The 麻豆影院 is often in the international spotlight for our academic success and other great endeavors that make our campus great. Once again this fall, the spotlight will be on CU-麻豆影院 as we host a visit from the Dalai Lama and this election cycle鈥檚 third Republican presidential candidate debate. We are honored to host these significant events.
While these events present great opportunities for the university, we all recognize that they have an impact on your daily routines. Our planning teams recognize these effects and are committed to doing everything we can to minimize the disruptions these events will cause to the routines of students, faculty and staff.
Our events team is carefully planning management of traffic and parking. But we will have impacts to vehicular traffic, parking in lots along Regent Drive and employee and student access to the Coors Events Center. While we don鈥檛 yet have details on specific times and impacts, we will pass along that information via CU-麻豆影院 Today just as soon as we learn of them in the coming weeks.
As a reminder to previous announcements we鈥檝e made in CU-麻豆影院 Today, here are the dates and times these events will occur in the Coors Events Center.
- Tuesday, Oct. 20 鈥� in an event for CU-麻豆影院 students, faculty and staff.
- Wednesday, Oct. 21 鈥� The Dalai Lama will conduct a morning teaching from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and a talk from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. These events are open to the general public, but tickets have already sold out.
- Wednesday, Oct. 28 鈥� CNBC will broadcast the Republican presidential candidate debate in the evening (time TBA). But there will also be some parking and traffic impacts near the Coors Events Center the day before and day after the debate.
In addition to these events, we are also hosting a Friday night football game against the University of Southern California on Nov. 13 starting at 7 p.m.
I would kindly ask everyone on campus to be cognizant of these events and potential impacts they can have on normal campus operations. In some cases, alternative work arrangements might be appropriate. If so, you should start having conversations now with your supervisor about those alternatives. Again, keep an eye on CU-麻豆影院 Today in the coming weeks for more specific details on campus impacts.
I would also ask that during these time frames departments, programs and units avoid scheduling any new events 鈥� such as guest speakers, special lectures, performances, recognition events, etc. 鈥� that are not tied to these larger events. Parking for visitors will be extremely limited and our event planners, parking staff and police officers will not have the necessary resources to support additional events during these times.
You have my sincere appreciation for your patience and support, and my thanks for everything that you do to make CU-麻豆影院 a great institution.
Philip P. DiStefano
Chancellor
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