The University of Colorado Boulder (usually referred to as CU or Colorado ) is a public research university located in Boulder, Colorado, USA. This is a flagship university of the University of Colorado system and was established five months before Colorado was accepted at Union in 1876.
By 2015, the university consists of nine colleges and schools and offers more than 150 academic programs and enrolled nearly 17,000 students. Twelve Nobel Laureates, nine MacArthur Fellows, and 20 astronauts have been affiliated with CU Boulder as a student, researcher, or faculty member in its history. The University received nearly $ 454 million in research sponsored in 2010 to fund programs such as the Atmospheric and Space Physics Laboratory, and JILA.
Buffalo Colorado competes in 17 sports universities and is a member of the NCAA I Pac-12 Conference Division. Buffalo has won 28 national championships: 20 in skiing, seven in total cross country men and women, and one in football. About 900 students participate in 34 inter-club sports clubs annually as well.
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On March 14, 1876, the Colorado state legislature endorsed state constitutional amendments that provided money for the establishment of the University of Colorado at Boulder, the Colorado School of Mining in Golden, and the Colorado College of Colleges at Fort Collins.
Two cities compete for University of Colorado locations: Boulder and CaÃÆ' Â ± on City. The entertainment prize for the losing city is the home of the new Colorado State Prison. CaÃÆ' Â ± on City suffered a loss because it has become the home of Colorado Territorial Jail. (Now there are six prisons in CaÃÆ' Â ± in the City area.)
The foundation of the building that became the Old Main was put on September 20, 1875. The doors of the university opened on September 5, 1877. At that time, there were some state high schools that could prepare students for university work, so in addition to the University, the school preparations are formed on campus. In the fall of 1877, the student body consisted of 15 students in appropriate college and 50 students in prep school. There are 38 men and 27 women, and their ages range from 12-23 years.
During World War II, Colorado was one of 131 national colleges and universities participating in the V-12 Naval Training Program that offers students a road to the naval commission.
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Campus
The main CU Boulder campus is located south of Pearl Street Mall. It consists of academic and residential buildings as well as research facilities. The Eastern Campus is about a quarter of a mile from the main campus and is composed mostly of athletic fields and research buildings.
Architecture
The distinctive architectural style of CU Boulder, known as the Tuscan Vernacular Revival, was designed by architect Charles Klauder. The oldest buildings, such as Old Main (1876) and Macky Auditorium (1923), are in the Gothic Collegiate style of many East Coast schools, and Klauder's early plans for the university's new buildings (approved in 1919) share the same style. A month or so after being approved, however, Klauder updated his design by sketching in a new wrapper from a rough textured sandstone wall with a sloping, multi-leveled roofing roof and an Indiana lime trim. This formed the basis of an integrated style used in the design of fifteen other buildings between 1921 and 1939.
The sandstone used in the construction of almost all buildings on campus is selected from a variety of mountain mines overhead. In 2011, Travel Leisure named the Boulder campus as one of the most beautiful college campuses in the United States.
Residence hall
Currently, Freshman and others who attend the University of Colorado Boulder have a choice of 24 boarders on and off campus. Residence hall has 17 types of room types from single rooms to four people and the other with apartment-style facilities. There are several boarding communities located throughout the campus, as well as in a separate area called Williams Village which is located about 1.5 miles from the main campus. There is a free bus service that transports students to the main campus of Williams Village and vice versa. The University also offers Residential Academic Programs (RAPS) in many Dormitory Rooms. RAP provides in-board class students tailored to academic interest (international affairs, environmental studies, etc.).
Technical Center
The Engineering Center on the north-east side of the campus houses the largest geotechnical centrifuge as well as ion and microwave-propagation implantation facilities, spectrometers, electrons and other microscopes, and structural analysis facilities.
Norlin Library
Until 1903, the library collection was kept with the rest of the schools in Old Main. The growing size of the library requires a step, as the weight of the books causes physical damage on the floor. The foundation for the first separate library building was put in January 1903, and the building opened in January 1904. When the new Norlin Library opened in 1940, the old library was submitted to the Theater department, and converted into classrooms and theater..
The Norlin Library is the last building designed by Klauder. There are two inscriptions on the west face of the building, overlooking the Norlin Quadrangle. Both were composed by President Norlin. The bigger inscription reads "Who knows only his own generation who is always a child," based on Cicero's quote, while the smaller inscription on the marble above the door reads "Enter here the eternal fellowship of the human soul."
Macky Auditorium
Macky Auditorium is a large building on the north end of the University of Colorado campus, near 17th Street and University Avenue, which hosts various talks, plays and music performances. Andrew J. Macky was a prominent businessman involved with the town of Boulder in the late 19th century. Macky served as President, as well as shareholder of First National Bank, an institution founded by early CU supporters, Lewis Cheney. Macky is credited with a number of landmarks throughout Boulder, where he is a carpenter and is involved in politics.
The auditorium opened its doors in 1923, thirteen years after the construction began. Macky's adopted daughter, May, sued a third of Macky's property, a case that took thirteen years to complete. May is upset that his father left no money in his will, while handing over $ 300,000 to CU for the construction of the hall. The university finally won the case, and the majority of the important construction in the building was back.
The building has various architectural elements from various buildings around the world that President Baker, president of CU at the turn of the 20th century, was admired. The design of the auditorium is primarily Neo-Gothic, with the main material of sandstone and red tiles, like the rest of the campus. The result is a unique building, with two large towers and a large ivy, which separates itself from the rest of the CU campus. Macky was refurbished in 1986, with better seating, special carpets, modern plumbing, and elevators. Currently there is an electronic bell system in Macky's tower that clocks during the day.
Macky is the home of two departments both at the College of Music, the Jazz Studies Department and the Choir Department, and the art gallery home that opens Wednesday, and for customers during the show. The hall houses almost all performances by Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, Artist Series, and Opera CU. Macky is also home to many lectures including part of the World Affairs Conference held at CU every spring.
University Memorial Center
In 1947, Colorado Governor Lee Knous issued a proclamation to make a warning to Colorado warriors at the University of Colorado Boulder. The proposal for this memorial house in the student union building resulted in a tremendous fundraising effort. The University Memorial Center (UMC) opened its doors in October 1953 with President Robert Stearns leading the ribbon-cutting ceremony. UMC quickly became a landmark center of the Boulder campus. The addition of 1964 created new bookstores, conference facilities, additional dining facilities, and offices to accommodate the rapidly growing activities and student organizations. This expansion is financed through bonds provided by student fees.
The 1960s and '70s put UMC at the center of student activism when students went on strike, wine boycott, love, sit-down, and walk-out. The UMC Fountain Court (now Dalton Trumbo Fountain Court) becomes a familiar sight for network television news watchers because it is famous and famous for promoting their cause at CU Boulder. The diverse entertainers like Ramsey Lewis and the Grateful Dead have performed at the Glenn Miller Ballroom. UMC connections, a student entertainment center in the basement, are a more informal gathering place, featuring a pool table and a small bowling alley. He also has Club 156, which hosts concerts from local bands and upcoming bands. In 1986, students passed the issue of other bonds to remodel the food service area. Alferd Packer Grill gets its name from Alferd Packer, a famous historical cannibal in Colorado. Many exotic foods can be found here.
Community Center
The Community Center, also known as C4C by students, follows the different Charles Klauder architectural guidelines and state-of-the-art 323,000 square feet (30,000 m 2 facilities promised to 20 percent to 25 percent more lots of energy and water saving compared to similar sized buildings. The facility was completed in September 2010 at a cost of $ 84.4 million. The building was initially funded by bonds through the CU treasurer and will be paid through a combination of sources. Most of the debt, $ 47.4 million, will be paid by Housing and Dining Services, through room and meal charges. The fees from the Parking Permit and Service will also contribute. The center also relies on donations worth $ 18 million, an unachieved goal, but has become a major fundraising priority for the University.
The building has a Student Services office including Campus Card Service, Disabled Services, and Career Services. This service has been moved to C4C from various locations around the campus. For example, Career Services were previously housed in the basement of Willard Dormitory. There is an underground parking structure of 140,000 square feet (13,000 m 2 ) containing about 365 to 375 parking spaces. The student study area is located on the top floor and the conference center is open to campus and non-campus affiliates throughout the building. The dining services offered in the C4C include CU on a "grab-n-go" trip, The Bakery, a late-night dining center called the Weather Tech Cafà © à ©, open until 2 am, and finally a central dining facility. The dining facility has 900 seats and offers students up to nine special dining options including: Persian, Asian, Latin, Sushi, Italian, Kosher, grill, salad bar and dessert. Overall the Eating Center is projected to serve about one million meals per year.
Recreation Center
In 1973 the student recreation center was built on the main campus of CU Boulder, by architect James Wallace. Funding to build a recreation center is entirely from student fees, which also funded expansion in 1990 and 2014. The recreation center has power and cardio space, basketball/volleyball court, ice rink, track pool, well-dive, fitness studio (cycling, rowing, etc.), rock climbing, lawn gym and an iconic outdoor swimming pool in the buffalo CU Boulder buffalo mascot. Currently around 300,000 square feet (28,000 m 2 ) and operating on a $ 5 million annual budget. The center is managed jointly by the student affairs division and CUSG, the student government of CU Boulder. Located on the north end of the campus next to Folsom Field. It is open 7 days a week and averages 16 hours a day with most of the facilities available for use during these hours.
Mary Rippon Theater
The Mary Rippon Theater is an outdoor theater and the venue of many cultural events, especially the Colorado Shakespeare Festival. The theater is named Professor Mary Rippon, the first female instructor at the University and one of the first female University instructors in the United States. He teaches German and French. Professor Rippon is very popular with students that when attempts were made to replace him with male instructors, students' bodies rebeled massively , and Rippon defended his work.
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Old Main is the oldest building on campus, and previously served as the School of Medicine for the University of Colorado system.
Gallery
The Norlin Library has two art galleries, several special art rooms, and works of art exhibited throughout the building. The CU Art Museum features cutting-edge works of contemporary and modern art, as well as historic artwork. The Museum's permanent collection includes over 5,000 works of art from different periods of time and culture. UMC Art Gallery exhibits visual offers ranging from student work made on campus to internationally recognized artist presentations. Andrew J. Macky Gallery exhibits the work of local and national artists and is housed in the historic Macky Auditorium.
Museum
The Natural History Museum of the University of Colorado has one of the most extensive natural history collections in the Rocky Mountain and Plains region, which represents the disciplines of Anthropology, Botany, Entomology, Paleontology, and Zoology. It is located in the Henderson building, named after the first curator, Judge Junius Henderson, and hosts the master's program Museum and Field Studies (MS). CU Heritage Center tells the story of past and past CU Boulder and is housed in Old Main, the first building built on campus. Seven galleries showcased the art and memorabilia associated with CU faculty and alumni. The Fiske Planetarium and Science Center has 60Ã, ft (18 m). the planetarium dome and laser performances, live concerts, and a series of sustainable public programs. Fiske also offers a direct science museum with interactive exhibits and space themed art.
Perform an art facility
The University of Colorado Boulder College of Music presents over 400 performances and educational events that bring together guest lecturers, students and artists annually through the Pendulum New Music Series. They present music genres including classical music, jazz, the world, and new music. The University of Colorado Boulder Department of Theater & amp; Dance is home to the Charlotte York Irey Dance Theater, University Theater, and Loft Theater as well as the Grusin Music Hall and Chamber Music Hall at the College of Music. More than twenty productions are presented each year featuring students and faculty actors, dancers, choreographers, directors, and designers, as well as the work of professional guest artists. Student work is also on display at the annual CU Boulder Fringe Festival, produced by OnStage, a student performing arts group.
Visual Arts Complex
A new visual arts complex that houses the Department of Art and Art History and the CU Art Museum was officially opened on 24 September 2010. The new facility houses the program in Art History, Ceramics, Drawing, Foundation, Integrated Art, Painting, Graphic Arts (screen printing , intaglio, lithography), Sculpture, and Integrated Media Art Practice (IMAP) including Digital, Photography, and Video Art. The building contains studio classrooms, seminar rooms, wooden shops with CNC machines and metal shops, and an auditorium with 200 seats. It also has resources for art and art history majors, including dark rooms, graduate students and faculty and office studios, as well as twenty eight student exhibition halls throughout the facility. Additional resources include the Visual Resource Center, the CU Museum Art Exhibition Program, the Colorado Collection (a collection of about 5,000 pieces of art), and several computing labs.
ATLAS
The Technology, Learning and Community Alliance (ATLAS), founded in 1997, is a Colorado University campus initiative in education, research, creative work and outreach where information and communication technologies are a possible force. The ATLAS program brings together students, educators, artists, writers, intellectuals and leaders from academia, industry, nonprofit and government to create a multidisciplinary environment that contributes to an understanding of the interaction of information and communication technology and human society, and for the full potential realization of that interaction.
The Hill
The Hill, a campus neighborhood in Boulder, Colorado, is located just west of the University of Colorado campus. The main street of this neighborhood is 13th street, which features a variety of attractions including famous concert venues, The Fox Theater and nearby The Sink and several other attractions.
Academics
University of Colorado Boulder is divided into several colleges and schools. Although the College of Arts and Sciences is by far the largest, the university also consists of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the Leeds School of Environmental Design, Education, Music, Law and School Program, plus the new High School of Media, Communication and Information debuted in 2014. Most, if not all, of these colleges and schools also combine master's and doctoral degree programs. At the University, there are currently about 3,400 courses available in more than 150 disciplines consisting of 85 departments ranging from Accounting to Women Studies.
The University of Colorado School of Law is the smallest and most selective university. The Wolf Law Building, the new home of the Law School, was dedicated on September 8, 2006, by US Supreme Court judge Stephen Breyer.
The Leeds Business School has enrollments of 3,300 students including students, master candidates, and Ph.D. candidate. The undergraduate program is ranked 39th in the country and the undergraduate entrepreneurship program ranks 14th in the country. The MBA program ranks 26th among all state universities. The Faculty is ranked 38th in the country according to the Academy of Management Journal.
CU Boulder adopted a code of honor in 2000 following increasing concerns about academic dishonesty on campus in the late 1990s. A copy of the code stating "For my honor, as a student at the University of Colorado Boulder, I do not give or receive unauthorized assistance in this work" is engraved on metal plates and installed in every class on campus.
Undergraduate students seeking an academic challenge can participate in the CU Honor Program. Beginning in 1931, the current Honors Program comprises the top ten percent of new students entering and students participating with a GPA of 3.3 or greater (on a 4.0 scale). The program offers more than 40 honors classes each semester taught by professors of tenure or tenure-track and is limited to the size of a 15th grade student. Honors students also have the opportunity to graduate with honors, high honors, and top honors, by writing and defending theses during their senior year. This program extends to the dormitory through the Kittredge Honor Program. The Presidential Leadership Class is a program for top scholars at the University of Colorado Boulder. Scholars participated in a four-year leadership development program. This program provides an opportunity for the top fifty students in the CU from every discipline and discipline.
One option for students (mostly freshmen and college students) who live on campus is to join a residential academic program (RAP). Each RAP focuses on curricular themes, and offers courses in the residence hall itself. Its programs also include educational activities.
Ratings
US. News & amp; World Report ranked the University of Colorado Boulder tied for the 90th best among all national universities, tied for the 39th among US public universities, and tied for the 32nd best ranking among all universities globally in 2017. The World University Ranking Center ranked CU Boulder 19th among US public comprehensive agencies and ranked 63rd in the world in 2014 rankings from top 100 upper level institutions.
Twenty-four special courses of CU Boulder's graduate school are ranked in the top 50 in the country, including seven in the top 10, by the United States. News & amp; World Report in 2016. The atomic/molecular/optical physics program of CU Boulder occupies the top position nationally (1). Other CU Boulder programs included in the top 10 are environmental laws (5), ceramics (8), quantum physics (8), geology (9), physical chemistry (9) and aerospace techniques (8). US. News & amp; World Report also ranked 29 Schools of Education, 34 Engineering schools, 40 Law Schools, and Business schools tied to 86. In the 2010 ranking of the American doctoral program, the National Research Council ranked the PhD program in Geography at CU Boulder tied for second in US.
By 2015 Thomson-Reuters puts the University of Colorado system as the 28th most innovative educational institution in the world.
In 2015, Sierra Magazine rated CU Boulder 52 in America's "Most Cool School" for campus sustainability and climate change efforts.
Reception
Login to CU Boulder is considered "less selective" by The College Board .
For autumn 2015, CU Boulder receives 31,326 new student applications; 24,941 received (80%). The average GPA of newly enrolled students is 3.58, while the middle 50% range of SAT scores is 520-630 for critical reading and 540-660 for math. The middle range of 50% of the ACT Composite score is 24-30, while the middle range of 50% is 23-30 for ACT English and 24-29 for ACT Math.
Faculty
In 2006, there were more than 3,800 eligible lecturers, as well as 4,400 non-teaching instructors and instructors. The current faculty includes Nobel Laureate David J. Wineland (physics 2012), John Hall (physics, 2005), Eric Cornell (physics, 2001), and Thomas Robert Cech (chemistry, 1989). Carl Wieman was also awarded the Nobel Prize for his work with Eric Cornell. He retained a part-time appointment at the University of Colorado Boulder but his principal appointment was Professor and Director of the Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative at the University of British Columbia. Controversial writer Ward Churchill was a professor of ethnic studies until he was wrongly dismissed in July 2007. Robert T. Craig, the International Communication Association Fellow, and author of "Communication Theory as Field" is a professor in the Department of Communication.
Advanced Technical and Technological Education Center
The Center for Advanced Technical and Technological Education (CAETE) is a partnership between the College of Engineering and Applied Science and the Division of Continuing Education and Professional Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. As a distance learning and professional study from the College of Engineering and Applied Science, CAETE provides courses from the College to professionals working through the Internet and CD-ROM. Students may take courses for professional development or toward earning a master's degree or a graduate certificate (in some disciplines) in the field of aerospace engineering, computer science, electrical, computer and energy engineering, engineering management, and telecommunications. Founded in 1983, CAETE currently receives over 1,000 registrations per year from over 250 job sites in Colorado, across the country, and abroad.
Media
The CU Independent is a news publication managed by award-winning students for the University of Colorado Boulder. It's only digital since 2006, one of the first college newspapers to drop its print edition. This publication has a staff of about 60 editors, journalists and photographers who are responsible for producing new content to update the website at least once a day during autumn and spring semester. Most contributors are majoring in journalism, but other CU programs are also represented. The managing editor and chief editor supervise the website. The Independent CU serves as a testing pad for community and multimedia news.
1000-Word Philosophy is a philosophy blog that publishes a 1,000 word introduction (or less) essay on a philosophical topic. Most of the authors are students and graduates of CU Boulder. This blog was created and edited by Andrew D. Chapman, a philosophy lecturer at this university. Essays generally include references or sources for more information.
What's Wrong? is an "unofficial" blog from the University of Colorado, Boulder Center for Values ​​and Social Policy. It was edited by David Boonin, professor of philosophy and Associate Dean for Arts and Humanities. The blog's goal is to provide "a forum for discussing and reporting topics in applied normative philosophy".
Research Institute
CU Boulder's research mission is supported by eleven research institutes within the university. Each research institute supports faculty from several academic departments, enabling agencies to conduct research that is truly multidisciplinary.
The Institute for Behavioral Genetics (IBG) is a research institute within the Graduate School dedicated to conducting and facilitating research on the genetic and environmental basis of individual differences in behavior. After its founding in 1967, IBG led a renewed interest in the genetic influence on behavior. IBG is the first post World War II research institution dedicated to research in behavioral genetics. IBG remains one of the premier research facilities for research in behavioral genetics, including the genetics of human behavior, psychological genetics, quantitative genetics, statistical genetics, and animal behavior genetics.
The Institute of Cognitive Science (ICS) at CU Boulder promotes interdisciplinary research and training in cognitive science. ICS is highly interdisciplinary; his research focuses on education, language processing, emotion, and high-level cognition using experimental methods. This is home to the art fMRI system used to collect neuroimaging data.
In addition to IBG and ICS, other university institutions are Alliance for Technology, Learning, & amp; Society (ATLAS), Biofrontiers Institute, Institute of Cooperatives for Research in Environmental Science, Arctic Institute & amp; Alpine Research (INSTAAR), Institute of Behavioral Science (IBS) JILA, Atmospheric & amp; Space Physics (LASP), Renewable & amp; Institute of Sustainable Energy (RASEI), and Natural History Museum of the University of Colorado.
Campus organization
The University of Colorado Student Government
The University of Colorado (CUSG) Student Government is a student government for the University of Colorado Boulder. The government contains three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial. The chairman official for the student government was elected in a bi-annual vote awarded to 30,000 students at the University. The student government has an autonomous agreement with the University Administration and oversees an annual budget of $ 36.6 million. CUSG is responsible for the management of the University Student Union, Recreation Center, GLBTQ Resource Center, Women Resource Center, and Wardenburg Community Health Center, along with other facilities on campus. The government also oversees fiscal allocations of more than 120 student groups each year.
Chinese Association of Chinese Students and Scholars
The Chinese Students and Scholars Association at CU Boulder was founded in 1996. It is also known as CSSA @ CU-Boulder. CSSA aims to promote Chinese culture to the campus community and build homes for all Chinese students and intellectuals in Boulder. Every year, CSSA holds many events, such as Chinese New Year Gala, Autumn Festival Celebration, New Student Welcome, Sports Games, Hiking, Singing and Party Dancing, Film Night, and more.
Hiking Club
Founded in May 1919, Hiking Club is the longest student organization at the University of Colorado Boulder. This is a student-run nonprofit organization for students and affiliates interested in hiking and outdoor activities, with hundreds of active members on campus.
The club organizes a member-led trip every weekend, and travels through the Rocky Mountain Region during a break to the wilderness areas of New Mexico, Wyoming and Utah. Depending on the streets, various activities are featured such as climbing, mountain biking, fishing, and backpacking. Examples of frequently visited destinations are the nearby Indian Peaks Wilderness, climbing from the fourteeners in Colorado, and the day's rise between the beautiful Flatirons.
The club's motto, "a half mile over," dates back to the 1940s from the rich history of club tradition. A slide show of club activities is featured on campus during new semi-annual member meetings and alumni associations meet annually.
Radio 1190
KVCU AM-1190, known as Radio 1190 , is a college radio station affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder. The station staff is compensated by the funds provided by the University of Colorado Student Union while operational funds are raised during two broadcast appointments. It is also run by volunteers from the journalism program.
Boulder Freeride
Boulder Freeride is a ski and snowboard club at the University of Colorado Boulder. It started in 1933, and has grown on the CU campus as a student, nonprofit organization. It was designed to promote skiing, and then, snowboarding on the campus of the University of Colorado Boulder.
Boulder Freeride is active throughout the year. Autumn activities include camping trips, BBQ, premieres and snowboard movies, and one of the biggest shows of the year, Welcome Freeriders.
Boulder Freeride organizes a number of ski trips each year. Previous trips include Thanksgiving trips to Steamboat Springs, Colorado, annual trips to Aspen, Colorado to see X Games, spring break to Innsbruck, Austria, Whistler, BC and Chamonix, France, and a summer surf trip to South America.
CU Cycling Club
Founded in 1983 by Jim Castagneri, the team was brought to the national championship in 1987 by 1992 Olympic John Stenner. CU cycling teams are often ranked in the top five Cycling Collegiate USA teams in road cycling and mountain biking. They have won national championships on several occasions, including 2005 where they won in both disciplines. From the club, many members are turning to professional cycling, such as Tyler Hamilton.
The team is open to any student who pays annual fees and meets the minimum amount of credit during the semester. Its members include virtually every type of cyclist, from BMX riders, trials, and bike commuters to amateur or part time street riders and amateurs. In particular, to qualify for a road or mountain citizen, motorists must have enough high race results to raise to the "A" category in the US Cycling rankings. Then, a number of "A" riders will be selected by trainers to represent CU in the National Championships. The number of team drivers allowed to be sent is based on how well the team is doing overall throughout the season.
CU Boulder Racing Team
Boulder CU Racing Team is an organization that focuses on various street racing competitions. The ultimate goal is to build race cars to compete in Formula SAE and tight endurance competitions like the LeMons 24 Hour
Program Board
Founded in 1953, the Program Council is a group of students coordinating concerts and films played on campus throughout the year. The Program Board mainly focuses on organizing concerts around the campus. Over the years, the group has taken actions such as The Rolling Stones, The Who, Dave Matthews Band, Pearl Jam, R.E.M., The Ramones, and more to the University of Colorado. The concerts vary in size ranging from large-scale concerts, to smaller local action, some of which are free to attend. In addition to the concert, the Program Board also hosts a series of movies throughout the year that allow students to view the soon-to-be-released movies and classic cult for free in one of the large lecture rooms on campus.
The Herd
The Herd is one of the largest student alumni groups in the country, with more than 6,000 members. Herd's main goal is to improve the school spirit. Therefore, Herd encourages students to attend school events such as sporting events and club meetings. The Herd also sponsors bus pieces to the ski slopes, discounts around Boulder, and pre-game soccer festivities. Sixteen student leaders run the group; this group is open for currently enrolled students.
Volunteer Resource Center
The Volunteer Resource Center is a student-funded organization aimed at promoting volunteerism in the Boulder community. They provide a database with volunteer opportunities from 250 organizations around the campus and in the Boulder area. The recent CU Boulder campus is one of 3 US Universities to receive the Presidency Award for Excellence Student Community Services in 2008. The Volunteer Resource Center hosts or participates in special volunteer events and activities including Alternative Breaks, Better Boulder Better World, and Buffalo Can Challenge. The Volunteer Resource Center is also an annual Volunteer Internship Program involving six students selected through an interview process to create events aimed at engaging more new people in volunteering, effectively managing all event logistics, and carrying out activities on campus.
Greek Life
The Panhellenic community consists of nine Panhellenic chants and two associations, local interests, chapters. The male brotherhood at the University of Colorado is not officially affiliated with the school; However, they are still on campus. Students who participate in the Greek Life account for slightly more than ten percent of the student body. The recruitment process consists of four data books, dressed from more relaxed to formal as the progress of the agenda. The first day is the introduction, the second day is philanthropy, the third day is the theatrical night, and the fourth day is the night of preference.
There is also a Multicultural Greek Council composed of Greek Greek Organization (Latin), Latino (a) Organization of Greek Letters, and Organization of Multicultural Greek Letters (s). MGC acts as a liaison between member organizations and university administration, and promotes unity between campus organizations and communities.
Left Right TIM Improv Comedy
Started in 2008 by CU Boulder students, Left Right TIM is the longest improvised comedy main comedy team in Boulder, performing weekly comedy shows every Friday during the academic year of the University at Hale Anthropology Building Room 270 on the school campus. The team receives new members every year and has performed in cities across the country as well as opening to stand up comedians and improvised theaters. On February 23, 2018, the group celebrated its tenth anniversary.
Sports, clubs and traditions
The sports team at school is called
In 1934, the University team was officially nicknamed "Buffalo". Previous nicknames used by the press include "Silver Helmet" and "Frontiersmen." The last match of 1934, against the University of Denver, witnessed the first run of a buffalo in a Colorado football game. A buffalo was hired from a local farm and ran along the shore.
Varsity athletics
The CU university team has won national championships in skiing, cross country, cross country women, and football. The conference championship has also been won in several sports. Some sports clubs, such as cycling, swimming & amp; diving, and triathlon, has won the national championship in addition to the university team.
In football, CU enjoys competition in the state with Colorado State Rams in "Rocky Mountain Showdown", a game played at the neutral Field Authority Authority on Mile High. In addition, Colorado and former Big Eight and Big 12 rivals Nebraska Cornhuskers have played some famous games, often finishing their respective seasons in national television confrontations on Friday after Thanksgiving since the 1990s. It ends after the 2010 season as a result of CU joining Pac-12 and Nebraska joining the Big Ten Conference.
Colorado once had competition with Utah Utes and Falcons Air Force, but this has not been played in recent years. However, the Utah competition was updated in 2011, as Utes also joined Pac-10 (which became Pac-12).
The CU ski team has won 20 National Championships at Division I level. This sport is not sponsored by the Pac-12 Conference, but (not also sponsored by Big 12).
Club sports
CU also manages one of the largest Club Sports departments in the US. It supports over 30 club teams with leading clubs such as water polo, crew, biking, Ultimate, swimming & amp; diving, fencing, men's lacrosse, baseball, softball, ice hockey, rugby union, and CU Triathlon Team.
Mascot; spirit program
CU also includes a spirit program. The spirit program consists of three teams: two Cheerleading teams, and CU Express Dance Team. The Cheerleading program consists of a competitive co-ed squad and also a competitive all-girl squad. Both the Cheerleading squad and the Express Dance Team compete in the NCA/NDA College Nationals. In 2007, the Cheerleading squad finished sixth at the NCA Nationals in Daytona Beach, Florida. All teams support soccer home games, Women's Basketball, Men's Basketball Team and Princess Volleyball, along with other athletic and social events.
The direct school mascot is the American Bison named Ralphie. The costumed CHIP Mascot is also part of the CU Spirit Program. CHIP is a costumed buffalo representing the University of Colorado at various athletic and social events. Along with the Cheer and Dance Program, CHIP competes nationwide once a year against mascots from around the country, including Bucky Badger, Sparty, Aubie, Goldy Gopher and many other Hall of Fame mascots. CHIP recently competed in the 2009 UCA national competition and was named # 1, and the national champion after performing a comedy drama titled "CHIP's Favorite Video Games".
Other clubs and organizations
CU Boulder offers a range of student political organizations covering the entire political spectrum. Among them are Amnesty International, which focuses on human rights around the world, as well as Democratic Higher Education and Republic Colleges. The University of Colorado also offers many clubs that promote diversity and human rights, such as the Gay Straight Alliance. Students can also choose from a number of clubs and organizations centered on ethnicity and country, as well as different religious groups. CU Boulder also manages one of the most competitive student parliamentary debate programs. In 2010, CU Boulder became the first student-run program to win the NPTE (national championship of parliamentary debate).
Demographics
Most of the students at CU Boulder are parallel to the left of American politics. The 2014 survey states that 16.3% of students are registered as Republicans, along with 10.5% of CU Boulder non-staff staff and 6% of CU Boulder's faculty.
Notify alumni
The University of Colorado Boulder ranks fourth among US universities in a number of manufactured astronauts, excluding military academies. In addition, the University of Colorado Boulder has passed two Heads of State - President of Mongolia Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, and Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf; and two Supreme Court justices of the United States Supreme Court - Wiley Rutledge, and Byron White. Indian-American Astronaut Kalpana Chawla is also an alumni.
Important achievements in CU
- First to create a new material shape, Bose-Einstein condensate, just 7 hundred billion degrees above absolute zero.
- First to observe the "fermion condensate" formed from the atomic pairs in the gas.
- Develop a "FluChip" to assist doctors in diagnosing respiratory illness and distinguish between three types of influenza and other viruses that cause similar symptoms.
- First place in Solar Decathlon Energy Department 2002 and 2005 US. In the first two Solar Decathlon competitions, students and faculty from the Engineering and Architecture program collaborate to design, build, transport, and rebuild homes that are exclusively supported by the sun.
- The Squid server was created at the University of Colorado Boulder by Duane Wessels as part of the Harvest project under a grant from the National Science Foundation.
- The first zero waste sports stadium (both college and professional) in the country.
References
External links
- Official website
- CU Athletics website
- University of Colorado Boulder at National Center for Education Statistics: College Navigator
- Ã, "University of Colorado". The New Encyclopedia of Collier . 1921.
- Ã, "University of Colorado". New Student Reference Work . 1914.
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