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9News vehicle involved in collision on campus
By Joe Nguyen
nguyejos@mscd.edu

A 9News vehicle and a black Nissan collided around noon Friday, May 19 at the corner of Ninth Street and Auraria Parkway.

According to police on the scene, the driver of the Nissan ran a red light while heading south on Ninth Street. Byron Reed, the driver of the 9News vehicle, was heading east on Auraria Parkway and hit the car on the passenger side.

The two passengers of the Nissan were taken to St. Anthony Central Hospital for observation, police said. Neither driver had serious injuries.

"I hope everyone’s OK,” Reed said.

Biology chair elected to Board of Trustees
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Joan Foster, chair and professor of biology, has been elected faculty trustee on the Metro State Board of Trustees.

Foster brings a solid knowledge of the College and also has the added perspectives of a chair, an alumna, the faculty representative to the Alumni Association Board and a former president of the Faculty Senate.

In addition, Foster was a five-year member of the Faculty Advisory Committee, or FAC. Foster replaces English professor Eugene Saxe, who had served in the position since 2002.

Foster’s two-year terms starts July 1.

CO-AMP receives $2 million from NSF for next five years
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CO-AMP, the Colorado initiative to support minority science and math students, has received $2 million from the National Science Foundation for the next five years.

The Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics is a national program designed to increase the numbers of under-represented students graduating with degrees in these areas.

About 100 students participate in Metro State’s CO-AMP program every semester.

Colorado’s program has been in existence for 10 years.