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Wednesday
July 23, 2003
Vol 1, No 3

Inside Today's Issue

1. Faculty and Staff May Continue to Utilize Outlook as E-mail Client
2. Tivoli Celebrates 137-Year Anniversary With a Facelift
3. Metro State Volleyball Repeat Predicted
4. More Than 25 Joined WB2 for Kolorado Karaoke at Metro State
5. Do You Know - Vonda Knox?

1. Faculty and Staff May Continue to Utilize Outlook as E-mail Client

Vice President of Administration and Finance Mike Barnett announced on Friday that because of faculty and staff concerns expressed with MetroConnect's e-mail system, IT will support Microsoft Outlook as an office e-mail client. However, remote e-mail access must be utilized through the web-based e-mail client within MetroConnect.

To read more, go to
http://www.mscd.edu/~collcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol1/email_twv1072303.htm

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2. Tivoli Celebrates 137-Year Anniversary With a Facelift

The Tivoli Student Union will be celebrating its 137-year anniversary by entering a new stage - revitalization. This two-year project will include four major project components:

Exterior façade repair

Roof replacement

Fire alarm upgrades

Mechanical system upgrades

"One of the most notable changes will be the exterior of the building; principally, the Tivoli will no longer be white," said Julie Hughes, director of organizational development and performance for AHEC. Hughes added that once the paint is removed and repairs are made to the brick exterior, the natural red brick will be left unadorned.

AHEC will celebrating the revitalization project with a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday, Sept. 3 from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Watch for more details in upcoming editions of @Metro.

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3. Metro State Volleyball Repeat Predicted

Metro State's Volleyball Team has been picked to repeat as the league's East Division favorite, according to a pre-season poll of the leagues coaches. Roadrunner Devon Herron was tabbed as the pre-season player in this poll.

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4. More Than 25 Joined WB2 for Kolorado Karaoke at Metro State

Last Friday, over 25 Metro State students and employees joined WB2's News morning personality Dan Daru (Criminal Justice, 1984) for Kolorado Karaoke at Metro State.

Performances included covers of songs by Tom Jones, Christina Aquilera and Patsy Klein. Metro State Sophomore Si Hi won the grand prize of a 27-inch TV from Soundtrack with her cover of Billie Holiday's "Ain't Misbehavin'." All participants received a bag of coffee from Peaberry Coffee and gift certificates to Lamar Donuts.
Click here for photos of this event:
http://www.mscd.edu/~collcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol1/karaoke_twv1072303.htm

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5. Do You Know - Vonda Knox?

Vonda Knox is one of those people who came to Metro State as a student and decided she liked it so much that she found a way to stay.

In 1991, Knox's daughter, the fourth of five children, had started kindergarten. "I decided it was time for me to go to school, too," she recalls. So she enrolled, taking classes toward a double major in English and history.

To read more, go to:
http://www.mscd.edu/~collcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol1/doyouknow_twv1072303.htm

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Feature Story

National Report Finds More Women Attending College

Women are consider-ably outpacing men in college attendance and degree attainment, according to a new research report commissioned by The Business Roundtable and conducted by Northeastern University's Center for Labor Market Studies. "The Growing Gender Gaps in College Enrollment and Degree Attainment in the U.S. and Their Potential Economic and Social Consequences" shows that after lagging behind men in the 1960s and 1970s, women achieved equality in college attendance rates in 1978 and have fared better ever since. Nearly 2 million more women than men are now attending college and are acquiring far more certificates, associate's, bachelor's and master's degrees. The gaps prevail for ethnic groups, age groups and states. The report predicts that gaps will widen over the current decade.

At Metro State, 57 percent of its student population is female. "We've seen this growing trend over the last 17 years," said Director of Admissions Bill Hathaway-Clark. Research has shown that Metro State tends to attract working mothers looking to balance work, family and classes through the convenience of evening, weekend and online classes.

Key findings of the report include:

For each year from 1993 to 2000 nationally, the number of full-time and part-time female college students exceeded the number of men, with the ratios ranging from 123 women per 100 men in 1993 to 128 women per 100 men in 2000. In the latter year, 1.87 million more women than men were enrolled. Projections by the U.S. Department of Education indicate that, by 2010, the gender gap will grow to 138 women enrolled for every 100 men.

In 2000, the gender gap was highest among African Americans (166 women per 100 men in college), with Hispanics second (130-100) and whites third (126-100).
Gender gaps exist within each major age group. There were 132 women for every 100 men aged 25-29 in college in 2000; the ratio rose to 173-100 for persons 35 and older.

Enrollment gender gaps exist in all states. In 2000, the five states with the widest gaps were Maine (154 women per 100 men), Delaware (151-100), Alaska (149-100), Mississippi (144-100), and South Carolina (143-100).

In addition to enrollment gaps, women also stay in college long enough to acquire degrees at substantially higher rates than men.

To view the report in its entirety, go to http://www.brtable.
org/document.cfm/943.

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