Wednesday
May 26, 2004
Vol 1, No 45
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1. Metro State ranks in top 100 for Hispanic graduates
2. Parking rates to increase in fall
3. Teacher ed prof to lecture in China
4. Women's Institute honors five
5. Owens congratulates graduates at commencement
1. Metro State ranks in top 100 for Hispanic graduates
Metro State is one of the nation's top colleges for awarding bachelor's degrees to Hispanic students, according to Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education, a magazine dedicated to the issues Hispanics confront on college campuses. To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol1/hispanicoutlook_twv1052604.htm
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2. Parking rates to increase in fall
The cost of parking on campus will increase an average of 25 cents per lot starting this fall, the AHEC Board of Directors has decided. Noting that the increase is needed to balance AHEC's general fund budget, the board agreed to the increase, which should generate another $500,000 in revenue."When we're relying on our parking enterprise to help manage our budget we think it makes sense," Curt Wiedeman, AHEC division director of auxiliary and business services, told the board. The total $18.8 million general fund budget amounts to a 5.2 percent increase over the previous year and will be balanced by tapping nearly $800,000 in parking reserves.
The increase will cover increases in salaries, insurance premiums and utilities as well as additional funds to support a greater level of activity in detecting and disposing of hazardous waste products from teaching laboratories.
The budget includes $13.4 million from the three colleges, including $6.6 million from Metro State.
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3. Teacher ed prof to lecture in China
Reading Professor Vince Orlando will spend two weeks in China next month with teacher education students at Huiyin Teachers College, northwest of Shanghai in the Jiansu Province. To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol1/orlando_twv1052604.htm
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4. Women's Institute honors five
Earlier this month, the Institute for Women's Studies and Services hosted its 17th Annual Outstanding Women Awards to honor women at the college and support the Pamela McIntyre-Marcum Scholarship Fund.
To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol1/outstandingwomen_twv1052604.htm
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5. Owens congratulates graduates at commencement
Nearly 1,400 new Metro State graduates received their diplomas during spring commencement ceremonies last week.
Colorado Gov. Bill Owens addressed the graduates, their families and friends. "What you and your families have achieved isn't easy," Owens said. "You've opened the door to the American Dream."
To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/~collcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol1/commencement_twv1051904.htm
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CORRECTION: In last week's @Metro, we misidentified the name of a professor. Associate Professor Larry Lopez is leading a group of international business students to study in Guadalajara this summer. To read the story go to
http://www.mscd.edu/~collcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol1/mexico_twv1051904.htm
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Aerospace
science provides additional flight training Students will continue to complete the ground-school portion of the training at Metro State. Kevin Kuhlmann, associate professor of aerospace science said those who want to obtain the type rating will complete their flight-training portion with Air Training Support, which is offering the training to Metro students for $4,500, less than the $6,000 to $7,000 such training would typically cost. "This will allow our students to enhance their education and marketability," he said. "It's not typical that college students would have a type rating." Kuhlmann said the training is one way the department is working to assist students in a job market that remains tight. "We try to stay innovative and to find new ways to help our students succeed." To learn more
about the aviation and aerospace science program go to
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