Wednesday
June 23, 2004
Vol 1, No 49
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1. College to institute policy for broadcast e-mail and voice mail
2. Right-turn lane gets green light
3. Kieft names task force to address "vouchers"
4. Offices are on the move
5. CVA extends outreach program to include senior citizens
6. This Week @Metro postponed
1. College to institute policy for broadcast e-mail and voice mail
To insure that e-mail and voice mail messages sent to broad audiences remain a reliable and efficient means of communication, Metro State is instituting a policy that will curtail the number of mass messages, while still allowing employee and student broadcast messaging needs to be met through groups and channels on the portal. The policy goes into effect July 6.To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol1/eandvoicemail_twv1062304.htm
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2. Right-turn lane gets green light
The Auraria Higher Education Center Board has approved the construction of a dedicated right-turn-only lane from northbound 7th St. onto eastbound Auraria Pkwy. The cost is not to exceed $330,600."This right-turn-only lane will significantly reduce traffic congestion on 7th Street, especially during the late afternoon and early evening hours," said Dean Wolf, AHEC executive vice president for administration.
According to Wolf, construction is estimated to take 45 days and is expected to be completed by the latter part of October. Construction will not be started until after fall classes begin.
In other board news, officers for the 2004-05 term have been elected. Lillian Bickel of First Credit Corporation in Boulder has been elected chair, and Craig Umbaugh of Hogan Hartson, LLP has been elected vice chair.
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3. Kieft names task force to address "vouchers"
June 22 marked the first meeting of Metro's Task Force on the Implementation of the College Opportunity Fund, a cross-departmental committee established by Interim President Ray Kieft to plan for SB 189, the state's new "voucher bill."
Chaired by Natalie Lutes, interim vice president for administration and finance, the group is on a fast track to establish institutional policies and procedures for handling vouchers by Dec. 31, the state's deadline. The deadline is to ensure that all state institutions can accommodate vouchers for fall '05 registration, which begins spring of next year.
To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol1/cof_twv1062304.htm
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4. Offices are on the move
Several departments are moving or have moved to different locations on campus. All phone numbers remain the same, but two offices will have new campus box numbers.
The Office of Sponsored Programs has moved into Suite 560 of the Administration Building.
Alumni Relations has moved from the Administration Building and is now located on the second floor of 1020 Ninth St. The office's new campus box is 11.
The Cooperative Education Internship Center has moved its auxiliary office to room 220 of the Administration Building. Coordinators Melinda Brenimer and Ed Theisen will be located there. The main Co-op Ed office remains at 1045 Ninth St.
The Office of College Communications will move June 28 from the Administration Building into 1059 Ninth St. The new campus box is 86.
Also on June 28, Intercollegiate Athletics is relocating from second- and fifth-floor offices into one suite on the fifth floor of the Administration Building. Until a new entrance is built, the department will use suite 560.
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5. CVA extends outreach program to include senior citizens
Metro's Center for Visual Art is bringing art to senior citizens through a community outreach collaboration with the Denver Housing Authority (DHA) that began this winter.
The program, A to Z, offers two to four art workshops each week for seniors living at four different DHA apartment buildings throughout Denver. The first workshop attracted 40 people.
To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol1/cvaaz_twv1062304.htm
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The June 30 edition of This Week @Metro will be delayed one day due to the move of the College Communications Office on June 28. Watch for it in your inbox on July 1.
Correction
In the story about the recently formed General Studies Committee in the June 16, 2004 issue of This Week @Metro, the Health Care Management Department was inadvertently listed as Health Studies. We apologize for the error.
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partners with Invesco Held in the visiting team's locker room, the classes teach ESL with a focus on the individual employee's linguistic needs and verbal demands of his or her work environment. The classes meet twice a week, and in addition to classroom work, students are required to use their new language in practice assignments outside of class. A core group of Spanish-speaking women who are from Mexico and Honduras are taking the weekly classes on company time with hopes of advancing into higher-level supervisory positions. "These women are true champions," said Adjunct Modern Languages Professor E.J. Yoder, who designed this job-specific language program with Invesco. "They work full time at Invesco — some work second jobs in the evening or on weekends — in addition to raising their families." Invesco Field conversion manager Howard Brown said that Invesco hopes this program will address the growing needs of its Spanish-speaking staff in addition to providing opportunities to retain and advance employees. "In this business, we have a lot of temporary workers who come in for clean-up before and after events. We have a strong need for the housekeeping staff to translate what needs to be done to the temps working these events," Brown added. More than 20 English-speaking supervisors, including Brown and former player Billy Thompson, who is now the Denver Broncos director of alumni relations, are taking the ESL classes to show support and develop a stronger rapport with their employees. After several weeks of learning the translations of industry-specific words such as tickets, gates, restrooms and aisles, Yoder has paired the Spanish learners with the English learners to converse and practice in their respective languages. "At first, the Mexican national women were a little timid to correct our Spanish-language skills, but in the last couple of weeks, they're showing bravado, insisting that we greet them in Spanish," Brown said. Invesco plans to offer additional ESL classes and Metro has plans to develop similar partnerships with Coors Field and the Pepsi Center.
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