Wednesday
January 12, 2005
Vol 2, No 25

1. Rice's goal for Metro? An absolute leader in the state

Trustee Ann Rice's goal for Metro is simply and elegantly stated: "Metro can and should be the recognized leader in undergraduate higher education in the state."
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2. Questions and answers about COF
3. Parker to conduct analysis of faculty salary equity and parity
4. Tsunami victims: Campus relief efforts
5. CCHE reauthorizes teacher ed programs
6. Electrical engineering technology to offer FAA internships
7. E-mail quarantine system improves
8. Metro professor displays 'Faces of Egypt'
9. BOT meets today

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2. Questions and answers about COF

Things are beginning to shift into high gear regarding the Colorado Opportunity Fund (COF), the state's new program for funding higher education that will start next fall. Here @Metro provides answers to common COF questions.

To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/~collcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/cof_twv2011205.htm

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3. Parker to conduct analysis of faculty salary equity and parity

Interim President Ray Kieft has announced that Virginia Parker, recently retired Metro professor and chair of the Accounting Department, will conduct an analysis of faculty salary equity and parity.

Parker will be assisted by an advisory committee comprising faculty representatives of each school and the Faculty Senate. The representatives from the schools are: Catherine Curran (Speech Communication), Rudy Garcia (Modern Languages), Ellen Susman (Psychology), Melanie Reid (Special Education), Nancy Shanks (Health Professions), Beth Frederick (Management) and Debbie Gilliard (Management). The representatives from the Faculty Senate have not yet been named.

Faculty members should contact their respective school representatives with information they wish to bring to the committee's attention.

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4. Tsunami victims: Campus relief efforts

Even before students arrive for the spring semester, several efforts are under way to help the victims of the Dec. 26 tsunami.

Closest to home is the chance to help one of Auraria's own. CCD student Petrus Tobing is here from Indonesia on refugee status. He has lost his father, grandfather, cousin and uncle—nearly his entire family. A surviving seven-year-old cousin, Hamier, is alone and traumatized. Tobing desperately wants to return home and find his young cousin but does not have the funds to do so.

To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/~collcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/tsunami_twv2011205.htm

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5. CCHE reauthorizes teacher ed programs

On Jan. 6, the Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE) granted approval to Metro's teacher preparation programs and reauthorized them for five years. In addition, the commission gave the African-American Studies and Chicano/a Studies programs their first teacher licensure approval.

To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/cche_twv2011205.htm

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6. Electrical engineering technology to offer FAA internships

As of this month, Metro State electrical engineering technology students will have the chance to receive paid technology internships in support of the country's air traffic system.

To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/eet_twv2011205.htm

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7. E-mail quarantine system improves

Starting this semester, "quarantine" e-mails sent through MetroConnect now offer new options for managing e-mail identified as spam, which often fills up e-mail boxes and slows down server efficiency. They also look different from the old quarantine messages.

To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/e-mail_twv2011205.htm

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8. Metro professor displays 'Faces of Egypt'

"Faces of Egypt" is an exhibit of 30 photographs taken by Jim Aubrey, professor of English. Aubrey traveled to Egypt last summer under a Fulbright obtained by retired Professor Ali Thobani in which five Metro State faculty and five teachers from Thornton and Overland High Schools traveled and studied in Egypt. In the exhibit, each photo is accompanied by text that places it in context of knowledge Aubrey gained while in Egypt. The photos will be shown at Overland High School in January and Thornton High School in February.

For another perspective on the trip to Egypt read "From Colorado to Cairo: Students voice differences and similarities" at
http://www.mscd.edu/~collcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/home_twv2120104.htm

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9. BOT meets today

The Board of Trustees holds it regularly scheduled monthly meeting today from 9 a.m.-noon in ADM 570. Among the items for discussion are a preliminary tuition and fee increase and legislative priorities. A presentation on the Cooperative Education Internship Center that was postponed from December will be given by Director Susan Lanman.

To view the complete agenda go to
http://www.mscd.edu/welcomectr/trustees/boardmeetings.htm

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