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CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Today sat down with Senior Vice Chancellor and CFO Kelly Fox to discuss the campus’s request to the Board of Regents for a final $6.3 million in additional funding needed to complete renovations and expansions of Folsom Field, which was approved today.

On Friday afternoon, the University of Colorado Board of Regents heard a proposal for a new tuition plan for CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø, which offers resident students a fixed tuition guarantee for four years from the date that they matriculate. CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø Today sat down with Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano to discuss these proposed changes and what they mean for students.

Thinking about taking summer classes? Wondering what classes you might be taking in the fall? Starting to consider study abroad? This is the perfect time to come see your academic advisor.

The CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø is ranked No. 5 in the nation – up one spot from last year – for graduates serving as Peace Corps volunteers with 53 alumni currently serving around the world, the Peace Corps announced Feb. 18.

Francis Beckwith will serve as the Visiting Scholar in Conservative Thought and Policy for the 2016-17 academic year. He is the fourth person to hold the position. Beckwith earned a PhD in philosophy from Fordham University and a master of juridical studies from the Washington University School of Law in St. Louis. Beckwith, professor of philosophy and church-state studies at Baylor University in Texas, will succeed Brian Domitrovic, whose appointment ends this academic year.

Students from the Â鶹¹ÙÍø’s Leeds School of Business are offering free tax preparation services under the Internal Revenue Service-sponsored Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program.

Greetings, Buffaloes. I hope you're all enjoying this fine weather and acing this first round of midterms! Take a well-earned break from studying this week with one of these fine events.

It's not too late to apply for a scholarship. The CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø scholarship application process for 2016-17 is available through March 1 on the student portal. CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø also encourages students to apply for privately-funded scholarships.

Sabrina Sideris, program director of CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø's INVST Community Studies, takes great pride in working with CU students to help them learn to become engaged citizens and leaders. In fact, she was once one of those students. Sideris became interested in community-based learning and social justice when she was a CU-Â鶹¹ÙÍø undergraduate (1996-2000).

Â鶹¹ÙÍø Provost Russell L. Moore has named Katherine Schultz dean of the School of Education effective Aug. 1, 2016. Schultz succeeds Lorrie Shepard, who is returning to the faculty as a distinguished professor after 15 years as dean. Schultz presently serves as professor and dean of the School of Education at Mills College, a liberal arts and sciences college in Oakland, California.