Employee News

Staff Council blood drive set for Nov. 11–13

Nancy Portner — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:47:36 +0000

Staff Council blood drive set for Nov. 11–13 Nancy Portner Wed, 11/05/2025 - 17:47

Join Staff Council for the CU Boulder Blood Drive, happening Nov. 11–13, in partnership with Vitalant. All are welcome, including faculty, staff and students. Learn more.

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Mobile food pantries set for Nov. 6, Nov. 20

Nancy Portner — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:43:02 +0000

Mobile food pantries set for Nov. 6, Nov. 20 Nancy Portner Wed, 11/05/2025 - 17:43

Mobile food pantries on campus are free and open to CU Boulder students, faculty and staff, plus community members of Boulder and Broomfield counties. Learn more.

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Campus Budget Town Hall - Nov. 19

Nancy Portner — Tue, 04 Nov 2025 00:29:15 +0000

Campus Budget Town Hall - Nov. 19 Nancy Portner Mon, 11/03/2025 - 17:29

Faculty, staff, and students can learn more about the CU Boulder budget by joining Todd Haggerty at the Campus Budget Town Hall on Nov. 19, 10-11am on Zoom. Register using your identikey@colorado.edu email address.

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Register for the Health and Wellness Summit - Nov. 12-13, 2025

Nancy Portner — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 21:04:43 +0000

The Health and Wellness Summit and the Employee Benefits Fair will be Nov. 12-13, 2025!

Join us for the 8th annual Health and Wellness Summit and Employee Benefits Fair—a two-day event dedicated to enhancing well-being and connecting our community with essential resources.

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CAD's Map of the Month: Campus Tree Tour

Nancy Portner — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 19:50:46 +0000

CAD's Map of the Month: Campus Tree Tour Nancy Portner Mon, 11/03/2025 - 12:50

CU Boulder’s campus is full of beautiful and unique trees—and now you can learn more about them with our Campus Tree Tour. This interactive story map lets you explore different tree species, find fun facts, and see how our campus landscape is cared for. It’s a fun way to see campus from a fresh perspective.

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RSVP for the I&R/FBS Staff Dialogue Mixer: Nov. 20

Nancy Portner — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 19:08:54 +0000

RSVP for the I&R/FBS Staff Dialogue Mixer: Nov. 20 Nancy Portner Mon, 11/03/2025 - 12:08

You’re invited to the first-ever I&R/FBS Dialogue Mixer! Join us for an engaging morning of connection, conversation, and community-building as we continue to integrate our two divisions.

Date: Thursday, November 20, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Location: CU Recreation Center, Ice Rink Overlook Large Meeting Room

Save your spot now — space is limited! To attend this training, please check with your supervisor to ensure coverage during your absence, then register here.

Calendar invitations will be sent to everyone who registers.

What’s a Dialogue Mixer?
Participants engage in a series of short conversations in small groups. If you attend, you’ll connect with colleagues from across I&R and FBS, share your experiences, and listen to different perspectives in a dynamic and welcoming environment.

Who can attend?

All I&R and FBS staff are warmly welcome! Whether you are new to CU or a long-time member of the community, this event is designed to help us:

Build relationships across units
Strengthen understanding and collaboration

What will we talk about?
Together, we’ll explore questions like:

What does “community” mean in our daily work?
How can we collaborate more effectively across units?
What would it look like to co-create a culture where everyone feels valued and able to thrive?

You’ll leave with new connections, fresh insights, and practical ways to strengthen our collective community.

Registration closes October 31. Don’t wait — reserve your spot today!

We can’t wait to see you there.

The FBS Dialogues Design & Admin Team
Kelsey, Nancy, Noah, Melanie, Kristen & Kathryn

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Campus and community resources available during SNAP disruption

Nancy Portner — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 16:45:15 +0000

Campus and community resources available during SNAP disruption Nancy Portner Mon, 11/03/2025 - 09:45

Due to the current federal government shutdown, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has notified the State of Colorado that November 2025 SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits cannot be issued at this time.

Those who have EBT cards can continue using them to purchase food as long as there are existing benefits on the card. However, no new benefits will be added for November until further notice from the federal government. This change affects all SNAP households and cannot be appealed.

If you receive SNAP and are impacted, please let us know at basicneeds@colorado.edu and we can support you with additional resources. We are still assisting students with SNAP applications. For the latest updates regarding SNAP benefit allocations, visit your local county’s human services website, or reach out to Hunger Free Colorado for statewide information.

CU Boulder and community resources

We recognize this will be a difficult time for many in our Buff community. Our priority is supporting you and helping ensure everyone has access to food, care and resources. SNAP benefits may be paused, but at CU Boulder, you are not alone.

Please review our list of campus and community resources. We also encourage you to reach out to us—even a short conversation can connect you to helpful resources and support.

How to help our Buff community right now

You can volunteer, purchase something from our Amazon Wishlist, organize a food drive, or give financially to ensure the Basic Needs Center can keep enough food stocked in the Buff Pantry for students.

If you would like to support staff and faculty who are experiencing food insecurity during this time, please consider donating to the Staff and Faculty Emergency Fund.

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Help Wanted: Facilities Engineer - Apply on or before Sun. Nov. 9, 2025

Nancy Portner — Thu, 30 Oct 2025 16:01:18 +0000

Help Wanted: Facilities Engineer - Apply on or before Sun. Nov. 9, 2025 Nancy Portner Thu, 10/30/2025 - 10:01

The Facilities Engineer I position has been posted on the CU Boulder Jobs website through Sunday, November 9, 2025.

A quicklink to share and view the posting has been created.

Current CU Boulder employees (not including students) should access the job posting and submit interest at the following location:

Log in to the MyCUinfo portal
Select CU Resources > Business Tools > CU Boulder Jobs Internal Job Board
Use the Keyword Search to find this posting number: 68318

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Prepare Your Devices for the New CU Secure Wi-Fi Network

Nancy Portner — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 21:39:07 +0000

Prepare Your Devices for the New CU Secure Wi-Fi Network Nancy Portner Wed, 10/22/2025 - 15:39

As a critical step toward upgrading our campus wireless networks to make them more secure and less susceptible to registration issues, OIT is launching two new Wi-Fi networks, CU Secure and CU Guest in December.

OIT is currently testing the new Wi-Fi networks, CU Secure and CU Guest, in the following buildings:

Cutover Date	Start Time	Building
Friday, Oct. 24	3 p.m.	Wolf Law (WLAW)
Sunday, Oct. 26	noon	Roser ATLAS Center (ATLS)
Tuesday, Oct. 28	10 p.m.	Koelbel Building (KOBL)
Monday, Nov. 3	7 a.m.	University Memorial Center (UMC)
Wednesday, Nov. 5	8 a.m.	Farrand Hall (FRND)
Wednesday, Nov. 5	8 a.m.	Smith Hall (SMTH)
Wednesday, Nov. 5	8 a.m.	Williams Village North (WVN)

When you arrive at one of these buildings after the cutover date (noted above), you will not be able to connect to UCB Wireless and UCB Guest. Instead, your device will show the new CU Secure and CU Guest networks.

The UCB Wireless and UCB Guest networks will remain available in the rest of the campus buildings through late December, when they'll be fully retired and replaced by CU Secure and CU Guest. Wired networks and eduroam won’t be affected by any of these changes.

Prepare Your Devices

If you normally connect a personal laptop, smartphone or tablet to UCB Wireless or UCB Guest, you'll need to install the CU Secure certificate/app (short link: buff.link/downloadwifi) to connect to CU Secure. You should download the certificate now on your personal devices, such as your smartphone.

Once installed, the certificate/app will allow your device to connect to CU Secure Wi-Fi for two years, after which you will be prompted to re-register.

If your computer was purchased through the university, check to see if it's enrolled in Secure Computing. If it is, then it already has the CU Secure certificate installed; you don't need to take any action for that device.

For links to tutorials, videos and specialty Wi-Fi device instructions (e.g., gaming consoles, smart TVs), visit the Wi-Fi Improvement Project webpage.

CU Guest Wi-Fi

If you’re in an early-access building and can’t connect to CU Secure or eduroam, you have the option to log in to CU Guest.

Similar to the current UCB Guest network, CU Guest isn’t encrypted, doesn’t permit access to certain campus resources, and requires users to log in daily.

Get Support

If you or your colleagues have trouble registering a device, visit the CU Secure Wi-Fi page to access tutorials and troubleshooting resources.

If you are a member of I&R or FBS, please reach out to any member of the FMIT team for support.

Non-FM staff members, please contact the IT Service Center at oithelp@colorado.edu or 303-735-4357.

Provide Feedback

To improve the CU Secure Wi-Fi registration process for the rest of campus, please share your onboarding experience using our CU Secure Wi-Fi feedback form.

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Time Entry for Thanksgiving and Winter Break Holidays and Administrative Leave Days

Anonymous — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 16:19:30 +0000

Time Entry for Thanksgiving and Winter Break Holidays and Administrative Leave Days Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 10/22/2025 - 10:19

CU Boulder Campus Holiday & Winter Break Schedule

Chancellor Justin Schwartz has announced that CU Boulder is granting five days of paid administrative leave and three paid holidays over Winter Break.

The CU Boulder campus will be closed on the following dates:

Thanksgiving Break:
- Thursday, Nov. 27 – Holiday
- Friday, Nov. 28 – Holiday
Winter Break:
- Wednesday, Dec. 24 – Administrative Leave
- Thursday, Dec. 25 – Holiday
- Friday, Dec. 26 – Holiday
- Monday, Dec. 29 – Administrative Leave
- Tuesday, Dec. 30 – Administrative Leave
- Wednesday, Dec. 31 – Administrative Leave
- Thursday, Jan. 1 – Holiday
- Friday, Jan. 2 – Administrative Leave

Regular campus operations will resume on Monday, January 5, 2026.

AiM Time Entry Guidelines for Holiday Leave (Nov. 27, Nov. 28, Dec. 25, Dec. 26, Jan. 1)

If you did not work on these dates:
- Enter your hours of leave using leave code HLDY in your timecard.
If you are overtime-eligible classified staff and worked on any of these dates, you may choose:
1. Holiday leave later (before June 30, 2026)
  - Use your normal time type (e.g. RGS, SHF) for the date you worked
  - When taking the hours of holiday leave later, use leave code FLHLDY and add a comment indicating the original holiday date (e.g. "December 25 holiday")
  - Coordinate with your supervisor to ensure proper scheduling and time entry.
2. Premium Pay (1.5x regular base rate):
  - Use time type 2HW under your assigned work order/phase.
3. Comp Time (1.5x hours banked):
  - Use time type CTHLDY under your assigned work order/phase.
  - Coordinate with your supervisor to ensure proper scheduling and time entry.

AiM Time Entry Guidelines for Administrative Leave (Dec. 24, 29, 30, 31; Jan. 2)

If you did not work on these dates:
- Use leave code ADLV in AiM.
If you worked on any of these dates:
- Use your normal time type (e.g., RGS, SHF) for the date worked.
- Work with your supervisor to schedule your 8 hours of Administrative Leave on a future date (before June 30, 2026).
- Coordinate with your supervisor to ensure proper scheduling and time entry.

MyLeave Instructions

Holiday leave will be automatically entered—no action needed.
Administrative leave must be manually entered. Enter your hours you took off on each administrative leave day and mark status as Administrative Leave.

Supervisors

Please verify that staff have entered the correct pay codes before approving timecards to avoid corrections.
For employees on 4/10, swing, or night shift schedules, confirm scheduled hours and holiday time off.

A complete list of university holidays is available on the central Human Resources website.

Questions? Contact your supervisor or reach out to Aliyah Vigil in I&R Human Resources at 303-735-0347 (office).

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