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Wednesday
October 22, 2003
Vol 1, No 16

Inside Today's Issue

1. Board of Trustees to hold offsite retreat
2. 10th annual Disability Awareness Day is Thursday
3. Auraria crime report shows 'very little crime on campus'
4. WB2's Kolorado Karaoke returns to campus Oct. 31
5. CVA to present African-American photography exhibition
6. Scholarship workshop Wednesday at 5 p.m.

1. Board of Trustees to hold offsite retreat

The Board of Trustees has scheduled an offsite retreat at 9:30 a.m. Thursday. The retreat will be held at BOT Chair Bruce Benson's ranch in Silverthorne. "This offsite retreat will provide the Trustees with an interruption-free environment to review potential legislation affecting higher education and Metro," said interim President Ray Kieft.

Kieft added that the Trustees will also discuss strategies for increasing revenue to the college and furthering the mission of the college. The Trustees will make no decisions nor take action at this meeting.
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2. 10th annual Disability Awareness Day is Thursday

Aaron Baker, a quadriplegic who defied the odds and is now walking, will be the keynote speaker at Disability Awareness Day Thursday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the Tivoli Turnhalle. Baker will speak at noon. To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol1/disability_twv1102203.htm

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3. Auraria crime report shows 'very little crime on campus'

Statistics released by the AHEC campus police indicate that Auraria continues to be one of the safest campuses in the state.

"The numbers are so low that it really speaks to how safe the campus is," AHEC Police Chief Heather Coogan said. The "Campus Crime Report," produced to comply with the federal Student Right-To-Know and Campus Security Act of 1990, lists crime statistics for 2000, 2001 and 2002.

In 2002, no sex offenses were reported, compared with three the year before. Seventeen aggravated assaults were reported, compared to 10 in 2001. Twenty-six motor vehicle break-ins were reported, up from 16 in 2001.

Coogan said the Auraria campus has one of the lowest campus crime rates in the state largely because it is a commuter campus with no on-campus student housing. "We have very little crime on campus and most of the crime problems are committed by people from outside the campus," she added.

To view the entire report go to http://www.mscd.edu/student/resources/campuscrime/
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4. WB2's Kolorado Karaoke returns to campus Oct. 31

Back for a Metro State encore, Dan Daru from WB2's Morning News returns to campus Friday, Oct. 31, for Kolorado Karaoke, a poor-man's version of "Star Search," in which contestants sing a karaoke song on live TV for prizes. Daru and his crew goes to locations all over Colorado to feature karaoke singers and was on campus earlier this summer.

Daru and his crew will be at the flagpole from 7-9 a.m. Contestants are judged by WB2 morning anchors and will compete for prizes, including a trip to Las Vegas.

A Metro State graduate, Daru received a criminal justice degree in 1984 and then returned to pursue a second degree in speech communications, graduating in 1989.

Any one interested in competing should contact Cathy Lucas, 303-556-5131, or lucascat@mscd.edu

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5. CVA to present African-American photography exhibition

The Center for the Visual Arts will present Reflections in Black: Smithsonian African-American Photography - A History Deconstructed Oct. 30-Dec. 13. Several special events are scheduled in conjunction with the exhibition. To read more go to http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol1/reflections_twv1102203.htm

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6. Scholarship workshop Wednesday at 5 p.m.

A scholarship workshop titled "Everything you always wanted to know about scholarships but didn't know who to ask" is 5-6:30 p.m. Wednesday in Tivoli 320 B.

Anyone interested in the scholarship process is welcome to attend. The workshop is sponsored by the Institute for Women's Studies and Services, the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarship Center and the UCD Scholarship/Resource Center.

Fifty-one percent of Metro students receive some form of financial aid, including scholarships. Each year about $54 million in scholarships, grants, loans and work-study opportunities are awarded to Metro students.
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Feature Story

National report shows big increase in minority college enrollment

Total minority enrollment at the nation's colleges and universities surged 122 percent from 1980-81 to 2000-01, according to a report released Oct. 8 by the American Council on Education, a higher education association representing more than 1,600 college and university presidents around the country. Minority enrollment in 1980-81 was nearly 2 million; by 2000-01 it had jumped to 4.3 million.

Despite this significant gain, the report states that African-Americans and Hispanics continue to lag behind their white counterparts in the percentage of college-age, high school graduates enrolled in college. Since 1978-80, the college participation rate increased by 14 percentage points for whites, 11 percentage points for African Americans, and 5 percentage points for Hispanics.

At Metro State, minority enrollment in 1980 accounted for 16.6 percent of the student body. Twenty years later, in fall 2000, 23.5 percent of the student body was ethnic minorities.

"Our colleges and universities have experienced substantial gains in minority enrollment over the last 20 years, but there is still much more to be done," said ACE President David Ward. "We must redouble our efforts to improve the rates at which students of color enroll in postsecondary institutions if minorities underrepresented in higher education are to achieve parity with their white counterparts."

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