There will be no Spring Seminar on Friday, April 26th so our faculty and students can attend and participate in the 22nd Annual Research and Creative Activities Symposium.  Our next seminar will be on May 3rd and will feature Dr. Audrey Hendricks.  Please check our website for more information on Dr. Hendricks' presentation.

An early reminder and heads up – 2018 fiscal year end is June 30.

I'll be sending out the CLAS Fiscal Year End Schedule when received, but the purchasing card deadlines will pretty much remain the same as previous years: 

Please plan ahead in regard to purchasing and try not to make any new procurement card purchases between Monday, June 12 and Sunday, June 30.  Hold off until after July 1 unless critical.  If you do have to make a critical purchase after June 12, this is fine, but please be sure to import all card transactions to an additional expense report and complete the speedtype reallocation process. This will ensure that transactions will be recorded against the correct speedtype rather than hit the default speedtype.

All Expense Reports – 15 May to 14 June procurement card reports, and expense reimbursements are to be submitted to me by Friday, June 14 to allow time to meet the CLAS approval deadline.

If you are unable to meet the approval deadline for FY 18 expense reports, at minimum by the deadline, import all procurement card transactions to an expense report and complete the speedtype allocation process, so all transactions will be recorded against the correct speedtype rather than accrued to the default speedtype.  Complete the allocation process also for ALL other expense reports that are in process that you will not be able to submit to your approving official in time.

Be sure to let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks so much,

Barbara McClure
Program Assistant
Phone:  (303) 352-3664
Barbara.mcclure@ucdenver.edu

Place, date, time: Blake Street Tavern on Thursday 25 April 2019 at 6:30 PM.
Our speaker: Paul Sutter, PhD, Ohio State University Center for Cosmology and Astro-Particle Physics.
The Topic: The Universe Doesn't Care About You: Understanding Our Big, Messy Existance

Paul writes: I bet you've looked up at the night sky and started asking questions. Are we alone? What's the meaning of it all? Where do we belong? And especially lately, what's this about taking a picture of a black hole- I though that was impossible by definition! Well, he's got some answers. You may not like them, but they're answers.  Please see the attached for more information.

EVERYONE IS WELCOME. The talk starts at 6:30. Come before 6 PM to leave yourself time to get something to eat. We end around 8 PM.

Blake St. Tavern is at 2301 Blake St., close to Coors Field. Parking in a lot adjacent, or at meters on the street.

We welcome your input, including ideas for speakers and topics. Bring them with you to the next Café, or e-mail them and any questions to Eric Meer

Web page link for this talk.

It’s nearing that time of year, with the end of the semester on the horizon students, staff and faculty alike start looking forward to celebrating commencement. The hard-work and dedication that gets our CLAS students across that stage represents a collaboration and a commitment that we share, and it wouldn’t happen without all of us pulling together to inspire and motivate our students.

But another critical element for a majority of our graduating students is the financial support they received to help achieve their graduation dreams.  This is another place we can all lend our support. The Lynx-up campaign was established to promote giving among faculty and staff to student scholarships. Last year we came in second in the competition between units, and increased our faculty and staff participation to a record level of 24% giving. This year we are currently in fifth place, and we can do better. You can give to any fund you like, at any level, the most important thing is that you participate.

Elevating student success is at the heart of everything we do in the college, and this is a great chance to show that we take that mission seriously in CLAS. As the largest college at the most diverse research university in the state of Colorado, what we achieve creates a ripple effect when our graduates live out their aspirations in our communities. By supporting scholarships at CU Denver through LYNX UP, you are creating another way to guarantee our student’s success.

CLAS Dean Pamela Jansma