University of Colorado-Boulder Services

The Basics

Basic services offered: nonremedial tutoring, women's center, placement service, day care, health service, health insurance, other
Remedial services: N/A
Counseling availability: minority student, career, personal, veteran student, academic, older student, psychological, birth control, other

Career Potential

Career advising services: co-op education, on-campus job interviews, internships, resume assistance, career/job search classes, alumni network, interest inventory, interview training
Percent of graduates employed after 6 months: N/A
Percent of graduates employed after 1 year: N/A
Percent of graduates employed after 2 years: $57%
Main employers of graduates: Deloitte & Touche, Lockheed Martin, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Peace Corps, Teach for America, Ball Aerospace, Boulder Valley School District, Eco Cycle, Dell Computer, Sun Microsystems, Hewlett Packard, IBM, JD Edwards, Enterprise Rent-A-Car, National Instr

Campus Resources

Library on campus/close promixity?: Yes
Library collaboration present?: Yes
Number of books available: 3,554,826
Number of subscriptions: 26,152
Number of microforms: 6,802,839
Number of audiovisuals: 450,928
Number of E-books: N/A
Description of library facilities: Five branch libraries. Collections include human rights, medieval manuscripts, women's history (including women poets of the romantic period), western historical (including Gary Hart papers), and the Tippit Photobook Collection.
Museums in proximity: Art galleries, natural history museum, heritage center, observatory, planetarium and science center, electron microscope, outdoor theater, video interactive foreign language laboratory, mountain research station, centrifuge, a hands-on teaching and learning laboratory for engineering, a multipurpose cultural/athletics/educational events and conference center, a premier concert hall, and an innovative multi-disciplinary IT center, which will soon have its own 34M, 66,000 square foot building in the center of campus, fall 2006.

Technological Availability

Wireless internet on campus?: Yes
Public computers available: 2,300
Computer courses offered?: No
Email accounts granted?: Yes
Campuswide internet access?: Yes
Usable computer locations: computer center/labs, residence halls, library, student center
Library connection ports (avg.): 15
Classroom connection ports (avg.): 70
Total wireless capacity: 4,000 students/faculty
Recommended OS: Microsoft
Wireless coverage: in all the libraries, in some classrooms, in administrative/faculty offices and work areas, in some of the college-owned, operated, or affiliated housing

Safety

Campus safety details: 24-hour foot and vehicle patrols, late night transport/escort service, 24-hour emergency telephones, lighted pathways/sidewalks, student patrols, controlled dormitory access (key, security card, etc)
Students granted university webspace?: Yes
Able to register online?: Yes

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