Editors: Reporters and photographers are welcome to attend this event, which is not open to the public.
University of Colorado President Elizabeth Hoffman will address students enrolled in the CU-Boulder Minority Arts and Sciences Program at an awards ceremony on Feb. 9 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the British Studies Center in Norlin Library.
The event is to recognize the community of 93 undergraduate students for collectively achieving a 3.2 grade-point average last semester.
"This is quite an accomplishment for our program, as the preponderance of our students are majoring in the sciences or are following a health sciences related curriculum," said Alphonse Keasley, MASP director. "It is also an honor for the students to have President Hoffman recognize their efforts and their progress in her talk and to spend time visiting with them."
President Hoffman and her husband, Dr. Brian Binger, are hosting the event, which replaces the traditional MASP Spring Welcome Back and Golden Buffalo Awards gathering.
MASP students Dianna Keeler, a junior sociology major, and Salvatore Mendoza, a senior double majoring in film studies and fine arts, will serve as emcees for the ceremony. All of the students will receive a Golden Buffalo awards certificate.
Keasley noted that MASP includes a new cohort of students majoring in the humanities and social sciences, and that the program is gearing up to enroll more students in those fields.
The CU-Boulder Minority Arts and Sciences program is acknowledged as one of the "best practices" models on the Boulder campus for recruiting, retaining and graduating minority students.
For more information, call (303) 492-8229 or visit the MASP Web site at .