5 Ways Students Connected with CU this Summer
1) When this year’s 5,600 new students arrived on campus, many had already networked with students, alumni and CU parents this summer. From London to Los Angeles, parents and alumni hosted incoming students and their families as part of the university’s Summer Send-off Program. Sponsored by Parent Relations with assistance from the Alumni Association, 31 send-offs took place in 20 states and Great Britain.
Get involved next summer by contacting Barney Ballinger, Parent Relations director, at ballinge@colorado.edu. Learn more at http://parents.colorado.edu.
2) Biked on one of 60 cruiser bikes available rent-free for 48 hours on campus.
3) Parked under solar panels on a Williams Village complex carport. The panels generate enough electricity to power 20 single-family homes for a year.
4) Walked by flowers fed by compost tea in CU’s irrigation system. Made of decomposed organic matter steeped in water, the tea provides microbial life to soil to create denser canopy and destroy weeds.
5) As part of the “Finding Ground” campaign to foster greater communication and unity between students and permanent residents on University Hill, students in an environmental design Maymester class created a “What inspires you?” chalkboard. It faces The Sink on the wall of Innis Free Poetry Bookstore and Café at the intersection of Pennsylvania and 13th Street.