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By CU Money Sense You might still be recovering from holiday shopping, but if you’re in a relationship, you (or your partner) might have Valentine’s Day on the mind. With some planning and sticking to your budget, you should be able to enjoy a fun, low-cost evening that won’t leave you strapped for cash.

It is time for the Boulder Faculty Assembly election. This is an important opportunity for CU-Boulder faculty to participate in the faculty governance process at CU-Boulder. Nominees and nominators must be members of the Faculty Senate. Nomination packet(s) must be received by the BFA Secretary by 11:59 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 22, 2015.

Feb. 13, 2015 Glenda Russell The reminders are everywhere -- candy hearts and roses displayed prominently in grocery stores. Radio and TV ads for jewelry and chocolates are broadcast daily. They’re reminders that it’s time to spoil your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day. But what if you’re single and feeling left out? How do you handle Valentine’s Day alone? The answer? Find others just like you and do something fun together, says CU-Boulder counselor and psychologist Glenda Russell.

Sabrina Sideris, program director of CU-Boulder's INVST Community Studies , takes great pride in working with CU students to help them learn to become engaged citizens and leaders.

A new study finds that small differences in institutional prestige have an enormous impact on the likelihood that a person who graduates with a doctoral degree will land a coveted faculty job. The advantage of alma mater prestige in finding a job is so great that it cannot be explained solely by a difference in educational quality between the universities, according to the study, led by the °µÍø½ûÇø and published today in the journal Science Advances.

In spring 2005, °µÍø½ûÇø students voted to dedicate a portion of student fees to implement on-campus projects incorporating renewable energy, energy efficiency, recycling and waste reduction, and other innovative projects to reduce the CU-Boulder campus' impact on climate and environment.

This week, test your vocal skills in a venue more daunting than your shower, celebrate Valentine's Day with more exciting alternatives to dinner on Pearl or support the hockey team as they face off against the CSU Rams.

Petition packets for students interested in running for positions with the University of Colorado Student Government will be available in the CUSG office, UMC 125, beginning on Wednesday, Feb. 11.

Since August 2013, the Office of Performance Improvement (OPI) has been working across the CU-Boulder campus to provide academic and nonacademic units with the strategies, tools, methods and resources necessary to improve quality and performance. Jeff Luftig, who has been leading this office since its founding, will be moving into a new role to provide data analytics and key support to the new student success and retention initiatives. Cynthia Husek has agreed to assume the OPI directorship effective Monday, Feb 9. Luftig will also be leading an effort to develop new distance-learning classes for professional masters, regular masters degrees and selected undergraduate courses to be presented online.

John A. Ikard, president and CEO of FirstBank Holding Company, will deliver a talk titled "Leading an Ethical Organization in a Sometimes Unethical World" on Thursday, Feb. 19, at 5:30 p.m. in the Wittemyer Courtroom at the Wolf Law Building on the °µÍø½ûÇø campus.