Wednesday
October 20, 2004
Vol 2, No 17

1. Alex Cranberg: Passionate about education

This past spring Denver oilman and Metro State Board of Trustees' treasurer Alex Cranberg pledged to send 550 Horace Mann Middle Schoolers to college at Metro's tuition rate if they graduate.....more >

2. As one DOE grant starts, another ends
3. Early success for BFA alum
4. Suicide in women is topic of Morrow Lecture
5. Too early to think about Christmas? Not if it's the Rockettes!
6. Tutu calls for attention to human rights in U.S.
7. Don't miss it: Crumb concert this Friday

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2. As one DOE grant starts, another ends

This September, just as the Metro State community learned of the $9.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education for the Teacher Quality Enhancement project, the college's $1.7 million Title III grant, also from the DOE, came to an end with a lot to show for six years of hard work.

To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/titleIII_twv2102004.htm

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3. Early success for BFA alum

Not even one year out of college, photography graduate Suchil Coffman-Guerra will see her work featured in a national juried show.

To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/artgrad_twv2102004.htm

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4. Suicide in women is topic of Morrow Lecture

The public is invited to this year's Shane Marie Morrow Endowed Lecture, "Cultural Perspectives on Women's Suicidal Behavior" by Silvia Canetto, Ph.D., professor of psychology at Colorado State University. The lecture will be held Wednesday, Oct. 27, 9-10 a.m., in PL M-205.

To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/morrow_twv2102004.htm

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5. Too early to think about Christmas? Not if it's the Rockettes!

Don't get left out in the cold on Dec. 9! Tickets are going fast for the Alumni Association's fund-raising event: The Radio City Christmas Spectacular in the Buell Theatre.

To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/rockettes_twv2102004.htm

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6. Tutu calls for attention to human rights in U.S.

Naomi Tutu, long-time human rights activist and the third daughter of South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, came to campus Monday with a message about global human rights. "We tend to look far away—in Iraq, or in Sudan. But human rights is really the question of whose voices do we listen to, and whose concerns do we pay attention to?"

Tutu, in Colorado as Metro State's Rachel B. Noel Distinguished Visiting Professor, is associate director of the Office of International Programs at Tennessee State University in Nashville. She founded and chaired the Tutu Foundation, an organization which assisted South African refugees in African nations in the 1980s.

"When we think of global human rights, we need to think about why 'welfare mothers' weren't asked for their opinion when we were reforming welfare. We need to get away from the notion that some people are 'less than,' that their voices don't need to be heard. Those are human rights abuses right here in this country. If we say we are concerned about human rights, we have to listen to all people."

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7. Don't miss it: Crumb concert this Friday

Metro faculty, staff and students: Don't miss your chance to enjoy—for free—this Friday's concert with George Crumb, chosen 2004 Composer of the Year by the "Musical America International Directory of the Performing Arts."

Crumb will be joined by noted guitarist David Starobin, chairman of the Manhattan School of Music's guitar program, pianist Sue Grace from Colorado College, and Metro faculty members percussionist Mark Foster, pianist Tamara Goldstein, soprano MeeAe Nam and flutist Michelle Stanley.

The 7:30 p.m. concert will be held at the King Center Concert Hall.

Tickets for the public are $15; $10 for students and seniors. All members of the Metro State community can attend for free with valid campus ID. Call 303-556-2296.

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