Hello and welcome to the campus tour we
start our journey here at the Center for
Community which is the epicenter for
student success and student life here on
campus. It is one of the largest dining
halls here on campus but it isn't the
only one. A couple of the different
options that you'll find in there are
Italian, we have a Kosher station, an
Asian station, Persian, anything that you
could ever imagine you can probably find
inside the C4C. In addition to the dining
hall in the C4C, it's also home to quite
a few important offices. We've got the
Study Abroad office, the Buff OneCard
office, when you get to CU you will
get a Buff OneCard just like this one.
It gets you into everything, into the dining
halls, into your residence halls. We also
have the Career Services office, this is
an office that will help you buff up
your resume, get those internships that
are going to set you apart, anything
that's really going to prepare you for
the real world and getting that job that
you've been working for.
Right now we're in Ketchum Hall, which is
one of our many academic buildings right
here on campus. We're in the heart of a
classroom and you can see it's pretty
small. 80 percent of our classes are
50 students or less and 50 percent of
our classes are 20 students or less. We
also have recitations. Recitations are
going to be outside of your lecture hall
and a really great way for you to
practice the knowledge that you're
learning in lecture. It's a really great
way to continue working on material and
get your questions answered if you're
not so comfortable asking in class.
Outside of that, our professors even hold
office hours, it's a really great time to
go in, ask follow-up questions or maybe
even get to know a little bit more about
the subject and get more in depth in
your own major.
Here we are in one of your standard
double rooms in the residence halls. When
you're applying for housing you have
quite a few options. I definitely
recommend looking into the RAP and LLC
programs. The residential academic
programs are programs within the
individual residence halls. You take
classes within your hall and they have
specific interest areas that they focus
on. They've got the Arts RAP in Libby,
they have the Business RAP in Cheyenne
Arapaho, so you kind of do your research
depending on what your interests are.
They offer a wide variety of classes.
CU has a great system where you get to
talk to people that you're potentially
going to be roommates with. You can fill
out a survey about your lifestyle, how
clean you are, what time you go to bed
and kind of find people that have
similar lifestyles to you and
preferences. Definitely something to take
into account, anywhere you live here at
CU is going to be a great time with
the people that you meet here.
Welcome to the CU Rec Center. This is by far my
favorite place on the CU Boulder campus.
There's so many amazing opportunities
you have to get involved with different
groups and different clubs on campus. No
matter who you encounter on our campus
everyone is passionate about something.
For me, I didn't discover my love of the
outdoors until I actually came into the
CU Rec Center. Here we have an amazing
3 story tall rock wall with over
3,000 hand holds that's reset every 2
weeks. We also have rooftop tennis courts,
6 basketball courts overlooking one of
the most iconic views in Boulder. In our
pools, we teach stand-up paddleboard yoga,
scuba diving and many other courses that
are included with your CU Be Fit
pass. Tons of club activities and sports
meet here. I was able to get involved
with intramural sports. I joined a team
with my residence hall my freshman year
and this enabled me to have an instant
community on campus. The CU Rec Center is
just one example of the many great
resources that we provide students with
to grow and develop and pursue their
passions as an individual outside of
just the academic experience.
Welcome to Farrand Field. This is
definitely one of my favorite places
here on campus at CU Boulder. If you will
look behind me, you guys can see a great
view of the Flatirons. This is one of the
most popular places on campus for
students and families to take selfies. It
actually is, as I've heard, the second
most Instagrammed place in Colorado. We do
like to call Farrand Field the
backyard of your freshman year. There are
a lot of residence halls located in
and around here. So just imagine
walking right outside and having this
great field to come and hang out on during
your free time and in between classes. We
also do have a couple events that go on
here. We have Welcome Fest and Taste of CU,
both of which happen during Welcome
Week here at CU Boulder. We do have a lot
of options where you can reach out and
kind of find your fit here at CU
and that is a lot of the reason as to
why I love Farrand Field and it's one
of my favorite place to hang out here
on campus.
Here we are at Folsom Stadium, home of
the Colorado Buffaloes football team and
football is truly one of the most
amazing experiences you can partake in
here at CU. All parts of campus come to
life on football game days and this is
truly something that all students can
participate in. The night before a
football game, we actually go to downtown
Boulder and we have our marching band
perform in a pep rally on downtown Pearl
Street. This is something that truly
unifies our campus with the surrounding
Boulder population and this truly means
what it is to be a CU Buffalo football
fan. Ralphie is our live-action mascot
and the unquestionable best tradition in
college football. She runs onto the field
at the beginning of each football game
to get fans truly out of their seats and
into the action of our home football
games. Here we have an amazing student
section, this is where so many of my
friends were made freshman year and this
is where you can truly come and
experience and meet so many great
different people at our CU football
games. Not only do we have a Division One
Pac-12 football team, but we also have
Division One men and women's basketball,
in addition to volleyball, soccer and so
many other sports that are nationally
ranked for their prowess in their
respective division.
Norlin Library is our next stop on the tour. It's our main
library on campus. It has one of the
largest book collections west of the
Mississippi River so we're fortunate enough to
have that right here on campus.
Laughing Goat Cafe is one of the coffee shops
we have here that's a great spot to go
late at night. Norlin Library also has
a ton of different study rooms. They're
going to be glassed rooms, they have a
projector, sound system and a computer.
It's a great place to work on group
projects and you can rent those out free
of charge. Norlin Quad very rightfully named
after Norlin Library is probably one of
my favorite spots to hang out as a
student so you notice on any
beautiful day, such as today, a lot of
students will kind of come out here,
they'll do homework, hangout with friends
throw the frisbee or football around.
Springtime is personally my favorite
because for some reason when the weather
starts getting really nice it motivates all of
those upperclassmen to go out and get small
animals and they actually bring them out here
on the quad and let me tell you there's
no better feeling than when you see a
little puppy, you can't help but kind of
melt inside and realize that life is really good.
Currently we are seated inside of
Old Main, which is also the first building
here at CU. It was the original building,
so that's pretty cool that this building
is still standing here and that we still
use it today. Behind me is the Lego
exhibit, this is one of the reasons why I
decided to come to CU. I really like
the Heritage Center as it does show
parts of why we are who we are. In this
Heritage Center, we do have our space
exhibit. We have sent 20 astronauts to
NASA which is fourth in the nation
behind MIT, Purdue and Stanford, which is
extremely impressive. Some other cool
things that are noted at Old Main are
the Hill. So that's literally a straight
walk from where we are seated. Up there
are where all of our Greek houses are, as
well as other dining restaurants,
an awesome concert venue called the Fox, as
well as off-campus housing.
Welcome to the UMC, also known as the University
Memorial Center. This is our largest
student union here on campus and a great place
that students like to hang out. The UMC
holds our CUSG, which is our
CU Student Government. We also have
the Connection held here. The Connection
is the only a bowling alley in the
entirety of Boulder, a really fun place to
go hang out with friends or play some
arcade games. We also have the Book Store.
The Book Store is a really great place to
get all the CU swag and apparel you could
ever need to be a proper CU Buff.
And then finally, we also have a lot of
dining options in here. My absolute
favorite is the Alferd Packer Grill
that's run by the university. It is actually
named after the only convicted cannibal
in the entire state of Colorado.
I personally have found my community here and
I hope you do too and we hope to see you
soon here at CU. Thanks guys!
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