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ItÂ’s not a place, itÂ’s more an idea, but the humanities disciplines at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ can now call it a home. The Center for Humanities and the Arts was launched officially on March 5 at a reception celebrating the critical role the arts and humanities play in a true liberal arts education.

Trygve E. Myhren, president of Myhren Media Inc. of Denver, will give the Ralph L. Crosman Memorial Lecture March 13 at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ. The free public lecture sponsored by the School of Journalism and Mass Communication will be at 5 p.m. in Old Main Chapel with a reception following in the Heritage Center. The title is “The Future of the Media and Their Obligations in a Democratic Society.” Myhren has received numerous honors and awards, including the cable industryÂ’s premier achievement award, the 1988 Distinguished Vanguard Leadership Award.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ will host a statewide minority career conference on March 18. The event will be from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the University Memorial Center Glenn Miller Ballroom on the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ campus. African American, American Indian, Asian American and Hispanic/Latino college students from across the state and alumni of CU-Â鶹ӰԺ are invited to attend the conference. Those attending will have the chance to meet with employer representatives and explore employment opportunities. Last year more than 100 employer representatives attended.

Stargazers have several celestial treats in store for March, from a comet and a partial lunar eclipse to the vernal equinox heralding the first day of spring. Coloradans should have some gorgeous nighttime views, weather permitting, and those in the Â鶹ӰԺ area can attend regular open houses at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ each Friday in March, except March 28, and April, according to astronomer Katy Garmany, director of Fiske Planetarium and Sommers-Bausch Observatory.

Several undergraduate students at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ have received diversity scholarships to study in other countries. Two diversity scholarships, one awarded by CU-Â鶹ӰԺ and the other by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education, help cover expenses in the Study Abroad program for Colorado residents who are underrepresented on the Â鶹ӰԺ campus because they are ethnic minorities or from the stateÂ’s rural areas.

Registration is under way for Session II spring credit courses in the Division of Continuing Education at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ. Monday and Wednesday night classes begin on March 17 and end May 7. Tuesday and Thursday night classes begin March 18 and end May 8. The cost for Colorado residents is $90 per credit hour. Non-residents pay $170 per credit hour, and non-resident tuition rises for courses totaling four or more credit hours. Most Session II courses are three or four credit hours.

Registration is under way for Session II spring credit courses in the Division of Continuing Education at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ. Monday and Wednesday night classes begin on March 17 and end May 7. Tuesday and Thursday night classes begin March 18 and end May 8. The cost for Colorado residents is $90 per credit hour. Non-residents pay $170 per credit hour, and non-resident tuition rises for courses totaling four or more credit hours. Most Session II courses are three or four credit hours.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Friends of the Libraries will present an evening of desserts and wines with a panel of local mystery writers at 7:30 p.m. March 14 in the Fleming Law Building on campus. Proceeds from the event will benefit the CU-Â鶹ӰԺ libraries. Authors featured at the benefit will include Christine Jorgensen, Leslie OÂ’Kane, and Ann Ripley.

Twenty-four students at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ have received scholarships to study this spring in countries around the globe. The students choose from among 100 programs in 55 countries offered by CU-Â鶹ӰԺ’s Study Abroad program and receive course credit for their overseas studies. Following are the names of Study Abroad scholarship recipients, their hometowns, award amounts, locations, study abroad semesters and academic majors. COLORADO

NicaraguaÂ’s newly elected president, Arnoldo Aleman Lacayo, has appointed University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Associate Professor Frederick Lange to be an adviser to the Nicaraguan Institute of Culture. Lange, curator of anthropology at the University of Colorado Museum, is in Managua this semester, and next summer will conduct archaeological excavations with about 10 CU-Â鶹ӰԺ students.