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NEWS TIP SHEET Noteworthy Graduates for CU-Boulder Commencement December 2000 Marion Brew

Chancellor Richard L. Byyny and Vice Chancellor Phil DiStefano announced today they will step up efforts to correct gender inequities in salaries among University of Colorado at Boulder faculty by doubling the equity salary pool for next year and revising methods for distribution to ensure improved equity. Last year, noting a 2 percent discrepancy between salaries of male and female faculty members, Chancellor Byyny announced a three-year program to rectify the differences and allocated $80,000 for the first year of a gender equity salary pool.

With the holiday shopping season gaining momentum, more consumers than ever will be buying gifts online. Those who bid at Internet auction sites such as eBay should beware of shilling, an illegal practice in which a seller or their friends covertly pose as bona fide bidders and continuously raise the highest bid. The result is that the buyer pays an artificially high price and the seller makes a fraudulent profit.

The Board of Directors of the University of Colorado Foundation Inc. has announced the appointment of Michael M. Byram, president and CEO of MedLogic Global Corp. in Colorado Springs, as the new president of the privately governed nonprofit organization. Byram will assume the post in early January 2001. He succeeds Charles G. McCord, who will be retiring after 20 years at the professional helm of the CU Foundation.

PHOTO OPPORTUNITY Denver Elementary School Children to Tour CU-Boulder Space Center Dec. 13 Note to Editors: Please RSVP to Stefanie Countryman at (303) 735-5308 or Jim Scott at (303) 492-3114 if you plan to have photographers or reporters in attendance.

The tight labor market and fluctuations in the high-tech industry will affect Colorado's economy in 2001 and slow the rate of growth, according to CU-Boulder economist Richard Wobbekind. "The state economy will experience slower growth in 2001," said Wobbekind, director of the Business Research Division. "This is due to the tight labor market, transitions in the high-tech industry and the slower national economy." Wobbekind's annual economic forecast was delivered at Denver's Brown Palace Hotel on Dec. 11 at 1:15 p.m.

The CU Business Advancement Center, part of the University of Colorado at Boulder, has won a national award for developing international markets for Colorado environmental companies. The project, "Malaysia-Colorado Cleaner Production Policy and Technology Exchange," was named "outstanding" in the economic development category of the Project of the Year Awards competition sponsored by the National Association of Management and Technical Assistance Centers.

Editors: For additional information on the award recipients contact Greg Swenson at the CU-Boulder Office of News Services at (303) 492-3113. The University of Colorado at Boulder will honor four alumni with prestigious awards at the university commencement ceremony on Friday, Dec. 22, at 9:30 a.m. at the Coors Events/Conference Center.

The University of Colorado at Boulder will confer 1,888 degrees on Friday, Dec. 22, during university commencement ceremonies at the Coors Events/Conference Center. The winter commencement ceremony will begin at 9:30 a.m. and last about an hour. Guests are expected to be in their seats by 9:10 a.m., and since no tickets are required for the ceremony, early arrival is strongly suggested.

CU-Boulder athletes and coaches will deliver Buffalo Hugs pillows to Boulder Community Hospital on Tuesday, Dec. 12, continuing a program launched this fall to comfort young patients during medical or dental visits. The delivery of 180 Buffalo Hugs will be made at 12:15 p.m. at the Boulder Community Hospital lobby, 1100 Balsam Ave.