Volume 28, Issue 03, September 8, 2005
News
Friends and family of students living at the Regency were invited to tour the newly opened first phase of Auraria’s first student housing community last Thursday evening, Sept 1 more >>>
African-American Studies' new chair looks to expand courses, faculty
Ronald Stephens has a dream.
He wants to make Metro's African-American Studies department one of the best undergraduate programs in the country. more >>>
The $28 million Tivoli renovations are set to be completed by January 2006, barring any major weather.
The removal of the white paint and restoring or replacing of the original brick on the outside of the Tivoli building has been the main focus of the renovations, which began in July 2003. Other major projects include updating the fire alarms, replacing the wooden windows and installing a new ventilation system throughout the building. The construction crew has also repaired most of the roof, with just a few more sections to go. more >>>
Metro will be taking part in the efforts to provide relief to the survivors of Hurricane Katrina which devastated parts of Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana, while flooding the city of New Orleans last week. more >>>
Metro's new President Stephen Jordan sat down one-on-one with The Metropolitan last week to talk about his vision for Metro's future. He discussed community partnerships, Metro's growth, the importance of having more full-time faculty, the implications of referendums C & D, his commitment to student involvement in decision-making and his goal of making Metro the preeminent public, urban, baccalaureate college in the country.
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Plagiarism doesn't pay, but in many Metro classrooms it will cost to detect.
Last spring, Metro tested Turnitin.com as part of a pilot program. Now it's one of many schools across the nation to use the service to discourage students from submitting work that is not their own. more >>>
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