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A series of advertisements designed to promote the hundreds of events that take place annually on the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ campus are being displayed on Â鶹ӰԺ buses featuring "Art Buffs," "Music Buffs" and others from August through October.

A smorgasbord of culturally diverse food and music will highlight the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ's annual Global Jam festival on Aug. 24. Sponsored by the Department of Housing and Dining Services, Global Jam will be held on Farrand Field following the 11:30 a.m. mandatory convocation given by Chancellor G.P. "Bud" Peterson to all new students in Folsom Stadium.

When the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ undertook a year-long strategic planning process last fall, CU-Â鶹ӰԺ Chancellor G.P. "Bud" Peterson had two guiding principles for the work.

New furniture, retiled bathrooms, freshly painted rooms and updated wiring for the wireless Internet era are among the upgrades students will find in several University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ residence halls this fall. More than $22 million in renovations took place at a half dozen residence and dining halls this summer as part of the university's annual effort to increase conveniences and comfort for students adjusting to life away from home.

Professor Manuel Laguna has been named associate dean of faculty for the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ's Leeds School of Business. Laguna, a professor of operations management in the Leeds School, will be responsible for research and technology support, faculty recruiting and evaluation, the doctoral program, faculty retention and resolving faculty issues. He assumed the position Aug. 1, succeeding Professor Ken Kozar.

An array of activities await new students at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ beginning Aug. 21 including a welcome convocation hosted by Chancellor G.P. “Bud” Peterson, a “Global Jam” featuring international food and music, hiking and biking tours, outdoor movies and picnics.

University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ students take their recreation seriously, and to prove it they voted to spend $5.7 million to improve campus intramural sports fields, such as Farrand Field. CU-Â鶹ӰԺ's newly renovated Farrand Field, a longtime student favorite for studying, playing sports and relaxing, will be dedicated on Friday, Aug. 17, at 12:30 p.m. Chancellor G.P. "Bud" Peterson will give a speech during the ceremony. The dedication also will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony, talks from student representatives and yard games.

Paid enrollment deposits for new freshmen at the University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ this fall indicate that the campus can likely expect another large freshman class in the fall of 2007. Early numbers show the class will be between 5,500 and 5,600 students. The campus enrolled 5,617 new freshmen in fall 2006, its largest freshman class ever. Final enrollment figures for fall 2007 will not be available until mid-September, about a week after the official campus census date of Sept. 14.

A publication of Institutional Investor, "Foundation and Endowment Money Management," has named the University of Colorado Foundation a finalist for "large nonprofit of the year" in its 2007 Nonprofit Awards for Excellence program.

The University of Colorado at Â鶹ӰԺ Leeds School of Business faculty and staff officially moved into their new home, the newly expanded and renovated Koelbel Building, today.