Wednesday
October 6, 2004
Vol 2, No 15

1. Writing in a fever

Waking Haiku

The brave mountainside is frozen in nightmare sleep. With courage, we wake.

Tabitha Dial

This summer, English Professor Sandra Doe devised a service-learning project in conjunction with her "Nature Writing" class that exposed students first hand to the devastation wrought by wild fires.....more >

2. City honors two Metro employees
3. Health Center cancels flu shot clinics
4. Honors Conference coming up
5. October is GLBT Awareness Month
6. Tivoli wins preservation award
7. Library offers software demo
8. Auraria AIDS Walk team comes in eighth
9. Computer Science earns accreditation

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2. City honors two Metro employees

Two Metro State employees have been recognized by the City and County of Denver's Commission for People with Disabilities for their work with Auraria students.

To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/disabilities_twv2100604.htm

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3. Health Center cancels flu shot clinics

The Health Center at Auraria will not receive its expected shipment of 1,250 flu shots (influenza vaccine); consequently, all flu shot clinics are cancelled for this year.

To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/flu_shots_twv2100604.htm

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4. Honors Conference coming up

Members of the Metro State community are invited to attend the seventh annual Honors Conference, "Campaign 2004: Did it Clarify or Obfuscate?," next Tuesday and Wednesday.

To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/honors_twv2100604.htm

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5. October is GLBT Awareness Month

October is Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Awareness Month and GLBT Student Services at Auraria is co-sponsoring numerous events throughout the month designed to create awareness, tolerance and community.

Among the featured events are the National Coming Out Day, a lecture by Wayne State University philosophy Professor John Corvino, Ph.D., who specializes in ethical theory and applied ethics, and Carnivale, the annual high tea for allies.

For a complete calendar go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/GLBT_twv2100604.pdf

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6. Tivoli wins preservation award

The Tivoli Student Union has been chosen to receive Historic Denver's 2004 Community Preservation Award. The award acknowledges business, individuals or institutions that have gone out of their way to carry forward the preservation of Denver's character in future development.

To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/tivoli_twv2100604.htm

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7. Library offers software demo

Faculty and staff are invited to a software demonstration by a representative from RefWorks, an online bibliographic citation management software company. The demonstration will be held on Monday, October 11, at 5:30 pm in the Auraria Library, room 245. For information, call Lorrie Evans at 303-556-6776.

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8. Auraria AIDS Walk team comes in eighth

Raising $10,847, the Auraria Team for the August 22 AIDS Walk Colorado fundraiser placed eighth for the amount of money raised. The campus team had 79 walkers, and the top fundraiser was again Steve Mascaro of the Auraria Library, who raised $3,515. Second place went Dorothy Hicks, a Metro State Meritus student who raised $1,142.

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9. Computer Science earns accreditation

Metro State's Computer Science program has been accredited by the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.

"This demonstrates that we are on the leading edge and speaks to the high quality of our program," said Steve Beaty, chair of the Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences. The only other accredited programs in the state are at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs and the University of Colorado's Denver and Colorado Springs campuses.

ABET currently accredits about 2,600 programs at more than 550 colleges nationwide in applied science, computing, engineering and technology.

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