Wednesday
December 17, 2003
Vol 1, No 24

1. President's Award winner earns all A's
2. About 400 students expected for Winterim
3. Employees pledge nearly $13,000
4. IT Responds
5. Community women provide gifts for Metro's Family Center
6. CVA hosts youth art exhibition

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1. President's Award winner earns all A's

Among the 800 students to receive their diplomas Sunday at Metro's Fall Commencement was Lisa Alexander, recipient of the Fall 2003 President's Award. To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol1/graduate_twv1121703.htm

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2. About 400 students expected for Winterim

Instead of taking time off from the classroom, about 400 students will take a class between fall and spring semester as part of the college's Winterim session.

Winterim runs Jan. 5-17, and the average course meets 3 ½ hours a day, five days a week.

This is the second year in recent Metro State history that the college has offered a Winterim session. Registrar Tom Gray said that last year, 460 students signed up for 20 courses. This year, 19 courses are being offered. "It seems to be very popular with the students," he said.

According to Gray, some students take a Winterim course so they can carry a lighter spring course load. Others take an extra course to speed their progress toward a degree.

Students can do a search for Winterim classes through MetroConnect on the Spring 2004 schedule. Students may register for Winterim courses, depending on availability, until the classes start.

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3. Employees pledge nearly $13,000

Metro State employees have pledged $12,874 in this year's Colorado Combined Campaign, and campaign coordinator Duncan Burgermeister reports the pledges are still rolling in.

"Metro has again shown what a great institution it is," he said. "Despite budget shortfalls and the loss of employees, the Metro State family stepped up once again to prove that we are indeed deserving of the title 'College of Opportunity.'"

The Colorado Combined Campaign, in its 16th year, is an annual charitable solicitation of state employees to benefit 680 Colorado agencies.

Employees still interested in pledging a donation can contact Burgermeister at burgermd@mscd.edu or 303-556-6935.

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4. IT Responds

Have you been bogged down by unwanted spam e-mail messages? To find out what's being done to attack the problem, go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol1/itresponds_twv1121703.htm

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5. Community women provide gifts for Metro's Family Center

Children from the Metro State Family Literacy Center's Home Instruction Program for Youngsters (HIPPY) will have a happy holiday season, thanks to some women from the community who have "adopted" the program for the past three years. The women delivered over 100 wrapped gifts-more than enough for the approximately 80 preschool children who attend the program at the Quigg Newton housing project.

The "It's a Wrap" party, hosted by Mary Kay Lowe, Andy Mallen, Kay Ray, Barbara Reasoner and Gretchen Ray Woitte, was attended by more than 70 community women who brought a gift for a specific HIPPY child and wrapped the gift at the event. Extra gifts and candy were thrown in for good measure. The extra gifts will be used as incentives for children who excel in the program and earn HIPPY money to spend at the program's store.

According to Adriann Wycoff, program director of the Family Literacy Center, many of these gifts will be the only one some of the children will receive this year. Wycoff explained that many families who participate live far below the line of poverty.

The HIPPY program works to help parents become their child's first and most influential teachers. The results so far have been impressive. HIPPY children have higher test scores, better attendance and lower suspension rates than children from similar backgrounds.

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6. CVA hosts youth art exhibition

The Center for the Visual Arts Saturday hosted eXperiencing Your Zenith: Urban Art & Words. This exhibition and performance featured artists in the Center's XYZ youth art program, a collaboration with the Denver Housing Authority's Youth Opportunity Program.

More than 80 attendees watched the artists, ages 14-18, perform poetry and exhibit artwork they created during the program's 14-week course. The students sold nearly all of their works. To view photographs of the event to go
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol1/xyz_twv1121703.htm

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