Wednesday
July 14, 2004
Vol 2, No 3
Inside Today's Issue |
1. Altitude TV to televise Roadrunner games
2. Retirees and staff devote time to Noel and Castro Professorships
3. No lazy days of summer here
4. Rainy days: Auraria Parking offers free umbrellas to soaked students
5. IT Responds: Banner terminology demystified
6. Kindergartners wanted!
1. Altitude TV to televise Roadrunner games
Altitude Sports and Entertainment and Metro State have announced a three-year telecast agreement to broadcast Roadrunners athletic events live on Altitude, the new sports and entertainment TV channel set to debut in September 2004.
To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/altitude_twv2071404.htm
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2. Retirees and staff devote time to Noel and Castro Professorships
When you've spent years nurturing and supporting great programs—like the Rachel B. Noel and Richard T. Castro Distinguished Visiting Professorships— sometimes you want to keep on supporting them, even though you've retired.Such is the case for three former long-time Metro State administrators: Yolanda Ortega-Ericksen, Nancy Munser and C.J. White. All three have played substantial roles over the years in the success of the visiting professorships, and that is why they were asked to volunteer their time on a planning committee convened by Joan Foster, interim vice president of academic affairs, to help broaden each program's audience.
To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/noelcastro_twv2071404.htm
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3. No lazy days of summer here
Summer is not just about backyard barbecues and beach vacations. For many Metro faculty and students it's an opportunity for extended research projects and extracurricular field trips.
To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/summer_twv2071404.htm
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4. Rainy days: Auraria Parking offers free umbrellas to soaked students
When it rains, it pours—at least that's been the case lately. And AHEC hopes to do something about it.
Equipped with 400 brand-new umbrellas, Auraria parking attendants will distribute the bumbershoots to unprepared parking customers free of charge should the skies unleash. The umbrellas will be housed in the Auraria parking "huts."
"We were looking at a way to help students arrive ready to learn," explains Mark Gallagher, AHEC director of parking and transportation. "This is not the case if you arrive cold and soaking wet."
The full-size umbrellas—large enough for two—will carry the Auraria Parking logo and say, "courtesy of Auraria Parking." Though Gallagher hopes people return the umbrellas to attendants, or at least pass them along to other sodden travelers, the goal of the program is to provide a service, not track umbrellas. Should the program prove successful this summer, Auraria Parking might add additional umbrellas in the future.
Plus with the July 1 parking rate increases, Gallagher says, "we wanted to do something helpful for students."
Auraria Parking hosted 2 million cars last year.
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5. IT Responds: Banner terminology demystified
Confused about all the different Banner terms that are used on campus? Here is a breakdown of the terms and their definitions from Information Technology.
To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/ITresponds_twv2071404.htm
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The Auraria Child Care Center has openings for kindergarteners—your child must be 5 years old by October 1, 2004 to be eligible.
The center offers a full-day program with a teacher licensed in Colorado. The teaching is individualized, with one teacher per every eight students.
For more information, call the center at 303-556-3188.
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