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Recent Press Releases

June 12, 2013

MSU Denver Pilots Compete in National Women’s Air Race Classic

MSU Denver Assistant Professor of Aviation and Aerospace Science Tanya Gatlin and aviation student Daily Davies are participating in the national women’s Air Race Classic. The race strives to generate awareness as well as growth regarding female roles in an industry that historically limited women from participating.



June 6, 2013

MSU Denver’s Board of Trustees Renews President’s Contract And Approves 2013-14 Tuition

Metropolitan State University of Denver’s Board of Trustees voted to renew President Stephen Jordan’s contract for another two years, with the possibility of three one-year extensions, citing significant progress in enhancing the University’s educational quality, student recruitment and retention, diversity and inclusive excellence, creation of public, private partnerships, and the overall increased reputation of the University – locally, regionally and nationally.



June 3, 2013

MSU Denver breaks ground on new $12 million athletic complex

Metropolitan State University of Denver officially breaks ground on its state-of-the-art athletic complex with a footprint to include baseball, softball and soccer fields and eight tennis courts.



May 14, 2013

MSU Denver Graduates Its Largest, Most Diverse Class Ever

Metropolitan State University of Denver will celebrate a record number of graduates and its most diverse undergraduate class ever—511 students of color, led by 292 Latino students— at Spring Commencement, Sunday, May 19, 9 a.m. on the Auraria Athletic Fields.



May 13, 2013

Metropolitan State University of Denver 3rd Annual Veterans Graduation Ceremony

Metropolitan State University of Denver is hosting its third annual veterans graduation ceremony featuring disabled veteran, volunteer and medical student Jeremy “Jie Bird” Casey, a 2011 MSU Denver graduate, as the keynote speaker. Veteran graduates will be presented with the official MSU Denver challenge coin commencement medallion, which they are encouraged to wear as part of their graduation regalia at the University’s 2013 Spring Commencement on Sunday, May 19.