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| Wednesday, December 02, 2009 |
| Beverly Sears Graduate Student Awards
All Day
Applications for the Beverly Sears Graduate Student Awards are being accepted through Dec. 12, 2009. |
| Masters final exam/thesis defense deadline
All Day
Masters students must complete the master's final exam or thesis defense by this date in order to graduate in December. You must give the Graduate School written notification of the exam or defense two weeks prior to the exam. This info should be provided on the Master Examination Report. |
| PhD dissertation submission deadline
All Day
PhD students must have a dissertation submitted and approved by this deadline to graduate in December. The dissertation must be submitted at http://www.etdadmin.com/colorado, and a signature page with original signatures must be turned in to the Graduate School office by 5:00 p.m. Students whose dissertations or signatures are received after this deadline must apply to graduate at the following commencement. |
 | 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. |
 | School of Education Information Sessions
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Educate the next generation! The School of Education is hosting Information Sessions for current undergraduate students interested in earning a teaching license. Be a part of the School of Education’s licensure program and enjoy small class sizes and close interaction with faculty. Attend an information session to learn about specific programs and the application process. For many students, it is possible to complete their Bachelor’s degree and the licensure program in four years. Come find out how!
Two sessions meet in UMC 381: Elementary Education from 11:00AM - 12:00PM and Secondary Education from 12:00PM - 1:00PM. No need to RSVP.
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| | School of Education Information Sessions
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Educate the next generation! The School of Education is hosting Information Sessions for current undergraduate students interested in earning a teaching license. Be a part of the School of Education’s licensure program and enjoy small class sizes and close interaction with faculty. Attend an information session to learn about specific programs and the application process. For many students, it is possible to complete their Bachelor’s degree and the licensure program in four years. Come find out how!
Two sessions meet in UMC 381: Elementary Education from 11:00AM - 12:00PM and Secondary Education from 12:00PM - 1:00PM. No need to RSVP.
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 | Doctoral Student Recital: David McArthur, piano
4:30 PM
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 | World Aids Day
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Community Health a Division of Wardenburg Health Center World Aids Day on December 2, 2009 from 6pm to 8pm in Humanities 150. There will be a special guest who will be sharing her experiences with HIV and coping with HIV. There will also be free HIV testing and Beads for Life will be selling beads to help women in Uganda. A team from Africa Bags (Charity fund raising to help AIDs’ in Malawi) will also be present. |
 | UMC NITE BITE
5:30 PM - 7:00 PM
UMC NITE BITE presents the UMC "Top Chef" Competition.
Are YOU the UMC Top Chef? Enter to participate in the competition, or come watch the fun and cheer! You don't have to know how to cook to compete. You just have to know what you like! Enter to participate by emailing umc-food@colorado.edu with the words "Top Chef" in the subject line. Afterwards, watch Bravo's "Top Chef" with us on large screen TV!
Learn all the details and see the other UMC NITE BITE events and competitions at umc.colorado.edu/nitebite. It's all about food, and it's all free! Eating contests, cooking classes, tastings, competitions and more FUN! Wednesday evenings, UMC Alferd Packer Grill, 1st floor UMC |
 | Women Who Make a Difference Celebratory Dinner
5:30 PM
Join the Women's Resource Center in celebrating women in the campus community who have made a difference. Come show your appreciation for these amazing women at a free dinner on Dec. 2 at 5:30 p.m. in UMC 235!
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 | Chuck Klosterman Comes to CU: Life Through the Prism of Pop Culture
7:00 PM
The Cultural Events Board presents Chuck Klosterman, journalist and author of "Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs." Klosterman will speak on how pop culture shapes our identity, worldview, and society as a whole. The author will hold a book signing after the event.
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 | CU in Broomfield: Homegrown Jazz!
7:00 PM
Compositions by the CU Jazz Faculty are the focus of this concert, with particular emphasis on the music of trumpeter Brad Goode and saxophonist John Gunther. |
 | 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. |
 | Doctoral Student Recital: Gregory Garrison, jazz bass
7:30 PM
Carter - R. J.
Lande - So Green
Garrison - Unbeknown
Werner - Yump
Petkere/Young - Lullaby of the Leaves
Garrison - Blackwell's
Rodriguez - Oleo de la Mujer con Sombrero
Scott - Chameleon Eyes
Peterson - Hymn to Freedom
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 | Graduate Student Recital: Sarah Murray, violin
7:30 PM - 10:00 PM
Stravinsky - Suite Italienne
Bach - Partita No. 2 in D Minor, BWV 1004
Mozart - Sonata in E-flat Major, K. 302
Shostakovich - Preludes, Op. 34
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 | The 2013 MAVEN Mission to Mars
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Prof. Bruce Jakosky will talk about NASA's next Mars mission. |
