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Send a CU e-postcard
Share the beauty and spirit of the CU-Boulder campus with your friends and family by sending them a free e-postcard on the Forever Buffs Network, a Buffs-only online community. Choose from several campus images and personalize your message. Log in at www.foreverbuffsnetwork.org and click on the e-postcard link in the top right corner of the website. Forever Buffs Network is a robust online community of more than 244,000 alums and 24,000 students.
Read moreSea-U Days
Old Main’s bell tolled for 10 minutes to signal the start of festivities. A king and queen were crowned to rule the event. With classes cancelled for two days, students eagerly rushed to complete preparations for a “most cherished tradition,” CU Days.
Read moreCU in Berkeley — save the date
Join loyal alumni and Buff fans Sept. 11 for events surrounding this year’s big away football game in Berkeley, Calif.
Read moreForever Buffs: Students want advice!
When we launched Forever Buffs and added undergraduate students to the alumni family, we learned they genuinely want to speak with alums. They want to learn about the career paths you’ve taken, what company cultures are like and what it takes to work in a certain field. They want direction and guidance.
Read moreRemember Chubby, Elvis? Let’s twist again
Recall the days of Chubby Checker and Elvis Presley with the class of 1960 50-Year Reunion on May 6-7. The program includes school and college luncheons, banquet dinners at Folsom Field and the UMC, tours of campus, and — often the highlight of the reunion — leading the procession into Folsom Field for the 2010 commencement.
Read moreForever Buffs: Helping alums get jobs
When Lea Alvarado began her new job as alumni career counselor at CU-Boulder in August, the phone started ringing off the hook.
Read moreGet on board — volunteer
Looking to use your skills and time to give back to CU? Join the Alumni Association board of directors.
Read moreNetwork with students and alums online
For more than six years, the Forever Buffs Network, formerly My CU Network, has helped thousands of alumni network with one another online. This fall, as part of the Forever Buffs initiative that includes all undergraduates and alumni as Alumni Association members, students have joined the online community.
Read moreCU Night at the National Western Stock Show
Lasso your family and friends for this year’s CU Night at the National Western Stock Show on Friday, Jan. 22. Your ticket includes entry to the grounds, petting zoo and, of course, the ProRodeo. The show features rodeo clowns, bucking broncos, bulls, a stagecoach show and our favorite, Mutton Bustin.’ Tickets are $10.
Read moreAttend the class of 1960 50-year reunion
For those who remember when Johnny Tillotson’s Poetry in Motion and Elvis Presley’s Are You Lonesome Tonight? reigned on the Billboard pop charts, the year was 1960. Recall the magic and memories by joining your former classmates for your 50-year reunion on May 6-7. The program includes school and college luncheons and tours, a barbeque, a banquet and the opportunity to lead the procession into Folsom Field for commencement.
Read moreCelebrating Sewall
For decades CU women lived on campus in two tiny cottages on Broadway. Austere by any standard, coeds supplied their own furniture and hired help to carry wood for the stoves that heated their rooms. When the cottages were converted to other uses, women were forced to find housing off-campus. In September 1934 the women’s dormitory, now Sewall Hall, opened and is considered by many to be campus architect Charles Klauder’s masterpiece. The interior contained Chippendale, French Provincial and Early American furnishings. Fireplaces and baby grand pianos added to the ambiance. Over the years, the furniture was replaced with standard university furniture.
Read moreForever Buffs: Ask a Buff connects students with alums
Our Forever Buffs initiative continues to evolve, offering all CU-Boulder alums more and easier ways to connect for business and social purposes. Get involved as an Ask a Buff expert online at Forever Buffs Network (formerly My CU Network) where alums share their professional advice with other alums seeking guidance in their jobs, career paths, relocation plans and graduate school decisions.
Read moreHelp us round up the next herd!
Help recruit new students! Our Fall Preview programs aim to generate enthusiasm about CU among prospective students, their parents and alumni in key out-of-state markets. Alumni are invited to a prereception, followed by a presentation where they might be asked to share what made CU special for them.
Read moreTimes are tough, think Buff
Broaden your Buff network by posting your company’s job openings and internship opportunities in the Career Services job database and in the Alumni Association’s Forever Buffs Network (formerly My CU Network), a social and professional networking site.
Read moreLeeds linked to CU alumni networking
The CU-Boulder Alumni Association and the Leeds School of Business have partnered to offer alumni more ways to connect.
Read moreVetsville
During World War II the campus was filled with coeds and military personnel. Bolstered by the educational benefits of the GI Bill, fresh-faced youths were replaced after the war by battle-hardened military men often accompanied by wives and families. When enrollment more than doubled, the university scrambled to provide housing for the new student population.
Read moreChina exhibit features revolution
When Lelia Hinkley (A&S’15) arrived in Peking, China, in 1921, she was greeted by a famine that placed nearly 20 million Chinese teetering on the brink of starvation.
Read moreGreet graduates at commencement
The Alumni Association invites alums to be part of the commencement ceremony.
Read moreKeep kids in school, fund scholarships
As alumni and friends of the university, many of you stay connected and support the university in various ways. One of the more important means of support is providing scholarships for students. Last year 90 students received $154,000 in scholarships from the Alumni Association.
Read moreAlumni College focuses on Obama
In its fourth year, our Alumni College is a chance to delve into a topic of current public concern. Participants are provided with appropriate readings in advance to further their knowledge of the subject.
Read more’59ers jitterbug their way to reunion
Recall the magic and memories of the late 1950s during this year’s class of 1959 reunion May 7-8.
Read moreStudents look to alumni in tough times
Students tend to think their college years are “crazy” and that the “real world” starts after graduation, but Erlinda Kiefel Stafford (ChemEngr’84) says the adventure continues long after you receive your diploma.
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