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Position will be located in Colorado Springs, Colo. Instructor is responsible for instruction in assigned classes according to established course model and syllabus and provides instruction to students on subjects such as math and basic electric theory. Relevant experience required. For more information and a complete job description, call Meghan at (719) 846-5534 or 1-800-621-TSJC ext.5534 or email meghan.russell@trinidadstate.edu. Closing date for consideration of applicants: 5pm, Friday, July 25, 2008. TSJC is an equal opportunity institution. 15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Listings.php?form=classifiedsList&item=14 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Listings.php?form=classifiedsList&item=11 Northeastern Junior College in Sterling, CO is seeking applicants to apply for General Business Instructor. Teaching responsibilities of this position will include a wide range of business, marketing, management, and computer technology courses. This person may also serve as an assistant sponsor of the NJC SIFE team (Students in Free Enterprise). The individual must be able to develop respect and rapport with business owners and managers in the local community. Additional responsibilities are those generally expected of full-time faculty including committee assignments and advising students. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: •Bachelor’s degree in discipline related/applicable to this position and the coursework that would be taught. •Significant business work experience. •Past involvement in community service activities. •Highly developed presentation and facilitation skills. •Significant knowledge/experience with computer technology. •Ability to effectively communicate in a variety of settings. •Competitive nature. •Must qualify for a Colorado Career & Technical Credential by being able to document 4,000 hours of paid work experience in a business. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: •Masters degree. 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The Associate Director also has responsibility to the Director of Athletics and one Dean. The Associate Director will be responsible for identifying, qualifying, cultivating, soliciting and stewarding gifts from individuals (including alumni and friends), foundations, corporations and organizations. This position will specialize in the School of Letters, Arts and Sciences and Athletics. This position will expand the current development team. The Associate Director of Development plans, manages, and directs development efforts in concert with College Advancement goals and will "team" with the appropriate Alumni Relations staff for various projects and events. These efforts support programmatic initiatives, capital projects, academic departments and scholarships for athletics and one school. The Associate Director will prepare and maintain a multi-interval strategic fundraising plan that is consistent with School and Advancement initiatives, and which support the newly-approved College strategic plan. EO STATEMENT: Metropolitan State College of Denver is an equal opportunity employer and encourages women and minorities to apply. QUALIFICATIONS: Required: 1. Bachelor's Degree is required. 2. Two years full time experience in development. 3. Proven results with proposals and donors, experience with face to face solicitation. 4. Excellent organizational, written, oral and interpersonal communication skills. 5. Attention to detail and ability to maintain strict confidentiality, discipline and integrity. 6. Sound knowledge of fundraising principles and the ability to apply them. 7. Ability to work independently and as a member of the Development team. 8. Ability to work with Deans, faculty and college leaders. 9. Ability to effectively manage a portfolio of up to 150 prospects. 10. Computer literacy and knowledge in data base management. Preferred: Working knowledge of Raiser's Edge software. RANK & SALARY: Commensurate with education and experience. APPOINTMENT: Spring 2008 APPLICATION: In order to be considered as an applicant you must apply through the online application system at https://www.mscdjobs.com. The full position announcement is listed at this site as well as application instructions. IMPORTANT: If you have specific questions concerning this position please contact the department at 303-556-2632. If you have technical questions please refer them to Michael Bussey, MSCD Human Resources at 303-556-5036. **Official transcripts will be required of all finalists. “Metropolitan State College of Denver is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for our faculty, staff, students, and visitors. To assist in achieving that goal, we conduct background checks on all finalists for positions at the College prior to employment.” DEADLINE: Applications will be considered until interviews begin. Only those applicants who apply through the online application system will be considered. Pursuant to Colorado Open Records Law, written materials in a search process may be open for inspection by the public. Visit Metro State at www.mscd.edu 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Listings.php?form=classifiedsList&item=13 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Listings.php?form=classifiedsList&item=12 Metropolitan State College of Denver POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT #60 E559 Assoc Dir DEV 6’08 ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT FOR DEAN’S SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND THE SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES DEVELOPMENT OFFICE – INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT Exempt Position #E559 RESPONSIBILITIES: The Associate Director of Development is a member of the Development and Institutional Advancement teams, and reports to the Assistant Vice President for Development. The Associate Director also has responsibility to two Deans. The Associate Director will be responsible for identifying, qualifying, cultivating, soliciting and stewarding gifts from individuals (including alumni and friends), foundations, corporations and organizations. This position will expand the current development team. This position will specialize in Business and School of Professional Studies. The Associate Director of Development plans, manages, and directs development efforts in concert with College Advancement goals and will "team" with the appropriate Alumni Relations staff for various projects and events. These efforts support programmatic initiatives, capital projects, academic departments and scholarships for two schools. The Associate Director will prepare and maintain a multi-interval strategic fundraising plan that is consistent with School and Advancement initiatives, and which support the newly-approved College strategic plan. EO STATEMENT: Metropolitan State College of Denver is an equal opportunity employer and encourages women and minorities to apply. QUALIFICATIONS: Required: 1. Bachelor's Degree is required. 2. Two years full time experience in development. 3. Proven results with proposals and donors, experience with face to face solicitation. 4. Excellent organizational, written, oral and interpersonal communication skills. 5. Attention to detail and ability to maintain strict confidentiality, discipline and integrity. 6. Sound knowledge of fundraising principles and the ability to apply them. 7. Ability to work independently and as a member of the Development team. 8. Ability to work with Deans, faculty and college leaders. 9. Ability to effectively manage a portfolio of up to 150 prospects.10. Computer literacy and knowledge in data base management. Preferred: Working knowledge of Raiser's Edge software. RANK & SALARY: Commensurate with education and experience. APPOINTMENT: Spring 2008 APPLICATION: In order to be considered as an applicant you must apply through the online application system at https://www.mscdjobs.com. The full position announcement is listed at this site as well as application instructions. IMPORTANT: If you have specific questions concerning this position please contact the department at 303-556-2632. 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solar-related businesses to a solar industry workshop on May 28 and 29. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=80 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=81 The University of Colorado at Boulder's Science Discovery program will feature remarks by Nobel laureate Eric Cornell and a demonstration of a 100-foot-long Rube Goldberg device created by students from three local middle schools. 19 May 2008 07:17:46 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=81 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=82 The presidential search committee for Morgan Community College named four semifinalists. 19 May 2008 07:02:08 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=82 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=83 The Colorado State University System has officially begun enrolling students in a new generation of online degree programs that will be offered under a new enterprise 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A student Johnson & Wales University (JWU) in Denver will compete for the American Culinary Federation (ACF) National Student of the Year in Las Vegas at the July National ACF Convention after winning high honors at the ACF Western Regional Conference. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=87 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=88 Secondary school students can investigate the transportation industry as a possible career choice as part of a two-week Summer Transportation Institute (STI) at Colorado State University-Pueblo in June. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=88 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=89 The Kane Family Foundation announced that it will expand its merit-based college scholarship program, one of the most generous in Colorado, to include students at Otero Junior College who plan to transfer to the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs to complete bachelor's degrees. 20 May 2008 05:56:16 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=89 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=90 University of Colorado at Boulder earthquake expert and geological sciences Professor Roger Bilham says unprecedented human fatalities from earthquakes will occur around the globe in the coming century unless significant earthquake-resistant building codes are implemented. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=90 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=91 From molecular biology, engineering and mathematics to natural resources and restaurant and resort management, last week's commencement at Colorado State University in Fort Collins witnessed an amazing array of top grads embark on new  careers.    21 May 2008 07:18:39 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=91 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=92 Otero Junior College will offer a free grant writing workshop, June 16 and 17, to provide an overview of recent changes to the Colorado Common Grant Application (CGA). 21 May 2008 07:26:49 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=92 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=93 The GFWC Woman's Citizenship Club of Alamosa raised $2000 for an Adams State College nursing scholarship with a fashion show and dinner. 21 May 2008 07:35:37 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=93 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=94 In an extensive search of the relatively recent, local universe, University of Colorado at Boulder astronomers said they have definitively found about half of the missing normal matter, called baryons, in the spaces between the galaxies. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=94 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=95 Aims Community College is changing things for the 28th Annual College for Kids, the program that offers educational enrichment options for students in grades 2-7 during the summer. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=95 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=96 Pueblo area teens will have the opportunity to explore and experiment with writing techniques designed to stimulate creativity and hone fiction-writing skills as part of a week-long Authors' Institute for Teen Writers in June.  24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=96 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=97 The University of Denver's Sturm College of Law graduated 300 new alumni May 17 before a packed arena at the Ritchie Center. (Photo: Wayne Armstrong) 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=97 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=98 Administrators with Colorado State University and the Institute for Liberty and Democracy in Lima, Peru, recently signed an International Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on research and conferences and provide student internship opportunities via Colorado State's College of Business. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=98 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=99 Kelsey Vernon graduated last week from Colorado State University with a degree in business marketing. As a Denver Broncos cheerleader, she has participated in four USO entertainment tours. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=99 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=100 The Otero Junior College Athletic Department will host the 14th Annual McDonald's of La Junta 2008 Southern Colorado All-Star Girl's and Boy's Basketball Games today. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=100 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=101 Two Adams State College psychology students, Andrea Torres and Monica Medina, presented a research poster at the 78 Annual Rocky Mountain Psychological Association conference in Boise, ID. 22 May 2008 08:21:04 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=101 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=102 Five journalists have been selected as 2008-09 Ted Scripps Fellows in Environmental Journalism at the University of Colorado at Boulder. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=102 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=103 Loren Martinez, Northeastern Junior College, recently received the prestigious Above and Beyond Award at the Area 3 Peer Student Leadership Conference in Greeley. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=103 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=104 The history of hiking, mountaineering and technical climbing on Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park and the impact of these recreational activities on the mountain's natural and cultural resources are part of a new study by a Colorado State University researcher. 22 May 2008 08:16:35 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=104 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=105 ALAMOSA - The Adams State College Community Partnerships are hosting an informational event about the Subprime Mortgage crisis open to the public. 23 May 2008 07:23:30 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=105 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=106 Colorado's fire season has already, pointed out Jeff Jahnke, state forester and director of the Colorado State Forest Service, an agency in the Warner College of Natural Resources at Colorado State University. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=106 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=107 The National Science Foundation is featuring a University of Colorado at Boulder faculty member in connection with the latest Indiana Jones movie to illustrate where the real world of archaeology intersects with the "reel" world. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=107 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=108 The University of Denver will ensure the legacy of Josef Korbel beyond his role as father of former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright or as mentor to U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice when DU's Graduate School of International Studies is renamed in his honor. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=108 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=109 Karen Reinertson, president of the Front Range Community College since August 2005, announced her retirement effective July 1. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=109 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=110 Pueblo School for Arts and Sciences (PSAS), a K-8 charter school operating in partnership with Colorado State University-Pueblo, will be featured in a Best Practices video commissioned by Colorado Department of Education Commissioner Dwight Jones. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=110 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=111 Understanding the changing American West and how those changes will affect our natural resources is the focus of the University of Colorado at Boulder Natural Resources Law Center's annual summer conference. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=111 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=112 Gov. Bill Ritter signed a bill in Fort Collins last week to fund water research through the Colorado Water Institute, a fixture at Colorado State University since 1965 that provides a critical link between Colorado water researchers and water users and managers. 27 May 2008 05:00:21 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=112 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=113 Adams State College junior physical geography/geology student, Janice E. Gautreaux has been recognized as an Outstanding Woman Geoscience Student of 2008 by the Association for Women Geosciences Laramide Chapter. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=113 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=114 Aims Community College Social Sciences Professor Tracey Trenam has been selected by the eLearning Consortium of Colorado as the eLearning Educator for 2008. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=114 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=115 Colorado State University completed the first phase of an expansion of a field station located on shortgrass steppe at the edge of thousands of acres of rolling grasslands in rural Weld County. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=115 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=116 ALAMOSA - Mike Garcia, executive director of TRIO programs at Adams State College can be assured his 32 years of service has impacted the lives of many, including encouraging countless first-generation students to pursue a college education. He is retiring this spring. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=116 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=117 The University of Colorado at Boulder will host an international conference on "Media, Spiritualities and Social Change" June 4-7 that will feature several free public talks, including one by Nina Rothschild Utne, editor-at-large of Utne Reader magazine. 29 May 2008 07:57:42 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=117 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=118 Colorado State University's Warner College of Natural Resources recently announced the establishment of an endowment to create the Charles C. Gates Boone and Crockett Chair for Wildlife Conservation, funded by an initial $3 million gift from the Boone and Crockett Club whose members promote land and wildlife conservation. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=118 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=119 The steering committee that was formed to develop recommendations for a potential merger of Pueblo Community College's Southwest Campus and the San Juan Basin Technical College met here May 16. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=119 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=120 The Morgan Community College presidential search committee has forwarded the names of two candidates to Dr. Nancy McCallin, president of the Colorado Community College System, for final interviews. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=120 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=121 The University of Colorado at Boulder today named Julie Wong vice chancellor for student affairs, effective July 22.  24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=121 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=122 The University of Denver's Josef Korbel School of International Studies has a rich legacy that includes a long list of prominent graduates. 29 May 2008 07:50:02 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=122 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=123 Former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright addresses the gathering yesterday at the dedication ceremony renaming the University of Denver's Graduate School of International Studies after her late father Josef Korbel. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=123 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=124 A definition for chemistry - the elements of a complex entity and their interrelationship - can be used to describe Adams State College chemistry professor, Dr. Neil Rudolph's career of 31 years. 30 May 2008 03:12:36 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=124 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=125 The Clean Energy Supercluster at Colorado State University has distributed its first set of seed grants to further significant research into the development of market-driven alternative energy sources and the policies and implications of those sources. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=125 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=126 Beginning this fall, University of Colorado at Boulder engineering students will be able to earn an entrepreneurship certificate that will complement their engineering and technology education and prepare them to start their own businesses. 30 May 2008 04:11:23 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=126 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=127 Front Range Community College, one of the last major tenants of the Adams County annex that has housed its Brighton Center, closed the facility May 29, after the county reported serious mechanical failures that could leave the building without heating and air-conditioning. 30 May 2008 03:58:56 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=127 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=128 Governor Bill Ritter has signed House Bill 1403 that provides a framework for the Denver Public Schools Retirement System to merge with the Public Employee Retirement System. 30 May 2008 04:02:27 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=128 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=129 During the past five years, Colorado State University has made significant strides in stabilizing its budget, strengthening its academic leadership, and pursuing scientific discovery, President Larry Penley said during his annual State of the University address. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=129 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=130 The launch of a University of Colorado at Boulder-built biomedical experiment aboard the space shuttle Discovery, May 31, follows on the heels of an agreement between NASA and CU-Boulder to fly university payloads on every shuttle mission to the International Space Station until the shuttle program is retired in 2010. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=130 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=131 Two undergraduate advertising students at the University of Colorado at Boulder's School of Journalism and Mass Communication won the top prize at The One Club's annual One Show College Competition, often considered the premier student advertising competition. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=131 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=132 Governor Bill Ritter last week signed legislation that will give young people a formal role in advising the state legislature about the issues facing the future of Colorado. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=132 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=133 Individuals interested in art, music, computer systems, foreign language or any other college course topic, but who don't want to take exams or earn credits are invited by Colorado State University-Pueblo to become a guest student and take up to two courses a semester at half the tuition rate of regular classes. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=133 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=134 Colorado State University's nationally-recognized annual nutrition conference will focus on three main topics this year - food and diet associated with cancer prevention and improved cancer survivorship, factors that influence eating behaviors including those leading to obesity, and issues focused on health and environmental aspects of organic food production. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=134 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=135 With House Bill 1079 signed by Governor Bill Ritter, the new Career and Technical Act (CTA) will take effect in FY2009. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=135 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=136 The University of Colorado at Boulder has been awarded a five-year, $32 million contract from NASA to manage and operate a sophisticated data system charting global phenomena like sea ice, ice shelves, ice sheets, glaciers and snow cover. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=136 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=137 The 10th Annual Women's Health Forum, hosted by Aims Community College, will focus on holistic healing. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=137 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=138 To assist both homeowners and commercial operators, Colorado State University has released the results of its annual Flower Trials Garden Performance Report. 03 Jun 2008 01:33:15 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=138 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=139 A new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder has shown the testosterone of male North American barn swallows skyrocketed early in the breeding season when their breast colors were artificially enhanced by researchers, indicating the clothes - or in this case, the feathers - make the man. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=139 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=140 A Culinary Arts student at Pueblo Community College has achieved a PCC "first" and in the process, helped pay for his college education. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=140 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=141 The Otero Junior College Athletic Department hosted its annual youth basketball camp at McDivitt Center Gymnasium last week with about 80 boys and girls between the ages of 5 and 16 (grades K-10) attending. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=141 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=142 Colorado State University hurricane forecasters, Phil Klotzbach and William Gray (pictured), yesterday maintained an earlier forecast that called for a very active 2008 season. The hurricane forecast team is calling for 15 named storms forming in the Atlantic basin during this year's hurricane season. 04 Jun 2008 02:00:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=142 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=143 Relaxing in a comfy chair with a hot espresso and a laptop for the group study session is now the near future for Adams State College students using the Nielsen Library. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=143 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=144 The 2008-09 budget for Colorado State University-Pueblo approved yesterday by the Colorado State University System Board of Governors includes nearly $2 million in quality enhancements and a tuition rate increase for resident undergraduate students that is less than that authorized by the Colorado Legislature last month. 04 Jun 2008 02:01:51 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=144 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=145 If your conception of an accountant is a bespectacled, pocket-protector nerd, Adams State College's Dr. Randall Newell definitely does not fit the stereotype. A black belt in karate, Newell dances salsa, plays percussion and appreciates a good Cuban cigar. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=145 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=146 Colorado State University's Board of Governors has approved a recommendation to create a non-profit student media organization separate from the university. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=146 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=147 More than 30 Pueblo-area middle school students, ages 13-15, will spend three days, June 8-11, building their own businesses and competing against their peers as part of the Summer Business Academy (SBA) sponsored by the Hasan School of Business at Colorado State University-Pueblo. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=147 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=148 Paid enrollment deposits for fall 2008 new freshmen at the University of Colorado at Boulder indicate that the campus can expect another exceptional freshman class in the fall. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=148 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=149 The Board of Governors of the Colorado State University System approved a total budget for the CSU System, including the Fort Collins and Pueblo campuses, of approximately $880 million including state funds, tuition, fees and research dollars. 05 Jun 2008 08:05:36 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=149 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=150 Two Colorado State University-Pueblo nursing faculty members have earned Certified Nurse Educator (CNE) designation after successfully completing a rigorous examination developed and administered by the National League for Nursing (NLN). 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=150 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=151 Kamal Ararso (left) and Seantay Patterson, juniors at Adams State College, were chosen for summer research internships through the Colorado Alliance for Minority Participation (CO-AMP), a Colorado State University program. The paid internships are provided by an Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate grant from the National Science Foundation. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=151 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=152 Governor Bill Ritter signed groundbreaking legislation thi week that creates sustainable financial support for construction projects at state colleges and universities using proceeds from oil-and-gas development on federal lands. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=152 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=153 Colorado State University this spring installed a unique antenna on one of the nation's most advanced polarimetric weather radars to more precisely detect major storms and precipitation. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=153 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=154 During the Democratic National Convention this August, the Auraria Campus - home to Community College of Denver, Metropolitan State College of Denver and the University of Colorado Denver - will not hold classes Aug. 23 through Aug. 29.  24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=154 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=155 San Luis Valley author Wayne Sheldrake, with support from Adams State College Community Partnerships, is offering "Do You Have a Book in You?: Three Secrets Authors Don't Tell," a two-hour writing workshop, June 14, 10 a.m. to noon, in the ASC Business Building. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=155 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=156 A year after the Community College of Aurora began its WIRED Bioscience project, that delivers hands-on training and equipment to Denver Metro high school teachers to conduct DNA-related experiments in their classrooms, the college is handing off the bioscience kits to the school districts. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=156 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=157 The University of Colorado Denver School of Pharmacy will break ground tomorrow, June 10, on the Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, a $59.5 million, 165,000 square-foot building. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=157 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=158 Otero Junior College awarded 16 certificates of Practical Nursing in ceremonies, June 1, at the Ed Stafford Theatre in the OJC Humanities Center. 10 Jun 2008 06:56:52 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=158 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=159 Two Adams State College History professors conducted a group of 21 K-12 teachers from New Mexico and Colorado on a "Life on the Mississippi" tour, visiting a number of historic sites and surveying the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=159 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=160 Colorado State University researchers are looking for neurological clues to the cause of sensory processing deficits, perhaps giving hope to parents worrying about their children's diagnosis of autism, Asperger syndrome, attention deficit hyperactive disorder or other neurodevelopmental disorders. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=160 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=161 Colorado State University-Pueblo's mechatronics program in the College of Education, Engineering, and Professional Studies (CEEPS) was touted in the June issue of Mechanical Engineering magazine as one of only three schools in the nation to offer mechatronic degrees. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=161 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=162 Monday, Wednesday and Friday mornings they listen to medical school professors lecture. Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons they work on simulated patients or in laboratories. Tuesdays and Thursdays they shadow doctors, nurses, pharmacists, dentists and other medical professionals doing real work in real hospitals and clinics. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=162 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=163 Student leaders from around the world are gathered on the University of Colorado at Boulder campus through July 6 to participate in an institute focused on creating global social change. 10 Jun 2008 07:23:08 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=163 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=164 Lisa James has been appointed executive director of Institutional Advancement for the Denver Campus of Johnson & Wales University (JWU). 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=164 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=165 If you know Jeanne Reed, you know her energy, her quick mind and her dynamic spirit that stays positive even in the face of adversity. Reed dedicated her 40-year professional career to Adams State College, its faculty, staff, and most of all, students. She retired this spring. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=165 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=166 Looking ahead to his senior year, University of Colorado at Boulder computer science major Rob Mickle, 20, was planning to complete an internship over the summer -- until he won $25,000 in the first round of Google's Android Developer Challenge. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=166 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=167 Cullen Johnson, a student at Otero Junior College, is in the process of producing a documentary about the experiences of local World War II veterans. Cullen is pictured with Gwyneth Keith, a member of the Navy WAVES, where she served in Florida and Cuba during World War II. Mrs. Keith's story, along with five other local World War II veterans will be a part of the documentary that Johnson is producing. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=167 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=168 The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $476,000 grant to Arapahoe Community College and Aims Community College in Greeley for the NSF's Advanced Technological Education program, Aims and ACC officials announced yesterday. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=168 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=169 The creator and host of "Throwing Clay" on the DIY Network and a columnist for the Clay Times will present a two-day workshop featuring information and demonstrations at Arapahoe Community College, June 14 and 15. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=169 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=170 Norm Milks (left) will play Morrie Schwartz, a sociology professor at Brandeis in the 1970s, and John Eubank (right) will play Mitch Albom, a young sociology student in Tuesdays With Morrie, to be performed at Otero Junior College June 15, 4 p.m. in the Ed Stafford Theatre. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=170 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=171 Western State College is now offering Professional Land and Resource Management (PLRM), a program that encompasses the different aspects of the oil, gas and mining environments and alternative energy sources such as wind, geothermal and wave. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=171 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=172 Western State College has named Nicole Quast of Colorado Springs as its new Sports Information Director (SID). Athletic Director Greg Waggoner said she will start join the college in July.  24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=172 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=173 Dozens of African-American high school seniors will come together to research issues pertinent to the African-American community during the 15th annual Black Issues Forum at Colorado State University, June 17-21. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=173 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=174 Otero Junior College will offer a two-day course, Along the Santa Fé Trail: A Survey of the Archaeology & History of Southeastern Colorado, June 23 and 24, exploring the historic Santa Fe Trail. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=174 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=175 Developing Minds Software the $10,000 first prize in the University of Colorado Denver's Bard Center for Entrepreneurship 7th Annual Business Plan Competition. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=175 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=176 The Pierre Auger Collaboration met recently at Lamar Community College, bring about 150 of 400 member scientists, representing 14 countries, to discuss the current state of the cosmic ray observatory in Argentina and moved forward with planning for the Colorado observatory, toured the proposed observatory site and met with local and regional officials and representatives from area land/agriculture/livestock associations to discuss the proposed placement of detectors on local land.  24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=176 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=177 The Fort Garland Archaeological Field School began its fifth season today headed by Dr. Richard Goddard, Adams State College assistant professor of social studies. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=177 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=178 Since 2005, Denmark - the world's most advanced wind-powered nation - Colorado State University and a startup company in Fort Collins have collaborated to address challenges of taking intermittent wind power and turning it into a stable and reliable renewable resource. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=178 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=179 A University of Colorado Denver political science graduate, Kimberly Johnson is traveling across the world to study the role oil has on a country's economy. 16 Jun 2008 04:44:29 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=179 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=180 Cary Whitaker and Marcia Waters provide insight into new Colorado real estate regulations and the mortgage crisis during a workshop sponsored by the Adams State College Community Partnerships. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=180 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=181 University of Colorado Denver College of Arts & Media (CAM) Records was recently named as an Independent Music Awards (IMA) Vox Populi Winner for Put Your Ear To The Ground: Colorado Cuts Vol. 2. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=181 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=182 A seminar at Colorado State University, June 20, by M.S. Swaminathan, chairman of the National Commission on Agriculture, Food and Nutrition Security of India, will explore the relationship between orphan crops and climate change. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=182 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=183 Arapahoe Community College has added a new culinary arts program beginning this fall; however, the class is limited to 10 on a strictly first-come, first-served basis. Classes will begin in August. 16. 18 Jun 2008 10:08:25 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=183 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=184 Mountain pine beetles are getting ready to emerge and fly, which means Colorado residents should check their remaining firewood stock now to ensure they are not aiding the infestation of urban or neighboring trees. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=184 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=185 The Colorado State Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal Plant Health Inspection Services-Plant Protection and Quarantine and the Colorado Department of Agriculture are carrying out a statewide plan to monitor two non-native insects that may be damaging to Colorado's forests. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=185 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=186 David Broberg of GrassRoots Energy Farm, Mosca, shows high school teachers the E-Module for teaching solar energy concepts at the teaching energy course in Pueblo. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=186 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=187 The Board of Trustees of Aims Community College has selected the Aims Honorary Fellows for 2008. This year, Aims honored Ken Nickerson, Scott Ehrlich, Dave Owen and Bernie Kinnick (pictured left to right). The four recipients were recently honored by Aims President Marsi Liddell and the board. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=187 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=188 Pikes Peak Community College and Colorado's largest bricks and mortar charter school, The Classical Academy, are joining forces to create a pioneering new facility that will be used jointly to provide a streamlined education from kindergarten through college. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=188 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=189 The University of Colorado at Boulder took an unusual step yesterday by returning nearly $3 million in cost savings to NASA for an award-winning satellite mission designed, built and controlled by the university to study how the sun's variation influences Earth's climate and atmosphere. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=189 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=190 Three area students attending Colorado State University-Pueblo and Pueblo Community College will receive a four-year, $4,000 scholarship from the Pueblo Kiwanis Club thanks to a change in the organization's scholarship program. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=190 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=191 Adams State College School of Business professors Armando Valdez and Richard Vallone, along with Russ Johnson, San Luis Valley Regional Medical Center, Leonard Snow, and Konnie Martin, Valley Wide Health Systems, presented at the Annual Colorado Rural Health Association Conference in Copper Mountain this week.  24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=191 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=192 "RiverWebs," a documentary film about life, death, science and streams that features Colorado State University Department of Fish, Wildlife and Conservation Biology Professor Kurt Fausch will air at noon June 22 on Rocky Mountain PBS. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=192 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=193 During summer of 2007, 15 students ages 14-19 from throughout Metro Denver were selected to participate in ArtLab at PlatteForum. The fruits of their labor will be on display June 21 and 22 with the world premiere of Throwaway/Runaway, an original play written and performed by the participating high school students. 19 Jun 2008 07:23:26 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=193 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=194 Registration is underway for the 7.5 kilometer run/two-mile walk, July 13 that will kick-off the 75th Anniversary Community Celebration at the Pueblo Community College campus. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=194 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=195 Gov. Bill Ritter visited San Diego Wednesday to promote Colorado's fast-growing biotech and bioscience economic sector during a business retention and recruiting trip. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=195 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=196 The Division II player of the Year and former Northeastern Junior College (NJC) Plainsmen baseball star was selected in the 18th round of the 2008 Major League Baseball First-Year Player's Draft by the Colorado Rockies. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=196 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=197 Information gleaned from a Greenland ice core by an international science team that includes two University of Colorado at Boulder investigators shows that two huge Northern Hemisphere temperature spikes prior to the close of the last ice age some 11,500 years ago were tied to fundamental shifts in atmospheric circulation. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=197 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=198 Citizens of Southern Colorado can celebrate this nation's freedom with two concerts and two fireworks displays in one holiday weekend, July 3-4, thanks to Colorado State University-Pueblo, the Historic Arkansas Riverwalk of Pueblo, and the Pueblo Symphony. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=198 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=199 Marketing students at the University of Northern Colorado's Monfort College of Business made a clean sweep, claiming first, second and third place in the student category at the annual Peak Awards, sponsored by the Colorado Chapter of the American Marketing Association. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=199 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=200 The GI Bill for the 21st Century that includes the most all-inclusive educational benefits since the original GI Bill was signed into law in 1944 will include funds for college tuition for veterans who have served in the military since Sept. 11, 2001 as well as stipends for housing and a $1,000 annually for books and supplies. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=200 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=201 Colorado State University has been recognized with a top award from the United State Department of Agriculture for its Clean Energy Supercluster that speeds cutting-edge technology to the marketplace. 23 Jun 2008 08:01:03 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=201 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=202 Thirty-seven students from area high schools have received the President's Scholarship for the Fall 2008 and Spring 2009 semesters at Arapahoe Community College. Graduates of Colorado high schools can still apply for the scholarships for the 2008 to 2009 academic year. 24 Jun 2008 07:10:25 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=202 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=203 A Colorado State University professor on Wednesday will teach a short course in Denver for TV meteorologists on the latest in weather radar developed at CSU. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=203 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=204 Cash Parker, left, and Patrick Thiessen were winners of the Constance Baker Motley National Moot Court Competition. Photo by Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=204 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=205 Northeastern Junior College's alumni association presented the Harry and Mary Heinz Family the seventh annual Pride In Association Award in recognition of the family's support, dedication and loyalty to the college. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=205 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=206 Building leadership and designing programs are two of the strengths Dr. Mark Joyce brings to his position as the Adams State College Teacher Education Department Chair. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=206 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=207 The Continuing Education Division of Aims Community College now offers hundreds of online courses through a new collaboration with ed2go.com. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=207 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=208 CoCoRaHS, the Community Collaborative Rain, Hail and Snow Network, is celebrating its 10th year anniversary with a campaign to find 500 additional volunteers this year. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=208 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=209 The thread in a quilt binds together the material just as the memories included on a 75th Anniversary quilt by two Colorado State University-Pueblo employees will bring together the history of higher education in Pueblo while raising funds for student scholarships. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=209 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=210 This week, the Colorado Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) program is training 75 students from across the state about campus life and how their interests in helping people, science, math, technology and inquiry may lead to health careers. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=210 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=211 A NASA sounding rocket that will launch from Virginia on June 27 will carry one University of Colorado at Boulder student payload to measure greenhouse gases and 19 other payloads developed by teams from around the nation from kits produced by CU-Boulder students. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=211 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=212 Adams State College professors Oneyda Maestas and Dr. Donna Stout take advantage of the open car on the Cumbres-Toltec train ride. Photo by David Martinez 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=212 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=213 Colorado State University-Pueblo has hired Christy Wulf as director of Alumni Relations and Annual Fund. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=213 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=214 High-achieving Latino students are debating issues and experiencing the complex world of government while participating in the National Hispanic Institute's 19th Annual Colorado Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session sponsored by and held on the Colorado State University campus this week. Ernesto Nieto (pictured), executive director of the National Hispanic Institute, founded the non-profit organization in 1979 26 Jun 2008 06:22:32 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=214 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=215 Speaker of the Colorado House Andrew Romanoff (right) and State Senator Steve Johnson introduced a proposal last April to "fix the fiscal mess in Colorado's constitution" and now, with Sen. Ken Gordon (left), they are spearheading a campaign for a November ballot initiative to iron-out conflicts in the Colorado constitution. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=215 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=216 Dr. Kerry Hart, campus dean and chief executive officer of the Alpine Campus of Colorado Mountain College in Steamboat Springs, was yesterday appointed president of Morgan Community College by Dr. Nancy McCallin, president of the Colorado Community College System. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=216 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=217 As it has done for nearly 30 years, the San Luis Valley Federal Bank awarded scholarships to Adams State College students for the 2008/2009 academic year. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=217 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=218 Dr. Jeffrey Druck has received the 2008 National Faculty Teaching Award presented annually by the American College of Emergency Physicians. Druck is an assistant professor of surgery in the emergency medicine division of the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine. 27 Jun 2008 08:52:36 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=218 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=219 Yesterday and today, national health and policy leaders are meeting in Denver for the inaugural conference of the Academy for Health Equity (AHE). The Academy aims to use scientific research, public policy and community advocacy to eliminate health disparities between racial and ethnic groups. AHE hopes to create a social movement that ensures equal opportunity for health care to all people, regardless of circumstance. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=219 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=220 Adams State College History Professor Richard Loosbrock and ASC group stop at a relative's grave during a history tour of the D.C. area. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=220 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=221 The Board of Trustees for Fort Lewis College recently approved a new vision for the creation of a $37.5 million, 43,000-46,000 sq. foot addition onto the southwest corner of the existing College Union Building. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=221 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=222 University of Colorado-Denver School of Medicine will celebrate its 125th Anniversary with a gala Fantasy MD event, Oct. 4. Billed as the "best game of doctor you have ever played," the party will allow participants to treat a virtual patient or look at their own insides. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=222 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=223 An annual juried art exhibit displaying a wide variety of media will kick off with a reception Friday evening, July 11, at the Colorado Gallery of the Arts in the Arapahoe Community College Annex. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=223 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=224 The State Historical Fund is offering workshops throughout the state, July 21 through Aug. 7, on preserving community historic resources for future generations. Workshops will be held in Craig, Battlement Mesa, Durango, Alamosa, Rocky Ford, Canon City, Leadville, Sterling, Limon and Denver. 01 Jul 2008 09:23:36 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=224 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=225 Karen H. Sousa, RN, PhD, is the University of Colorado Denver College of Nursing's new associate dean for research and extramural affairs. She assumes her new position today. 01 Jul 2008 13:19:53 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=225 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=226 Dr. Maureen Brandon is taking over as the new dean of the School of Natural and Behavioral Sciences at Fort Lewis College, replacing John Ninnemann who retired. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=226 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=227 Norm Milks won the Actor Award for his portrayal of Professor Morrie Schwartz in "Tuesdays With Morrie," a collaborative production of the Otero and Picketwire Players at the Colorado Community Theatre Coalition Theatre Festival.   24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=227 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=228 Among the 19 participants in the Southern Colorado Writing Project's Summer Institute for teachers (http://www.scwponline.org) are two Russian professors who hope to create similar professional development opportunities in their homeland. 01 Jul 2008 09:21:12 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=228 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=229 Making plans to attend this year's Colorado State University Ag Day is as easy as going to www.CSUAgDay.com. The annual event, hosted by Colorado State University's College of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and Colorado agricultural organizations and associations, is 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6, prior to the home football opener against Sacramento State University. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=229 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=230 The University of Colorado Hospital is taking a step toward improving the health and wellness of its employees, medical staff, patients and their families by extending its tobacco-free zone beyond the walls of the hospital to include the areas outdoors as well. The extended tobacco ban began July 1. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=230 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=231 Governor Bill Ritter announced this week that he has named United Launch Alliance President and CEO Michael Gass to serve as a co-chair of the Governor's P-20 Education Coordinating Council. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=231 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=232 Student planning to attend Otero Junior College this fall will have an opportunity to learn more about the college and review their schedules at a New Student Orientation planned for July 15 and again July 18. The entire Student Services staff will be available at the orientation sessions and throughout the summer to assist students with registration and schedule changes. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=232 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=233 After a year of negotiations, Fort Lewis College announced an exchange agreement with the Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts in New York City that will allow up to six students per semester to be exchanged. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=233 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=234 Colorado Community Colleges Online (CCCOnline) and Pearson Education (NYSE: PSO) have signed an agreement to provide the appropriate learning materials in a digital format that will also help reduce costs for CCCOnline students. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=234 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=235 ConocoPhillips announced yesterday it has signed a $5 million, multiyear sponsored research agreement with the Colorado Center for Biorefining and Biofuels, a research center of the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory, to develop new ways to convert biomass into low-carbon transportation fuels. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=235 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=236 A paralegal student at Arapahoe Community College won a Palm PDA after she registered early for summer classes at the College. Students who register early for the Fall 2008 Semester can win a ski pass good for the season at three local ski resorts or $60 in gift certificates to the ACC Bookstore. 03 Jul 2008 08:54:09 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=236 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=237 The Colorado Commission on Higher Education will hold a regular meeting at 10 a.m., Thursday, July 10, at the Aims Community College. 03 Jul 2008 08:51:27 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=237 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=238 In a quintessential story of opportunity, hope and determination, Mary Zorn details the strength of mind of Elodia Lopez who immigrated to the US as a teenager with her family to work as farm laborers and now is a US citizen and this spring earned her associate's degree at Morgan Community College. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=238 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=239 Post-Katrina changes at the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the impacts of climate change will be discussed by an international gathering of experts, July 12-15, at the annual workshop of the University of Colorado at Boulder's Natural Hazards Center. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=239 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=240 Congress is currently melding House and Senate bills aimed at demystifying higher education costs by forcing colleges to give parents and students detailed information what the student will pay for school, available tuition assistance and the most affordable colleges and universities. More ominously for higher education, lawmakers are considering an annually-issued "blacklist" of colleges and universities with the sharpest increases in tuition and related costs.  24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=240 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=241 University of Colorado at Boulder Senior Research Associate Bill McClintock will participate in a NASA media teleconference on today, July 3, to discuss new findings from the most recent flyby of Mercury by NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft. 03 Jul 2008 17:03:45 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=241 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=242 Colorado's medical research industry will receive a boost of up to $40 million by the creation of a grant program aimed at advancing medical research. The program is the result of an innovative agreement among the Boettcher Foundation, the Webb-Waring Institute for Biomedical Research and the University of Colorado. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=242 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=243 As a part of its Employee Health and Safety Training programs, the Corporate Learning Division of Arapahoe Community College will offer CPR and First Aid classes taught by firefighters and emergency medical technicians in July. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=243 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=244 Rev your engine, shine your chrome and head for Aims Community College to show-off your wheels or admire some of the hottest cars in the region. The annual Aims Car Show is set for Saturday, July 12. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=244 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=245 More than 50 recent high school graduates enrolled in a summer Upward Bound program at Colorado State University-Pueblo initiated a community service project while learning how best to make the transition to college. (Left) Two groups of Upward Bound students and staff take a break from their work at the statue located at the Martin Luther King Center & Museum. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=245 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=246 Randy Hubbs, formerly vice president of the San Juan Basin Technical College, took the reins as the new director of Pueblo Community College's Southwest Campus, July 1. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=246 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=247 Ricardo Gonzalez, MD, assistant professor in the division ofGI, Tumor and Endocrine Surgery at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, was recently honored by PanCAN for his efforts in combating pancreatic cancer and his continued involvement with the organization. 07 Jul 2008 07:46:21 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=247 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=248 Extinction risks for natural populations of endangered species are likely being underestimated by as much as 100-fold because of a mathematical "misdiagnosis," according to a new study led by a University of Colorado at Boulder researcher. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=248 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=249 Governor Bill Ritter (left), Energy Office Director Tom Plant (center), and Economic Development Director Don Elliman (right) are in Spain this week on an overseas investment mission focused on renewable energy. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=249 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=250 An Adams State College student was chosen second attendant during the 2008 Colorado State Fair Fiesta Queen pageant. Sabrina Garcia, a first-generation college student who will begin her sophomore year at ASC this fall, will spend most of her summer weekends appearing in parades around Colorado. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=250 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=251 While the physical transformation of Colorado State University-Pueblo is apparent to visitors on a daily basis, those surfing to campus on the Internet might not have gotten the same impression. CSU-Pueblo unveiled a new recruitment web site last week to reflect the new image of the university.  24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=251 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=252 Beginning July 9, Metropolitan State College of Denver faculty and guests will conduct a free seven-part lecture series featuring a variety of perspectives on the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=252 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=253 Johnson & Wales University announce yesterday that Dr. Richard Wiscott accepted the position as the Dean of Academic Affairs, and will assume his new post on the Denver Campus July 28. 08 Jul 2008 06:29:17 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=253 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=254 Colorado's economy will slow down in the second half of 2008, but overall job growth will still remain positive for the year, according to Richard Wobbekind, an economist with the University of Colorado at Boulder's Leeds School of Business. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=254 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=255 Adams State College is offering a two-day grant writing workshop, July 28 and 29 that will provide hands-on information about researching and writing grants. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=255 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=256 Now in the midst of it's 50th season, the Colorado Shakespeare Festival at the University of Colorado-Boulder opens Henry the Eighth, directed by James M. Symons, July 12, on University Theatre, Main Stage. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=256 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=257 Students from Colorado State University's Department of Mechanical Engineering are teaming up with the university's Cancer Prevention Laboratory to build equipment that studies the effect exercise has on the development of breast cancer. The student engineering team has developed a computer-operated, adjustable-speed, motorized "activity wheel" that reinforces running behavior with a food reward as part of a pre-clinical testing model. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=257 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=258 Two Colorado College poets, David Mason (left) and Jessy Randall (right), have been named 2008 Colorado Book Award finalists. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=258 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=259 A memorial service for longtime Dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences and UNC faculty member Dr. Vinnie Scalia will be held today, July 10, at St. Paul's Congregational Church in Greeley. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=259 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=260 In a massive and coordinated effort, more than 12,000 artifacts of history will be carefully packed in acid-free paper, nestled in boxes and moved today, July 10, from the Gifford Building on Colorado State University's main campus to the University Center for the Arts. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=260 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=261 Lamar Community College President John T. Marrin (right) announced a major restructuring after assessing the school's organization and structure. Praising the current staff and faculty's strengths, he has reconfigured the administrative structure to "best serve the current and future needs of the College within its existing budget constraints." 10 Jul 2008 14:27:01 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=261 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=262 Aims Community College recently received approval from the state to launch a new Air Traffic Controller program beginning this fall. Based in the college's Aviation department, the new program will offer an Associate of Applied Sciences degree through a two-year program. The college expects to have room for up to 50 students per semester. 10 Jul 2008 07:56:46 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=262 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=263 Arapahoe Community College's new Game Design and Development program, an amalgamation of three existing programs, opens the doors three different career fields including computer programmer, multimedia artist and animator or graphic designer. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=263 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=264 This year's cool spring has put many insects off their normal track, causing them to show up late or cut their season short. Numbers of miller moths trekking across Colorado's Eastern Plains and Front Range are up slightly from last year, according to Colorado State University entomologist Whitney Cranshaw (right). 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=264 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=265 Colorado Senator Ken Salazar's staff will be at Fort Lewis College in Durango, July 17, to teach and explain the "in's and out's" of securing a grant.  11 Jul 2008 08:22:15 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=265 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=266 The Center for Homeland Security at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs was recently selected to lead training for European and North American defense and emergency management officials as part of a four-year $1.4 million contract. This month center staff is leading a three-week seminar at the George C. Marshall Center (pictured), in Garmisch, Germany. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=266 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=267 A Colorado native, Christine Arguello, nominated by the White House to fill a vacancy on the bench of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, obtained her undergraduate degree in elementary education from the University of Colorado at Boulder and was the first Latina from Colorado admitted to Harvard University School of Law. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=267 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=268 University of Colorado at Boulder Chancellor G.P. "Bud" Peterson yesterday praised the White House's nomination of Christine Arguello to fill a vacancy on the bench of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=268 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=269 Researchers at the University of Colorado Cancer Center have shown that a readily available gene screening test can help doctors know which people with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer will benefit from adding a second cancer drug to standard chemotherapy. 24 Jul 2008 11:13:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=269