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DENVER — For some, it was an inspiration; for others, an opportunity. For the future of Metro State students, last week’s presidential visit was groundbreaking. “I thought Obama was a remarkable speaker,” said Metro State graduate, Devan Krey. “He seemed very relaxed, very confident, and above all very personable. It was evident that he really [...]

DENVER – Sonia Nazario spoke with a crowd of rapt students and faculty on Wednesday Oct. 19, about the struggles she went through to get the information for her award winning story “Enrique’s Journey.” Nazario wrote the article for the LA Times and later expanded the story into a book. Onlookers sat in a semicircle [...]

  DENVER — MSCD Faculty Rhythm Section opened their jam session at the Auraria campus King Center Concert Hall Thursday night to the delight of the hip and swingin’ crowd. The jumpin’ gig, featuring classics and original jams, was a collaboration between students and faculty spotlighting a number of notable soloists who wove an irresistible [...]

Last week Metropolitan State College of Denver received a $1 million anonymous donation. The money is planned to create the One World, One Water Center for Urban Water Education and Stewardship, dubbed the OWOW center.

DENVER – There are 850 students at Metropolitan State College of Denver who are about to have their lives impacted in a huge way. MSCD’s Veterans Services is doing what they can to minimize this impact. All veteran and veteran dependent students at Metro State have been mandated to attend a briefing on these upcoming [...]

Englewood, Colo. — Physical education in schools used to be about more than baseball, football and soccer. “Spares” and “gutter balls,” “birdies” and “bogies.” Today it’s“back-hands” and “chop-shots,” “quivers” and “Shafts. Circa Colorado 1993, these terms are associated with alternative Physical Education activities that were once offered at local high schools in the Denver-Metro area [...]

GOLDEN, Colo.- The Jefferson County Public Schools Board of Education honored several schools and individuals Thursday night, March 3. The board began the regular meeting with its customary preliminary schedule, before moving onto honors and recognition. Matt Cormier, executive director of educational teaching services, began the ceremony acknowledging 47 Jefferson County school libraries which had [...]

As of Sept 10, the Information Technology Department is now two separate entities.
The split will dissolve the Division of Information Technology and employees will be reassigned to one of the two domains: Academic Affairs or Administration and Finance division.

With the second Friday of October coming up, the monthly Channel 9 News Teachers Who Care award is going to be announced. This award is given to teachers who surpass expectations in making sure their students succeed in and out of the classroom.

Students from 30 state colleges and universities across Colorado rallied at Auraria Campus and marched to the State Capital Wednesday in an attempt to draw attention to recent budget cuts in Colorado’s higher education system. Rep. Karen Middleton talked to the rally on the stairs of the State Capital and urged the students to make [...]