Hello and welcome to the CU Boulder campus tour. We are standing in the
newest epicenter for Student Success. The Center for Academic Success and
Engagement. This building houses all sorts of resources for student success
including academic offices, we've got study spaces as well as conference rooms
for students to be able to collaborate. Anything that you need for academic
success you can find here. One of the most popular areas within this building
is located on our fourth floor. It's the fourth floor terrace with a statue
representative of our mascot Ralphie. We've also got the most picturesque view
of the Flatirons in Boulder and all of this is located right here in this
building which serves as the gateway to campus.
We are currently standing
outside of the Center for Community, abbreviated the C4C. It is one of the largest
dining halls here on campus, but it isn't the only one. A couple of 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.
Alright so 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% of our
classes are 50 students or less and 50% 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 new
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.
So 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
Arapahoe. 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 three-story tall rock wall with over 3,000 handholds that's reset
every two weeks.
We also have rooftop tennis courts, six 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 Instagramed 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 The 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 reasons as
to why I love Farrand Field and it's one of my favorite places 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 is 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 1 Pac-12 Football Team, but we also have Division 1 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.
There's going to be glassed in 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 come out here, they'll do
homework, hang out 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.
So 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 a part 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 the 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 street 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 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 and 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!