Metro State in the Media

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Metro State in the Media -- 7/28/08 Jul 28, 2008

Metro State continues to educate the community on and off the campus, as evidenced by the array of media coverage this past month. Our expert faculty and staff have weighed in on the city’s graffiti issues, the War on Terror and Sen. Barack Obama’s acceptance speech at Invesco Field. These news media stories highlight Metro State’s many successes and help to further the College as the preeminent public urban baccalaureate college in the nation.


If we have overlooked any interviews in this report, please contact Angelia McGowan, assistant director of communications, at 303-556-5133 or angeliam@mscd.edu.

The July 25 Denver Business Journal highlighted the Hotel Learning Center, which once complete will serve as a fully functioning hotel and learning lab for Metro State’s Hospitality, Tourism and Events (HTE) students.  Entitled, “Metro State planning a ‘teaching’ hotel,” the article included quotes from Assistant Professor of HTE Chad Gruhl and Walter Isenberg, president and CEO of Denver-based Sage Hospitality Resources who is serving on the project’s steering committee.  To read the article, go to http://denver.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2008/07/28/story10.html

President Stephen Jordan was quoted in a July 25 Denver Post article about how the possible approval of Amendment 46 could affect how public higher-education institutions admit students and give them money. President Jordan has also been interviewed by Comcast “Newsmakers” about the upcoming Christo and Jeanne-Claude exhibit and the capital campaign for the purchase of the Center for Visual Art. The interview is running at various times during the month of July. President Jordan was also interviewed in a 9NEWS piece that ran on July 8 and 9 about the Auraria Campus closing during the Democratic National Convention. The campus closing was also addressed in the Rocky Mountain News on July 16 and the Denver Business Journal on July 18. To read the articles and view the clips, visit

http://www.denverpost.com/ci_9989245

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jul/16/auraria-campus-close-during-dnc/

http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=95392&catid=188

http://milwaukee.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/othercities/denver/stories/2008/07/21/story14.html?b=1216612800%5e1671305


On July 25, the Rocky Mountain News art and architecture columnist wrote a piece about the current exhibit at the Center for Visual Art’s called “Changing Identity” and the upcoming Christo and Jeanne-Claude exhibit. In addition, the article mentioned the $2 million campaign to purchase the space by 2010, its 20th anniversary. To read the article, go to http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jul/24/in-the-galleries-changing-identity-recent-works/.

Metro State’s Skyline Park Series: Countdown to the 2008 DNC has received a range of coverage. A 30-minute public affairs radio show focusing on Metro State’s involvement with the DNC, featuring Political Science Chair and Professor Robert Hazan, aired Sunday, July 27, on the following stations: KYGO 98.5 FM, KS107.5 FM, 104.3 FM and ESPN1600 AM. In addition to talking about the importance of the series, Hazan touched on “Metro State Gets Unconventional” and “When History Happens.”

The series also received coverage on 9NEWS July 9 and 10 for their kick-off event, to Colorado Higher ED News on July 8 and 22, to calendar placements in The Denver Post and The Associated Press day calendars. To read articles and view a news clip on the series, visit

http://www.9news.com/seenon9news/article.aspx?storyid=95455&catid=509

http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=304

http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=252


Metro State faculty members continue to provide the media with interesting stories about their accomplishments and are often sought for their expert commentary.

Criminology and Criminal Justice Assistant Professor Noah Fritz was featured on the cover of “Denver & the West” in the Sunday Denver Post on July 20 and on a 7NEWS segment on Sunday, July 27.

Both pieces explored graffiti mapping, a research project Fritz and his students are currently working on to determine if graffiti is connected to crime areas throughout the city. The Denver Post article subsequently ran in various media and blog sites. To read The Denver Post article, 7NEWS segment  and the subsequent blogs, go to  http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_9929042

http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/17007484/detail.html

http://www.graffnews.com/?tag=denver-graffiti

http://neighbors.denverpost.com/viewtopic.php?p=264626

http://thinkoutsidethecage2.blogspot.com/

http://www.examiner.com/r-1174661~New_study_on_graffiti__crime_correlation.html

http://clips.progressnow.org/index.php/clips/2008/07/21/

Political Science Professor Norman Provizer was interviewed July 23 on FOX31 “Good Day Colorado” about Sen. Barack Obama’s trip to the Middle East. He also defines the meaning of the term “favorite son” in Rocky Mountain News article on July 8. Provizer was also interviewed on CW2 about the possibility of Obama moving his DNC acceptance speech from the Pepsi Center to Invesco Field at Mile High. On July 3, he was quoted by the Rocky Mountain News on the controversy surrounding the singing of the national anthem by local jazz artist Rene Marie. To read the articles, go to

 http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jul/08/the-podium-july-8/.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jul/03/when-youre-an-artist-taking-a-risk-is-what-its/

Visiting Assistant Professor of Art Mark Guilbeau was mentioned in the Vail Daily on July 20 about his role leading a bronze bell-making workshop. To read the article, go to http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20080720/AE/25101245/1062.

Chair and Political Science Professor Robert Hazan was interviewed on 9NEWS on July 13 and 14 regarding nine American soldiers who were killed in Afghanistan in mid-July.


Adjunct History Professor Kevin Rucker was quoted in an article about Denver as a tourist destination in the July 6 issue of the Los Angeles Times which was rerun in Lower Hudson Journal News (New York.)  To view the article, go to http://lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080706/LIFESTYLE07/807060306/1030/LIFESTYLE.


Interim Deputy Provost and Professor of Chicana/o Studies Luis Torres was quoted in a July 1 article in the Denver Daily News that addressed Gov. Bill Ritter’s comments about the chances of Sen. Barack Obama securing the Latino vote. To read the article, go to http://www.thedenverdailynews.com/article.php?aID=1006.


In other news, Metro State’s Urban Center for Civic Engagement Task Force was announced July 24 Colorado Higher Ed News. To read the article go to http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=311

Metro State was mentioned in a Grand Junction Sentinel article on July 20 about the challenges hiring quality math teachers. To read the article, to go http://www.gjsentinel.com/hp/content/news/stories/2008/07/20/072108_1a_math_teachers.html

On July 17, Athletic Director Joan McDermott was quoted about the changes happening in swimming at Metro State. To read the article, visit http://www.collegeswimming.com/news/2008/jul/17/rmac-adds-swimming-metro-demotes-swimming/.


On July 14, the Rocky Mountain News ran the obituary for the late Bob Mock, an integral part of Metro State’s aviation program the past 21 years. Colorado Higher Ed News also announced the services schedule on July 24. To read the obit, go to http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/2008/jul/13/bob-mock-shepherded-aviation-program-at-metro/.

http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=307

Thank you to everyone for representing Metro State so well! Your efforts help promote the College as Colorado’s best value in higher education. We are proud of our students, faculty, alumni and staff who have achieved much success. Please let Angelia McGowan know of your media interviews or if you have an area of expertise you’d like to share with the news media.

Angelia McGowan
Assistant Director of Communications
Metropolitan State College of Denver

303-556-5133
angeliam@mscd.edu

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