Wednesday
February 11, 2004
Vol 1, No 30
Inside Today's Issue |
1. Board receives financial update
2. BOT to continue search despite petition
3. Do you know Jim Loats
4. 2nd Annual Flute Celebration at Metro
1. Board receives financial update
During its regular monthly meeting the Board of Trustees received an update on the financial outlook for Metro State and higher education."We're in reasonably good shape," said Mike Barnett, vice president of administration and finance. However, he cautioned that there is little cushion remaining in the budget.
One reason is that enrollment increases seem to have tapered. The budget projected a 5 percent increase in enrollment this spring over a year ago, and the increase is actually 1.5 percent, resulting in a $625,000 decrease in operating revenue. Interim President Ray Kieft called the smaller enrollment increase "reflects an improving economy." To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol1/bot_twv1021104.htm
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2. BOT to continue search despite petition
A petition calling for the appointment of Interim President Ray Kieft to the post on a permanent basis was presented to the Board of Trustees Wednesday. Board of Trustees Chairman Bruce Benson said the petition will not derail the college from continuing with its nationwide search, despite the board's satisfaction with Kieft's performance."We made it clear we would do a national search and we would be breaking our word if we stopped that process," Benson said, adding that Kieft is welcome to apply for the post.
Petition supporters said they had gathered more than 200 signatures from faculty, staff and administrators in support of Kieft. "The college would benefit from the type of leadership that Dr. Kieft would provide," the petition states.
Kieft has said he hasn't yet decided whether he will apply for the permanent job. To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol1/search_twv1021104.htm
Back to top >Mathematics Professor Jim Loats stepped out of the academic life and into the daily classroom life of the Denver Public School (DPS) system during the 2002-03 school year.
Loats spent a year as a mathematics coordinator with the school district, which encompasses 143 schools and serves more than 72,000 students.
"I feel passionately that those of us in higher education become active in the (kindergarten through 12th grade) curriculum," Loats says. "Since Metro is the second largest preparer of teachers in the state, all faculty, not just those in teacher education, need to know that what they teach and how they teach in their classrooms will have implications in the education system." To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol1/doyouknow_twv1021104.htm
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4. 2nd Annual Flute Celebration at Metro
The 2nd Annual Flute Celebration at Metro State, presented by the college's Music Department in conjunction with the Colorado Flute Association (CFA), will be held Saturday, Feb. 14, at the King Center.
The daylong event will feature recitals by guest artists and CFA members, a student competition, exhibits, master classes and a performance by the United States Air Force Academy Band.
A highlight of the event is guest artist Marco Granados and his band "Un Mundo" which is dedicated to bringing the passion and energy of Latin American music to the world. A native of Venezuela, the Grammy-nominated Granados has received worldwide acclaim for his diverse flute repertoire, dynamic rhythm and exhilarating style.
The celebration, directed by Michelle Stanley, studio faculty member with the Music Department, begins at 9 a.m. The guest artist recital is at 3:30 p.m. The event is free for those with a Metro State ID. Registration for the public is $15 or $10 for students and seniors. For more information, visit www.musicatmetro.org.
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students donate 250 coats, sweaters Frontczak got the idea after watching a TV news story about the need to donate warm coats to the Denver Rescue Mission. "I brought this up to my Promotional Strategy class and instead of doing some normal team building-exercises in class that day, they decided to take on a worthwhile team-building project of collecting warm coats and sweaters to take to the Denver Rescue Mission," she said. It took the
class just one week to collect the coats. Last week a caravan of
six cars drove them to the rescue mission. "One man I talked
to there said that all of the coats would definitely be used and
gone within the week," Frontczak said.
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