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The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences is searching for a new Director of Religious Studies. Any rostered faculty member may apply. The responsibilities of the position include: · Advising Religious Studies minors · Recruiting students to the minor (participating in outreach events, creating marketing materials, etc.) · Scheduling courses...

There is still funding from year two of the Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) grant to use open educational resources (OER) in your teaching. Funding for each applicant ranges from $800-1000. If interested, please submit 250 words or less addressing the following: · Your course name and description ·...

Instructor in Communication and the ESL Academy, Ali Nassiri has been selected as this year’s recipient of the 2020 Virginia French Allen Award for Excellence in Teaching from the Colorado Chapter of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (Tesol). This award honors a teacher who has excelled in...

Patrick Shaou-Whea Dodge, Associate Professor CT in Communication and incoming President of the Association for Chinese Communication Studies (ACCS), has published his edited volume, Communication Convergence in Contemporary China: International Perspectives on Politics, Platforms, and Participation , with Michigan State University Press. The volume presents international perspectives on US–China relations...

There are a few opportunities for faculty associated with open educational resources (OER), including Creative Commons Certificate training, Pressbooks, and two OER conferences. A Creative Commons Certificate training course is available, where if you are selected for the course, the costs for participation will be fully covered by the Colorado...

History Instructor Brandon Mills recently published his new book, The World Colonization Made: The Racial Geography of Early American Empire . It chronicles the rise and fall of the colonization movement as a political force within the United States – from its roots in the crises of the Revolutionary Era,...

“Inclusive Leadership: the Power of Workplace Diversity” is the title of a new course offering of CU on Coursera , the learning program available free to all CU faculty, staff and students through early 2021. The course was created by Communication Professor Emerita and former Vice Chancellor for Diversity and...

The Presidential Initiative on Urban Research, sponsored by the CU system to bolster each campus’s unique area of expertise, is intended to support CU Denver’s urban and place-based research and creative work. The winners were selected by the seven deans, with assistance in proposal review from eight faculty. The College...

The English and Philosophy department’s podcast CultureKlatsch was recognized with a Colorado Humanities CARES Grant . Grant funds were provided by Colorado Humanities and the National Endowment for the Humanities as part of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act economic stabilization plan of 2020. Check out this...

From the CLAS Associate Deans : Thank you all for your care and understanding as we undergo unprecedented challenges associated with the pandemic and concomitant reduced financial resources to complete the important work required to meet our mission as a higher education institution. We are filled with gratitude and awe...