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Author: Liubov

Roadrunners have always been committed to helping our community as well as our students. As some of our neighbors and newcomers to Denver are struggling with housing insecurity, food insecurity and other challenges, here are a few ways you can help: 

Author: Liubov

Metropolitan State University of Denver is a community-anchored institution that relies on community partnership and civic excellence to provide the best education to its students. Within each department and program, students, faculty members and staff members engage meaningfully with the community through various activities and projects. The Department of Undergraduate Studies is working to centralize […]

Author: Liubov

The Metropolitan State University of Denver Faculty Senate overwhelmingly voted to endorse the Shared Governance Council policy recommendations during its bimonthly meeting Jan. 31. Of the 75 voting senators, 68 voted in favor of the recommendations. The policy will now head to the University Policy Advisory  Committee on Feb. 27 with support from the Faculty Senate.  Instructional Overload Guidelines  Marie Mora, Ph.D., deputy provost, […]

Author: Liubov

The Metropolitan State University of Denver Staff Senate is accepting nominations for open officer and senator positions, including vice president, treasurer and a new Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion advisor, through March 11. Staff members are encouraged to nominate someone (themselves or a colleague) whom they believe would be a good representative. Student employees are also eligible and encouraged to serve on the Staff Senate. How to nominate If you […]

Author: Liubov

Metropolitan State University of Denver’s Department of Theatre and Dance is bringing two classics to campus this semester, with a “Footloose” production scheduled to begin Feb. 22 and “Macbeth” set for April.    Each production’s selection process is traditionally done by the program coordinators and is a comprehensive and tedious project. Once the shows are selected, the […]

Author: Liubov

The Auraria Campus is at the epicenter of a rapidly evolving downtown Denver. As development creeps upward all around the 150-acre campus, the Auraria Higher Education Center is advancing its own refreshed Campus Master Plan together with design firm Sasaki and a committee of campus stakeholders.  To continue providing a modern, engaging working and learning environment, AHEC […]

Author: Liubov

If you’re looking for additional ways to help students engage in course readings, social annotation is an option worth looking into.  Social annotation is a process of collaboratively marking up texts in a digital learning space to read and think about a text together. Metropolitan State University of Denver uses the Hypothes.is tool for social […]

Author: Liubov

Dear Roadrunners, I hope you all are settling in to the semester. If you missed the good news at the President’s Spring Update last week, read the recap here.   West, Central Classrooms closed beginning March 16  Project B, an Auraria Higher Education Center project that involves upgrading the heating and air–conditioning systems in Central and West classrooms, is scheduled to begin during Spring Break. The upgrades […]

Author: Liubov

Good news for some students who have been on a waitlist for work-study funding: Metropolitan State University of Denver’s financial-aid team has identified additional funds that can be used to help prepare more students for careers through the state and federal employment program.   Through the University’s monthly fiscal-reconciliation process, which measures and balances financial transactions […]

Author: Liubov

Metropolitan State University of Denver’s Roadrunner Shoutout series highlights theexcellent and important work happening at all levels of the University. Each person nominated exemplifies MSU Denver’s core values of community, access, diversity, respect and excellence (CADRE). Winners are recognized at the monthly President’s Cabinet meeting. Staff winner Metza Templeton, systems specialist in the Registrar’s Office  […]