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| Wednesday, November 18, 2009 |
 | Navajo Weaving Workshop with Lynda Teller Pete, Master Navajo Weaver (Multi-Day Event)
All Day
Refresh your spirit and creativity in these classes with the tranquil art of Navajo weaving. Beginning students will have the opportunity to learn the art of weaving from Master Navajo Weaver, Lynda Teller Pete. Lynda, a 5th Generation Navajo Weaver, has garnered two First Place Blue Ribbons at the Santa Fe Indian Market for her Navajo tapestries. While instructing and demonstrating, Lynda will share her personal stories and experiences, allowing participants the chance to gain fascinating insights into the world of Navajo weaving. |
 | Transgender Day of Remembrance (Multi-Day Event)
Join us in honoring and remembering the lives of amazing transgender and gender variant individuals. A exhibit will be located on Norlin Quad from 11am - 4pm daily from Monday Nov. 16th through Wednesday Nov. 18th.
This event is co-sponsored by the GLBT Resource Center, Queer People of Color, Queer Initiative, the Transgender/Genderqueer Taskforce, Gather/Transform, Chancellor's Standing Committee on LGBT Issues, The Women's Resource Center and the Gender Violence Prevention Taskforce. |
| KAUST Information meeting (Multi-Day Event)
Dear Engineering and Science students,
Looking for a world-class graduate education that includes:
- The opportunity to participate in collaborative research on a global scale?
- Niche technologies?
- Contribution to true innovation with support from institutions like Cornell University and Stanford and corporations like General Electric and IBM?
- A full scholarship, including money for living expenses?
Then, discover the KAUST Fellowship.
KAUST (the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) is an international, graduate-level research university, in Saudi Arabia, dedicated to inspiring a new age of scientific achievement.
KAUST opened its doors in September 2009 and to date has accepted 817 students representing 61 countries around the world. Of this group, 374 students began attending classes on the KAUST campus this year. The remainder will enroll beginning in 2010.
A representative from KAUST will be on campus Tuesday, November 17 from 2-3 p.m. Plan to attend this session to find out how you can be part of this unique approach to scientific research and have your master’s program fully funded.
Session Details
Tuesday, November 17
Engineering Center
Clark Conference Room (ECAD 150)
2-3 p.m.
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| Beverly Sears Graduate Student Awards
All Day
Applications for the Beverly Sears Graduate Student Awards are being accepted through Dec. 12, 2009. |
 | Navajo Weaving: Diamonds, Dreams, Landscapes
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
In May of 2009, the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History will open a new exhibition entitled Navajo Weaving: Diamonds, Dreams, Landscapes.
Presented in three iterations of 20-30 Navajo textiles each, the
exhibit will showcase the breadth and depth of the Museum's Joe Ben
Wheat Southwestern Textile Collection, considered to be one of the
world's best collections of Navajo textiles.
A full slate of public and school programming will accompany
the exhibit, including a grand opening event; hands-on workshops for
adults, parents and children; guided tours; movie showings featuring
movies with Navajo directors, producers, and actors; and programs and
demonstrations on natural dyes and textile conservation.
Judy M. Newland, Faculty Associate and Exhibit Developer at the Arizona
State University Museum of Anthropology is the Guest Curator for the
exhibition. |
 | Weaving Memory: Monotypes by Melanie Yazzie
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Artist Melanie Yazzie's prints are inspired by the textiles from the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History's Joe Ben Wheat Collection and by memories from Yazzie's childhood with her grandmother Thelma Baldwin, a weaver in Wide Ruins, Arizona. |
 | Americans In a Changing China: 1920-2008
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Documenting China, Contemporary Photography and Social Change is a Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit.
The exhibit encompasses three eras of change in China, which is a
timely subject as China and its status on the international stage is
changing so rapidly. Apart from Hinkley’s experience abroad, the
exhibit also includes views of more recent change in China through an
exhibit on loan from Bates College Museum of Art and the Smithsonian
Institution Traveling Exhibition Service from April 11 to June 7, 2009.
It illustrates the country’s development during the past 25 years
through the lenses of seven Chinese photographers. For more information, please click here. |
 | Resistencia Visual: Woodblock Prints from the Oaxacan Assembly of Revolutionary Artists
10:30 AM - 5:30 PM
Extended by popular demand!
The UMC Art Gallery, located near the Reception Desk on the second floor of the University Memorial Center, presents a wide variety of art work from national, international, and local artists. |
 | Dissertation Support Group
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
On-going, bimonthly drop-in support for students starting or already working on dissertations. Support each other in setting and meeting concrete goals while completing your dissertations. |
| Study in London in Summer 2010!
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM
As we interview and accept applicants to the Leeds School of Business Summer 2010 London Finance Seminar, Professor Michael Palmer and Study Abroad Programs would like to announce that a few spots remain! This is an amazing opportunity for students with broad financial, economic, political, and international business interests to study in London and Paris; the program is structured around prominent lecturers and site visits. To learn more, join us at one of two meetings on:
Wednesday, November 18th: 12 pm in KOBL 235 OR 6 pm in KOBL 302. |
 | Hero Astronaut Lands at CU
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Col. Al Worden, Apollo15 Astronaut, will present engineering and applied math student Riley Pack with a $10,000 scholarship from the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation. Space lecture and chat to follow. |
 | The Tunnel of Oppression
1:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Tunnel of Oppression is a program that through visual representation aims at portraying the different forms of oppression that exist today within our society. These include racism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, ageism, sexism, domestic violence, classism and eating disorders. We hope that this will be an educational experience that will encourage others to be conscious of these topics and help create needed change.
This program contains strong content that may bring an emotional experience.
People can walk through at their own pace.
Monday Nov. 16, 11am-6pm
Tuesday Nov. 17, 11am-6pm
Wed. Nov. 18, 1pm-9pm
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| From Theatre Rehearsal to Software Development: The Way of Artful Making
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Rehearsal is not just for actors anymore. According to Artful Making: What Managers Need to Know about How Artists Work (Prentice-Hall, 2003), it is also for business managers who want to understand how to lead collaborative creative processes. Co-authors Robert Austin (Copenhagen Business School) and Lee Devin (People's Light & Theatre Company) will present the principles of "artful making". |
 | Discussion on Pop Culture
5:00 PM
Grab some free food while discussing how pop culture can influence us and how we influence it. As a special focus we will look at several books written by culture critic and author Chuck Klostermann, including Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto. |
| Travel Packing Clinic by Changes in Latitude and Wardenburg
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Going on a study abroad program or just traveling? Please join us for a travel packing clinic! Changes in Latitude's Cindy McClelland and a Wardenburg RN will demonstrate clever packing methods and show you the latest travel accessories that will make traveling more fun. Learn what to include in a medical kit for travel. Avoid the hassles of over-packing and discover the secrets of traveling light with everything you need!
For more information, please click here. |
 | Frybread & Wojapi Cooking Class
5:30 PM
Frybread and Wojapi In recognition of Native American Heritage Month, the Dennis Small Cultural Center and Oyate invite students to attend the annual fry bread & wojapi cooking class on Wednesday, Nov 18 at 5:30pm. This event is open to CU Students only and a RSVP is required. Hurry because spaces fill up fast! To confirm your spot, please email the DSCC. More details are provided upon registration.
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 | Wednesday Night Drop-in Pool Tournaments
6:00 PM - 10:30 PM
Drop-in and play in a pool tournament! Only $2pp. You get to hone your skills while meeting new friends and learning new techniques! Registration starts at 6pm. Tournament begins at 7pm.
Prizes available every Wednesday tournament, with a really cool grand prize! The top 8 people get a spot in the Grand Championship Tournament. For the fall semester, tournaments run Wednesday nights Aug 26 through Nov 18 with the final Grand Championship on Dec. 2. |
 | "Blade Runner" in HD and Surround Sound
7:00 PM
Free screening of Blade Runner at Fiske Planetarium! This classic science fiction film dipicts Los Angeles during an uprising of genetically manufactured "replicants". The movie follows the story of Rick Deckard (Harrision Ford), a semi-retired specialized policeman (blade runner) trained to hunt down and "retire" escaped replicants. Please note: This film is rated R and contains some adult material. For more information please visit fiske.colorado.edu.
Sponsored by Fiske Planetarium & Lunar University Network for Astrophysics Research. |
 | Avalanche Awareness Clinic
7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
The Backcountry Club at CU and Friends of Berthoud Pass bring to campus Bob Tomsky, the former Berthoud Pass Ski Patrol Avalanche Training Director. Bob will provide backcountry travelers with an overview of avalanche awareness, avoidance, rescue and forecasting methods and skills. Route selection, hazard minimization, best practices, preparedness and terrain analysis will also be covered. The course is open to the public with a $5 minimum donation.
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 | Queer Women in Community
7:00 PM
Are you a queer
woman looking for community on campus? QWIC is a casual social gathering for
all ages that meets in the Women's Resource Center. Join us every 1st and 3rd
Wednesday from 6-7:30PM for food, conversation, and fun! We hope to see you there!
For more information, please click here. |
 | Jazz Combos Showcase
7:30 PM
Mingus - Remember Rockefeller at Attica
Le - Wingless Flight
Mingus - Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting
Evans - Twelve Tone Tune
Evans - Waltz for Debby
Evans - Five
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 | Undergraduate Student Recital: Katherine Donahue, mezzo-soprano and Janay Hagen, soprano
7:30 PM
Menken - "Beyond My Wildest Dreams" from The Little Mermaid
Rodgers and Hammerstein - "Out of My Dreams" from Oklahoma!
Wilson - "My White Knight" from The Music Man
Handel - "Bel piacere" from Serse
Handel - "Va godendo" from Agrappina
Gluck - "O del mio dolce ardor" from Paride ed Elena
Mozart - "Non su piú" from Le Nozze di Figaro
Granados - El majo discreto
Granados - El majo olvidado
de Falla - Asturiana
de Falla - El paño moruno
Barber - Sure On This Shining Night
Duke - There Will be Stars
Hundley - The Astronomers
Britten - The Ash Grove
Copland - The Little Horses
Webber - "Tell Me On a Sunday" from Song and Dance
Goldrich and Heisler - The Alto's Lament
Finn - "I Speak Six Languages" from 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Menken and Schwartz - "True Love's Kiss" from Enchanted
Howland and Dickstein - "Some Things Are Meant To Be" from Little Women
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 | Advance Screening: "When in Rome"
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Come see an advance screening of WHEN IN ROME, the latest film from Touchstone starring Kristin Bell and Josh Duhamel before it comes out in theatres January 29th! |
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