Thursday
July 1, 2004
Vol 2, No 1
Inside Today's Issue |
1. JBC warns other colleges against tuition-increase tactic
2. Parking rates increase today
3. IT Reminders: system outage and MetroConnect logout
4. Pennies from heaven: Extended Campus awards professional development funds
5. Metro is only college to have a 'flight bag'
6. Students selling discount tickets to the International Golf Tourney
7. No trustees meeting in July
1. JBC warns other colleges against tuition-increase tactic
The Joint Budget Committee has sent a warning letter to six other state colleges and universities that are considering raising the threshold at which their credit-hour loads are considered full-time. The letter states that if they implement the change, they will have their general fund appropriations cut, as the tactic violates the 1.1 percent cap on tuition increases set in the 2004-05 Long Bill. The institutions that do not raise their credit thresholds will not be penalized.Metro never considered this tactic for increasing their tuition dollars, according to Interim President Ray Kieft. "Metro's Board of Trustees felt it was important to commit to the 1.1 percent cap to a tuition increase so that we maintain our affordable tuition and so that our 2004-05 general fund would remain the same," Kieft said. "Other institutions did not feel that way."
CSU-Pueblo, Fort Lewis, UNC, Mesa State, Western State and the Colorado School of Mines have received permission from the Colorado Commission on Higher Education to increase the credit-hour threshold. Like Metro, Adams State and the Community College system are not considering a change in their credit-hour thresholds. As of June 23, the CSU board had not yet voted on tuition. On the other hand, the CU system won't be held to the 1.1 percent limit on tuition increases if their application for enterprise status is approved by the state.
By upping the threshold, the six colleges would increase their full-time tuition anywhere from 5.5 percent to 12.4 percent. For instance, by changing its full-time threshold from 10 credit hours to 11, Mesa State is, in essence, increasing its tuition by 6.2 percent.
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2. Parking rates increase today
An average 25¢ increase in most campus parking rates goes into effect today.
To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/parkrate_twv2070104.htm
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3. IT Reminders: system outage and MetroConnect logout
IT will be performing scheduled maintenance and repair over the coming holiday weekend, necessitating system outages July 3-4 and the closure of student labs July 3-5.
To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/IToutage_twv2070104.htm
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4. Pennies from heaven: Extended Campus awards professional development funds
This year, departments that offered Extended Campus classes received a hefty "thank you" gift—$125,000 in shared professional development awards.
To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/prodev_twv2070104.htm
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5. Metro is only college to have a 'flight bag'
Students in Metro's Aviation and Aerospace Science Department are continuing to benefit from the department's relationships with the aviation community by gaining access to new technologies.
Jeppesen-Boeing, a local aviation company and longtime supporter of the department, recently donated an electronic "flight bag" to the program. The device is a $38,000 laptop computer and the software used by commercial airlines for aviation charts, airport approach details and other flight-planning calculations.
According to Jeff Forrest, department chair, Metro is the only college in the world to have this device. The computer will be hooked up to simulators next spring for students to use.
"(This training) will make our students more competitive by having knowledge required by the airlines," said Forrest. "It will give them a leg up during interviews."
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6. Students selling discount tickets to the International Golf Tourney
Students in Clay Daughtrey's "Sports Marketing" class are selling discount tickets to the International Golf Tournament at Castle Pines in Castle Rock to benefit the Marketing Department's scholarship program.
To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/golf_twv2070104.htm
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7. No trustees meeting in July
The Board of Trustees will not meet in July. Their next meeting will be August 4 in room 320 of the Tivoli Student Union. The time has not yet been announced.
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Slow
down and smell the soufflé Sponsored by Slow Food USA (www.slowfoodusa.org), Slow Food International and the students of Metro's Hospitality, Meeting and Travel Administration (HMTA) Department, Westward Slow! Turning the Herd is an inaugural conference to promote Rocky Mountain and Southwestern food traditions. The conference, which serves up seminars, tastings and a "grand dinner" at the St. Francis Center, features appearances by Chef Rick Bayless, author of "Mexican Kitchen: Capturing the Vibrant Flavors of a World-Class Cuisine," and Chef Deborah Madison, who wrote "The Savory Way" and "Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone." Seminars will present discussions and tastings of regionally raised beef, pork and bison, local microbrews, Colorado wines and artisan cheeses and educate attendees about sustainable ranching and mad cow disease and preserving and appreciating heirloom breeds. Most events are scheduled for the King Center or St. Cajetan's. Denver restaurants, too, have cooked up ideas for the conference. The first evening of the event, Mizuna, 225 E. 7th Ave., and Claire de Lune, 1313 E. 6th Ave., will showcase special slow-food cuisine. In addition to hosting the event, about 10 Metro State students will assist with conference registration, room monitoring and the food seminars. Involving students, says John Dienhart, HMTA chair, "gives them a chance to interact with the industry and rub elbows with industry leaders." Founded in 1986 by Carlo Petrini, an Italian wine and food writer, the Slow Food Movement looks to preserve regional food traditions in the face of a mass consumerist, hustle-and-bustle world. Slow Food USA states its mission as protecting "taste, culture and the environment as universal social values." Westward Slow
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