Colbert University – April 2009 Additions

This was originally posted at the Colbert University What’s New blog, by Lisa.

We all know that April showers bring May flowers, but I bet you didn’t know that it also brings the latest and greatest that’s been added to Colbert University this past month:

• Show off your Colbert know-all by taking the May It-Getters Quiz, written by Faculty Associate, Vigwig!
• Watch Stephen rhapsodize about DonorsChoose.org, a nonprofit that helps teachers around the country fund their projects, and learn about its new collaboration with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Don’t miss NoFactZone.net’s coverage from the Completeists who were lucky enough to be in attendance in Interviews and Other Articles!
• This past month, The Nation was treated to numerous public appearances of the wonderful writers at The Report! Check out everything that’s been added to Better Know a Report Staffer:
  • Read Stephen’s interview with executive producer Allison Silverman about the very beginnings of her career as a comedy writer in Better Know a Report Staffer.
  • Watch former writer Eric Drysdale’s appearance on Important Things with Demetri Martin where he competes in a “Passive Aggressive Race”.
  • Peter Grosz plays a seemingly closeted husband in a Colbert Coalition ad and also gets a shout-out from Stephen and helps introduce The Decemberists before their live performance.
  • Poor Barry Julien (aka: the barista under Stephen’s desk) gets yelled at by Stephen for not winning the World Barista Championship competition.
  • Catch a brief glimpse of Glenn Eichler as “Glen in Sports”.
  • Frank Lesser plays a doctor alongside Stephen in hopes that Stephen will be nominated for an Emmy as Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.

• Watch some fantastic behind-the-scenes footage of Stephen recording the voice of the President for Monster Vs. Aliens in Other Interviews and Articles!

• Stephen was recently knighted and is now known as Sir Dr. Stephen T. Colbert, DFA! Read all about Stephen’s fancy new title in the Colbert Codex!

• Watch Stephen try to teach Rep. Dan Maffei (D-NY) to be cool, and show off his abs to Rep. Aaron Schock (D-IL), in POLI 301: Better Know a District: A Compilation.

• Stephen tries to hock his own line of patriotic CDs in MUS 202: The Colbert Report — The Musical (aka Stephen Sings!).

• NASA finally announced the winner of the Node 3 naming contest! Check out all the details in IMPROV 401: Audience Participation and the Colbert Nation!

• Check out the most recent addition to the Formula 401 family of premium manseed products: Formula $3.99, which was added to MKTG 401: Marketing Concepts: The Colbertoverse.

• A new word appeared in the Opening Graphics: Purple-Mounted! Take a peek at this and other words in COMM 401: Faux-News Segments.

• Listen to Military.com’s Podcast interview with Stephen in which he talks about The Report’s shows in the Persian Gulf and promotes DonorsChoose.org in Other Books, Interviews and Articles.