Wednesday
January 7, 2004
Vol 1, No 25
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1. President search, proposed state legislation on today's BOT agenda
2. Spring enrollment stays the same
3. Metro professor studies alternative waste treatment systems
1. President search, proposed state legislation on today's BOT agenda
At its regularly scheduled monthly meeting today, the Board of Trustees is expected to review a job announcement to be used in recruitment advertising for a new college president. Additional agenda items include:
- trustees' review and discussion of the college's academic plan, which the Colorado Commission on Higher Education requires higher education institutions to submit by the end of January
- trustees' review and potential preliminary position on proposed legislation affecting Metro State and/or higher education
- report on MetroConnect.
The meeting is scheduled from 8 a.m. to noon in room 320 of the Tivoli Student Union. To view the agenda, go
http://www.mscd.edu/welcomectr/trustees/index.htm
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2. Spring enrollment stays the same
Ten days before the start of spring semester, enrollment is running about the same as a year ago. As of Tuesday, the number of state-funded, full-year, full-time enrolled students was 5,827, 0.1 percent lower than the same time last year. Total headcount, which includes state-funded and cash-funded students, was 16,799 as of Tuesday. This is 0.6 percent lower than the same time last year."I'm pleased that our enrollment is just about the same as it was a year ago," said Bill Hathaway-Clark, director of admissions. "It appears that our conversion to a total web registration process via MetroConnect for spring 2004 was a real success story. I would have liked to see a slight increase over last year by this time, but recent gains in the local economy may be a factor in attracting more of our students to return to the work force this semester."
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3. Metro professor studies alternative waste treatment systems
Metro biology Professor Rebecca Ferrell spent part of her summer on Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula studying composting toilets and the effectiveness of constructed wetlands in filtering human wastes from septic systems. To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol1/compost_twv1010704.htm
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Academic
departments get boost of funds Money was allocated to schools and departments based upon priority lists that each department and school submitted. The School of Business received $35,900, the School of Letters, Arts and Sciences received $209,150 and the School of Professional Studies received $181,850. An equal amount for each school has been allocated but frozen by Kieft until further notice. In addition, the office of Academic Affairs has distributed a total of $250,000 in additional funds to the three school based on their priority lists. "We're trying to give students the best education we can give and we want to at least be current," said Joan Foster, interim vice president of academic affairs. "Our goal is to teach students the knowledge and skills to be able to adapt to whatever types of equipment or technology they encounter in their careers." Much of the money will provide needed upgrades to departments with outdated equipment. For instance, welding equipment in School of Professional Studies' Industrial Design Department is 30 years old and in dire need of replacement. "Many of our departments are very equipment intensive and the additional funds will help us replace outdated equipment so that we are training our students on state-of-the-art equipment," said Sandra Haynes, interim dean of the School of Professional Studies. In addition to replacing outdated equipment, funds will also help purchase equipment for a new digital media lab. The lab, supported by the School of Letters, Arts and Sciences and the School of Professional Studies, is for the new digital media minor, which incorporates courses from the Art, Communication Arts and Sciences and Technical Communications departments. Students choose from four concentrations - still media, interactive media, motion media and content design. "The minor is a tribute to the cooperation of the three department faculties," Foster said.
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