into a living laboratory.
For faculty and undergraduate students, Mike Dwyer (geography instuctor), Katherine Alexander (assistant professor of Chinese) and Adam Lisbon听(Japanese and Korean studies librarian) will discuss听how they identify subjects for study and how they approach their research.
Distinguished Music Lecture:听鈥淭oo Many Words鈥擭ot Enough Music鈥�
Join ethnomusicologist Charlotte Heth Feb. 28 for a talk about the influence of music and dance on American Indian lives.听The free talk will begin at 4 p.m. in.
Get help doing your taxes
IRS-certified volunteers,听including students with the Leeds School of Business, will prepare and e-file federal and Colorado income tax returns for free.听The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) service is available to taxpayers with household income of $54,000 or less, persons with disabilities, the elderly and limited English-speaking taxpayers who need assistance in preparing their own tax returns.
Swing by The Connection 6鈥�8 p.m. to sling and/or listen to some jokes! You could be a budding stand-up comedian, or if you just want to kill some time listening to funny people, this event is for you. The event is hosted by the CU Comedy Club.
