Race to register for Homecoming 5K
Colorado State University’s 100 Years of Homecoming celebration on Oct. 18 will get off to a healthy start with the annual Homecoming 5K Race at 8 a.m. Runners and walkers will gather at CSU’s iconic Oval to enjoy the fall color and get a jump on the full day of Homecoming festivities. The 34th annual race involves a flat course throughout campus for serious and novice runners and walkers, as well as a Kids Fun Run, led by CAM the Ram. The Homecoming Run is the eighth race in the 16th annual “Healthy Kids Run Series” sponsored by the Healthy Kids Club at University of Colorado Health. Kids who participate in four or more of the eight runs in the series earn prizes. Registration is available online. An early registration discount is available – the fee is only $20 before Friday, Oct. 10. Late registration is available for $25 until 2 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, when online registration closes. Race-day registration in person is available for $30 until 7:45 a.m. Registration includes a custom-designed, long-sleeved T-shirt featuring Aggie orange. Other registration locations include the Department of Health and Exercise Science at CSU, which sponsors the event and is located in the B-wing of Moby Gym, Room 220; Altitude Running, 150 E. Harmony Road, Unit 2C; and Runner’s Roost, 2720 Council Tree Ave., Suite 112. Proceeds from the race will benefit CSU’s Heart Disease Prevention Program, part of the Human Performance Clinical/Research Laboratory. The laboratory provides screenings to the public and specific professional groups, such as police officers and firefighters, for heart disease risk factors. Screenings include personal and family history, a maximal treadmill test, an examination by a physician, blood lipid analysis and body composition assessment, along with personally tailored results and counseling. Prizes will be awarded to the top three finishers in each age division. A drawing for participant prizes will take place during the awards ceremony. Sponsors include CSU Youth Sport Camps, Re/Max Alliance, the CSU Bookstore, Poudre Valley Hospital, Triple Crown Sports, The Egg and I, Hewlett Packard, Eyecare Associates, the Orthopaedic and Spine Center of the Rockies, Altitude Running, Gay and Karan Israel, Ren and Sharon Jensen, Barry Braun, Markley Motors, Miramont Lifestyle Fitness, and Sam Cooper Design. The Human Performance Clinical/Research Laboratory and the Department of Health and Exercise Science are part of the College of Health and Human Sciences at CSU.
Opentober is the CSU Libraries’ month-long celebration of the Open Access movement.
Open Access encourages the free availability of online literature, including research articles, with the rights for all to use these articles to promote research, benefit innovation, discovery, education, and share information in the belief that openly sharing the results of research helps research advance.
Opentober surrounds International Open Access Week, Oct. 20-26. The official kickoff event will be live-streamed in the Library Event Hall at 1 p.m. on Oct. 20.
Wikipedia Editathon
The centerpiece of CSU’s Opentober events is a really WOW-E! – an all-day Water on Wikipedia Editathon on Oct. 21. Universities across the West will also be collaborating on the topic as part of one of the largest Open Access projects in the world, Wikipedia.
People from around the university and the community are invited to come together to increase and improve the quality of information on the free online encyclopedia. No previous editing experience necessary. Free food and editing support will be provided, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
And you won’t want to miss the Opentober Movie Nights @ Morgan, several must‐see movies that are in the public domain, accompanied by free food and fascinating commentary by local speakers.
All films will be shown in the Library Event Hall, beginning at 5 p.m. Admission is free, of course.
The first movie, Oct. 2, is “The General,” Buster Keaton’s 1926 silent classic about a stolen Civil War locomotive. Commentary by Robert Gudmestad, associate professor of history.
Oct. 9 will be the 1936 cautionary tale, “Reefer Madness.” Speakers include CSU faculty and staff members Nick Marx, Jenn Matheson, Josh Zugish and Ginny Sawyer. Please note: Audience participation will not be tolerated.
And the month wraps up on Oct. 30 with the film that started the zombie apocalypse, George A. Romero’s 1968 “Night of the Living Dead.” Remarks by Rick Lyons, director of the Infectious Disease Research Center. In this case, costumes are appreciated.