Wednesday
August 4, 2004
Vol 2, No 6

1. Academic Affairs AVP joins leadership team
2. Getting around during the Denver Grand Prix
3. Art history prof receives Smithsonian Fellowship
4. Metro prof named "force of culture" by RMN
5. IT Responds: cyber security tip 4

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1. Academic Affairs AVP joins leadership team

Joan Foster, interim vice president of academic affairs has announced the appointment of Linda Curran as interim associate vice president of academic affairs for curriculum and programs. She began work August 2.

Curran comes to Metro with both academic and administrative experience. She holds a Ph.D. in anthropology and M.B.A. from the State University of New York at Binghamton. For 10 years she taught at the University of Colorado at Denver. Her many responsibilities there included service on the Curriculum Committee of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, the Honors Advisory Committee, the campus-wide Core Curriculum Oversight Committee, the Campus Academic Policies and Procedures Committee and the Cultural Diversity Core Curriculum Committee. To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/avp_twv2080404.htm


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2. Getting around during the Denver Grand Prix

The CENTRIX Financial Grand Prix of Denver, which runs Aug. 7-15, brings a lot of people, noise and changes to the Auraria campus. Here are some tips to successfully navigate during the event. To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/grandprix_twv2080404.htm

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3. Art history prof receives Smithsonian Fellowship

This fall, Associate Art Professor Monica Blackmun Visoná will spend her days poring over documents and photographs at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art to illuminate the art of Cote-d'Ivoire's (Ivory Coast) and Ghana's Akan-speaking people.

On a six-month senior fellowship sponsored by the Smithsonian, Visoná will write a manuscript—and possibly develop an exhibition—that culls into one place the world's knowledge about these little-known artists.

Visoná spent considerable time conducting field research in this region of Cote-d'Ivoire during her Ph.D. and post-doctoral work, however, since then few scholars have pursued studies in this area. Her work will fill that void. "There needs to be a substantial publication on this subject," she says.

Visoná, who has written a popular textbook, "A History of Art in Africa," says the fellowship will give her fresh insight into careers in the museum world, which she can pass on to students when she returns in March. Plus, she hopes to bring new knowledge and excitement to her teaching. "To pursue with passion an area of my field will enable me to bring that passion back to the classroom."

To learn more about the National Museum of African Art, go to
http://www.nmafa.si.edu/

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4. Metro prof named "force of culture" by RMN

Kudos to Tony Garcia, part-time professor in the department of Chicano Studies, for being named one of Denver's Top 25 "movers and shakers" in arts and entertainment by the Rocky Mountain News on July 10.

Garcia, a playwright and executive artistic director of El Centro Su Teatro, a Chicano/Latino production company, has been a fixture in the Mile High City arts scene for 30 years. He was named alongside local entertainment luminaries such as Lewis Sharp, executive director of the Denver Art Museum; Cleo Parker Robinson, executive artistic director, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance; and Ron Henderson, artistic director of the Denver Film Society.

To read the full text of the story, click here.
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/
entertainment/article/0,1299,DRMN_6_3023847,00.html

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5. IT Responds: cyber security tip 4

Choosing strong passwords:

While passwords are one of our first lines of defense when using the Internet, they also can be more of a weak defense than a strong defense if we choose a password that is too easy to remember. This is because easily remembered passwords are easy for others to guess or break. To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/itresponds_twv2080404.htm

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