University of Colorado Denver College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

April 2, 2015
5:00 – 7:00 pm
Lawrence Street Center Terrace Room

WE NEED YOUR TALENTS!!! Interested in performing? Please contact Tracy Kohm with a brief description of your act… No talent too big, no talent to small! 

Ticket sale information coming in February (with proceeds going towards CLAS student scholarships)

For information contact Tracy Kohm at tracy.kohm@ucdenver.edu

CLAS students and faculty interested in any aspects of environment, science, and/or education can mark their calendars for the Colorado Alliance for Environmental Education (CAEE) Annual Conference, to be held in the North Classroom, March 27-28, 2015. Participants in the conference come from a variety of backgrounds and experience levels including: environmental educators, school teachers/administrators, interpreters, higher education professors/students/administrators, youth group leaders, scientists, program managers, volunteers, nonprofit professionals, community leaders, consultants, and anyone who supports and wants to learn more about environmental education.

Session strands and topics will include:

●  Investigating Environmental Issues (water, fire, flooding, climate change, energy, pollution, overpopulation, etc.)

●  Connecting People to Nature (EE programs/practices, hands-on learning, citizen science, stewardship, sustainability, arts, technology, winter EE, wildlife, place based education, early childhood EE, food/agriculture, behavior change, lifelong learning, urban/rural community approaches etc.)

●  EE in Schools (environmental education/literacy incorporated into preservice teacher curriculum and PreK-12 and Higher Education, including academic standards, curriculum, student achievement, ... Read More »

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is currently soliciting nominations for Outstanding Graduate Students from the College. PLEASE NOTE: nominating packets are now due electronically to John Wyckoff by 5 p.m. on November 10th, NOT November 12th (as earlier reported).

Departments may submit nominations for only one individual to each of two categories: Masters (MA, MS, MHUM, MSS, MIS) and Ph.D. Nominees must have graduated in August or plan to graduate at the end of the current semester. Packets must include the following items in electronic form. Paper applications will not be reviewed:

1) A nominating letter from the department that clearly spells out why this student stands out above the norm (e.g., publications, grants, service to community or profession)

2) A clear statement by the student detailing their accomplishments and plans for the future.

3) A transcript

4) Additional supporting letters from faculty may be included

5) A current Vitae

6) Where applicable, include FCQs for teaching

Additional supporting letters and other materials may be included. Please be aware that this award is competitive across the College, so it would be useful if you can provide information that helps us to compare students from one field with students in another. One example is to include the quality of journals if the student has publications or the scope of a meeting (regional, national, international) if the student ... Read More »

The Auraria 5th Street Garage is now open, adding an additional 925 parking spots to campus. It features covered motorcycle parking and electric car charging stations. The garage, at the corner of Walnut and 5th Streets, will be fully automated at $4.50 per day. Customers do not need to return to their cars to display a ticket on the dashboard. Instead, customers pay in advance at payment stations using their vehicle's license plate number. The 5th Street Garage is also part of the Gold Passport Program, and is the first covered parking option to be included in the Silver Passport Program. The Parking Passports are discounted, pre-paid parking options that allow daily access to most of the parking lots and garages on campus, depending on the Passport level. 

For more information, visit www.ahec.edu/parking.

As preparations ramp up for fall 2015 undergraduate recruitment, of particular significance is the on-campus experience prospective students have when they interact with faculty, staff and current students during Preview CU Denver Days. Last year the Preview CU Denver model was launched and prospective student response was overwhelmingly positive. To better serve the number of undergraduate students interested in exploring the benefits of attending CU Denver, Preview CU Denver dates have been reserved for fall 2014 & spring 2015:  

Sep 26 - Senior Preview Day
Oct 10 - Senior Preview Day
Oct 24 - Transfer Preview Day
Nov 7 - Save the Date
Feb 13 - Senior Preview Day
Feb 27 - Senior Preview Day
Mar 13 - Transfer Preview Day
Apr 24 - Junior Preview Day

For more information contact Mary Francavilla, Assistant Director of Admissions, at 303-315-2604, or Carol Morken, Assistant CLAS Dean, at 303-566-2556.

A group from the CU Denver Political Science Department received an exclusive behind-the scenes look at the inner workings of the political system at this year’s Western Conservative Summit. Presented by the Centennial Institute, the Summit played host to some of the GOP’s biggest names, like Governor Sarah Palin, Dr. Ben Carson, Governor Bobby Jindal, Senator Ted Cruz, and more.  Each of the members of the CU Denver group received backstage and media passes to gain all-inclusive access for the entirety of the weekend.  Students took advantage of the one-on-one experience with each of the esteemed speakers by asking questions on policy and legislation.  Other highlights of the summit included attending a VIP banquet with Representative Michele Bachmann, book signings with Representative Allen West, and radio interviews with Hugh Hewitt. Held between the Hyatt Regency and the Bellco Theater at the Denver Convention Center, the Summit drew crowds in the thousands and broke all of its previous records of attendance. The students’ experiences will be chronicled on the department’s brand new blog site CU Denver Political Science Online upon its launch later this fall.  

For the third year, students from Denver's DSST Cole School visited the Auraria Campus on July 11 to learn about sustainability research and courses underway at CU Denver.  The Cole High School is a Denver School of Science and Technology (DSST) with a focus on sustainability. This group of seventy 9^th grade students and twenty teachers and staff concluded their summer session, focused on STEM and sustainability, by visiting CU Denver to gain real-world perspectives by interacting with CU Denver faculty and students.  Laurel Dodds, Director of Initiatives and Continuing and Professional Education for the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, has coordinated the planning of the DSST Cole campus visits for three years with the Business School, the College of Engineering and Applied Science, the Auraria Library and this year the School of Public Affairs and the Admissions Office.   Dodds says of the experience, “We are pleased to continue the relationship CU Denver has with the DSST Cole Middle and High School , and look forward to further collaboration between faculty, staff and students working together in the future.”  After a series of four morning sessions presented by CLAS, Business, Engineering and the Library, the Cole students gathered for lunch in the Business School to hear from representatives of each College/School, the Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion, Brenda ... Read More »

Six teams participated in the first (hopefully annual) CLAS kickball match on Saturday, April 26. Though last minute logistics made it impossible to play a full tournament, Biology got  redemption in its solid vicotry over Chemistry. These two teams' student organizations played a game last year (in which Chemisty came out ahead) and special thanks go to Christal Davis, Gamma Sigma Epsilon Phi Beta Chapter President, for helping to expand the festivities to include the entire college this year. In the second game, the Political Science team, named "The Power Elite," secured a sound victory over the Geography Department.

The final match of the day pitted Economics against Mathematics, and in the closest contest Econ eked out a victory in the final inning. Special thanks to Anne Beard of Psychology and Karen Fennell of the CLAS Dean’s Office for volunteering! If you missed out this time, start getting your department’s team together and look forward to information on more kickball festivities happening in the fall, probably in October. Questions can be directed to Tracy Kohm at tracy.kohm@ucdenver.edu.