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<p>Every few years, CU-Boulder's Office of Strategic Relations takes aerial photos of the campus for archiving and marketing purposes. On June 15, campus photographer Glenn Asakawa and videographers Alana Murphy and Zach Ornitz ascended above campus in a helicopter to capture the current look and feel of campus.</p>

<p>Did you know that as a University of Colorado employee, you can receive one-on-one investment advice and guidance on CU’s retirement investment plan options? TIAA financial consultants will be on campus in June and July to do just that.</p>

Construction on the new Center for Academic Success and Engagement (or CASE building), which will be built atop the Euclid Autopark, will begin this August. This new building, which will initially house key components of the Office of Admissions and eventually various other important student and academic services, has been designed to serve as a gateway to campus for visitors and prospective students and families.

The Office of Organizational and Employee Development invites CU-Boulder employees to attend upcoming seminars and courses. "Real Colors", "Emotional Intelligence", "Maximizing Generational Talent in Your Organization", and "StrengthsQuest" sessions are scheduled for the remainder of 2016. Programs are offered free of charge to CU-Boulder employees. Space is limited and sessions are filling up fast.

If you've been holding off on enrolling in CU benefits, now is the time. Open Enrollment ends at 5 p.m. Friday, May 13. It's time to select the coverage you want for you and your family from July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2017.

On Tuesday, May 3, long-serving members of the Boulder campus staff and their guests joined Chancellor Philip DiStefano and members of Staff Council in the Glenn Miller Ballroom to be honored for their service to campus.

Open Enrollment Sessions and Fairs will run from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Thursday, May 5 in the UMC's Glenn Miller Ballroom. Open Enrollment ends at 5 p.m. May 13. </span><span>Sessions for faculty and staff will be held from 9 to 10 a.m. and 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. with a retiree session running from 11 a.m. to noon. An Open Enrollment Fair, featuring plan providers, will be open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

CU-Boulder Human Resources invites campus supervisors, managers and leaders to attend the redesigned "Managers Academy: Employee Management and Compliance Essentials" (previously "Managing the CU-Boulder Way") May 17-18. This program is offered free of charge to CU-Boulder employees. Space is limited and sessions are filling up fast.

At the April Board of Regents meeting, Chancellor DiStefano and Senior Vice Chancellor and Chief Financial Officer Kelly Fox proposed a 2 percent merit pool for classified staff and university staff. <em>CU-Boulder Today</em> sat down with Chancellor DiStefano and discussed how the approval of this merit pool is part of a larger effort towards equitable wages on the Boulder campus.

Construction of the new Baseline Road pedestrian and bicycle underpass is scheduled to start Monday, April 25. Phase one will see off-peak delays, beginning after 8:30 a.m. and ending before 3:30 p.m. Phase two, beginning in June, will see significant traffic impacts.