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One week down, 15 to go. I hope you’re all having a successful 2016 so far and enjoying the great ski conditions! This week's events include free dance and martial arts classes, the Housing Fair and the women's basketball game versus Oregon State.

FLEX bus service connecting ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder and Fort Collins is up and running. If you’ve been waiting for inexpensive, direct, easy transit service along the north Front Range, FLEX will take you where you need to go. Two special events will take place Jan. 21 in both Fort Collins and Boulder to celebrate the start of service and the growing connections between Fort Collins and Boulder.

ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder's annual Housing Fair will be held on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the UMC Glenn Miller Ballroom. Hosted by Off-Campus Housing and Neighborhood Relations, the fair offers students a convenient way to view hundreds of local properties. More than 50 local landlords, property managers and real estate agents will be at the fair.

As the new year begins, university personnel are reminded to complete a Disclosure of External Professional Activities (DEPA) in order to meet conflicts of interest disclosure requirements. A 2016 DEPA is required of all faculty and other designated groups. In general, those other groups include all research personnel, staff who support department compliance reporting processes, and students engaged in research (i.e. all personnel responsible for the design, conduct, or reporting of research).

The spring semester brings a new late-night study location in the C4C Dining Center, as well as free tutoring for students in the resident halls and Bear Creek Apartments.

If you want to set a meeting with Nigel Sharp to get entrepreneurship advice, he’s best approached with an invite for tea – his beverage of choice – versus coffee. He along with Hector Rodriguez and Julien Denaes are the first cohort of entreprenurial experts in ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder's Global Entrepreneurs in Residence program.

Looking for leadership skills? Apply for ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ GOLD’s Core Leadership Program (CLP). ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ GOLD is a student-led group on campus that provides an opportunity for ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder students to foster personal development in leadership skills. CLP consists of a leadership retreat Feb. 6-7, weekly seminars devoted to various leadership topics, and a community service project.

Professor Matthias Steup, the Philosophy Department Head at Purdue University, has been selected to serve as chair of the University of ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Boulder Philosophy Department starting this fall. Steven Leigh, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, announced the appointment today after an international search.

I hope you all had a very enjoyable winter break. We’re starting of the spring 2016 semester right with some fun events for you all this week, including

The Office of Organizational and Employee Development invites ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder employees to attend upcoming seminars and courses. January and February's featured seminars include: Emotional Intelligence, StrengthsQuest, Managing the ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder Way and Real Colors. Programs are offered free of charge to ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥-Boulder employees.