Wednesday
October 27, 2004
Vol 2, No 18

1. Flight team's performance is 'totally remarkable'

Metro State's Precision Flight Team won second place overall and one of its members took Top Pilot honors at the National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) Region I competition in Salt Lake City Oct. 17-24. The United States Air Force Academy took first overall.....more >

2. College awards $591,000 in scholarships
3. DU's Ritchie to give commencement address
4. Do You Know: Paulette McIntosh, Director of High School Upward Bound
5. IT Responds: What is spyware?
6. Art students to create campus sculptures
7. Faculty and staff kudos

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2. College awards $591,000 in scholarships

Helping fill the financial gap created when the state cut its funding for scholarships, Metro State is awarding $591,000 to 429 deserving students in the form of a new scholarship called the President's Academic Achievement Award.

To read more go to:
http://www.mscd.edu/%7Ecollcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/awards _twv2102704.htm

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3. DU's Ritchie to give commencement address

University of Denver Chancellor Daniel Ritchie will be the Fall Commencement speaker, Interim President Ray Kieft has announced. Commencement will be held Sunday, Dec. 19, at 2 p.m. at the Colorado Convention Center.

Ritchie, who has served as the DU chancellor since 1989, announced last week that he is resigning from his post to serve as chairman as the DU Board of Trustees. He is credited with reviving DU, which was struggling when Ritchie took over.

Ritchie, 73, led the university's largest fundraising campaign—a six-year, $274 million effort that surpassed its goal by $74 million. Also during Ritchie's tenure, the Ritchie Center for Sports and Wellness, a performing arts center, new classrooms and dorms were constructed.

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4. Do You Know: Paulette McIntosh, Director of High School Upward Bound

Paulette McIntosh ('81) is a tribute to the success of the program she runs.

Director of High School Upward Bound at Metro, McIntosh, who was just recognized as a 20-year member of the Association of Special Programs in Region Eight (ASPIRE), is an Upward Bound alumnus and credits the program with getting her into college.

To read more go to:
http://www.mscd.edu/~collcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/mcintosh_twv2102704.htm

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5. IT Responds: What is spyware?

Want to know what spyware is, how you get it on your computer and how to get rid of it? Clyde Hoadley, Information Technology's security officer, has answers to these questions and more.

To read more go to
http://www.mscd.edu/~collcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/IT_twv2102704.htm

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6. Art students to create campus sculptures

Auraria will become a little more artistic in the next week when two advanced art students from Metro install temporary sculptures on campus.

Brad Smith's sculpture will consist of nearly 100 metal "brightly colored flower-like forms," placed in the un-landscaped ground under the bridge between West and Central Classrooms. With the areas just north and south being sunny and well landscaped, Smith says his goal is to "fill the void" in this area with his sculpture. He will begin work on Nov. 1, and the sculpture will remain there until Dec. 17.

This Sunday morning, Benigno Lopez will install an ice sculpture on the grass directly south of the West Classroom Building. His sculpture will begin as two yellow-tinted 3' x 4' blocks of ice that he will carve with an electric chainsaw powered by a portable generator. Make some time next week to see Lopez's abstract sculpture before it melts!

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7. Faculty and staff kudos

Here's a sampling of some of the ways that Metro's faculty and staff are being recognized by their peers and building the college's reputation in the community.
http://www.mscd.edu/~collcom/@metro/tw@metro_vol2/kudos_twv2102704.htm

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