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Jordan appointed to education council

Governor Bill Owens has appointed Metro President Stephen Jordan to the Colorado Education Alignment Council.

Created on Oct. 4, the education council exists to examine state high school graduation requirements and review the preparatory accomplishments of high schools and colleges to determine whether or not students have the basic skills employers will expect them to have.

The education council consists of 30 business, education and legislative leaders from across Colorado.

The council hopes to establish standards as to what Colorado high school graduates should have learned in preparation for college or the work force, review the current standards to determine whether they match these expectations and review admissions guidelines for colleges to find out if they match with high school graduation expectations.

Candidate for post to visit campus

Douglas Samuels, vice provost for student affairs at Portland State University, will be visiting campus Oct. 13-14 to discuss his candidacy for the position of Metro Vice President of Student Services.

Samuels will be meeting with student services staff, faculty and students, as well as other groups.

For more information, see Samuels' resume at www.mscd.edu/facstaff/admin/eoo/DouglasResume.pdf.

Seminars will study war

Frank Harper, a member of the Metro History department, has created the Institute for the Study of War and International Conflict.

The first seminar is scheduled to be held on the Auraria campus next April. Metro faculty members are encouraged to propose topics for the discussion.

Possible topics should be sent to harperf@mscd.edu. Harper can also be reached at (303) 352-5063.