Congratulations and welcome, commuter students! We are proud to have you as members of our University of Colorado Boulder community. In Student Affairs, it is our pleasure to help you navigate the process both inside and outside of the classroom.
While CU Boulder is a traditional campus with many incoming students living in our residence halls, we want our commuter students who live off-campus to feel welcome and to be a strong, engaged group in our community. Whether your priorities are getting involved in clubs or athletics, attending social events, staying fit, making friends with your peers or excelling at your academics, the opportunities are at your disposal at CU Boulder!
Our primary goal is to help you succeed while here as a student and thrive after graduation. To assist our first-year commuter students with the transition to CU Boulder, we have dedicated services and resources outlined below.
First-year Commuting Buffs
Each first-year student not living in the on-campus residence halls will be enrolled into the Commuting Buffs first-year peer mentoring program where they will be assigned to a “commuter cohort” with other first-year commuter students. Commuting Buffs students will receive a bi-weekly newsletter, The Commuter Compass, and will be able to participate in ongoing programming opportunities with their assigned commuter cohort and with the larger commuter student population. More information about assigned cohorts and a first-year commuter student’s assigned Commuter Peer Mentor will be communicated mid-summer as well as instructions on how to access the Commuting Buffs virtual community so that all commuter students can connect with their assigned cohort as well as the larger Commuting Buffs community.
Other Commuting Buffs
If you are a non-first year commuter, you can still join the Commuting Buffs Program. By opting into the Commuting Buffs program, you will continue to receive the Commuter Compass emails, information on commuter events and resources, and access to the Commuter Lounge.
Commuter Peer Mentors (CPM)
A Commuter Peer Mentor, or CPM, is an upper-division CU Boulder student who has previously or is currently commuting to campus and has a knowledge of navigating both campus and the surrounding area. CPMs serve as student leaders, assisting first‐year commuter students with their transition to the University of Colorado Boulder. This is accomplished through each CPM connecting with their assigned geographic cohorts through a variety of interactions including group cohort meetings, one-on-one meetings, emails, text messages and social media, as well as through programming. Commuter Peer Mentors are responsible for providing on-going engagement opportunities for their assigned cohorts as well as conducting regular check-ins with each of their assigned commuter cohort students.
Commuter Lounge
Off-Campus Housing and Neighborhood Relations welcomes commuter students to come to the new Commuter Lounge in the UMC. Filled with amenities specifically for commuting students, we hope you will visit us during your days on campus.
