Orchestra recruitment
Orchestra musicians are needed to join MELOMANIA, the HSC Interdisciplinary
Orchestra.
Melomania is a small group consisting of students, residents, faculty members,
staff, and friends of the university. Auditions are not held and the only
requirement is that musicians own their instruments.
Practices are held most Wednesday nights in the School of Pharmacy on the
Ninth Ave. Campus.
For more information, please contact Christina.Yu@uchsc.edu.
Kidney health screening
In observance of World Kidney Day, a kidney health screening will be held
Thursday, March 8, 2 to 6 p.m., at the University of Colorado Hospital.
The free screening will be held in the Renal Hypertension/Transplant Clinic
on the Ninth Avenue Campus; main floor, west corridor, room 1128. Anyone
with diabetes, high blood pressure, or a family history of kidney disease
is invited to participate.
Spaces are limited to the first 100 participants. For more information
or to pre-register, please call the National Kidney Foundation at 720-748-9991,
ext 113.
Parking will be validated and is available in the parking garage attached
to the hospital on East 11th Avenue.
Service Excellence Award call for nominations
The University of Colorado Staff Council (UCSC) seeks nominations for its
annual Service Excellence Award (SEA) for classified staff and professional
exempt employees.
The award is given by the UCSC to one qualified individual per campus and
one from University System Administration and includes a $1,000 cash award
to be presented at the All Staff Council Conference on April 20. Recipients
and their nominator, supervisor, and one guest will be invited to attend
the luncheon.
The purpose of the award is to recognize and reward individuals who have
provided outstanding volunteer service to their campus, community/civic/professional
activities, and the university as a whole through involvement in staff
issues, committee work, teamwork, professional development of peers, and
community relations.
ELIGIBILITY
Any active, certified, classified staff or professional exempt employee
of the university, excluding the current members of UCSC, is eligible to
receive this award. Nominations will be accepted from any staff, faculty,
student or administrator within the university. Nominators need to work
with their nominee for a complete nomination packet.
AWARD CRITERIA
Nominations will be judged on the candidate’s service:
•
To their home campus including but not limited to, membership and leadership
within standing and ad-hoc committees, staff governance organizations,
and by the importance of the activity and its benefit to the Campus community
(50 percent);
•
To community/civic and professional organizations (30 percent); and
•
To the University including but not limited to, membership and leadership
within standing and ad-hoc committees, staff governance organizations,
local and state-wide organizations, and by the importance of the activity
and its benefit to the University community (20 percent);
Service does not include activities that are part of an employee’s
job description, or activities that are directly related to the employee’s
current job duties.
PROCEDURE
Nominations packets (not to exceed 10 pages) must be received by Monday,
Feb.26, and MUST INCLUDE:
1. A completed nomination describing the nominee’s service to the
three areas listed above.
2. A paragraph describing the nominee’s current job responsibilities.
3. One letter from the nominator and one additional letter of support from
a staff member, a faculty member, or an administrator, based on the award
criteria.
The nomination materials will be reviewed by the University of Colorado
Staff Council. Recipients will be chosen based on the above criteria. Accuracy
of the nominee’s qualifications will be verified by UCS.
Send nomination packets to your campus representative:
•
Debbie Lapioli, Chair - UCSC Service Excellence Awards Committee (719)
262-4111.
•
Boulder Campus – Pat Testarmata – (303) 492-6821,
Colorado Springs Campus – Shari Patterson – (719) 262-4153
UCD-Downtown Campus – Sue Sethney – (303) 556-4830
UCD- 9th and Anschutz Campuses – Velma Parker – (303) 315-5609
System Administration – Jennifer Lahlou – (303) 556-4302
Envision
a world without drugs
Envision: A World Without Drugs, a youth art exhibition designed to address
healthy alternatives to the use and abuse of drugs, alcohol and tobacco,
will open March 7.
The exhibit will open with a performance by Downtown Aurora Visual Arts
(DAVA) youth directed by Jaime Lujan at 6 p.m. during the opening ( 4-7
pm) at DAVA’s gallery located at 1405 Florence St., one block south
of Colfax in original Aurora. The exhibit will be open through April 27.
Each spring, youth at Downtown Aurora Visual Arts discuss issues surrounding
substance abuse through a grant from the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division
of Colorado (ADAD). This year, young artists, 11 to l4, are working with
guest artist Jaime Lujan to create a performance that explores how alcohol,
drugs, and tobacco affect their lives. Stories created from writing exercises
and group discussions combine with inventive staging and music into a moving
theatrical piece with students truly speaking with their own voice.
Another part of the exhibit showcases work by DAVA students who envisioned
a world without the influence of drugs and alcohol. Using text and drawings,
students also included innovative fashion design that focuses on the beauty
of a healthy body.
In addition, students, seven to 17, focused on healthy habits through the
creation of a healthy/ drug-free city. Group discussions focused on healthy
activities for the body/and or the mind--such as exercising, eating healthy
food, creating art, listening to music and learning new things. The city
includes healthy restaurants, a juice bar, a park and playground, a beach,
a hospital, a place to create and show art, and a school. High School students
designed additional multimedia and drawing projects related to personal
interests.
DAVA’s open studio programs have banned junk food as a
permanent rule.
The exhibits are free and open to the public from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
to Friday, or by appointment. For more information about the exhibits or
for gallery tours, email davagallery@qwest.net
Downtown Aurora Visual Arts is a nonprofit arts organization whose mission
is to strengthen the community through the arts with youth as its program
focus.
For more information about our programs, visit www.davarts.org,,or
call DAVA at 303-367-588.
Power of One Film to feature classic, modern Civil
War films
Following the theme launched in January with the arrival of the American
Library Association’s traveling exhibit “Forever Free: Abraham
Lincoln’s Journey to Emancipation,” the City of Aurora is presenting
three Civil War films in April as part of The Power of One Film, the second
segment in the city’s year-long Power of One program.
“
Cold Mountain” (R) (2003) will be shown April 5, followed by “The
General” (NR) (1927) on April 12 and “Glory” (R) (1989)
on April 19. All three films will begin at 7 p.m., and will be shown at
the Colorado Film School at Lowry, located in building 965 at the corner
of Lowry Boulevard and Yosemite Street.
The drama Cold Mountain is directed by Anthony Minghella
and stars Jude Law, Nicole Kidman and Renee Zellweger, who received an
Oscar for best supporting actress for her role as Ruby.
The comedy The General, a silent film, is directed by Clyde
Buck and Buster Keaton, and stars Buster Keaton and Marion Mack. It was
added to the National Film Registry in 1989, which preserves select films
through the Library of Congress that are considered to be significant in
America film history.
The action/adventure Glory is directed by Edward Zwick, and
stars Matthew Broderick, Cary Elwes, Morgan Freeman and Denzel Washington.
This film, which focuses on the U.S. Civil War’s first all-black
volunteer regiment, received three Academy Awards.
A Colorado Film School representative will briefly introduce each film,
and a short discussion will follow each screening. Admission is free, but
seating is limited. Snacks and beverages will be served.
For more information on The Power of One, call 303-739-6617 or visit www.auroragov.org/powerofone.
UCH
Blood Donor Center
The University of Colorado Hospital Blood Donor Center has been open since
2002, with the purpose of supplementing the blood supply. The center also
provides a service for employees and patients’ friends and families
to donate on-site, so that they don’t have to travel to another facility.
The two donor locations are open Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.:
•
Ninth Ave. Campus, Critical Care Tower basement, room CC027
•
Anschutz Medical Campus Cancer Pavilion, second floor, room 2005
It takes about 30 minutes to donate blood and from 1 1⁄2 to two hours
to donate platelets.
If you have any questions or would like to make an appointment, please
contact Jennifer Bridges, donor recruiter, at Jennifer.bridges@uch.edu
or call 303.372.0494.
School of Medicine heeds national call for
medical
school enrollment
The University of Colorado Denver’s
School of Medicine has increased its first-year enrollment by 18 percent
over the past two years as part of a national medical school expansion
effort.
According to a survey by the Association of American Medical Colleges
(AAMC), first-year enrollment in U.S. medical schools is expected to increase
17 percent by 2012.
The School of Medicine’s expansion is part of the national effort
to increase the number of physicians by 30 percent by 2015, as recommended
by the AAMC.
First-year enrollment at School of Medicine held steady at 132 for 30 years.
In 2005, the class size was increased by 12 students, to 144, a 9 percent
increase. The following year, the class size was increased by 8 percent
with the addition of another 12 students, bringing the total first-year
enrollment to 156.
Increasing first-year enrollment at School of Medicine came at a difficult
time given double-digit state budget cuts to the school totaling 40 percent
over the past 5 years. To off-set these costs, tuition increased over the
past five years for resident students by 88.7 percent.
The state legislature is currently debating Senate Bill 07-097. If enacted,
this bill would allocate tobacco settlement trust funds for UCD and
other health programs. UCD would receive 49 percent of the targeted
tobacco settlement trust funds each year, with the remainder going to nine
other health-related programs. Existing tobacco settlement programs will
not be impacted by this bill.
TIAA-CREF financial
counseling sessions slated
TIAA-CREF is scheduling one-on-one counseling sessions for UCD employees
to answer financial questions.
To schedule an appointment, please visit the Web site at www.tiaa-cref.org/moc
or call Colleen Asay at (800) 842-2009, ext. 2738.
Dates |
Times |
Locations |
Tuesday, Feb. 20 |
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
Ninth Ave. Campus SON, Room 1921-1 |
Wednesday, Feb. 21 |
8:00 AM – 3:45 PM |
Anschutz Medical Campus Chancellors Conf. Room, Bldg. 500, C-100 |
Thursday, Feb. 22 |
8:00 AM – 4:00 PM |
Ninth Ave. Campus SON, Room 1921-1 |
Heart patients needed to speak with medical students
Patients with a heart condition are invited to speak with a small group
of first-year medical students. This is a unique opportunity to inform
future physicians about what is important regarding your experiences
as a patient.
If you are willing to talk with eight medical students and their faculty
group leaders from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on April 11, please contact Sharon
Campbell, Department of Psychiatry Medical Student Course Coordinator,
at 303-315-7394 or Sharon.Campbell@uchsc.edu.
All interviews are being conducted at the Ninth Ave. Campus.
Specific information
about parking and location will be sent to each participant.
There will be a $25 honorarium for participation.
Nominations being accepted
for the
2007 President’s Diversity Award
The annual President’s Diversity Award recognizes significant achievements
of faculty, staff, students, and academic or administrative units toward
developing a more culturally diverse, competent, and inclusive university
community.
Up to four awards of $1,000 each are given for projects or practices that
best reflect the implementation of system and/or campus diversity goals.
Awardees will be recognized at the President’s Diversity Award Reception
on May 1, 2 to 4 p.m. (Denver location to be announced).
ELIGIBILITY
Nominations are welcome from any member of the university community. Nominations
are sought in four categories: (1) faculty, (2) staff, (3) student, and
(4) academic unit or administrative unit. Faculty must be full-time tenured/tenure
track or senior instructors/instructors; staff must be full-time professional
exempt or classified employees; and students must be full-time undergraduate
or graduate students. Unit refers to academic and administrative offices;
staff, faculty, and student committees; and organizations (such as alumni)
directly associated with CU.
CRITERIA FOR SELECTION
Significance: How does the activity the individual or unit engaged in address
key areas of diversity such as recruitment, retention, campus or department
climate, community outreach, or other system or campus diversity goals?
Implementation: How was the activity implemented? What strategies were
used? What sources of funding were used to implement this project or activity?
Projects or activities may be short-term or may have occurred over several
years.
Impact: What has been the outcome? For example, has the activity (a) increased
understanding or promoted constructive change on issues regarding diversity
at CU? (b) influenced the success of students, staff, or faculty of diverse
cultural backgrounds? (c) helped to bridge the gap between the university
and diverse communities? (d) helped to bring about greater equity in the
university community? These and/or other indicators of impact should be
described in the nomination letter.
NOMINATION LETTER
Nomination letters should (1) indicate the nominee’s category (refer
to eligibility section above), (2) explicitly address the three criteria
stated above, (3) be no longer than three pages, and (4) include the name
and email address of nominee and nominator. Additional supporting materials
may be included as appendices.
A committee with representatives from each campus will make selections
based on the criteria. The deadline for receipt of nominations and all
supporting documents is Friday, March 9.
Submit nomination letters (electronic
submissions are welcome) to:
Rae Ann Armijo
University of Colorado
1800 Grant Street
Suite 800/35UCA
Denver, CO 80203
raeann.armijo@cu.edu
303.860.5617 (Ph.)
303.860.5620 (Fax)
Ninth Ave. Campus
badge office reduces hours
The Electronic Security Department has reduced hours for the badging
office at the Ninth Ave. Campus. As of Jan. 2, the badging office
is only
open Tuesdays from 8 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 4 p.m.
This decision has been in part due to the drop in demand for badging
at the Ninth Ave. Campus location. For your convenience, appointments
are
encouraged
and can be made by calling (303) 724-0399. The e-mail address is IDAccess.Badges@UCHSC.edu.
The web address is http://www/uchsc.edu/police/IDHours.php.
Department Administrators and Student Coordinators may contact our office
to request additional hours of availability to accommodate group badging
sessions.
Palmer Elementary school needs volunteers
Palmer Elementary School, a PreK-5 urban school at 995 Grape St., is
looking for active community members to help mentor/tutor second to fifth
grade students in an after-school tutoring program. Tutors participating
in this program will:
• Provide consistent and personal mentoring and tutorial during one-on-one
sessions for 1-1/2 hours each Tuesday when school is in session, from
6-7:30 p.m.
• Transport student to and from tutoring site. Students should be picked
up around 5:30/5:45 p.m. to ensure being at tutoring on time.
• Communicate needs and updates to the liaison teacher.
• Communicate with student and volunteer coordinator when unable to attend.
• Enjoy themselves and have a sense of accomplishment in helping a child
succeed.
If you have an interest in volunteering for this program, contact Kate
Logan at (720) 273-5357 or Kate_Logan@dpsk12.org.
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