Wednesday
September 3, 2003
Vol 1, No9
Inside Today's Issue |
1. Trustees to discuss president search
2. Kieft outlines goals for coming year at Convocation
3. Faculty, staff honored at Convocation
4. Borderlands opens at CVA Friday
5. Classified Staff Council awards four scholarships
1. Trustees to discuss president search
The Board of Trustees will meet Wednesday from 8 a.m. to noon in room 320 of the Tivoli Student Union. Among the items on the agenda is a discussion of the process that will be used to conduct the presidential search. Also, potential presidential search firms will be interviewed. To view the agenda, go to
http://www.mscd.edu/welcomectr/trustees/index.htm
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2. Kieft outlines goals for coming year at Convocation
Six weeks after coming to Metro State as interim president, Ray Kieft presided over Fall 2003 Convocation, providing an update on the college's financial condition and the Board of Trustees search for a new president.Kieft also offered initial observations about the college and outlined his goals for the coming year. They include continuing to control costs, improving relations between the campus and the Board of Trustees, exploring ways to manage enrollment and working to decentralize decision-making functions at the college. To read more go to http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol1/Convocation_twv1090303.htm
To read Kieft's complete address go to http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol1/convocation_fall03A.pdf
3. Faculty, staff honored at Convocation
At last week's Fall Convocation, Distinguished Service Awards and Golden Key Faculty Awards were presented and Emeritus recipients were recognized. To read about the award winners go to http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol1/awards_twv1090303.htm
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4. Borderlands opens at CVA Friday
The Center for the Visual Arts will present Borderlands, an exhibition of about 50 artists from the southwestern U.S. and Mexico addressing the notion of borders. The exhibition opens Friday and runs through Oct. 18. In conjunction with the exhibition, CVA will host several special events, including an opening reception Sept. 11. To read more go to http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol1/borderlands_twv1090303.htm
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5. Classified Staff Council awards four scholarshipsThe Classified Staff Council has announced winners of this year's Classified Memorial Endowed Scholarships, which honors the memories of three long-time classified employees, Darlynn Castleman, Arlene Saul and Pamela Hitchcock. The scholarship awards help classified employees and their families attend Metro.
This year's winners are Eileen Rodgers, who has worked in the Financial Aid Office for two years and is majoring in speech communications; Janet Maestas, who has worked in the Registrar's Office for nearly 22 years and is pursuing an English degree; Cliff McQuigg, who has worked in the Biology Department for two years and is majoring in computer information systems; and Tyler Martinez, a journalism student who is the son of Leandro Martinez, who has worked in the Math and Computer Science Department for four years.
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Donations
to Metro State up 8 percent For the period from July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2003, donations to Metro State totaled $2.79 million, said Mary Feller, assistant vice president for development. The 2002-03 year also marked the completion of the college's first major gift campaign, a five-year effort to raise $15 million. The campaign raised $16.9 million, with half earmarked for scholarships. Nationally, giving to education fell by 1.1 percent to $31.64 billion in 2002, according to a recently released study from the AAFRC Trust for Philanthropy, part of the American Association of Fundraising Counsel. According to the organization, this is the first annual decrease since consecutive drops in 1974 and 1975. Several factors were cited for the decline, including three years of declining stock values, conflicts abroad, recovery from the terrorist attacks of 2001 and numerous corporate bankruptcies. At Metro State,
regular supporters have helped overcome the negative economy. "We
are seeing more organizations cutting back, but our regular funders
have been loyal," Feller said. "We are ecstatic with our
results. With a lot of hard work and some luck we were able to have
a good year."
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