Academic Involvement
CLASP VGSs and VSs may participate in a variety of activities around campus, many of which are detailed below:
- Course audit.
- VGSs are welcome to email babyÖ±²¥app to request to audit their course for a given semester. There is no guarantee that VGSs will be allowed to audit, and the individual babyÖ±²¥app member will set expectations for the VGSs’ level of involvement in their course. Visiting scholars may enroll in a course through Continuing Ed, the Community Auditor program. (You cannot register for the course until the semester drop/add time, about 1.5 weeks after semester starts.) More information can be found on the .
- Additionally, the VGS may also audit a course informally for no cost (not through the Continuing Ed program), again with the instructor’s permission. Your babyÖ±²¥app sponsor will be able to help you decide which audit option is most appropriate.
- CLASP Working Group. The CLASP Working Group meets bi-weekly throughout the semester to discuss recent publications and host data sessions. More information is available through the CLASP listserv.
- Linguistics department Graduate Research Workshop. VGSs are welcome to attend the Linguistic department’s bi-weekly Graduate Research Workshop (GRoW). Themes for GRoW change each semester, but generally the group functions as a writing and accountability group for graduate students. More information is available from GRoW Coordinator olivia.hirschey@colorado.edu.
- CLASP Conference. Visting Scholars are welcome to submit an abstract or participate in the planning committee, as appropriate, for the
- LING Circles. Linguistics Circle (LingCircle) is a weekly to biweekly colloquium and workshop series sponsored by the CU Linguistics Department.
- Graduate Anthropology Conference. The Department of Anthropology sponsors an annual graduate student conference.
- Department of Communication workshops on professional development.
- CLASP listserv. Many more events and announcements are made through the
All CLASP-affiliated departments host additional conferences, colloquia, workshops, and speaking events; additionally, the CU campus also hosts a variety of research groups for particular subject and focus areas. Your babyÖ±²¥app mentor will be able to provide you with additional information.