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Open enrollment for 2026 employee benefits is underway and will remain open until 4 p.m. on Nov. 21. This annual window gives full-time faculty and professional staff members at Metropolitan State University of Denver the opportunity to review coverage options and make changes for the coming year without a qualified life event, such as marriage or the birth of a child. This year’s open enrollment is passive, meaning […]
Metropolitan State University of Denver has upgraded its online Faculty and Staff Directory, part of the University’s comprehensive public A–Z Directory that also includes departmental and program listings. The online, searchable database now delivers a more accurate, searchable and dynamic experience. This change aims to improve internal connectedness and external accessibility. Administrative staff members and […]
David Fine, general counsel for Metropolitan State University of Denver, spoke Wednesday before the Colorado Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, which is examining the presence or absence of antisemitism on the Auraria Campus. In his remarks to the committee, Fine, a fourth-generation Coloradan and member of Denver’s Jewish community, described the […]
As Metropolitan State University of Denver prepares to break ground next month on its first on-campus student residence hall, the University has successfully sold $110 million in bonds to finance the building, along with renovations to the Auraria Event Center. The projects promise to transform campus life and, thanks to the revenue-generating student-housing building, strengthen […]
The launch of a targeted student-support program has yielded significant gains in academic success and retention among fully online students, Metropolitan State University of Denver’s Online Learning team reported to the President’s Cabinet last week. The initiative, which includes a mandatory first-year seminar, scholarships and personalized coaching, led to a 0.5-point increase in participants’ average […]
If finding a career you love is hard, leaving it behind is even harder. No one knows this better than Jaclyn Gutierrez. After struggling to find support for her son Phillip, who was diagnosed with autism at age 4, she left behind an eight-year career in banking that she loved. “When we got dismissed from […]
The Colorado Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights last week approved a proposal to examine whether antisemitism is present on the Auraria Campus, including the three campus higher-education institutions. Though Metropolitan State University of Denver has not received notice of proceedings, the University is committed to cooperating on its part of the review, which was spurred by a national investigation into antisemitism on college campuses […]
Metropolitan State University of Denver will host a special evening of remembrance and music Saturday in honor of the late Hal Gordon Tamblyn, DMA, a former Music Department chair and a transformative figure in MSU Denver’s musical and academic history. The Dr. Hal Tamblyn Celebration of Life will take place at the King Center Recital […]
Metropolitan State University of Denver has named Matt Makley, Ph.D., provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs. The appointment, announced by President Janine Davidson, Ph.D., on Thursday, is effective May 1. Makley, a veteran faculty member and respected academic leader, has served the University for almost 20 years, most recently as interim provost since […]
