Wednesday
July 7, 2004
Vol 2, No 2
Inside Today's Issue |
1. Metro to acknowledge top faculty, administrators and classified staff
2. Metro class provides a "capitol" education
3. New career services director comes on board
4. MetroConnect adds research portal
5. Short-Term Student Loan program relocates
1. Metro to acknowledge top faculty, administrators and classified staff
Employees whose performance in the past year has been deemed superior will be receiving a special thank you from the college this fall for their extra efforts. Interim President Ray Kieft announced the awarding of nearly 100 one-time $1,000 stipends to faculty and administrators. Classified staff chosen for recognition will receive two days of paid administrative leave."Metro has had a year of many challenges," said Kieft, "and many people in their roles as faculty, administrators and classified employees have shown exceptional leadership in fulfilling the college's role and mission. We wanted to celebrate these individual successes."
Seventy-one of the $1,000 stipends will go to tenure and tenure-track faculty and seven will go to department chairs. A sliding scale has been developed; those academic departments with the most eligible faculty will receive the most awards.
$25,000 in one-time stipends will be distributed to Administrators in the divisions of Academic Affairs, Administration and Finance, IT, the President's Office and Student Services deemed superior-performers.
"Due to restrictions and conditions imposed by the classified system, Kieft has chosen to reward 25 exceptional performers with two days of paid administrative leave rather than a monetary award," Human Resources Director Tamy Calahan said. Classified employees who earned a peak-performer evaluation this spring may be nominated by their supervisor to receive this non-monetary award.
"I plan to review these restrictions and conditions and make recommended changes for the 2004-05 fiscal year," said Kieft.
Kieft has requested that all nominations be forwarded to him by July 25. The monetary awards will be reflective in the recipients' September paycheck.
Calahan encourages anyone with questions to call her at 303-556-5031 or e-mail calahata@mscd.edu.
2. Metro class provides a "capitol" education
One of the last things Political Science Professor Norman Provizer does when wrapping up his Washington Politics travel class is finalize the itinerary. In this way he can allow for the unexpected learning opportunity—like the state funeral of a deceased president.This past June, 13 Metro State students traveled with Provizer, who also directs Metro's Golda Meir Center for Political Leadership, to the nation's capitol to study American politics first hand. This two-week class (dubbed "Norman's Death March" by previous students), which packs monuments, museums, events and tightly-scheduled meetings into 15-hour days, provides a close-up glimpse in to how the work of government transpires in the United States. To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/capitoled_twv2070704.htm
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3. New career services director comes on board
Gary Boley recently made his own career move-to become Metro State's new career services director.
"Gary brings over 18 years of experience in the career services area to us," says Interim Vice President for Student Services Karen Raforth. "He has particular expertise in engineering, cooperative education, and in securing donations from corporations. His references tell us that we are hiring a `star,' something our students deserve." To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/careerserv_twv2070704.htm
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4. MetroConnect adds research portal
Metro State students, staff and faculty members now have access to additional research resources through the Gartner portal within MetroConnect.
The Gartner portal contains research covering business and technology issues from Gartner, Inc., an internally recognized research/consulting organization. Newsletters, hot topics, trends, vendor profiles and more are available. To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/portal_twv2070704.htm
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5. Short-Term Student Loan program relocates
Metro State's Short-Term Student Loan program has relocated to the Scholarship Center in Central Classroom 120, with Short-Term Student Loan Counselor Megan Pardini coordinating the program.
Serving Metro students for years, the short-term student loan program offers 30-day emergency loans to qualified students. Access to short-term loan funds enables students to purchase textbooks and other course materials needed to succeed in classes. The Short-Term Student Loan program also helps students meet unexpected financial expenses that may occur throughout the semester.
Short-term loan applications are currently available in Central Classroom 120, and will be available online by August 1 at www.mscd.edu/enroll/finaid/index.htm.
For more information, contact Pardini at 303-352-4247.
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you know: Susan Lanman, Cooperative Education Internship Center Lanman wears another hat at Metro, though, that of an assistant professor in the Department of History, where she directly places and supervises students in history-related internships and teaches the occasional class in Colorado Women's History and Public History. She's also an active researcher in the area of historical gardens and landscapes, or more specifically, how British and American gardens and landscapes have affected culture and society. Her most recent work, a chapter entitled "For Profit and Pleasure: Peter Henderson and the Commercialization of Horticulture in 19th Century America," will appear in the upcoming book "Industrializing Organisms: Introducing Evolutionary History," published by Routledge. A Metro veteran, Lanman has coordinated the cooperative education program since 1978, and was named director in 1982. While many collegiate internship programs leave students largely unsupervised, Metro treats for-credit internships like independent studies. Faculty supervisors meet with students to set goals for the experience and they contact on-the-job supervisors. Students often write reflection papers about their internships, keep journals or make presentations. "One of
the best things about these experiences is that students have time
to correct and make other choices should they really hate the job,"
Lanman says. "It gives them the chance to make realistic choices.
When they graduate we want them to have jobs." To view a photo
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