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  • History professor uncovers unique stories

    Monys Hagen spent six weeks over the summer living in a travel trailer in Amana, Iowa while studying the immigration of a German religious community to the United States. Tagging along, her dogs Oscar and Chloe.

  • Pilot, professor finds right fit in education

    Over the years his birthday gifts have sent him parasailing, on hot air balloons rides, and zip-lining through canyons. They are the kinds of activities that help former U.S. Air Force pilot to maintain a sky-high lifestyle.

  • College career offers broad outlook

    In her 14 years at Metro State, Janell Lindsey’s career has spanned interactions with everyone from prospective students, to current students to alumni.

  • Hotel/Hospitality Learning Ctr

    See what's going on at Metro State’s new Hotel and Hospitality Learning Center.

  • New Student Success Building

    View the latest news on Metro State’s new Student Success Building

  • Art director sees College through snapshots

    Office of College Communications Art Director Julie Strasheim is one of the few employees at Metro State who can view a montage of much of the College's history through images she's captured with her own photo lens.

  • Former football player committed to promoting all sports

    For a sports fan, it’s the dream job: Working with the press and covering the athletic activities of a college with winning programs.

  • Promoting Latino heritage through classroom and theater

    For nearly 15 years, students at Metropolitan State College of Denver have had the opportunity to role-play with Chicana/o Studies Affiliate Professor Anthony Garcia, who happens to be the longtime artistic director of Su Teatro.

  • Library of Congress creating a “regional hub” in TPS-Colorado

    Metro State’s Teaching with Primary Sources-Colorado (TPS-Colorado) has received $725,000 from the Library of Congress, taking the program’s total funding to $5.2 million since its inception in 2004, says Peggy O’Neill-Jones, director of TPS-Colorado.

  • Endowed scholarship named for Frontczak

    Metro State’s Department of Marketing has established a $25,000 endowed scholarship in the name of Professor Emeritus Nancy Frontczak. The first recipient of the scholarship will be announced later this fall.

  • Castro professor announced

    The Richard T. Castro Distinguished Visiting Professorship Committee has announced award-winning journalist and author Sonia Nazario as the 2011 Castro visiting professor. The theme for the professorship, to be held Oct. 18-20, is “Canto y grito: The Power of the Voice.”

  • Mayor announces Denver Education Compact from campus

    On August 25th, Denver Mayor Michael Hancock launched the Denver Education Compact from the middle of the Auraria Campus, with youth from the Auraria Early Learning Center seated front and center.

  • Longtime employees capture spotlight at Length-of-Service awards reception

    “Forty-two years later I still have so much passion and enthusiasm for this place,” said Associate Professor of Sociology Sheldon Steinhauser, who was among more than 150 employees who received Length-of-Service awards at a reception on Thursday at St. Cajetan’s Center.

  • Three departments get new chairs for 2011-12 academic year

    Of the 38 chairs announced this summer by Provost Vicki Golich, two are new to the role and one is new to the College.

  • Debt-ceiling bill impacts higher education

    A host of individuals, communities and businesses across the United States were waiting at one point to see how Congress’s vote on the debt-ceiling bill would impact them. With Pell Grants on the table for cuts, higher education was no different.

  • Metro State names new softball coach

    Metro State Director of Athletics Joan McDermott has announced Kristi Lansford as the College’s new softball coach.

  • Metro State students are "stars" to neighborhood children

    Four Metro State students helped brighten the summer for kids in the La Alma/Lincoln Park neighborhood, through an internship with the office of Denver City Councilwoman Judy Montero.

  • Flight team wins national Loening Trophy

    Metro State’s Department of Aviation and Aerospace Science has been awarded the Loening Trophy, which recognizes the most outstanding all-around collegiate aviation program in the country. It is the oldest and most prestigious collegiate aviation award in the nation.

  • Metro State names new head baseball coach

    Director of Athletics Joan McDermott announced Jerrid Oates (pronounced "OAT- iss") as the new head coach of the Roadrunner baseball team.

  • Meet Student Trustee Jacob LaBure

    Jacob LaBure’s life changed when he was 16.

    Now 24, the senior political science major and newly elected student trustee on the Metro State Board of Trustees (BOT) traces the beginning of his interest in politics to one major life event: the sudden death of his father.