THE STATE COLLEGES IN COLORADO 

The Metropolitan State College of Denver is governed by the Trustees of The State Colleges in Colorado. Other institutions governed by the Trustees are Adams State College, Mesa State College and Western State College.

Each member institution can provide any student in good standing with the materials needed to enroll temporarily in any other member institution without incurring additional matriculation costs. Information concerning tuition is available at the host institution.

TRUSTEES OF THE STATE COLLEGES IN COLORADO 

METROPOLITAN STATE COLLEGE OF DENVER

Office of the President

President, Sheila Kaplan, Ph.D.

College Attorney, Lee Combs, J.D.

Executive Assistant to the President, Cheryl Espinoza, B.A.

Executive Director, Equal Opportunity, Percy A. Morehouse, Jr., Ph.D.

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Cheryl J. Norton, Ed.D.

Vice President for Executive Operations and Planning, Gay Cook, M.A.

Vice President for Administration and Finance, Joseph F. Arcese, M.B.A.

Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Carolyn M. Schaefer Wollard, B.A.

Vice President for Student Services, Yolanda Ortega-Ericksen, M.P.A.

Vice Pres.-Information Technology/Chief Information Officer (Interim),
Marilou Jarvis, Ph.D.

Office of the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Cheryl J. Norton, Ed.D.

Director of Advising, Lisa Ransdell, Ph.D.

Associate Vice President for Personnel, David Conde, Ph.D.

Director of Institute for International and Intercultural Education,
Akbarali Thobhani, Ph.D.

Director of the Academy for Teaching Excellence, Karen Krupar, Ph.D.

Associate Vice President for Curriculum and Programs, Frieda K. Holley, Ph.D.

Director of Cooperative Education Program, Susan Lanman, Ph.D.

Director of Center for Individualized Learning, Maureen Lancaster, Ed.D.

Director of Honors Program, Adolph Grundman, Ph.D.

Associate Vice President for Online Education (Interim), Katherine Saltzman, Ed.D.

Director of Extended Campus Programs, Carol Svendsen, M.A.

Director of Instructional Technology, Vacant

Director of Sponsored Programs, Betsy Zeller, Ph.D.

Office of the Vice President for Administration and Finance

Vice President for Administration and Finance, Joseph F. Arcese, M.B.A.

Associate Vice President for Finance, Tim L. Greene, M.P.A.

Director of Accounting Services, George Middlemist, M.S.B.A.

Director of Student Accounts and Business Services, Bruce Williams, M.B.A.

Director of Human Resources, Linda Daubers, M.S.

Benefits Administrator (Interim), Tamy Calahan, B.S.,B.A.

Director of Institutional Research, Paul Wilken, Ph.D.

Director of Budgets, Natalie K. Lutes, B.S.

Athletic Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, Joan McDermott, Ed.D.

Office of the Vice President for Institutional Advancement

Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Carolyn Schaefer Wollard, B.A.

Assistant Vice President for Communications and Media Relations,
Debra L. Thomas, M.A.

Assistant Vice President for Development, Mary Konrad Feller, M.A.

Director of Alumni Relations/Executive Director of Alumni Assoc.,
Cherrelyn Napue, B.A.

Director of Communications, Catherine B. Lucas, B.A.

Director of Development, Brenda W. Byrne, B.A.

Director of Development, Vacant

Director of Development Research, Laura A. Cline, M.S.

Director of Grants, Barbara J. Gregg, B.A.

Director of Creative Services, Ron Lambert, B.F.A.

Director of the Center for the Visual Arts, Sally Perisho, M.A.

Office of the Vice President for Information Technology

Vice Pres.-Information Technology/Chief Information Officer (Interim),
Marilou Jarvis, Ph.D.

Associate Vice President of Information Technology, Jay Martin, M.P.A.

Executive Director for Application Services & Customer Support,
Lynn Denzin, M.Ed.

Director of Information Technology Administration, Yvonne Flood, B.A.

Director of Technology Training, Denise Schuette, B.A.

Office of the Vice President for Student Services

Vice President for Student Services, Yolanda Ortega-Ericksen, M.P.A.

Assist. Vice President for Student Svcs./Student ADA Coordinator,
Kelly Espinoza, M.A.

Assistant to the Vice President for Retention Projects, Kate B. Lutrey, B.A.

Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management Systems,
Michael W. Barnett, M.S.

Director of Admissions, William Hathaway-Clark, M.A.

Director of Assessment and Testing (Interim), Paul Myskiw, B.A.

Registrar, Thomas R. Gray, M.S.

Director of Career Services, Ron Lujan, B.S.

Coordinator of Tutoring (Interim), Juanita Cook, B.S.

Director of Combined Computer Access Center, LaVerne Donelson, M.S.

Director of Financial Aid, Cindy Hejl, B.S.

Coordinator IMS/ESL, Patti Lohman, M.A.

Director of High School Upward Bound, Charles Maldonado, M.P.A.

Director of GLBT Student Services, Karen Bensen, M.S.W.

Director of the Veterans Upward Bound Program, Vacant

Coordinator of Summer Bridge, Donelyn James, B.A.

Director of Student Intervention Services, Betty Vette, B.A.

Director of New Student Orientation, Kimberly Clark, M.S.

Director of Transfer Center, Nancy Breckel, M.A.

Director of the Student Support Services Program, Patricia Trotman, M.A.

Associate Vice President Student Services/Dean of Student Life,
Karen Raforth, Ph.D.

Student Judicial Officer, Elyse Yamauchi, M.A.

Director of Campus Recreation (Interim), Tony Price, B.S.

Director of the Counseling Center, Gail Bruce-Sanford, Ph.D.

Director of Student Activities, Zav Dadabhoy, M.A.

Director of the Student Finance Resource Center,
Arliss Sunderwith-Webster, M.A.

Director of Health Center at Auraria, Steve Monaco, M.A.

Director of Student Legal Services, Christian Rataj, J.D.

Director of Student Publications, Doug Conarroe, B.S.

ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATORS

Dean, James W. Robertson, Ph.D.

Associate Dean, John R. Landry, Ph.D.

Department Chairs

Accounting, Virginia Parker, Ph.D.

Computer Information Systems, Abel Moreno, Ph.D.

Economics, John Cochran, Ph.D.

Finance, Kenneth Huggins, Ph.D.

Management, Robert Breitenbach, J.D.,Ph.D.

Marketing, Charles Vitaska, Ph.D.

Director of the Small Business Institute, Kenneth Huggins, Ph.D.

Director, US West Center for Business Success, Vacant

Coordinator, World Trade Center International Education Services,
Tamantha Peters, M.S.

Coordinator, Business Outreach, Vacant

School of Letters, Arts and Sciences

Dean, Joan M.C. Foster, Ph.D.

Associate Dean, Vacant

Assistant Dean, Tony Montoya, M.P.A.

Department Chairs

African American Studies, C.J. White, Ph.D.

Art, Greg Watts, M.F.A.

Biology, James Platt, Ph.D.

Chemistry, Gerhard Lind, Ph.D.

Chicano Studies, Luis Torres, Ph.D.

Communication Arts and Sciences (Journalism and Speech Communications), Kenn Bisio, M.F.A.

Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Vacant

English, William T. Hamilton, Ph.D.

History, Stephen J. Leonard, Ph.D.

Mathematical and Computer Sciences, Charlotte Murphy, Ph.D.

Modern Languages, Elizabeth J. Ordonez,

Music, Larry Worster, Ph.D.

Philosophy, Timothy Gould, Ph.D.

Physics, Sidney A. Freudenstein, Ph.D.

Political Science, Robert Hazan, Ph.D.

Psychology, Lyn Wickelgren, Ph.D.

Social Work, Virginia Cruz, Ph.D.

Sociology and Anthropology, Kenneth M. Keller, Ph.D.

Director of the Institute for Women's Studies and Services, Jodi Wetzel, Ph.D.

Director of the Center for Mathematics, Science and Environmental Education,
Larry S. Johnson, Ph.D.

Director of the English Composition Program, Joan R. Griffin, Ph.D.

Director of the Family Center, Virginia Cruz, Ph.D.

Director of the First Year Program, Renee Ruderman, M.A.

Director of the Writing Center, Jackie Swensson, Ph.D.

School of Professional Studies

Interim Dean, J. Michael Faragher, Psy.D.

Associate Dean of Education, Barbara Baker, Ph.D.

Interim Associate Dean, Sandra Haynes, Ph.D.

Department Chairs

Aerospace Science, Jeff Forrest, M.S.

Criminal Justice and Criminology, Joseph G. Sandoval, J.D.

Engineering Technology, John C. Schmidt, Ed.D.

Health Professions, Kathy Heyl, M.S.

Hospitality, Meeting and Travel Administration, John Dienhart, Ph.D.

Human Performance, Sport and Leisure Studies, Bruce Morgenegg, Ed.D.

Human Services, Charles V. Branch, Ed.D.

Co-Director of the Center for Addiction Studies, Anne S. Hatcher, Ed.D.

Co-Director of the Center for Addiction Studies, J. Michael Faragher, Psy.D.

Director of the Center for High Risk Youth Studies, Vacant

Director of the Center for Nonprofit Organization Administration, Vacant

Teacher Education, Larry Bettermann, Ed.D.

Technical Communications, J.O. Yunker, M.S.

Director of the Child Development Center, Marge Petersen, M.A.

Director of Teacher Education Center, Lucius Drake, Ph.D.

Office of Clinical Services, Lynette Bousman, B.A.

Accreditation Coordinator, Marilyn Taylor, Ed.D.