Faculty/Staff Edition - June 1, 2017
Campus Community
Our space, our future: Grand Challenge calling for proposals
The Grand Challenge initiative this week announced a new campus-wide call for proposals to build on and expand the accomplishments of current programs and efforts, due July 1.
Annual pay increases announced for classified employees
The Colorado Department of Personnel & Administration, Division of Human Resources, has issued the annual rate increases and pay plan memorandum for state classified employees.
New electronic workflow for grade-change requests
Instructors can now submit grade changesÌýelectronicallyÌýwithout a change of record form. The newÌýfunctionality allows for changes to classes through fall 2010.
On-demand course creation comes to D2L
Starting June 8, instructors will be able to create their own basic, uncombined course in Desire2Learn (D2L) without waiting for the Office of Information Technology to create it for them.
The university's Colorado Shakespeare Festival has been awarded $25,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to perform the works of William Shakespeare for middle- and high-school students.
Events & Exhibits
Attend high-performance computing boot camp at no cost
Research Computing will telecast the annual XSEDE HPC Summer Boot Camp on campus June 6 to 9. Registration closes June 2 and is limited to 20 participants.
Enjoy food, games, live music at Staff Appreciation Field Day
Join the Boulder Campus Staff Council from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, June 8, at Farrand Field for the annual Staff Appreciation Field Day,ÌýfeaturingÌýfood, games, live music, vendors and outdoor fun.
Ribbon-cutting ceremony for student-built playground in Denver
A Denver-area playground designed and built by students in theÌýProgram in Environmental Design will have its grand opening at 4 p.m. on June 3 with aÌýribbon-cutting ceremony.
Innovative digital scholarship center to open June 8 in Norlin Library
With digital information and storage becoming increasingly vital to academic research, University Libraries and Research Computing will open a state-of-the-art center designed to help students and faculty manage, preserve and leverage data.
Chancellor's Tour postpones final June 9 event
The Chancellor's Tour open house event scheduled for Friday, June 9, in Denver has been cancelled. The Alumni Association apologizes for any inconvenience andÌýwill update the campus community once the event is rescheduled.
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