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Tony Bastone has been named the director of career services for the University of Colorado School of Law, pending approval by the CU Board of Regents. Bastone is a former assistant dean for the office of career services at Southern Methodist University School of Law. He has also served in career services offices for law schools at the University of Washington, Golden Gate University and the University of Tulsa. Bastone has a masterÂ’s degree in criminology and corrections from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas.

The Center for Entrepreneurship at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ, a joint venture between the colleges of business and engineering, has just received a $500,000 grant from the Price Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies. “This represents a huge step forward for our entrepreneurship program – it will definitely help to move us to the next level,” said Denis Nock, the centerÂ’s director. “Foundation grants of this size for university entrepreneurship programs are pretty rare,” he said.

A new way of preparing future college teachers at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ that is viewed as a national model will be the topic of an all-day conference on Feb. 16. Top administrators and faculty from nine Colorado colleges and universities will attend the event, including CU President John Buechner and CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Chancellor Richard Byyny. The Preparing Future Faculty program links doctoral students at CU-Â鶹ӰԺ with professors at other Colorado colleges and universities.

Alan Cass, probably best known as the “Voice of the Buffs,” retired Jan. 31 as director of the Coors Events/Conference Center and assistant athletic director after a 38-year career at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ. Cass, who says he is “moving on to a different phase of university life,” will continue to announce CU menÂ’s basketball and football games, coordinate the Â鶹ӰԺ campusÂ’ three annual commencement ceremonies and serve as curator for the Glenn Miller Archive, to which he has devoted nearly 20 years.