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The College of Business and Administration at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder has honored Robert F. (Bob) Charles with the 1997 DeanÂ’s Award for Entrepreneurial Excellence. Charles, who moved to Boulder in 1965 with his wife, Judy, managed BoulderÂ’s original McDonaldÂ’s on 28th Street. By 1969 he owned that store and had opened another on Baseline. In the early 1990s, Charles operated 11 franchises and was heralded as the Burger Baron of Boulder County. He presently owns three stores – two in Arvada and one in Westminster.

There's more to using a rebate than merely saving a few cents, a new study of shoppers reports. People who are willing to spend extra time and effort sending in a rebate will tend to believe the product they are getting is pretty swell, says Donald Lichtenstein, a marketing professor at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder. But when shoppers respond to advertised sales, they are less likely to attribute high quality to the brand. Why?

The University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at BoulderÂ’s Hawaiian student organization, Hui O Mau Hoaaloha, will hold itÂ’s seventh annual luÂ’au on April 26 in the Glenn Miller Ballroom on the Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder campus. Doors open at 5 p.m. Dinner will be served from 5:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. and a Polynesian revue consisting of Tahitian, Maori, Samoan and Hawaiian dancing will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. There will also be special guest performances by Hawaiian singer Palani Vaughan and Miss Aloha Hula, Hewa Vaughan.

Spending a little more time and effort on grocery shopping can mean big savings to your food budget, a University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder marketing professor says. Donald Lichtenstein has studied marketing techniques and consumer behavior in all types of stores for 15 years. From the front of a store to the back, he has suggestions on techniques shoppers can use to get more value for their money. "I love a deal," says Lichtenstein. "When that blue light goes off something in my blood just starts percolating."

Five finalists for the position of director of the University Memorial Center at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder will begin campus visits April 23. Members of the campus community are encouraged to attend the candidatesÂ’ open forums and offer feedback to the search committee co-chaired by Gary Chadwick, director of the Recreation Center, and Adam Fingersh, representative-at-large of the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Student Union. The finalists, their current positions and dates of campus visits are:

Four faculty members at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder will be the first to receive the newly established Big 12 Faculty Fellowships to work in their areas of expertise at another Big 12 school of their choice. The recipients were announced by Wallace Loh, vice chancellor for academic affairs, who first announced the fellowships last December. The fellowships were established, Loh said, “by the chief academic officers of the Big 12 who believe our member schools should be more than an athletic conference -- we should also be connected by academic endeavors.”

The following statement was issued this morning by University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ President John C. Buechner. “First of all, I want to say I am very satisfied with the thorough planning and organization undertaken by the Boulder campus community for the visit of chancellor candidate Dr. John Moseley. Over the last three days, constituent groups from every sector of the campus community have had the opportunity to meet with Dr. Moseley at length, and I am told that these meetings have been productive and informative.

Recent satellite images collected by the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder-based National Snow and Ice Data Center indicate a section of a large ice shelf on the Antarctic Peninsula has broken away.

The top business plans of aspiring student entrepreneurs at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ at Boulder will be judged by a panel of local executives April 30 in the spring Business Plan Competition. The spring semester event is the climax of a class taught by Juan Rodriguez, professor of electrical and computer engineering and chairman of Ecrix Corp., and instructor Mike Befeler, a principal and founder of Storage Systems Marketing Inc. Rodriguez is a co-founder of both Storage Technology Corp. and Exabyte Corp.

The unique partnership involving industry and foundations in Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-BoulderÂ’s new $17 million Integrated Teaching and Learning Laboratory may be a harbinger of similar collaborations around the nation, according to engineering Dean Ross Corotis. “Industry has not traditionally been involved in the educational process of engineers,” said Corotis. “But I think the overwhelming support we have received on this project is a signal the private sector is acknowledging their stake in the quality of engineering education.”