RAD for Women, program from University Police Announced.

Officer Lynn Whitten, Community Resource Officer for the University of Colorado Denver Police Department released campus news today about the upcoming RAD program.

The University of Colorado Denver Police Department is again offering its R.A.D. (Rape Aggression Defense) System’s basic self-defense program for women. The session dates are September 18th and 19th, 2010, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm.

Classes will be held at the Campus Services Building on the Anschutz Medical Campus at 1945 Wheeling Street. Click here for map.

You must be able to attend the full 16 hours of class. Space in the class is limited and registration is by payment only.

Registration deadline is Wednesday, September 15th at 2:00 pm.

Cost for the class is as follows:

• Students (from any school or campus, student ID required) $20.00

• Faculty and Staff from UCD, UCH, TCH, UPI and other affiliates (ID required) $25.00

• General public $30.00

For more information or to remit payment for registration, call Officer Lynn Whitten at 303-724-0739 or e-mail: Lynn.Whitten@ucdenver.edu.

A detailed course description can be found at: www.ucdenver.edu/police (under Personal Safety and Crime Prevention/Classes and Training/RAD Self Defense for Women).

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Library Hours Expand for Fall 2010 @ HSL

The library’s hours expand as ’10 fall term picks up.  On Aug 16, HSL began staying open to midnight offering information commons services and spaces for study, group collaboration, wireless access and support to laptops with many LCD equipped rooms. Additional vending was installed over the summer in anticipation of students needing to study late. Library hours for the fall term are online now.

AMC student users are encouraged to offer feedback about library hours anytime by speaking with one of our customer service staff. Tell us what days of the week are most popular for your habits, hours of the day you are usually in the library, what floors do you use, how frequently – - do you use and enter/leave the library multiple times per day, what late night hours past 10pm do you make use of at HSL and for what purposes? What spaces and floors do you prefer to work in at HSL? HSL wants to know, tell us!

Visit our first floor customer service desk anytime for assistance, help with finding articles and information, for consultation on your research questions or just to say hello and tell us what you think. Tell Us, we want to hear from you.

For more information and input about library hours, contact douglas stehle, librarian, access services division — email or call: 303-724-2139 (messages will be listened to).

HSL employee recognized for excellence and service by the Colorado Association of Libraries

Ms. Ruby Nugent is being awarded the 2010 Lucy Schweers Award for Excellence in Paralibrarianship by the Colorado Association of Libraries (CAL). Ms. Nugent has been an active member of the association for years, providing leadership and service to the business of CAL and carrying forth expertise in library services in the State of Colorado. The award is conferred annually to library support staff who advance and strengthen the image of the library profession and demonstrate pride and excellence in their library services expertise. Ruby will be receiving the award at the CAL Awards Banquet in October. Ms. Nugent has been with the Health Sciences Library of UC Denver since 2008, and works in the Access Services Department serving AMC students and faculty. Congratulations Ms. Nugent!

Amesse Memorial Collection Moves into the Information Commons at HSL

The Amesse Collection in the Health Science Library provides a leisure reading collection of novels, biographies, and nonfiction, as well as the Denver Post and a selection of popular magazines and newspapers. A small collection of movies on DVD is also part of the collection. Because of the Amesse family love of books, the reading area and collection is dedicated to three generations of Amesse family physicians. The collection has been moved to a central spot on the first floor of the library within the Information Commons.

Tradition, Reading, and Memorial: Amesse

The collection was originally established with books from John C. Amesse’s personal collection. Additional items are purchased from the Amesse Memorial Fund. The new dedicated space in the Information Commons on the 1st floor of HSL continues the tradition and resonates with the memory of John, his love of reading and the pleasures of a nook in a library. Each book in the collection bears a bookplate designed by Eleanor Benson and printed by Frederic Pannebaker, friends of the Amesse family. We hope this leisure hub provides a serene retreat from the hectic world of medicine, and, in so doing, keeps alive the memory and spirit of the Amesse family physicians. HSL proudly unveils the collection in a new location, a new space in the midst of the busy lives of our medical and health science students.

Every day hundreds of students work, study, collaborate, meet in groups, attend classes and learn in the information commons on the first floor of the library. With the Amesse collection in the heart of this fabulous first floor space, students will have opportunity to appreciate relaxation and browsing of a popular collection. Nearby in the new materials corner is an honor paperback collection — take one and go, no check out necessary. Materials from the main Amesse collection can be checked out at the service desk. The magazines of the collection do not circulate and are for in-house use only.

If you’d like to make a recommendation for the Amesse collection, please let us know. Take a break and visit the leisure hub in the Commons of HSL soon. first floor, room space 1304.

Art From UC Denver

Art from UC Denver: Displaying the Talents of Faculty, Staff and Students

The Exhibits Committee of the Health Sciences Library will be curating an exhibit of artwork created by the faculty, staff and students of UC Denver. There are many talented artists on our campuses. This juried exhibition is an opportunity for us to learn about our talented co-workers, teachers, and students.

The artwork will be on display November 1, 2010 – January 31, 2011 in the Gallery of the Health Sciences Library. The Exhibits Committee is looking for submissions of all types of art created by members of either the Anschutz Medical Campus or the Downtown Denver Campus.

To submit artwork to be considered for inclusion in the show please visit the library’s homepage to download a submission form. The submission deadline is September 15, 2010.

Second Annual Dance of the Flower Medicine, 2010 – August 4th

Second Annual Dance of the Flower Medicine

Danza Xochitl Pahtli, 2010

Wednesday, August 4^th

Florence G. Strauss Lectures

Strauss Complementary & Indigenous Medicine Collection

The Health Sciences Library || The Auraria Library

The Foundations of Cultural Dimensions

Colorado School of Public Health || AMC Office of Diversity & Inclusion ||The Children’s Hospital

Presents

Curanderismo: Partnering for healthy communities

Traditional Mexican healers, also known as Curanderos, will give presentations to the

UC Denver community

10:00 am – 11:15 am
Topic: “Laugh Therapy,” Lecture and Demonstration
Presenters: Dr. Arturo Órnelas Lizardi, Director of El Centro de Desarrollo Humano Hacia la Comunidad in Cuernavaca, Mexico and Maestra Rita Navarrete Perez, Mexico City, Mexico.
Location: Education 2 North Tower, room 1303.
Questions? Contact Vicky Saulsberry vicky.saulsberry@ucdenver.edu, 303-724-8003

Noon – 1:00 pm
Topic: To be announced
Presenters: Dr. Arturo Órnelas Lizardi, Director of El Centro de Desarrollo Humano Hacia la Comunidad in Cuernavaca, Mexico and Maestro Valentine Silveti Garcia , Cuernavaca, Mexico.  Refreshments will be served.
Location: Health Sciences Library.
Questions?  Contact Lilian Hoffecker lilian.hoffecker@ucdenver.edu, 303-724-2124.

2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Topic: “Laugh Therapy,” Lecture and Demonstration (encore of the 10 am lecture)
Presenters: Dr. Arturo Órnelas Lizardi, Director of El Centro de Desarrollo Humano Hacia la Comunidad in Cuernavaca, Mexico and Maestra Rita Navarrete Perez, Mexico City, Mexico.
Location: The Children’s Hospital, second floor, Mount Yale Conference room.Questions? Contact Vicky Saulsberry vicky.saulsberry@ucdenver.edu, 303-724-8003

All presentations will be held on the Anschutz Medical Campus and are open to the public

http://www.ucdenver.edu/about/departments/FacilitiesManagement/Documents/AMC.pdf