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Trefny, President Emeritus, Colorado School of Mines. 05 Aug 2008 17:05:30 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Archive.php?id=357 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Archive.php?id=772 Addressing a Campus Epidemic: Preventing Gender Violence, an opinion piece by Davian Gagne, MSW, Gender Violence Prevention & Education Coordinator, University of Colorado-Boulder 17 Mar 2009 11:48:34 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Archive.php?id=772 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1911 Colorado State University's Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, or CIRA, directed by University Distinguished Professor Graeme Stephens (left), will receive up to $64.4 million from the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration as a renewal of the two organizations' research affiliation. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1911 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1913 While a longer growing season is one of the most-well documented biological consequences of Earth's warming climate, Heidi Steltzer (left), a Colorado State University researcher, suggests that many plant species are shortening their annual growth cycle in response to climate warming. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1913 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1910 Kaiser Permanente Colorado has given $600,000 to the Colorado School of Public Health to support the development of The Center for Public Health Practice, which will be directed by Tim Byers (left), MD, MPH, the associate dean for public health practice at CSPH.  03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1910 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Archive.php?id=774 Crossing the Line: Student Writing and Instructor Responsibility, an opinion piece by Katherine Frank, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chairperson of English and Foreign Languages, Colorado State University-Pueblo. 27 Oct 2008 14:50:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Archive.php?id=774 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2016 Members of the Colorado State University community and other stakeholders will meet with Interim President Tony Frank (left) today, June 15, to discuss CSU's current and future operations. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2016 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1995 Students from across the country are participating in the Colorado School of Mines' first Research Experience for Undergraduates summer program through the Renewable Energy Materials Research Science and Engineering Center. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1995 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1972 Figure Skating Champion Michelle Kwan (right) accepts her diploma from Chancellor Robert Coombe as she graduates June 6 from the University of Denver. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1972 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1996 Construction of the second unit of the E.J. Conley Residence Complex is currently underway on the Otero Junior College campus. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1996 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1997 The University of Colorado at Boulder's Center of the American West has put together "What Every Westerner Should Know About Oil Shale," an online report authored by history Professor Patty Limerick (left) that brings an impartial perspective to the debate over oil shale. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1997 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1976 University of Northern Colorado student-athlete and champion waterfowl caller Forrest Carpenter. Photo Illustration: Barry LaPoint 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1976 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2015 The death of John Hillmon (left) 130 years ago that generated two exhumations, six separate trials and two rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court, one of them a landmark decision on admissible forms of evidence, is the subject of a new University of Colorado documentary. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2015 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1971 The Colorado State Forest Service currently is accepting Forest Legacy Program proposals until July 24. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1971 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1914 Metropolitan State College of Denver’s total summer headcount is at 9,555, a 25.7 percent increase compared to the first day of classes for the 2008 summer semester. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1914 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2023 Gov. Bill Ritter addresses a gathering of almost 200 education, business, and policy leaders in the State Capitol during a launch event last week of the Colorado STEM Network. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2023 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2018 The drought of 2002 was followed by a large snowpack the following year that refilled Front Range reservoirs and returned life-giving water to streams like Boulder Creek, along with unwelcome "rock snot," shown here by University of Colorado doctoral candidate James Cullis. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2018 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1915 When traditional sources of information prove too slow for survivors of a disaster or other traumatic event, they turned to a familiar place: Facebook, according to Leysia Palen (left) and other University of Colorado at Boulder researchers. 28 May 2009 09:12:13 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1915 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1941 Founding members of the Fort Lewis College Veterans Club: Aric Benally, Michael Freer, Ben Crowder, Trevor Peterson, and Grant Birtcher. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1941 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1925 Solar Gain Services of Center, CO, recently began installing several solar systems at Western State College of Colorado. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1925 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1960 Active-duty military personnel and veterans joined Governor Bill Ritter Tuesday as he signed bills that will help improve services for current and retired members of the armed forces and their families. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1960 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1961 Southwestern Energy Company along with Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. Korell (left) have pledged a total of $2.5 million to support a new petroleum engineering building at Colorado School of Mines. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1961 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1962 The Colorado State Forest Service is accepting applications for the 2010 Wildland-Urban Interface Competitive Grant Program. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1962 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1963 Fifty students from 19 area high schools, middle schools and colleges will present "The Secret Garden," a Tony Award-winning musical based on the novel, in a series of performances June 12-27 in the ATLAS Black Box Studio at the University of Colorado at Boulder. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1963 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1964 Community College of Aurora will present “Resilience in Tuff Tuff Times: the Healing Power of Poems and Poem Making,” an evening for those in the helping professions, facilitated by John Fox (left) and CCA’s Wayne Gilbert, June 12. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1964 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1965 The newly formed Master’s Programs Task Force, chaired by Rich Wagner (left) at Metropolitan State College of Denver was conceived to coordinate the many activities required to institute the school’s first master’s programs. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1965 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1955 Colorado State University Division of Continuing Education is launching a redesigned website to meet the needs of current students, working professionals and business leaders looking for professional development opportunities, and non-traditional students who want to access a CSU education online or at off-campus learning centers. 04 Jun 2009 08:23:33 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1955 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1956 Aims Community College is offering a non-credit course that will help bring people up to speed on fractions, decimals and percentages. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1956 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1957 Three college leaders - two alumnae and one board member - of the University of Denver-based Higher Education Resource Services program (HERS), have received multi-million dollar anonymous gifts for their institutions. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1957 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1958 University of Colorado at Boulder Interim Provost Stein Sture yesterday named Russell Moore (left) interim vice chancellor for research and John Stevenson (right) interim dean of the Graduate School. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1958 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1959 Two of the four candidates who interviewed on campus in April and May for the position of provost/vice president for academic affairs for Metropolitan State College of Denver will return this month for further interviews. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1959 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1931 Colorado State University Friday named three finalists for the chief of the university's police department. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1931 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1994 New, thin-film solar panels were installed on the roof of a new Science and Engineering Building at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs this week as the university prepares to move into its largest, and most energy efficient, building. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1994 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1919 The University of Colorado Denver School of Pharmacy presented Paul Limberis (left), RPh, director of Inpatient Pharmacy with Denver Health Center, and Donna Lynne (right), DrPH, president of Kaiser Permanente Colorado with Distinguished Coloradan Awards at its annual commencement award banquet. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1919 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1920 The University of Colorado at Boulder announced yesterday the 2009-10 journalists selected as the Ted Scripps Fellows in Environmental Journalism. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1920 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1921 Mary Nichols (back right), Marianne LeBois (back left), Christy Morris (seated, left) and Bonnie-Jean Jenkins (seated right), students at the Law and Society program of The Women's College of the University of Denver will present a roundtable discussion at the annual conference of the national Law and Society Association, May 28-31 in Denver. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1921 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1922 Courses offered through Colorado State University, based on the FRANK Veterinarian-Client Communication Initiative, encourage veterinarians to be frank with their clients while giving them effective research-based communication skills, according to Dr. Jane R. Shaw (left), director of CSU’s Argus Institute. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1922 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1923 Data released yesterday by the Colorado Department of Education showed the statewide graduation rate for the class of 2008 decreased by 1.1 percentage points to 73.9 percent. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1923 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1924 Mesa State College announced it has received a $100,000 gift from Noble Energy, Inc. to help support two academic programs designed to meet the needs of the energy industry. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1924 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1926 Joe Blake, finalist for the Colorado State University System chancellor position, will be visiting campus today, May 29. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1926 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1927 Halfway around the world in a war zone, U.S. Air Force Major Laura Lewis would end a 12-hour shift caring for injured soldiers and then log on to a computer to complete coursework for a doctorate of nursing practice degree at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1927 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1928 Mark Deutchman (left), a professor in the department of family medicine at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, has been named recipient of the 2009 Osage Orange Distinguished Physician Walking Stick Award. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1928 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1929 Scientists at the University of Colorado at Boulder, among them Natalie Ahn (left), professor of chemistry and biochemistry, may get a step closer to identifying all proteins present in a single cell type, thanks to a $1.2 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1929 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1949 The Adams State College Novella Project, directed by Sandra Santa Cruz, is hosting the Novella Project Institute, an intensive professional development course, from June 8 through June 12. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1949 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1950 University of Colorado Denver’s College of Arts & Media (CAM) Records was recently named as an Independent Music Awards (IMA) Vox Populi Winner for the second consecutive year. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1950 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1951 University of Northern Colorado Senior Vice President and Provost Abe Harraf this fall will join 23 of his colleagues nationwide who were selected for an inaugural year-long national leadership program. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1951 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1952 The University of Denver Sturm College of Law Environmental Law Clinic filed suit yesterday, June 2, against the United States government, seeking to stop proposed logging in southern Colorado on lands that feed the headwaters of the Rio Grande. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1952 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1953 Governor Bill Ritter yesterday addressed the first graduating class from the Veterans Green Jobs Academy, a new program that provides job training and placement to military veterans in emerging green industries. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1953 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1954 University of Colorado at Boulder faculty and students are currently participating in a nationwide project exploring the origins, structure and evolution of tornadoes. (VORTEX2 copyright Jim Reed) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1954 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1974 Jim McIntosh, current assessment data operations supervisor for the Colorado Department of Education, has been selected to replace Beth Celva as state assessment director, effective July 1. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1974 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1944 Smoking will not be allowed on the University of Denver (DU) campus effective Jan. 1, 2010 except for an area 25 feet from public perimeter rights-of-way. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1944 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1942 The stresses facing Western water resources and innovative and effective ways to solve the emerging water crisis will be explored at the University of Colorado at Boulder June 3-5 during the Natural Resource Law Center's annual summer conference. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1942 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1943 Patricia Book (left), Ph.D., an educator with more than 20 years of leadership experience in higher education, has been named assistant vice president for Continuing Education and Academic Outreach at the University of Northern Colorado. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1943 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2011 Western State College is hosting the Colorado Computer Camp, June 21 through 27 for eighth through 10th-grade students on the WSC campus in Gunnison. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2011 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2012 The Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College is accepting submissions for the annual Kaleidoscope Juried Exhibition. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2012 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2013 Dozens of African American high-school seniors will come together to research issues pertinent to the African American community during the 17th annual Black Issues Forum at Colorado State University June 16-20. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2013 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1945 A 16-year-old program directed by Cathy Romaniello (left) that targets children and families in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that was developed at the University of Colorado Denver’s School of Medicine in association with The Children’s Hospital, has received a $1.3 million grant from The Colorado Health Foundation (TCHF) to help expand the effort. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1945 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1946 A hippo-like mammal known as Coryphodon was one of several ancient mammal groups that endured twilight winters in the high Arctic 53 million year ago, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder. (Image copyright American Museum of Natural History/D. Finnin.) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1946 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1947 Governor Bill Ritter and Colorado Commissioner of Education Dwight D. Jones announced a pledge to join a state-led effort to create a common core of standards in English and mathematics. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1947 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1948 Students entering grades 5 through 8 will have the opportunity to learn and practice different writing techniques such as news reporting, cartooning, and digital writing as part of two creativity workshops later this month. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1948 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1993 The Adams State College Alumni Relations Office is hosting a two-day Cotton/Basketball Reunion to recognizes Dr. Jack “Doc” Cotton’s (left) many contributions to the college, his former students and athletes, and the community. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1993 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1932 The Gallery of Contemporary Art (GOCA) at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and the InterDisciplinary Experimental Arts program (I.D.E.A.) at Colorado College, announce the second 1440 Minutes art installation and exhibition event on June 19. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1932 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1933 With the stroke of a pen, Governor Bill Ritter created Southwest Colorado Community College, a division of Pueblo Community College that is a merger of PCC’s Southwest Colorado campus and San Juan Basin Technical College. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1933 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1934 While sustainability is a major issue on the University of Denver campus, students can now pursue it as a minor thanks to the efforts of Michael Keables (left), associate professor of geography. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1934 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1935 Dave DeRose (right) owner of Masterworks Mechanical Inc., pledged support recently to Colorado Northwestern Community College President John Boyd toward the construction of a new Craig Campus Career and Technical Center. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1935 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1936 The graduate nursing program at Colorado State University-Pueblo will help solve a primary care provider shortage at Westcliffe's Custer County Medical Clinic through a unique partnership providing students valuable hands-on rural health care experience. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1936 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1937 George Eisenbarth (left), executive director of the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes and Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Immunology at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, who was just received the prestigious Banting Award from the American Diabetes Association, took a distinctly different route to scientific genius than most of his peers. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1937 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1939 In times of economic uncertainty, pet owners may look to reduce the cost of caring for their animals, but Dr. Rebecca Ruch-Gallie, of Colorado State University's Veterinary Teaching Hospital, cautions pet owners not to cut expenses at the risk of their pet’s health. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1939 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1940 The University of Colorado at Boulder will host an open house on tomorrow, June 3, to seek community input on an update to the East Campus site plan. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1940 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2052 Representatives of non-profit organizations in southeast Colorado are being encouraged to attend a special half-day workshop, July 8, at Otero Junior College, which will include information on both the Common Grant Application and Common Grant Report Form. 23 Jun 2009 06:12:15 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2052 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2003 Colorado Department of Education Assistant Commissioner Ed Steinberg (left) yesterday released a letter addressed to parents, taxpayers and the education community of Colorado clarifying a June 1 U.S. Department of Education annual state determination on implementation of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2003 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1984 Former Wyoming Governor James Geringer (left) will deliver a keynote address for the Managing Climate Change through Collaborative Governance Conference sponsored by the University of Denver Conflict Resolution Institute June 11. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1984 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1985 The unveiling of its logo here last Friday creates an identity for the new Southwest Colorado Community College (SCCC), but most important is that students in this region will now have access to much greater higher education opportunities. 09 Jun 2009 09:04:36 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1985 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1986 Colorado State University-Pueblo engineering professors Nebojsa Jaksichave (left) and Jude DePalma earned patents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office in the last few months. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1986 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1987 Metropolitan State College of Denver’s Human Nutrition and Dietetics Program has taken a major step toward keeping up with the needs of Latinos in Colorado thanks to a $260,000 USDA Higher Education Challenge Grant. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1987 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1988 The Music Department at Arapahoe Community College will sponsor a free jazz concert on Friday, June 12 featuring the Tyson Ailshie Trio. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1988 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1989 Nursing students enrolled in the Non-Traditional Evening Weekend RN program at Otero Junior College will celebrate their completion June 13 with a pinning ceremony. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1989 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1990 Aims Community College has selected Heather Lelchook (left) as the new Interim Associate Dean of the Fort Lupton campus. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1990 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1991 The students that Fritz Fischer (left) will be teaching this summer at the University of Northern Colorado won’t just be history students, they’ll be history teachers. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1991 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1992 Rare Navajo weavings from what is considered one of the finest Southwest textile collections in the world are on display for one year at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History located in the Henderson Building on the Boulder campus. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1992 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1938 The Colorado Department of Education and the Colorado Department of Higher Education will jointly host a town hall meeting tomorrow, June 3, in Limon as part of the ongoing effort to establish a description of “postsecondary and workforce readiness.” 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1938 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1930 The University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW) will host the first Pedagogy of Privilege conference today, June 1, and tomorrow. 01 Jun 2009 09:12:43 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1930 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1980 When Lisa Wingrove (left) decided she wanted to get a bachelor’s degree in Dietetics from the University of Northern Colorado, she had to end a 13-year career as a flight attendant and relocate her husband and two children their native Australia. (Photo by Barry LaPoint) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1980 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1981 The Colorado State Board of Education invites public comment on a description of “postsecondary and workforce readiness,” one of the fundamental concepts as part of the ongoing reforms under Senate Bill 08-212. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1981 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1982 Only 11 percent of wildfire mitigation efforts undertaken as a result of a long-term federal fuels-reduction program have been undertaken near people's homes or offices in the past five years, says a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1982 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1983 Northeastern Junior College announced the winners of the 2009 Joel E. Mack Award: Faculty members (l-r) Brenda Zink, Larry Pollart and Kenny Kendall. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1983 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2004 About 50 Denver Public Schools students enrolled in a national college preparatory program will attend a leadership conference this weekend at the University of Northern Colorado. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2004 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2005 “Tech Camp 101,” two weeks of free summer technology camp for Aurora Public Schools middle school students, will be held at Community College of Aurora’s Lowry Campus from June 15-19 and June 22-26. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2005 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2006 Elizabeth Leenhouts (left) has been appointed as director of alumni relations for the University of Denver's Daniels College of Business. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2006 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2007 Metropolitan State College of Denver junior Chanelle Libunao and sophomore Clevis Taylor have won prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships for study abroad. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2007 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2008 Kevin Krizek (left), an associate professor of architecture and director of the PhD program at University of Colorado Denver's College of Architecture and Planning, has a passion for how the environment affects physical activity and now that passion has brought him two national awards. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2008 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2009 Kaiser Permanente made a $2.4 million grant to establish the University of Colorado Denver’s Interdisciplinary Rural Training and Service Program (IRTS), an innovative solution to the rural health care shortage. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2009 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2010 Breastfeeding leads to better academic achievement in high school and an increased likelihood of attending college, according to a new study from the University of Colorado Denver and American University. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2010 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1973 Higher education trends panelists at the HOBY Seminar include (standing) Michele Haney, president of Red Rocks Community College; and (seated l-r) Jeff Ederer, dean of students at Johnson & Wales University; Doug Hawk, editor, Colorado Higher Education News; Nahum Kisner, recruitment coordinator, Community College of Denver; and Tom Lucero, University of Colorado Regent. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1973 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1977 An $8.7 million CU-Boulder instrument riding on NASA’s MESSENGER mission recently swooped to within 125 miles of Mercury’s hot and dry surface, detecting magnesium in the planet’s atmosphere. (Illustration courtesy NASA.) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1977 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1978 The Board of Trustees of Aims Community College has selected the Aims Honorary Fellows for 2009 that include (l-r) Julianne Haefeli, H. Gordon Johnson, Donald Cummins and Dr. Lorenso Aragon. Not shown: Dale Majors and Ruth Slomer. 08 Jun 2009 09:12:10 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1978 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1979 Veterinarians at Colorado State University's Veterinary Teaching Hospital offer seasonal information for pet owners. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1979 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1970 Registration is now open for the University of Denver’s Women's College Business Minded Women's first golf tournament June 19 at Green Valley Ranch Golf Course, 4900 Himalaya Rd., Denver. 08 Jun 2009 08:18:47 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1970 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2024 Colorado State University is hosting a public conference, "Bridging the Gap: Collaborative Conservation from the Ground Up," Sept. 8-11, on the CSU campus in Fort Collins. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2024 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2014 HBO television will premiere a documentary June 29 prominently featuring controversial former University of Colorado Professor Ward Churchill and academic-misconduct case that ultimately resulted in a $1 judgment against the university early this year, according to a report in The Daily Camera. 15 Jun 2009 11:36:19 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2014 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2039 The 20 high school juniors and seniors who make up the current class of Colorado Rural Health Scholars traveled from the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine to Wray yesterday, June 18, for a “sleep over.” 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2039 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2040 University of Denver Penrose Library received a family archival collection from Andrea Sears-Van Nest that includes documents of Claus von Stauffenberg’s (left) plot to assassinate Hitler, letters between her father and Albert Einstein and documents from the Nuremburg trials. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2040 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2041 Albert Hernández (left), associate professor of the history of Christianity, has been named academic vice president and dean of the faculty of The Iliff School of Theology. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2041 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2042 Alice Bedard-Voorhees (left), Colorado Mountain College’s director of innovations for teaching and learning, was recently recognized by her peers in the eLearning Consortium of Colorado with the 2009 eLCC eLearning Educator of the Year award. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2042 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2043 The National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education Program has awarded Red Rocks Community College a $850,000 three-year grant, for which Colleen Jorgensen (left) will be principle investigator, for training a workforce in renewable energy and developing sustainability curriculum. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2043 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2044 Eighty-eight percent of the country's top criminologists do not believe the death penalty acts as a deterrent to homicide, according to a new study published last week co-authored by Professor Michael Radelet, chair of the sociology department at the University of Colorado at Boulder. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2044 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2045 “Woman of La Culebra”, acrylic on board, by Carlos Sandoval, is part of the "Herencía" art exhibit in the Adams State College Community Partnerships gallery. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2045 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2046 The University Library at Colorado State University–Pueblo will hold a reception and presentation June 30 at El Centro del Quinto Sol Community Center to introduce its newly created Colorado Chicano Movement Archives. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2046 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2047 Red Rocks Community College has received a 2009 Children’s Champion Award from the Triad Early Childhood Council for its child care programs directed by Patricia Bolton (left). 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2047 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2048 Larimer County District Judge Stephen Schapanski, last week, ruled that the Colorado State University System Board of Governors violated Colorado open meetings law when they named Joe Blake (left), vice chairman of the Board of Governors, as the only finalist for CSU System chancellor. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2048 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2049 Todd Bergren (left), professor of biology at the Community College of Aurora, has been named chair of the State Faculty Advisory Council (SFAC) for the Colorado Community College System. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2049 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2050 Colorado State University, in partnership with the Governor's Energy Office, this week is installing photovoltaic cells on CSU's Engineering Building overlooking the plaza on campus as a greenhouse gas reduction measure that can also serve as a demonstration to the university's commitment to sustainability. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2050 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2051 The University of Denver’s Library and Information Science Program, directed by Mary Stansbury (left) in the Morgridge College of Education has been awarded $917,891 to support ten students earning master’s degrees in librarianship. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2051 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2095 From Grand Junction to Limon, Trinidad to Wellington, volunteers who monitor precipitation across Colorado - through Colorado State University - are making a difference. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2095 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2096 Representatives from across the Colorado State University-Pueblo campus will be available on two more second Saturdays this summer to guide new and continuing students, transfers, non-traditional students, and graduate students through the registration and application processes. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2096 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2097 In a joint meeting held yesterday at the State Capitol, the Colorado State Board of Education and the Colorado Commission on Higher Education adopted a description of “postsecondary and workforce readiness.” 01 Jul 2009 08:58:15 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2097 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2098 The School of Teacher Education and Principal Preparation, a new school to help prepare teachers and principals for today's K-12 needs launched yesterday at Colorado State University in the College of Applied Human Sciences, under Dean April Mason (left). 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2098 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2099 Southwest Colorado Community College, a part of Pueblo Community College, is officially in business today, July 1. At left, PCC President J.D. Garvin introduces the new deans of the SCCC East Campus, Lynn Urban, and West Campus, Shannon South. (Photo: Cortez Journal/Sam Green. Used with permission) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2099 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2017 Tony Cheng (left) and other members of Colorado State University's Colorado Forest Restoration Institute will address the Governor's Forest Health Advisory Council on June 19 with key findings and recommendations made by state agencies and organizations. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2017 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2025 More than $600,000 in federal grants recently awarded to University of Northern Colorado’s College faculty (l to r) Kay Ferrell, Daniel Mundfrom and Kristina Phillips will provide funding for two separate, unrelated research studies. 17 Jun 2009 08:25:49 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2025 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2026 CU-Boulder anthropology Professor Payson Sheets and his team uncovered a manioc field one-third the size of football field buried under 10 feet of ash by the eruption of a volcano about 1,400 years ago that blanketed the Mayan farming village of Ceren in El Salvador. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2026 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2027 Debra Lasich (left), executive director of Mines' Women in Science Engineering and Mathematics program, has been awarded the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) University Change Agent Award. 17 Jun 2009 08:53:23 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2027 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2028 Andy Dorsey (left), vice president of the Westminster campus of Front Range Community College and the college-wide chief academic officer, was yesterday appointed FRCC president by Dr. Nancy McCallin, president of the Colorado Community College System (CCCS). 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2028 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2037 Colorado State University has partnered with the Colorado State Forest Service to install a biomass boiler heating plant on the Foothills Campus to reduce the university's greenhouse gas emissions and cut energy costs. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2037 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2038 Metropolitan State College of Denver’s Urban Teacher Partnership (UTP) program will collaborate with a national nonprofit next year to address the emerging imperative to increase higher education access for Colorado’s Latino students. 19 Jun 2009 08:26:19 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2038 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2089 Over the weekend, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (right) met with officials from the the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory to discuss how it is working to help define and solve energy issues. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2089 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2090 The Colorado State Board of Education and the Colorado Commission on Higher Education will jointly host a meeting in Denver today, June 30, to adopt a description of “postsecondary and workforce readiness.” 30 Jun 2009 08:42:10 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2090 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2091 Chauncey Billups (left) has spent a few weeks this month at Regis University, not coaching future NBA stars or inspiring young athletes, but mentoring students in the Porter-Billups Leadership Academy. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2091 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2092 Metropolitan State College of Denver’s census date figures for the summer include a headcount increase of 10.2 percent and an 11.7 percent jump in total Full-Year FTES over last summer at the same point. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2092 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2093 U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar honored Jose "Pepe" Salas (left), a Colorado State University civil and environmental engineering professor, and his partners at three other universities, with the U.S. Department of the Interior Partners in Conservation Award for developing new operational guidelines for the Colorado River. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2093 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2094 The Metropolitan State College of Denver Roadrunners capped off their most successful year in school history by finishing 13th nationally in the 2008-09 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings of the Division II schools in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. 01 Jul 2009 08:16:02 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2094 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2033 Six faculty at the University of Northern Colorado will move in alongside students this fall as part of an inaugural program offered by UNC Housing & Residence Life. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2033 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2030 Regis University is one of just 10 institutions of higher learning to be recognized by The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars for civic engagement efforts, earning an honorable mention. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2030 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2088 A new study by a Colorado State University researcher indicates that accelerated snowmelt by desert dust that blows into the mountains changes how plants respond to seasonal climate cues that regulate their life cycles. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2088 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2031 High-achieving Latino students will debate issues and experience the governmental process as participants in the National Hispanic Institute's annual Colorado Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session at Colorado State University June 21-28. Last year, Claudia Juraez of Panama (left) became the first international student to be named governor. (Photo: Shari Blackman) 18 Jun 2009 08:28:14 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2031 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2032 André Revil, Mines associate professor of geophysics, recently was appointed by the American Geophysical Union as editor of the Journal of Geophysical Research—Solid Earth. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2032 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2081 Pikes Peak Community College is offering high school students and their families a smooth transition to college at the Launch to Success Seminar for high school students and parents. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2081 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2082 Dr. Randall Emmons, retiring from Adams State College as an emeritus professor of physics, has spent the last 20 years teaching science with a hands-on approach that has won him a legion of fans. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2082 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2054 Colorado College’s Business & Community Alliance will honor Dee Vazquez (left) and Gina Arms, July 7, at the 5th Annual Partners in Service Awards Party, "Celebrating Partnership, Celebrating Service." 23 Jun 2009 06:11:16 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2054 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2053 In a move to conserve energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the University of Denver this summer is cutting back on air conditioning, a move Craig Woody (left), vice chancellor for business and financial affairs, sees as saving dollars to use “for more infrastructure improvements to further reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.” 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2053 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2034 Colorado Mountain College is offering new classes to help residents meet changing needs in the workplace and also to protect the Earth’s resources. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2034 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2035 Reconstructed landscape showing the Shalbatana lake on Mars as it may have looked roughly 3.4 billion years ago. Data used in reconstruction are from NASA and the European Space Agency. (Image: Gaetano Di Achille/University of Colorado) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2035 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2036 The leaders of 10 southern Colorado colleges and universities will cooperate to improve local economies and individual futures, according to a statement recently signed by educational leaders. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2036 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2029 Vicki Golich (left), dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at California State University San Marcos, said her first priorities if chosen provost ofr Metropolitan State College of Denver are the budget, general studies, graduate programs, HSI status, community outreach and student retention. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2029 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2083 Fort Lewis College has been nominated to receive the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Campus Sustainability Leadership Award. 29 Jun 2009 08:31:16 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2083 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2084 Metropolitan State College of Denver stakeholders met with Peter Millet, the last of two finalists for the provost/vice president of academic affairs position. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2084 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2085 Gregory Plett, a University of Colorado at Colorado Springs professor, will be part of a partnership of university and automotive engineers designing components for the next generation of cars in cooperation with General Motors and the University of Michigan. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2085 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2086 Colorado State University's Warner College of Natural Resources is preparing students for the global green workforce with the launch of the graduate degree program, Conservation Leadership Through Learning. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2086 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2087 Louise Bennett Reed (left), who passed away at 103 last June, gave gifts totaling more than $4.75 million for University of Colorado at Boulder athletic scholarships, making her the largest individual donor to the CU-Boulder Athletics department. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2087 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2060 The work of Metro State art major Greg Hammer is now part of the permanent history of the Denver Police Department. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2060 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2061 Colorado State University's Veterinary Teaching Hospital is looking for dogs with pain and arthritis to participate in a study. The study looks at whether or not an herbal supplement can relieve pain. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2061 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2062 The Bowed Piano Ensemble, based at Colorado College and led by composer and USA Simon Fellow Stephen Scott, has completed its eighth European concert tour, in collaboration with soprano soloist Victoria Hansen. 24 Jun 2009 17:07:26 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2062 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2063 Aims Community College has received the Enterprise Zone designation for donations made to the college’s capital construction projects, allowing donors with an additional 25 percent tax credit beyond the standard tax deduction. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2063 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2064 Randy Jackson (left), an Adams State College grad, encourages the first cohort of online MBA student, on campus for a one-week orientation, to “Be yourself, the world needs all of us.” 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2064 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2065 In a follow-up to a 2006 study, Geoffrey Cohen (left), a University of Colorado at Boulder researcher and his colleagues found that an in-class writing assignment can help increased the grade-point averages of African-American middle school students over a two-year period. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2065 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2066 An evening of regional folk songs and a tribute to the exponents of Hispano folk music of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado will be held at Aug. 8 in the Adams State College Luther Bean Museum. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2066 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2067 Starting in the fall, Metropolitan State College of Denver students may be able to utilize one piece of plastic for both campus ID and banking. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2067 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2068 Patient safety in hospitals is the impetus for a new Patient Quality and Safety Certificate to be launched this fall by Regis University’s Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2068 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2069 John J. Moore (left) and Brajendra Mishra, professors in the Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Department at the Colorado School of Mines, have been honored by the The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical & Petroleum Engineers (AIME). 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2069 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2070 The Iliff School of Theology in Denver now offers five graduate certificates for students interested in deepening their “understanding of religion, social change, justice, world religions, the Bible, or other theological subjects,” according to Iliff President David Trickett (left). 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2070 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2080 A $1 million gift from EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. was announced at the “Make Your Mark” event for the Business School at the University of Colorado Denver Wednesday night. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2080 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2074 “Heritage 2009,” featuring works by Regis University alumni artists Jose Raul Esquibel and Charles Roitz, are now on display in O’Sullivan Art Gallery. (Shown are Esquibel miniatures.) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2074 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2102 The University of Colorado at Boulder will launch a certificate program in digital media in partnership with the parent company of Boulder advertising agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky and under the direction of Advertising Professor David Slayden (left). 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2102 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2103 Since joining Metro State as a faculty member in 1998, Hal Nees (left) has progressed from assistant to associate to full professor of criminal justice and criminology and, in May, his fellow faculty members elected him to a term as faculty trustee. 02 Jul 2009 08:54:33 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2103 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2104 President Barack Obama recently named Adams State College Trustee Bruce Oreck (left) as the new U.S. Ambassador to Finland. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2104 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2105 The controversial drug Furosemide, used to treat bleeding into the airways in thoroughbred racehorses, decreases the incidence of hemorrhage, according a study conducted, in part, by Dr. Paul Morley (left), Colorado State University veterinarian. 03 Jul 2009 09:00:45 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2105 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2106 Aurora-area residents looking to launch a new career, retool job skills, or earn a certificate or degree are being invited to stop by the Community College of Aurora’s summer open house to discover the CCA experience. 03 Jul 2009 08:58:59 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2106 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2107 Suffering from migraine headaches as an adolescent leads to lower high school grades and decreases in the likelihood of graduating high school and the likelihood of attending college, according to a new study co-authored by Daniel Rees (left), economics professor at University of Colorado Denver. 03 Jul 2009 08:56:58 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2107 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2108 Lamar Community College’s library is closing until approximately mid-August to under go a transformation. 03 Jul 2009 08:55:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2108 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2109 With the fall semester two months away, Adams State College reports an increase in undergraduate enrollment of 14 percent, according to ASC Provost Michael Mumper (left). 03 Jul 2009 08:52:51 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2109 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1880 Jodi Wetzel (left), one of Metropolitan State College of Denver’s educational pioneers, has passed away. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1880 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1778 Dick Kelly (left), chairman, president and CEO of Xcel Energy, will be the featured speaker at the Voices of Experience lecture, sponsored by the University of Denver's Daniels College of Business, May 7. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1778 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1779 Today, May 5, Governor Bill Ritter will sign HB 1295, allowing Metropolitan State College of Denver to offer master's degrees. (Shown: Metro State President Stephen Jordan.) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1779 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1780 Colorado State University-Pueblo has been selected by the Institute for Higher Education Policy to receive a $100,000 Wal-Mart Minority Student Success Award. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1780 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1781 The Red Rocks Community College Foundation Board has selected Dr. Sherry Messina Dewald (left) as the 2009-2011 Teaching Chair in recognition of her excellence in instruction.  03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1781 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1782 Judy Hensley (left) and Melissa Corsaut (right) display the awards they received at the International Phi Theta Kappa Convention. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1782 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1783 Daniel Matlock (left), a University of Colorado Denver doctor, has been named a 2009 Hartford Geriatrics Health Outcomes Research Scholar for a tool he is creating to aid patients when evaluating the risks and benefits of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1783 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1809 Denver accountant Meyer M. Saltzman (left) has joined the Western State College of Colorado Board of Trustees and Stephanie A. Foote (right) was reappointed to a four-year term. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1809 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1810 University of Northern Colorado’s Andrew Svedlow (left), Ph.D., has been awarded his second Fulbright Scholar grant in the past three years. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1810 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1811 Nestor Davidson (left), associate professor of law, University of Colorado at Boulder, has accepted an appointment as principal deputy general counsel at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1811 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1812 College For Kids at Aims Community College is celebrating 29 years of summer educational fun with a very special curriculum. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1812 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1813 Metropolitan State College of Denver President Stephen Jordan went to the colleges Board of Trustees last week, requesting that his annual salary be cut 3 percent for the 2009-10 fiscal year. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1813 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1814 Linking science, literacy, and mathematics will be the focus of the Southern Colorado Teacher Education Alliance Summer Institute 2009 June 5 at Colorado State University–Pueblo. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1814 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1815 Community College of Aurora Vice President of Instruction Bernice Harris describes what the partnership with Regis University will mean for Colorado Film School students as Barry Martin, dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Regis, looks on. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1815 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1776 Adams State College Community Partnerships Community Gallery exhibit "Before they were Teachers they were Artists," featuring the work of San Luis Valley art teachers, opens May 6. Among the art will be "Sun Rise", a water color by Woody Miller. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1776 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1777 Among the 12 members of the University of Colorado at Boulder community to be honored May 6 at the CU-Boulder Alumni Association's 79th Annual Alumni Awards Ceremony will be (l-r) Professors Douglas Burger, Patty Limerick and Owen "Brian" Toon. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1777 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1775 Populations of major wild grazing animals, the heart and soul of Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve have "decreased substantially" with a growing concentration of human settlements in the region, according to a new study co-authored by a Colorado State University researcher. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1775 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1774 The Colorado Department of Education and the Colorado Department of Higher Education will jointly host a town hall meeting tonight, May 5, in Steamboat Springs as part of the ongoing effort to establish a description of "postsecondary and workforce readiness." 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1774 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1792 Colorado State University has released the results of its annual Flower Trial Gardens Performance Report aid both homeowners and commercial operations. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1792 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1773 Administrators at the University of Colorado Friday announced that 54 administrative positions are being eliminated, top administrators' salaries will be cut by five percent and the faculty and staff newspaper (its staff shown at left) will shut down. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1773 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1772 Commissioner of Education Dwight D. Jones Friday announced the appointment of Nina Lopez as director of AARA for the Colorado Department of Education (CDE). 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1772 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1771 Johanna Steffens Sims (left), the first graduate of the Adams State College Agribusiness Program, will receive her Bachelor of Science degree in agribusiness May 9. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1771 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1767 Donald L. Paul (left) will speak during the Colorado School of Mines commencement ceremony on May 8 in Golden. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1767 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1768 Lamar Community College will host its 70th annual commencement May 9, graduating 195 students and featuring Congresswoman Betsy Markey as the keynote speaker. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1768 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1769 University of Denver student Jordan De Herrera was honored as  a member of the USA Today 2008 All-USA College Academic Second Team. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1769 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1770 Dana Hill, a Johnson & Wales University senior, has both the culinary skill and the business acumen to successfully launch a catering company at a time when similar food service businesses are dropping like the proverbial fly. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1770 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1766 Requests for donated bodies for anatomy classes continue to strain the available supply, Robin Michaels, head of Colorado's State Anatomical Board reported last week. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1766 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1764 Colorado State University researchers have discovered that mosquitoes that transmit deadly viruses such as dengue avoid becoming ill from the virus by mounting an immediate, potent immune response, but their immune system doesn't completely eliminate the virus, allowing them to pass it on. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1764 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1765 Fifteen students have been named to the President's Leadership Program (PLP) at Colorado State University-Pueblo. 04 May 2009 07:51:03 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1765 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1793 Without missing a beat, Daniel Sours (left), Adams State College music major, picked up the tempo as a freshman and has drummed along ever since. 07 May 2009 08:16:54 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1793 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1794 Metropolitan State College of Denver President Stephen Jordan (left) will hold a Town Hall Meeting today, May 7, to discuss the college's two years to plan for a permanent $10 million general appropriation reduction. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1794 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1795 Nine teachers from throughout Southern Colorado were honored as part of the 9th annual teacher celebration sponsored by the Southern Colorado Teacher Education Alliance at Colorado State University-Pueblo. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1795 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1796 Lodi Gyari (left), special envoy to the Dalai Lama, will speak at the University of Denver, May 8. 07 May 2009 08:33:03 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1796 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1797 Northeastern Junior College rodeo team members who qualified for the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association competition last weekend and their coaches, include (l to r) Cameron Weddle,  Coach Brian Cullen, TJ Watts, Coach Taya Ellerman, Trice Watts and Mitch McAdow. The students brought home two champion saddles and a whole lot of team pride. (Courtesy Photo) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1797 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1798 The Fort Lewis College chapter of Engineers Without Borders, guided by Don May and Laurie Williams (left) are working with people in Ecuador who will soon be using cow manure to cook their meals in a safe, environmentally-friendly manner. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1798 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1805 Graduate architecture students from the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Colorado Denver spent eight months researching 'green' housing designs to aid people rebuild after a devastating tornado. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1805 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1806 Carolyn Mattern (left) accepting Paragon Award for Outstanding Advisor at the Phi Theta Kappa International Convention. 08 May 2009 07:58:51 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1806 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1807 A Colorado State University archaeologist has uncovered an ancient imperial ritual complex from Mexico's Purepecha Empire dating to the last century before European Conquest. Picture shows researcher surveying ancient island in the Lake Patzcuaro Basin. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1807 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1808 Gov. Bill Ritter signs the bill authorizing Metro State to offer master's degrees as (standing l to r) Bill sponsor Sen. Rollie Heath, Rowdy the Roadrunner, sponsor Rep. Nancy Todd and Metro State President Stephen Jordan watch. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1808 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1822 The Colorado Department of Education and the Colorado Department of Higher Education will jointly host a town hall meeting next week in Glenwood Springs as part of the ongoing effort to establish a description of “postsecondary and workforce readiness.” 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1822 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1786 Margaret Coel (left), the New York Times best-selling author of the Wind River Reservation mystery series, will speak at the University of Colorado at Boulder on May 15. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1786 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1787 Chelsey Muth (left) and Jonessa Gallegos (right) received merit-based scholarships to Otero Junior College sponsored by the University of Colorado Colorado Springs University Connection Program and the Kane Family Foundation. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1787 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1788 At Johnson & Wales University's Denver Campus Commencement ceremonies, May 23, honorary doctorate degrees will be awarded to Steve Jilleba (left), corporate executive chef for North America Unilever Food Solutions, and Richard Scharf (right), president & CEO of VISIT DENVER. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1788 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1789 The University of Northern Colorado will hold ceremonies marking the 119th spring commencement May 8-9 and present former Denver Mayor Wellington E. Webb and First Lady Wilma J. Webb (left) honorary degrees.  03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1789 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1790 Karen H. Sousa (left), associate dean for research and extramural affairs at the University of Colorado Denver College of Nursing, has been elected a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1790 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1791 The Colorado State University System Board of Governors yesterday publicly voted to name Joe Blake (left), president of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, as the finalist for the position of chancellor of the CSU System. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1791 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1799 Ryan Kramer (left), an 18-year-old graduating from the University of Colorado, has been featured in national media for his quest to find his half-siblings and help match other people to their half-siblings as children of anonymous sperm donors. 07 May 2009 08:53:27 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1799 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1800 University of Northern Colorado writing instructor J. Michael Martinez (left) has been awarded the 2009 Walt Whitman Award by the Academy of American Poets. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1800 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1801 Henry Claman, MD, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, won the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Award in Science and medicine for his groundbreaking work in immunology. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1801 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1802 Almost four years after the murders of Javad Marshall-Fields and Vivian Wolfe (left), Colorado State University graduates, an Arapahoe County jury yesterday found Robert Ray guilty of two counts of first-degree murder. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1802 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1803 The University of Denver Sturm College of Law community is mourning the loss of assistant professor Erik Bluemel (left), who died Wednesday from injuries suffered in a bicycle accident. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1803 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1804 Casey Diss, Dr. Matt Nehring, and Curt Colburn make adjustments to their robot during the Adams State College sponsored robot challenge at the Great Sand Dunes National Monument. (Photograph by Jenna Bohnen) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1804 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1784 Tamiya Stone (left), an Adams State College sophomore music education major, is so dedicated to her future as a music teacher, took three courses spring semester for which she received no credit. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1784 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1785 Both children and adults can participate in the annual Run of the House, benefiting the Ronald McDonald House, at Arapahoe Community College May 9. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1785 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1823 Adams State College psychology students (L-R), Juliana Chaparro, Wendy Kane and Yesenia Palacios attend the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association 79th annual convention in Albuquerque.   03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1823 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1824 The creative works of students taking art courses through the Community Education Program at Arapahoe Community College will be on exhibit from May 29 through July 1, including Abyss (left) by Laura Nicole Semin. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1824 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1825 Rand Richards, (left) director Fine Woodworking at Red Rocks Community College, and his department will host a community celebration and concert after RRCC graduation May 16. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1825 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1826 Colorado State University's Ram's Horn Dining Center at the Academic Village has been awarded first place in the national publication Foodservice Equipment and Supplies' Facility Design Project of the Year competition. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1826 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1827 Rob Reuteman (left), former business editor at The Rocky Mountain News, will deliver the Metropolitan State College of Denver commencement address to more than 1,400 students, the school’s largest graduating class. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1827 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1828 State officers for the State Student Advisory Council present Jim Rizzuto, president of Otero Junior College, with the Council’s annual President of the Year Award. Pictured: (l-r) Troy Smith, SSAC legislative liaison, Rizzuto, Tumara Steinbach, vice chair, and Sarah Fields, secretary. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1828 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1829 University of Northern Colorado Professor Courtney Willis (left) of the College of Natural and Health Sciences has earned the 2009 M. Lucile Harrison Award, the university’s top faculty honor. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1829 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1830 University of Colorado at Boulder 2009 Goldwater Scholarship winners Julia Goodrich (left) and Anna Lieb outside Norlin Library. Not pictured is Robert Rogers. (Photo by Casey A. Cass/University of Colorado) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1830 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1831 Metro State’s First Year Success (FYS) Program is truly a team effort, according to Judi Diaz Bonacquisti (left), associate vice president for Enrollment Services and the program’s interim co-director. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1831 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1832 The Otero Junior College softball team Lady Rattlers will compete in the NJCAA National Softball Tournament May 14-16 in St. George, UT. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1832 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1839 The College of Business and Administration at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs has committed to adhere to the Principles for Responsible Management Education. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1839 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1834 Chelsea Berns, who received her GED at Arapahoe Community College and is now working toward a doctorate at Iowa State University, will return to Littleton May 16 to speak at a ceremony for GED graduates. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1834 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1835 April Kloxin (left), department of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Colorado-Boulder, and chemical and biological engineering Distinguished Professor Kristi Anseth (right) have developed a new cell culture platform that allows for more realistic experiments. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1835 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1836 U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu (right) recently announced awards for 71 university research projects, including one at the Colorado School of Mines. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1836 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1837 A $50,000 Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative planning grant awarded to Colorado State University will be a stepping stone to increased collaboration with African university partners, according to Niall Hanan (left), senior researcher scientist from CSU's Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1837 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1838 Amy Rell, Community College of Aurora Arts and Humanities chair, has been selected as one of 16 educators nationwide to participate in the 2009 Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminars Abroad: History and Culture in China program. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1838 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1847 Colorado State University will confer an honorary doctoral degree on former U.S. Senator Timothy E. Wirth (left), president of the United Nations Foundation and the Better World Fund, at the spring 2009 commencement ceremonies tomorrow, May 15. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1847 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1848 The College Opportunity Fund, Colorado’s policy of financing higher education through vouchers rather than direct appropriations, is not achieving its original goals of improving access and institutional efficiency, a recent evaluation determined. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1848 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1850 Colorado State University will confer degrees on spring 2009 graduates at commencement ceremonies May 15 and 16. Among the speakers will be Tony Frank, CSU Interim President Tony Frank (left). 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1850 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1851 The Pikes Peak Community College 2009 Graduation Ceremony, scheduled for May 16, will feature keynote speaker Colette Berge (left), PPCC interim vice President for Student Services and more than 1700 students receieving degrees and certificates. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1851 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1852 Completing her degree last December, Venessa Pettis was the first graduate of the Adams State College Sport Psychology Program. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1852 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1853 More than 30 area middle school students will spend three days building their own businesses and competing against their peers as part of the fourth Summer Business Academy (SBA) sponsored by the Hasan School of Business at Colorado State University-Pueblo, June 7-10. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1853 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1854 Noah Finkelstein (left), a physics professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is concerned about the level of education his future students will have when they arrive at CU and it’s not intelligence or the students’ study habits that worry him, it’s their teachers. 15 May 2009 08:58:09 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1854 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1833 The Adams State College Student Support Services 6th Annual Recognition Banquet honored graduating seniors and recognized outstanding students in the program. 13 May 2009 08:39:22 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1833 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1849 More than 1,200 friends, family and supporters cheered on the Community College of Aurora’s graduates at commencement ceremony held at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1849 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1843 The University of Denver Strategic Issues Program today, May 14, will feature speakers bringing a variety of perspectives on the way global immigration affects global finance and politics. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1843 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1844 Colorado School of Mines finished third in the annual National Security Innovation Competition held in Colorado Springs. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1844 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1845 Nick Breitnauer (shown being interviewed by Adele Arakawa), a recently graduated CU student, interviewed by 9News Adele Arakawa when named the Colorado Leadership Alliance Student Leader of the Year. Breitnauer is taking a two-year hiatus before medical school to teach in sub-Saharan Africa with the Peace Corps. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1845 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1846 The Arapahoe Community College Foundation Board Chair John Libby addresses the third Annual Scholarship Luncheon that raised about $18,000. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1846 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1840 Students enrolled in the Otero Junior College Dance Studio will present a student produced, directed, and choreographed showcase on May 15. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1840 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1841 Dr. Jared Beeton (left) and Dr. Rob Benson (right) present Lyle Carbutt with the Ed Ryan Adam State College’s Outstanding Earth Science Student Award. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1841 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1842 More than 1,600 students will receive their diplomas May 16 when the University of Colorado Denver’s Downtown Campus holds its annual commencement. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1842 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1886 Jess Trujillo (right), recipient of a $50,000 Biology Transfer Scholarship, shown with Ron Rankin, his mentor and a Trinidad State Junior College biology professor. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1886 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1887 Dr. Gregory Anderson (left), a researcher who has dedicated his career to improving the education system, was named yesterday by University of Denver Chancellor Robert Coombe as dean of the Morgridge College of Education. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1887 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1888 The penultimate town hall meeting of the Colorado Department of Education and the Colorado Department of Higher Education will be held May 27 in Boulder as part of the ongoing effort to establish a description of “postsecondary and workforce readiness.” 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1888 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1889 The MetroPOLITAN State College of Denver Roadrunners have won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC)/Wells Fargo All-Sports Competition Cup for the second time in three years. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1889 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1890 Commitments to the University of Denver from accepted first-year students are up compared to this time last year, according to Tom Willoughby, vice chancellor of Enrollment. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1890 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1891 Children placed with family members instead of with foster parents tend to do better in terms of behavioral development, mental health functioning, and the placements are safer and more stable, according to Marc Winokur (left), Colorado State University researcher. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1891 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1892 Dr. John Taylor (left), Adams State College professor of theater, recently contracted with the National Theatre of the Deaf to conduct workshops and perform on Oct. 15 and 16, to compliment the play, “Children of a Lesser God,” his Fall 2009 production. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1892 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1893 The three-building, 750-bed residence hall complex scheduled to open in Fall 2009 and Fall 2010 on the Colorado State University-Pueblo campus will bear the names of three Southern Colorado mountain peaks. 22 May 2009 08:58:20 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1893 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1894 The University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine Alumni Association present its top annual prize, the Silver and Gold Award, to Denver Health Chief Medical Officer Philip Mehler, MD (left). 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1894 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Archive.php?id=1460 How the Incoherent State of Science and Mathematics Education Undermines Biological (and Scientific) Literacy. ByMichael W. KlymkowskyProfessorErin M. FurtakAssistant ProfessorUniversity of Colorado, Boulder 17 Mar 2009 11:52:13 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Archive.php?id=1460 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1969 As the state’s first and only school of public health nears its one-year anniversary, The Colorado Health Foundation demonstrating ongoing support with more than $2 million to expand programs and recruit top faculty, such as Adam Atherly (left). 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1969 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1912 Jill Biden, wife of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, yesterday visited the Lowry Campus of the Community College of Aurora yesterday to tour the school's Simulated Emergency Medical Services Program facility. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1912 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1966 During the 2009 Colorado Business and Professional Women (BPW) State Convention this weekend, hosted by the Sterling BPW, Barbara Baker (left), director of marketing services for Northeastern Junior College, will be named Sterling BPW Woman of the Year. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1966 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1967 Figure Skating Champion Michelle Kwan (left) will participate in the University of Denver’s undergraduate commencement ceremony on Saturday, June 6. 05 Jun 2009 08:51:17 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1967 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1968 David Mason (left), an English professor at Colorado College, recently was named the 2009 Thatcher Hoffman Smith Creativity in Motion Prize recipient. (Photo: Anne Lennox) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1968 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1881 The Otero Junior College Athletic Department will host its annual youth basketball camp May 26-28 for boys and girls between the ages of 5 and 16 (grades K-10). 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1881 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1882 In his commencement speech, Rob Reuteman (left), former business editor of the defunct Rocky Mountain News, told Metropolitan State College of Denver’s graduating class that although “there is no way to sugarcoat the fact that you are entering the toughest labor market in 25 years,” holding a college degree affords more opportunity. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1882 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1883 In a new study, Colorado State University researchers have shown that both bacteria and fungi not only survive, but actively grow in the frozen Arctic tundra. At left, Matt Wallenstein, one of the researchers, collects soil samples in the tundra. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1883 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1884 Aims Community College has named Automotive Technology Instructor Butch Webeck (left) the Faculty of the Year for the 2008-2009 academic year. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1884 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1885 The bombardment of Earth by asteroids 3.9 billion years ago may have enhanced early life, according to a new University of Colorado study. (Illustration courtesy NASA/JPL) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1885 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1895 Astronaut John Grunsfeld, nearing the end of a successful NASA mission on board the space shuttle Atlantis to repair and refurbish the aging Hubble Space Telescope, has been named an adjoint professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1895 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1896 Chancellor Robert Coombe and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper commended University of Denver students May 18, recognizing the their commitment to sustainability as the university launched a new bike library program. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1896 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1897 Metropolitan State College of Denver is promoting itself as the top choice for Colorado’s Latino students, committing nearly $117,000 in the past year to marketing and communication efforts aimed specifically at this demographic. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1897 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1898 Colorado State University has received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for an initial year of research. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1898 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1899 Ten teams of Pikes Peak Community College Interior Design students are competing to create innovative, unique room designs that will be judged by HGTV's Matt Locke (left), among others, and culminate in a gala evening event. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1899 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1900 Over the past five years OJC has been offering its students the option of taking many of the core college courses through a unique hybrid format that, according to Brad Smith (left), associate vice president of Student Services, offers both flexibility and “a mature, disciplined approach to study.” 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1900 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1901 Reminded by mentors to care about patience as well as patients, 124 students at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine received Doctor of Medicine degrees last Friday morning. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1901 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1902 Joey Failma (left), simulation director at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine’s Center for Advancing Professional Excellence, shows Colorado Reps. Carole Murray (center) and Cheri Gerou (right) how the center’s computerized birthing mom, Noelle, works. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1902 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1903 In only its first year, the Fort Lewis College Host Family Program is a huge success with 57 FLC students having been paired with 42 host families during the 2008-09 school year. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1903 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1904 Four University of Colorado at Boulder undergraduate students have been awarded a David L. Boren Scholarship, “a prestigious scholarship (with)…a very high success rate,” according to Cindy Kraft (left), assistant director of the CU Study Abroad program. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1904 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1905 Otero Junior College will award 15 certificates of Practical Nursing in ceremonies May 29 at the Ed Stafford Theatre in the OJC Humanities Center. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1905 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1906 Arapahoe Community College is offering two courses in the 2009 summer and fall semesters that can help teachers meet requirements for license renewal. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1906 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1907 Thanks to a Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities internship, Jamilia Ruybal, an Adams State Collge senior, will spend the summer in Denver interning for the Census Bureau. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1907 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1908 Secondary school students can investigate the transportation industry as a possible career choice as part of a two-week non-residential Summer Transportation Institute at Colorado State University–Pueblo. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1908 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1909 University of Colorado at Boulder engineers and scientists, among them Balaji Rajagopalan (left), were honored with the U.S. Department of the Interior's "Partners in Conservation Award." 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1909 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1975 Students wanting to attend Metropolitan State College of Denver will need to submit their applications by July 1, a full month earlier than last year’s Aug. 3 deadline, all part of new enrollment containment strategies. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1975 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1916 The Center for Public Health Practice (CPHP) at the Colorado School of Public Health (CSPH), created to work with public health agencies and CSPH to improve the capacity of the public health workforce and develop new programs and policies to improve the health of Colorado has hired six new staff members. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1916 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1917 Benita Bristol, a Routt County native and higher education advocate who worked with Colorado Mountain College for decades, died Monday after an illness. She was 87. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1917 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1918 Lori Garver (left), who graduated from Colorado College in 1983, has been tapped as NASA deputy administrator, the third CC alum to be selected to serve in the administration of President Barack Obama. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1918 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1998 Twenty teachers from the Navajo Nation are in Denver this week to study urban life, as well as other topics related to the stories of American and Navajo history, through a University of Northern Colorado ongoing grant-funded program. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1998 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1999 Aims Community College Allied Health Advisor Kellie Richardson (left) has received the Outstanding New Advisor award from the National Academic Advising Association. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1999 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2000 The Metropolitan State College of Denver Board of Trustees voted unanimously at its June meeting to raise tuition. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2000 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2001 Colorado State University scientists this month received a $2.7 million National Science Foundation grant to train graduate students on cutting-edge research while also preparing them to share their knowledge with K-12 teachers and industry. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2001 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2002 As electronic devices get smaller and the methods for small-scale manufacturing advance, Byungsoo Kim (left) and Vakhtang Putkaradze (right), scientists at Colorado State University, are working to perfect even smaller structures by manipulating individual atoms. 12 Jun 2009 07:41:36 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2002 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2055 Based on the recommendations of University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak (left) and CU President Bruce Benson, the University of Colorado Board of Regents yesterday, June 22, unanimously approved a new doctoral degree in applied science for students at UCCS. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2055 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2056 The University of Colorado Denver’s Office of Undergraduate Experiences has named Steven G. Medema (left), PhD, the new director of UCD’s University Honors and Leadership program. 23 Jun 2009 06:10:21 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2056 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2057 Jennifer G. DeLuca (left), assistant professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Colorado State University, is one of 17 recipients of the 2009 Pew Scholars Award in the Biomedical Sciences. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2057 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2058 Aims Community College, Colorado State University, Front Range Community College and the University of Northern Colorado are moving forward on a joint venture to help meet the region’s workforce and industry needs. 23 Jun 2009 06:09:05 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2058 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2059 Fort Lewis College received a $1 million contribution in the form of a capital challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation due in large part, according to Kresge Program Officer Caroline Altman Smith, FLC’s “impressive historical commitment to the educational success of Native Americans." 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2059 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2100 Ken Francis, Fort Lewis College’s Office of Community Services, discusses the San Juan Skyway improvements at a gathering at Molas Lake Park. (Photo: Fort Lewis College) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2100 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2079 Why do criminals use guns? Three professors from Colorado State University and the University of Colorado Denver went straight to the source, interviewing 73 Colorado felons convicted of gun-related crime in a new book, "Guns, Violence, and Criminal Behavior: The Offender's Perspective." 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2079 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2071 The University of Colorado at Boulder is preparing to begin construction on a new building for the Institute of Behavioral Science. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2071 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2072 The Colorado State University System Board of Governors publicly discussed and approved the budget for fiscal year 2010 at its monthly meeting and voted Patrick McConathy (left) as its new chair. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2072 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2073 Dr. Anthony A. Frank (left), a 16-year veteran of Colorado State University and interim president since November, yesterday was officially named the 14th president of CSU Fort Collins by the Board of Governors of the Colorado State University System. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2073 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2101 Colorado State University, in close collaboration with Simpson Strong-Tie, has finished construction of a seven-story condominium tower on the world's largest shake table near Kobe, Japan. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2101 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2075 Researchers from Colorado State University are looking for members of the public to participate in a citizen science experiment, July 11-12 at CSU. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2075 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2076 Water vapor jets that spew from the surface of Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus are not really geysers from an underground ocean as initially envisioned by planetary scientists, according to a study led by the University of Colorado. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2076 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2077 Lamar Community College Pierre Auger Education Outreach Coordinator Brad Thompson (left) will give a presentation on the Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory June 28. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2077 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2078 The Colon Cancer Alliance hosts Denver’s 1st “Denver Undy 5000”, a “brief” 5k walk/run in your undies to raise awareness and funds for the fight against colorectal cancer, tomorrow, June 27. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2078 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1816 Red Rocks Community College will present 1,116 degrees and certificates at the college’s 39th annual commencement ceremony at the Lakewood campus, May 16. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1816 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1817 Commencement ceremonies for Arapahoe Community College will take place at the Orchard Road Christian Center again this year. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1817 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1818 Researchers in Colorado State University's College of Agricultural Sciences are helping to solve critical specialty crop agriculture issues and address problems of food safety, food quality and economics. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1818 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1819 Bietel W. Belay (left) and Emily Fischman Kauvar, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine students, have been slected for a special laboratory research program sponsored by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1819 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1820 The University of Denver's Daniels College of Business has launched a new, a highly focused Professional MBA program that allows participants to work full-time while finishing their degree in two years. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1820 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1821 A $70 million instrument designed by the University of Colorado at Boulder to probe the evolution of galaxies, stars and intergalactic matter from the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope (left) is on schedule for launch today aboard NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1821 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1855 Martha and Tom Dillenberg are so appreciative of the medical care they received from University of Colorado Denver’s School of Medicine cardiologist Peter Buttrick (left) that they are giving a total of $1.875 million to support Buttrick’s cardiology research. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1855 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1856 Colorado State University Professor Bryan Willson, co-founder of Envirofit International and Solix Biofuels, joins President Barack Obama, Microsoft mogul Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the first "Scientific American 10" honor roll for innovations that benefit humanity. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1856 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1857 Faculty members at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine and the Colorado School of Public Health report that taking aspirin regularly is not effective in reducing heart attacks and heart-related deaths in patients with peripheral artery disease, but may reduce the risk of strokes in those patients. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1857 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1858 The Adams State College Nielsen Library’s new Information Commons area offers hot espresso, cozy chairs, and spectacular views to students wanting to study or relax in a soothing atmosphere. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1858 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1859 The Colorado School of Mines Foundation has appointed of new members to its Board of Governors. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1859 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1860 Joe Blake (left), chancellor-elect for the Colorado State University System and current president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, will visit the CSU-Pueblo campus today, May 18. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1860 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1861 Michael Bennet, the new U.S. senator from Colorado, will address the Colorado College graduating class of 2009 at its 128th Commencement this morning, May 18. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1861 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1862 Fort Lewis College has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) Energy and Mineral Impact Assistance Program for the new student union. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1862 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1863 University of Colorado at Boulder Chancellor Phil DiStefano Friday named Stein Sture (left) interim provost for CU-Boulder. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1863 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1864 The Colorado Department of Education and the Colorado Department of Higher Education will jointly host a town hall meeting next week in Durango as part of the ongoing effort to establish a description of “postsecondary and workforce readiness.” 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1864 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1865 Students at Aims Community College provide a solution for bored kids during the summer with the Children's Book Exchange every third Tuesday of the month. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1865 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1866 A collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet would raise global sea levels only about half as much as has been projected, according to a new study published in Science. Image courtesy National Science Foundation, according to Jonathan Bamber, a visiting fellow at the University of Colorado at Boulder. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1866 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1867 Throughout high school, Brandon Rosenhoover knew that forestry was the career he wanted, but when he enrolled at Trinidad State Junior College’s Alamosa Campus, he discovered the aquaculture program and never looked back. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1867 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1868 From Brazilian capoeira to ballet, from flamenco to contact improvisation, Colorado College’s Extraordinary Dance Festival offers something for everyone. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1868 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1869 Last Friday, the University of Colorado Denver’s College of Engineering and Applied Science hosted an open house for 27 senior design projects coming from the four engineering programs: civil, computer, electrical and mechanical. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1869 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1870 The University of Denver yesterday, May 18, announced a pilot bike library program at a kickoff event with Chancellor Robert Coombe and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper. (Photo: Zoee Turrill) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1870 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1871 The Rocky Mountain Regional Center of Excellence was recently awarded $36.4 million from the National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, to continue the fight against the world's most important infectious diseases. Tony Frank (left), interim CSU president called the renewed funding "testament to the quality of our faculty and the groundbreaking research." 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1871 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1872 Commercial building permit and plan review fees in 20 cities and counties along Colorado's Front Range run from high - Boulder County at $72,465 - to low - Greeley at $31,275, according to a new study from the Colorado State University Everitt Real Estate Center. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1872 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1873 Most graduation ceremonies sound alike, but not this year at Johnson & Wales University when the May 22 ceremony will feature the extraordinary sounds of a carillon. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1873 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1874 Colorado College’s “Enrich Your Life!” summer program now in its second year offers a series of workshops, lectures and seminars open to community members. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1874 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1875 Seratha Largie, a freshman at Fort Lewis College, is settling into her role as the FLC's Miss Hozhoni, a title she officially assumed in March at FLC's Hozhoni Days Powwow. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1875 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1876 Two hundred and ninety two new lawyers, including Vaughn Marshall celebrating with his girlfriend Emily Rayman, joined an estimated 12,000 living alumni as University of Denver law school’s May 16 commencement set them on a path that speaker Terrance Carroll warned comes with deep responsibilities. (Photo: Barry Guiterrez) 20 May 2009 09:06:12 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1876 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1877 Of the 1,400 members of the Metropolitan State College of Denver graduating class who received their degrees Sunday, Joyce Brand saw more than just her educational dreams come true. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1877 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1878 University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Mark Serreze (left) has been named director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center, a campus center for data, research and information focusing on Earth's frozen regions. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1878 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1879 Dr. Stephen Hunger (left), a University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine faculty member working with other doctors and institutions, has helped identify a genetic mutation that, if controlled, might save the lives of some children suffering from the country’s most common type of childhood cancer - acute lymphoblastic leukemia or ALL. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1879 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2019 Lance Bolton (left), president of Northeastern Junior College, Kent Wright and Neil Browne announce the opening of as NJC opens a wind tower technician training program beginning this fall. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2019 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2020 Students at Colorado State University are shown installing a wind turbine as part of the Colorado Anemometer Loan Program that provides them hands-on training on how to install wind turbines in rural Colorado, which benefits state residents who want to measure wind velocity in their communities. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2020 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2021 Brian Rauscher (left), director of the Adams State College Student Support Services is traveling to England for the Council of Opportunity and Education 2009 International Leadership Program at the University of Liverpool. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2021 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2022 Dr. Brad Bartel (left), will leave Fort Lewis College in June 2010 after six years as president, the Fort Lewis College Board of Trustees announced yesterday. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2022 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Archive.php Higher education administrators, college and university professors, and college and university staff can find jobs as well as a consistent sources for news and information from Colorado’s colleges and universities at the Colorado Higher Ed News. 11 Sep 2008 06:37:28 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Archive.php http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Archive.php?id=357 Engineering in the 21st Century, an opinion piece by John U. Trefny, President Emeritus, Colorado School of Mines. 05 Aug 2008 17:05:30 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Archive.php?id=357 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Archive.php?id=772 Addressing a Campus Epidemic: Preventing Gender Violence, an opinion piece by Davian Gagne, MSW, Gender Violence Prevention & Education Coordinator, University of Colorado-Boulder 17 Mar 2009 11:48:34 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Archive.php?id=772 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1911 Colorado State University's Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, or CIRA, directed by University Distinguished Professor Graeme Stephens (left), will receive up to $64.4 million from the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration as a renewal of the two organizations' research affiliation. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1911 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1913 While a longer growing season is one of the most-well documented biological consequences of Earth's warming climate, Heidi Steltzer (left), a Colorado State University researcher, suggests that many plant species are shortening their annual growth cycle in response to climate warming. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1913 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1910 Kaiser Permanente Colorado has given $600,000 to the Colorado School of Public Health to support the development of The Center for Public Health Practice, which will be directed by Tim Byers (left), MD, MPH, the associate dean for public health practice at CSPH.  03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1910 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Archive.php?id=774 Crossing the Line: Student Writing and Instructor Responsibility, an opinion piece by Katherine Frank, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chairperson of English and Foreign Languages, Colorado State University-Pueblo. 27 Oct 2008 14:50:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Archive.php?id=774 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2016 Members of the Colorado State University community and other stakeholders will meet with Interim President Tony Frank (left) today, June 15, to discuss CSU's current and future operations. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2016 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1995 Students from across the country are participating in the Colorado School of Mines' first Research Experience for Undergraduates summer program through the Renewable Energy Materials Research Science and Engineering Center. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1995 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1972 Figure Skating Champion Michelle Kwan (right) accepts her diploma from Chancellor Robert Coombe as she graduates June 6 from the University of Denver. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1972 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1996 Construction of the second unit of the E.J. Conley Residence Complex is currently underway on the Otero Junior College campus. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1996 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1997 The University of Colorado at Boulder's Center of the American West has put together "What Every Westerner Should Know About Oil Shale," an online report authored by history Professor Patty Limerick (left) that brings an impartial perspective to the debate over oil shale. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1997 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1976 University of Northern Colorado student-athlete and champion waterfowl caller Forrest Carpenter. Photo Illustration: Barry LaPoint 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1976 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2015 The death of John Hillmon (left) 130 years ago that generated two exhumations, six separate trials and two rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court, one of them a landmark decision on admissible forms of evidence, is the subject of a new University of Colorado documentary. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2015 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1971 The Colorado State Forest Service currently is accepting Forest Legacy Program proposals until July 24. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1971 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1914 Metropolitan State College of Denver’s total summer headcount is at 9,555, a 25.7 percent increase compared to the first day of classes for the 2008 summer semester. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1914 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2023 Gov. Bill Ritter addresses a gathering of almost 200 education, business, and policy leaders in the State Capitol during a launch event last week of the Colorado STEM Network. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2023 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2018 The drought of 2002 was followed by a large snowpack the following year that refilled Front Range reservoirs and returned life-giving water to streams like Boulder Creek, along with unwelcome "rock snot," shown here by University of Colorado doctoral candidate James Cullis. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2018 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1915 When traditional sources of information prove too slow for survivors of a disaster or other traumatic event, they turned to a familiar place: Facebook, according to Leysia Palen (left) and other University of Colorado at Boulder researchers. 28 May 2009 09:12:13 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1915 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1941 Founding members of the Fort Lewis College Veterans Club: Aric Benally, Michael Freer, Ben Crowder, Trevor Peterson, and Grant Birtcher. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1941 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1925 Solar Gain Services of Center, CO, recently began installing several solar systems at Western State College of Colorado. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1925 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1960 Active-duty military personnel and veterans joined Governor Bill Ritter Tuesday as he signed bills that will help improve services for current and retired members of the armed forces and their families. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1960 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1961 Southwestern Energy Company along with Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. Korell (left) have pledged a total of $2.5 million to support a new petroleum engineering building at Colorado School of Mines. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1961 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1962 The Colorado State Forest Service is accepting applications for the 2010 Wildland-Urban Interface Competitive Grant Program. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1962 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1963 Fifty students from 19 area high schools, middle schools and colleges will present "The Secret Garden," a Tony Award-winning musical based on the novel, in a series of performances June 12-27 in the ATLAS Black Box Studio at the University of Colorado at Boulder. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1963 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1964 Community College of Aurora will present “Resilience in Tuff Tuff Times: the Healing Power of Poems and Poem Making,” an evening for those in the helping professions, facilitated by John Fox (left) and CCA’s Wayne Gilbert, June 12. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1964 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1965 The newly formed Master’s Programs Task Force, chaired by Rich Wagner (left) at Metropolitan State College of Denver was conceived to coordinate the many activities required to institute the school’s first master’s programs. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1965 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1955 Colorado State University Division of Continuing Education is launching a redesigned website to meet the needs of current students, working professionals and business leaders looking for professional development opportunities, and non-traditional students who want to access a CSU education online or at off-campus learning centers. 04 Jun 2009 08:23:33 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1955 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1956 Aims Community College is offering a non-credit course that will help bring people up to speed on fractions, decimals and percentages. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1956 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1957 Three college leaders - two alumnae and one board member - of the University of Denver-based Higher Education Resource Services program (HERS), have received multi-million dollar anonymous gifts for their institutions. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1957 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1958 University of Colorado at Boulder Interim Provost Stein Sture yesterday named Russell Moore (left) interim vice chancellor for research and John Stevenson (right) interim dean of the Graduate School. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1958 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1959 Two of the four candidates who interviewed on campus in April and May for the position of provost/vice president for academic affairs for Metropolitan State College of Denver will return this month for further interviews. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1959 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1931 Colorado State University Friday named three finalists for the chief of the university's police department. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1931 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1994 New, thin-film solar panels were installed on the roof of a new Science and Engineering Building at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs this week as the university prepares to move into its largest, and most energy efficient, building. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1994 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1919 The University of Colorado Denver School of Pharmacy presented Paul Limberis (left), RPh, director of Inpatient Pharmacy with Denver Health Center, and Donna Lynne (right), DrPH, president of Kaiser Permanente Colorado with Distinguished Coloradan Awards at its annual commencement award banquet. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1919 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1920 The University of Colorado at Boulder announced yesterday the 2009-10 journalists selected as the Ted Scripps Fellows in Environmental Journalism. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1920 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1921 Mary Nichols (back right), Marianne LeBois (back left), Christy Morris (seated, left) and Bonnie-Jean Jenkins (seated right), students at the Law and Society program of The Women's College of the University of Denver will present a roundtable discussion at the annual conference of the national Law and Society Association, May 28-31 in Denver. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1921 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1922 Courses offered through Colorado State University, based on the FRANK Veterinarian-Client Communication Initiative, encourage veterinarians to be frank with their clients while giving them effective research-based communication skills, according to Dr. Jane R. Shaw (left), director of CSU’s Argus Institute. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1922 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1923 Data released yesterday by the Colorado Department of Education showed the statewide graduation rate for the class of 2008 decreased by 1.1 percentage points to 73.9 percent. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1923 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1924 Mesa State College announced it has received a $100,000 gift from Noble Energy, Inc. to help support two academic programs designed to meet the needs of the energy industry. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1924 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1926 Joe Blake, finalist for the Colorado State University System chancellor position, will be visiting campus today, May 29. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1926 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1927 Halfway around the world in a war zone, U.S. Air Force Major Laura Lewis would end a 12-hour shift caring for injured soldiers and then log on to a computer to complete coursework for a doctorate of nursing practice degree at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1927 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1928 Mark Deutchman (left), a professor in the department of family medicine at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, has been named recipient of the 2009 Osage Orange Distinguished Physician Walking Stick Award. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1928 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1929 Scientists at the University of Colorado at Boulder, among them Natalie Ahn (left), professor of chemistry and biochemistry, may get a step closer to identifying all proteins present in a single cell type, thanks to a $1.2 million grant from the W.M. Keck Foundation. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1929 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1949 The Adams State College Novella Project, directed by Sandra Santa Cruz, is hosting the Novella Project Institute, an intensive professional development course, from June 8 through June 12. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1949 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1950 University of Colorado Denver’s College of Arts & Media (CAM) Records was recently named as an Independent Music Awards (IMA) Vox Populi Winner for the second consecutive year. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1950 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1951 University of Northern Colorado Senior Vice President and Provost Abe Harraf this fall will join 23 of his colleagues nationwide who were selected for an inaugural year-long national leadership program. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1951 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1952 The University of Denver Sturm College of Law Environmental Law Clinic filed suit yesterday, June 2, against the United States government, seeking to stop proposed logging in southern Colorado on lands that feed the headwaters of the Rio Grande. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1952 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1953 Governor Bill Ritter yesterday addressed the first graduating class from the Veterans Green Jobs Academy, a new program that provides job training and placement to military veterans in emerging green industries. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1953 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1954 University of Colorado at Boulder faculty and students are currently participating in a nationwide project exploring the origins, structure and evolution of tornadoes. (VORTEX2 copyright Jim Reed) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1954 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1974 Jim McIntosh, current assessment data operations supervisor for the Colorado Department of Education, has been selected to replace Beth Celva as state assessment director, effective July 1. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1974 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1944 Smoking will not be allowed on the University of Denver (DU) campus effective Jan. 1, 2010 except for an area 25 feet from public perimeter rights-of-way. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1944 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1942 The stresses facing Western water resources and innovative and effective ways to solve the emerging water crisis will be explored at the University of Colorado at Boulder June 3-5 during the Natural Resource Law Center's annual summer conference. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1942 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1943 Patricia Book (left), Ph.D., an educator with more than 20 years of leadership experience in higher education, has been named assistant vice president for Continuing Education and Academic Outreach at the University of Northern Colorado. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1943 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2011 Western State College is hosting the Colorado Computer Camp, June 21 through 27 for eighth through 10th-grade students on the WSC campus in Gunnison. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2011 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2012 The Colorado Gallery of the Arts at Arapahoe Community College is accepting submissions for the annual Kaleidoscope Juried Exhibition. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2012 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2013 Dozens of African American high-school seniors will come together to research issues pertinent to the African American community during the 17th annual Black Issues Forum at Colorado State University June 16-20. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2013 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1945 A 16-year-old program directed by Cathy Romaniello (left) that targets children and families in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program that was developed at the University of Colorado Denver’s School of Medicine in association with The Children’s Hospital, has received a $1.3 million grant from The Colorado Health Foundation (TCHF) to help expand the effort. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1945 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1946 A hippo-like mammal known as Coryphodon was one of several ancient mammal groups that endured twilight winters in the high Arctic 53 million year ago, according to a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder. (Image copyright American Museum of Natural History/D. Finnin.) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1946 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1947 Governor Bill Ritter and Colorado Commissioner of Education Dwight D. Jones announced a pledge to join a state-led effort to create a common core of standards in English and mathematics. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1947 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1948 Students entering grades 5 through 8 will have the opportunity to learn and practice different writing techniques such as news reporting, cartooning, and digital writing as part of two creativity workshops later this month. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1948 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1993 The Adams State College Alumni Relations Office is hosting a two-day Cotton/Basketball Reunion to recognizes Dr. Jack “Doc” Cotton’s (left) many contributions to the college, his former students and athletes, and the community. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1993 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1932 The Gallery of Contemporary Art (GOCA) at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and the InterDisciplinary Experimental Arts program (I.D.E.A.) at Colorado College, announce the second 1440 Minutes art installation and exhibition event on June 19. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1932 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1933 With the stroke of a pen, Governor Bill Ritter created Southwest Colorado Community College, a division of Pueblo Community College that is a merger of PCC’s Southwest Colorado campus and San Juan Basin Technical College. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1933 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1934 While sustainability is a major issue on the University of Denver campus, students can now pursue it as a minor thanks to the efforts of Michael Keables (left), associate professor of geography. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1934 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1935 Dave DeRose (right) owner of Masterworks Mechanical Inc., pledged support recently to Colorado Northwestern Community College President John Boyd toward the construction of a new Craig Campus Career and Technical Center. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1935 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1936 The graduate nursing program at Colorado State University-Pueblo will help solve a primary care provider shortage at Westcliffe's Custer County Medical Clinic through a unique partnership providing students valuable hands-on rural health care experience. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1936 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1937 George Eisenbarth (left), executive director of the Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes and Professor of Pediatrics, Medicine, and Immunology at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, who was just received the prestigious Banting Award from the American Diabetes Association, took a distinctly different route to scientific genius than most of his peers. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1937 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1939 In times of economic uncertainty, pet owners may look to reduce the cost of caring for their animals, but Dr. Rebecca Ruch-Gallie, of Colorado State University's Veterinary Teaching Hospital, cautions pet owners not to cut expenses at the risk of their pet’s health. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1939 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1940 The University of Colorado at Boulder will host an open house on tomorrow, June 3, to seek community input on an update to the East Campus site plan. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1940 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2052 Representatives of non-profit organizations in southeast Colorado are being encouraged to attend a special half-day workshop, July 8, at Otero Junior College, which will include information on both the Common Grant Application and Common Grant Report Form. 23 Jun 2009 06:12:15 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2052 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2003 Colorado Department of Education Assistant Commissioner Ed Steinberg (left) yesterday released a letter addressed to parents, taxpayers and the education community of Colorado clarifying a June 1 U.S. Department of Education annual state determination on implementation of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2003 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1984 Former Wyoming Governor James Geringer (left) will deliver a keynote address for the Managing Climate Change through Collaborative Governance Conference sponsored by the University of Denver Conflict Resolution Institute June 11. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1984 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1985 The unveiling of its logo here last Friday creates an identity for the new Southwest Colorado Community College (SCCC), but most important is that students in this region will now have access to much greater higher education opportunities. 09 Jun 2009 09:04:36 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1985 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1986 Colorado State University-Pueblo engineering professors Nebojsa Jaksichave (left) and Jude DePalma earned patents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office in the last few months. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1986 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1987 Metropolitan State College of Denver’s Human Nutrition and Dietetics Program has taken a major step toward keeping up with the needs of Latinos in Colorado thanks to a $260,000 USDA Higher Education Challenge Grant. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1987 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1988 The Music Department at Arapahoe Community College will sponsor a free jazz concert on Friday, June 12 featuring the Tyson Ailshie Trio. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1988 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1989 Nursing students enrolled in the Non-Traditional Evening Weekend RN program at Otero Junior College will celebrate their completion June 13 with a pinning ceremony. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1989 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1990 Aims Community College has selected Heather Lelchook (left) as the new Interim Associate Dean of the Fort Lupton campus. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1990 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1991 The students that Fritz Fischer (left) will be teaching this summer at the University of Northern Colorado won’t just be history students, they’ll be history teachers. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1991 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1992 Rare Navajo weavings from what is considered one of the finest Southwest textile collections in the world are on display for one year at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History located in the Henderson Building on the Boulder campus. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1992 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1938 The Colorado Department of Education and the Colorado Department of Higher Education will jointly host a town hall meeting tomorrow, June 3, in Limon as part of the ongoing effort to establish a description of “postsecondary and workforce readiness.” 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1938 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1930 The University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW) will host the first Pedagogy of Privilege conference today, June 1, and tomorrow. 01 Jun 2009 09:12:43 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1930 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1980 When Lisa Wingrove (left) decided she wanted to get a bachelor’s degree in Dietetics from the University of Northern Colorado, she had to end a 13-year career as a flight attendant and relocate her husband and two children their native Australia. (Photo by Barry LaPoint) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1980 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1981 The Colorado State Board of Education invites public comment on a description of “postsecondary and workforce readiness,” one of the fundamental concepts as part of the ongoing reforms under Senate Bill 08-212. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1981 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1982 Only 11 percent of wildfire mitigation efforts undertaken as a result of a long-term federal fuels-reduction program have been undertaken near people's homes or offices in the past five years, says a new study led by the University of Colorado at Boulder. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1982 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1983 Northeastern Junior College announced the winners of the 2009 Joel E. Mack Award: Faculty members (l-r) Brenda Zink, Larry Pollart and Kenny Kendall. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1983 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2004 About 50 Denver Public Schools students enrolled in a national college preparatory program will attend a leadership conference this weekend at the University of Northern Colorado. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2004 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2005 “Tech Camp 101,” two weeks of free summer technology camp for Aurora Public Schools middle school students, will be held at Community College of Aurora’s Lowry Campus from June 15-19 and June 22-26. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2005 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2006 Elizabeth Leenhouts (left) has been appointed as director of alumni relations for the University of Denver's Daniels College of Business. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2006 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2007 Metropolitan State College of Denver junior Chanelle Libunao and sophomore Clevis Taylor have won prestigious Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships for study abroad. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2007 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2008 Kevin Krizek (left), an associate professor of architecture and director of the PhD program at University of Colorado Denver's College of Architecture and Planning, has a passion for how the environment affects physical activity and now that passion has brought him two national awards. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2008 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2009 Kaiser Permanente made a $2.4 million grant to establish the University of Colorado Denver’s Interdisciplinary Rural Training and Service Program (IRTS), an innovative solution to the rural health care shortage. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2009 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2010 Breastfeeding leads to better academic achievement in high school and an increased likelihood of attending college, according to a new study from the University of Colorado Denver and American University. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2010 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1973 Higher education trends panelists at the HOBY Seminar include (standing) Michele Haney, president of Red Rocks Community College; and (seated l-r) Jeff Ederer, dean of students at Johnson & Wales University; Doug Hawk, editor, Colorado Higher Education News; Nahum Kisner, recruitment coordinator, Community College of Denver; and Tom Lucero, University of Colorado Regent. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1973 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1977 An $8.7 million CU-Boulder instrument riding on NASA’s MESSENGER mission recently swooped to within 125 miles of Mercury’s hot and dry surface, detecting magnesium in the planet’s atmosphere. (Illustration courtesy NASA.) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1977 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1978 The Board of Trustees of Aims Community College has selected the Aims Honorary Fellows for 2009 that include (l-r) Julianne Haefeli, H. Gordon Johnson, Donald Cummins and Dr. Lorenso Aragon. Not shown: Dale Majors and Ruth Slomer. 08 Jun 2009 09:12:10 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1978 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1979 Veterinarians at Colorado State University's Veterinary Teaching Hospital offer seasonal information for pet owners. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1979 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1970 Registration is now open for the University of Denver’s Women's College Business Minded Women's first golf tournament June 19 at Green Valley Ranch Golf Course, 4900 Himalaya Rd., Denver. 08 Jun 2009 08:18:47 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1970 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2024 Colorado State University is hosting a public conference, "Bridging the Gap: Collaborative Conservation from the Ground Up," Sept. 8-11, on the CSU campus in Fort Collins. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2024 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2014 HBO television will premiere a documentary June 29 prominently featuring controversial former University of Colorado Professor Ward Churchill and academic-misconduct case that ultimately resulted in a $1 judgment against the university early this year, according to a report in The Daily Camera. 15 Jun 2009 11:36:19 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2014 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2039 The 20 high school juniors and seniors who make up the current class of Colorado Rural Health Scholars traveled from the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine to Wray yesterday, June 18, for a “sleep over.” 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2039 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2040 University of Denver Penrose Library received a family archival collection from Andrea Sears-Van Nest that includes documents of Claus von Stauffenberg’s (left) plot to assassinate Hitler, letters between her father and Albert Einstein and documents from the Nuremburg trials. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2040 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2041 Albert Hernández (left), associate professor of the history of Christianity, has been named academic vice president and dean of the faculty of The Iliff School of Theology. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2041 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2042 Alice Bedard-Voorhees (left), Colorado Mountain College’s director of innovations for teaching and learning, was recently recognized by her peers in the eLearning Consortium of Colorado with the 2009 eLCC eLearning Educator of the Year award. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2042 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2043 The National Science Foundation’s Advanced Technological Education Program has awarded Red Rocks Community College a $850,000 three-year grant, for which Colleen Jorgensen (left) will be principle investigator, for training a workforce in renewable energy and developing sustainability curriculum. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2043 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2044 Eighty-eight percent of the country's top criminologists do not believe the death penalty acts as a deterrent to homicide, according to a new study published last week co-authored by Professor Michael Radelet, chair of the sociology department at the University of Colorado at Boulder. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2044 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2045 “Woman of La Culebra”, acrylic on board, by Carlos Sandoval, is part of the "Herencía" art exhibit in the Adams State College Community Partnerships gallery. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2045 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2046 The University Library at Colorado State University–Pueblo will hold a reception and presentation June 30 at El Centro del Quinto Sol Community Center to introduce its newly created Colorado Chicano Movement Archives. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2046 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2047 Red Rocks Community College has received a 2009 Children’s Champion Award from the Triad Early Childhood Council for its child care programs directed by Patricia Bolton (left). 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2047 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2048 Larimer County District Judge Stephen Schapanski, last week, ruled that the Colorado State University System Board of Governors violated Colorado open meetings law when they named Joe Blake (left), vice chairman of the Board of Governors, as the only finalist for CSU System chancellor. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2048 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2049 Todd Bergren (left), professor of biology at the Community College of Aurora, has been named chair of the State Faculty Advisory Council (SFAC) for the Colorado Community College System. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2049 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2050 Colorado State University, in partnership with the Governor's Energy Office, this week is installing photovoltaic cells on CSU's Engineering Building overlooking the plaza on campus as a greenhouse gas reduction measure that can also serve as a demonstration to the university's commitment to sustainability. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2050 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2051 The University of Denver’s Library and Information Science Program, directed by Mary Stansbury (left) in the Morgridge College of Education has been awarded $917,891 to support ten students earning master’s degrees in librarianship. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2051 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2095 From Grand Junction to Limon, Trinidad to Wellington, volunteers who monitor precipitation across Colorado - through Colorado State University - are making a difference. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2095 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2096 Representatives from across the Colorado State University-Pueblo campus will be available on two more second Saturdays this summer to guide new and continuing students, transfers, non-traditional students, and graduate students through the registration and application processes. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2096 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2097 In a joint meeting held yesterday at the State Capitol, the Colorado State Board of Education and the Colorado Commission on Higher Education adopted a description of “postsecondary and workforce readiness.” 01 Jul 2009 08:58:15 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2097 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2098 The School of Teacher Education and Principal Preparation, a new school to help prepare teachers and principals for today's K-12 needs launched yesterday at Colorado State University in the College of Applied Human Sciences, under Dean April Mason (left). 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2098 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2099 Southwest Colorado Community College, a part of Pueblo Community College, is officially in business today, July 1. At left, PCC President J.D. Garvin introduces the new deans of the SCCC East Campus, Lynn Urban, and West Campus, Shannon South. (Photo: Cortez Journal/Sam Green. Used with permission) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2099 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2017 Tony Cheng (left) and other members of Colorado State University's Colorado Forest Restoration Institute will address the Governor's Forest Health Advisory Council on June 19 with key findings and recommendations made by state agencies and organizations. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2017 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2025 More than $600,000 in federal grants recently awarded to University of Northern Colorado’s College faculty (l to r) Kay Ferrell, Daniel Mundfrom and Kristina Phillips will provide funding for two separate, unrelated research studies. 17 Jun 2009 08:25:49 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2025 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2026 CU-Boulder anthropology Professor Payson Sheets and his team uncovered a manioc field one-third the size of football field buried under 10 feet of ash by the eruption of a volcano about 1,400 years ago that blanketed the Mayan farming village of Ceren in El Salvador. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2026 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2027 Debra Lasich (left), executive director of Mines' Women in Science Engineering and Mathematics program, has been awarded the Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN) University Change Agent Award. 17 Jun 2009 08:53:23 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2027 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2028 Andy Dorsey (left), vice president of the Westminster campus of Front Range Community College and the college-wide chief academic officer, was yesterday appointed FRCC president by Dr. Nancy McCallin, president of the Colorado Community College System (CCCS). 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2028 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2037 Colorado State University has partnered with the Colorado State Forest Service to install a biomass boiler heating plant on the Foothills Campus to reduce the university's greenhouse gas emissions and cut energy costs. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2037 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2038 Metropolitan State College of Denver’s Urban Teacher Partnership (UTP) program will collaborate with a national nonprofit next year to address the emerging imperative to increase higher education access for Colorado’s Latino students. 19 Jun 2009 08:26:19 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2038 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2089 Over the weekend, U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (right) met with officials from the the Colorado Renewable Energy Collaboratory to discuss how it is working to help define and solve energy issues. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2089 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2090 The Colorado State Board of Education and the Colorado Commission on Higher Education will jointly host a meeting in Denver today, June 30, to adopt a description of “postsecondary and workforce readiness.” 30 Jun 2009 08:42:10 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2090 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2091 Chauncey Billups (left) has spent a few weeks this month at Regis University, not coaching future NBA stars or inspiring young athletes, but mentoring students in the Porter-Billups Leadership Academy. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2091 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2092 Metropolitan State College of Denver’s census date figures for the summer include a headcount increase of 10.2 percent and an 11.7 percent jump in total Full-Year FTES over last summer at the same point. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2092 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2093 U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar honored Jose "Pepe" Salas (left), a Colorado State University civil and environmental engineering professor, and his partners at three other universities, with the U.S. Department of the Interior Partners in Conservation Award for developing new operational guidelines for the Colorado River. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2093 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2094 The Metropolitan State College of Denver Roadrunners capped off their most successful year in school history by finishing 13th nationally in the 2008-09 Learfield Sports Directors' Cup standings of the Division II schools in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. 01 Jul 2009 08:16:02 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2094 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2033 Six faculty at the University of Northern Colorado will move in alongside students this fall as part of an inaugural program offered by UNC Housing & Residence Life. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2033 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2030 Regis University is one of just 10 institutions of higher learning to be recognized by The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars for civic engagement efforts, earning an honorable mention. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2030 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2088 A new study by a Colorado State University researcher indicates that accelerated snowmelt by desert dust that blows into the mountains changes how plants respond to seasonal climate cues that regulate their life cycles. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2088 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2031 High-achieving Latino students will debate issues and experience the governmental process as participants in the National Hispanic Institute's annual Colorado Lorenzo de Zavala Youth Legislative Session at Colorado State University June 21-28. Last year, Claudia Juraez of Panama (left) became the first international student to be named governor. (Photo: Shari Blackman) 18 Jun 2009 08:28:14 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2031 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2032 André Revil, Mines associate professor of geophysics, recently was appointed by the American Geophysical Union as editor of the Journal of Geophysical Research—Solid Earth. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2032 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2081 Pikes Peak Community College is offering high school students and their families a smooth transition to college at the Launch to Success Seminar for high school students and parents. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2081 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2082 Dr. Randall Emmons, retiring from Adams State College as an emeritus professor of physics, has spent the last 20 years teaching science with a hands-on approach that has won him a legion of fans. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2082 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2054 Colorado College’s Business & Community Alliance will honor Dee Vazquez (left) and Gina Arms, July 7, at the 5th Annual Partners in Service Awards Party, "Celebrating Partnership, Celebrating Service." 23 Jun 2009 06:11:16 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2054 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2053 In a move to conserve energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the University of Denver this summer is cutting back on air conditioning, a move Craig Woody (left), vice chancellor for business and financial affairs, sees as saving dollars to use “for more infrastructure improvements to further reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.” 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2053 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2034 Colorado Mountain College is offering new classes to help residents meet changing needs in the workplace and also to protect the Earth’s resources. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2034 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2035 Reconstructed landscape showing the Shalbatana lake on Mars as it may have looked roughly 3.4 billion years ago. Data used in reconstruction are from NASA and the European Space Agency. (Image: Gaetano Di Achille/University of Colorado) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2035 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2036 The leaders of 10 southern Colorado colleges and universities will cooperate to improve local economies and individual futures, according to a statement recently signed by educational leaders. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2036 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2029 Vicki Golich (left), dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at California State University San Marcos, said her first priorities if chosen provost ofr Metropolitan State College of Denver are the budget, general studies, graduate programs, HSI status, community outreach and student retention. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2029 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2083 Fort Lewis College has been nominated to receive the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Campus Sustainability Leadership Award. 29 Jun 2009 08:31:16 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2083 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2084 Metropolitan State College of Denver stakeholders met with Peter Millet, the last of two finalists for the provost/vice president of academic affairs position. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2084 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2085 Gregory Plett, a University of Colorado at Colorado Springs professor, will be part of a partnership of university and automotive engineers designing components for the next generation of cars in cooperation with General Motors and the University of Michigan. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2085 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2086 Colorado State University's Warner College of Natural Resources is preparing students for the global green workforce with the launch of the graduate degree program, Conservation Leadership Through Learning. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2086 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2087 Louise Bennett Reed (left), who passed away at 103 last June, gave gifts totaling more than $4.75 million for University of Colorado at Boulder athletic scholarships, making her the largest individual donor to the CU-Boulder Athletics department. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2087 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2060 The work of Metro State art major Greg Hammer is now part of the permanent history of the Denver Police Department. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2060 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2061 Colorado State University's Veterinary Teaching Hospital is looking for dogs with pain and arthritis to participate in a study. The study looks at whether or not an herbal supplement can relieve pain. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2061 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2062 The Bowed Piano Ensemble, based at Colorado College and led by composer and USA Simon Fellow Stephen Scott, has completed its eighth European concert tour, in collaboration with soprano soloist Victoria Hansen. 24 Jun 2009 17:07:26 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2062 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2063 Aims Community College has received the Enterprise Zone designation for donations made to the college’s capital construction projects, allowing donors with an additional 25 percent tax credit beyond the standard tax deduction. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2063 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2064 Randy Jackson (left), an Adams State College grad, encourages the first cohort of online MBA student, on campus for a one-week orientation, to “Be yourself, the world needs all of us.” 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2064 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2065 In a follow-up to a 2006 study, Geoffrey Cohen (left), a University of Colorado at Boulder researcher and his colleagues found that an in-class writing assignment can help increased the grade-point averages of African-American middle school students over a two-year period. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2065 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2066 An evening of regional folk songs and a tribute to the exponents of Hispano folk music of northern New Mexico and southern Colorado will be held at Aug. 8 in the Adams State College Luther Bean Museum. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2066 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2067 Starting in the fall, Metropolitan State College of Denver students may be able to utilize one piece of plastic for both campus ID and banking. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2067 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2068 Patient safety in hospitals is the impetus for a new Patient Quality and Safety Certificate to be launched this fall by Regis University’s Rueckert-Hartman College for Health Professions. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2068 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2069 John J. Moore (left) and Brajendra Mishra, professors in the Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Department at the Colorado School of Mines, have been honored by the The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS) of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical & Petroleum Engineers (AIME). 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2069 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2070 The Iliff School of Theology in Denver now offers five graduate certificates for students interested in deepening their “understanding of religion, social change, justice, world religions, the Bible, or other theological subjects,” according to Iliff President David Trickett (left). 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2070 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2080 A $1 million gift from EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. was announced at the “Make Your Mark” event for the Business School at the University of Colorado Denver Wednesday night. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2080 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2074 “Heritage 2009,” featuring works by Regis University alumni artists Jose Raul Esquibel and Charles Roitz, are now on display in O’Sullivan Art Gallery. (Shown are Esquibel miniatures.) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2074 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2102 The University of Colorado at Boulder will launch a certificate program in digital media in partnership with the parent company of Boulder advertising agency Crispin Porter + Bogusky and under the direction of Advertising Professor David Slayden (left). 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2102 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2103 Since joining Metro State as a faculty member in 1998, Hal Nees (left) has progressed from assistant to associate to full professor of criminal justice and criminology and, in May, his fellow faculty members elected him to a term as faculty trustee. 02 Jul 2009 08:54:33 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2103 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2104 President Barack Obama recently named Adams State College Trustee Bruce Oreck (left) as the new U.S. Ambassador to Finland. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2104 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2105 The controversial drug Furosemide, used to treat bleeding into the airways in thoroughbred racehorses, decreases the incidence of hemorrhage, according a study conducted, in part, by Dr. Paul Morley (left), Colorado State University veterinarian. 03 Jul 2009 09:00:45 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2105 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2106 Aurora-area residents looking to launch a new career, retool job skills, or earn a certificate or degree are being invited to stop by the Community College of Aurora’s summer open house to discover the CCA experience. 03 Jul 2009 08:58:59 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2106 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2107 Suffering from migraine headaches as an adolescent leads to lower high school grades and decreases in the likelihood of graduating high school and the likelihood of attending college, according to a new study co-authored by Daniel Rees (left), economics professor at University of Colorado Denver. 03 Jul 2009 08:56:58 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2107 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2108 Lamar Community College’s library is closing until approximately mid-August to under go a transformation. 03 Jul 2009 08:55:06 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2108 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2109 With the fall semester two months away, Adams State College reports an increase in undergraduate enrollment of 14 percent, according to ASC Provost Michael Mumper (left). 03 Jul 2009 08:52:51 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2109 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1880 Jodi Wetzel (left), one of Metropolitan State College of Denver’s educational pioneers, has passed away. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1880 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1778 Dick Kelly (left), chairman, president and CEO of Xcel Energy, will be the featured speaker at the Voices of Experience lecture, sponsored by the University of Denver's Daniels College of Business, May 7. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1778 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1779 Today, May 5, Governor Bill Ritter will sign HB 1295, allowing Metropolitan State College of Denver to offer master's degrees. (Shown: Metro State President Stephen Jordan.) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1779 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1780 Colorado State University-Pueblo has been selected by the Institute for Higher Education Policy to receive a $100,000 Wal-Mart Minority Student Success Award. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1780 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1781 The Red Rocks Community College Foundation Board has selected Dr. Sherry Messina Dewald (left) as the 2009-2011 Teaching Chair in recognition of her excellence in instruction.  03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1781 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1782 Judy Hensley (left) and Melissa Corsaut (right) display the awards they received at the International Phi Theta Kappa Convention. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1782 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1783 Daniel Matlock (left), a University of Colorado Denver doctor, has been named a 2009 Hartford Geriatrics Health Outcomes Research Scholar for a tool he is creating to aid patients when evaluating the risks and benefits of an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1783 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1809 Denver accountant Meyer M. Saltzman (left) has joined the Western State College of Colorado Board of Trustees and Stephanie A. Foote (right) was reappointed to a four-year term. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1809 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1810 University of Northern Colorado’s Andrew Svedlow (left), Ph.D., has been awarded his second Fulbright Scholar grant in the past three years. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1810 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1811 Nestor Davidson (left), associate professor of law, University of Colorado at Boulder, has accepted an appointment as principal deputy general counsel at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1811 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1812 College For Kids at Aims Community College is celebrating 29 years of summer educational fun with a very special curriculum. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1812 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1813 Metropolitan State College of Denver President Stephen Jordan went to the colleges Board of Trustees last week, requesting that his annual salary be cut 3 percent for the 2009-10 fiscal year. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1813 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1814 Linking science, literacy, and mathematics will be the focus of the Southern Colorado Teacher Education Alliance Summer Institute 2009 June 5 at Colorado State University–Pueblo. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1814 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1815 Community College of Aurora Vice President of Instruction Bernice Harris describes what the partnership with Regis University will mean for Colorado Film School students as Barry Martin, dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Regis, looks on. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1815 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1776 Adams State College Community Partnerships Community Gallery exhibit "Before they were Teachers they were Artists," featuring the work of San Luis Valley art teachers, opens May 6. Among the art will be "Sun Rise", a water color by Woody Miller. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1776 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1777 Among the 12 members of the University of Colorado at Boulder community to be honored May 6 at the CU-Boulder Alumni Association's 79th Annual Alumni Awards Ceremony will be (l-r) Professors Douglas Burger, Patty Limerick and Owen "Brian" Toon. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1777 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1775 Populations of major wild grazing animals, the heart and soul of Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve have "decreased substantially" with a growing concentration of human settlements in the region, according to a new study co-authored by a Colorado State University researcher. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1775 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1774 The Colorado Department of Education and the Colorado Department of Higher Education will jointly host a town hall meeting tonight, May 5, in Steamboat Springs as part of the ongoing effort to establish a description of "postsecondary and workforce readiness." 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1774 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1792 Colorado State University has released the results of its annual Flower Trial Gardens Performance Report aid both homeowners and commercial operations. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1792 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1773 Administrators at the University of Colorado Friday announced that 54 administrative positions are being eliminated, top administrators' salaries will be cut by five percent and the faculty and staff newspaper (its staff shown at left) will shut down. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1773 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1772 Commissioner of Education Dwight D. Jones Friday announced the appointment of Nina Lopez as director of AARA for the Colorado Department of Education (CDE). 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1772 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1771 Johanna Steffens Sims (left), the first graduate of the Adams State College Agribusiness Program, will receive her Bachelor of Science degree in agribusiness May 9. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1771 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1767 Donald L. Paul (left) will speak during the Colorado School of Mines commencement ceremony on May 8 in Golden. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1767 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1768 Lamar Community College will host its 70th annual commencement May 9, graduating 195 students and featuring Congresswoman Betsy Markey as the keynote speaker. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1768 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1769 University of Denver student Jordan De Herrera was honored as  a member of the USA Today 2008 All-USA College Academic Second Team. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1769 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1770 Dana Hill, a Johnson & Wales University senior, has both the culinary skill and the business acumen to successfully launch a catering company at a time when similar food service businesses are dropping like the proverbial fly. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1770 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1766 Requests for donated bodies for anatomy classes continue to strain the available supply, Robin Michaels, head of Colorado's State Anatomical Board reported last week. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1766 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1764 Colorado State University researchers have discovered that mosquitoes that transmit deadly viruses such as dengue avoid becoming ill from the virus by mounting an immediate, potent immune response, but their immune system doesn't completely eliminate the virus, allowing them to pass it on. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1764 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1765 Fifteen students have been named to the President's Leadership Program (PLP) at Colorado State University-Pueblo. 04 May 2009 07:51:03 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1765 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1793 Without missing a beat, Daniel Sours (left), Adams State College music major, picked up the tempo as a freshman and has drummed along ever since. 07 May 2009 08:16:54 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1793 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1794 Metropolitan State College of Denver President Stephen Jordan (left) will hold a Town Hall Meeting today, May 7, to discuss the college's two years to plan for a permanent $10 million general appropriation reduction. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1794 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1795 Nine teachers from throughout Southern Colorado were honored as part of the 9th annual teacher celebration sponsored by the Southern Colorado Teacher Education Alliance at Colorado State University-Pueblo. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1795 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1796 Lodi Gyari (left), special envoy to the Dalai Lama, will speak at the University of Denver, May 8. 07 May 2009 08:33:03 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1796 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1797 Northeastern Junior College rodeo team members who qualified for the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association competition last weekend and their coaches, include (l to r) Cameron Weddle,  Coach Brian Cullen, TJ Watts, Coach Taya Ellerman, Trice Watts and Mitch McAdow. The students brought home two champion saddles and a whole lot of team pride. (Courtesy Photo) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1797 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1798 The Fort Lewis College chapter of Engineers Without Borders, guided by Don May and Laurie Williams (left) are working with people in Ecuador who will soon be using cow manure to cook their meals in a safe, environmentally-friendly manner. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1798 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1805 Graduate architecture students from the College of Architecture and Planning at the University of Colorado Denver spent eight months researching 'green' housing designs to aid people rebuild after a devastating tornado. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1805 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1806 Carolyn Mattern (left) accepting Paragon Award for Outstanding Advisor at the Phi Theta Kappa International Convention. 08 May 2009 07:58:51 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1806 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1807 A Colorado State University archaeologist has uncovered an ancient imperial ritual complex from Mexico's Purepecha Empire dating to the last century before European Conquest. Picture shows researcher surveying ancient island in the Lake Patzcuaro Basin. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1807 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1808 Gov. Bill Ritter signs the bill authorizing Metro State to offer master's degrees as (standing l to r) Bill sponsor Sen. Rollie Heath, Rowdy the Roadrunner, sponsor Rep. Nancy Todd and Metro State President Stephen Jordan watch. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1808 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1822 The Colorado Department of Education and the Colorado Department of Higher Education will jointly host a town hall meeting next week in Glenwood Springs as part of the ongoing effort to establish a description of “postsecondary and workforce readiness.” 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1822 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1786 Margaret Coel (left), the New York Times best-selling author of the Wind River Reservation mystery series, will speak at the University of Colorado at Boulder on May 15. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1786 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1787 Chelsey Muth (left) and Jonessa Gallegos (right) received merit-based scholarships to Otero Junior College sponsored by the University of Colorado Colorado Springs University Connection Program and the Kane Family Foundation. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1787 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1788 At Johnson & Wales University's Denver Campus Commencement ceremonies, May 23, honorary doctorate degrees will be awarded to Steve Jilleba (left), corporate executive chef for North America Unilever Food Solutions, and Richard Scharf (right), president & CEO of VISIT DENVER. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1788 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1789 The University of Northern Colorado will hold ceremonies marking the 119th spring commencement May 8-9 and present former Denver Mayor Wellington E. Webb and First Lady Wilma J. Webb (left) honorary degrees.  03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1789 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1790 Karen H. Sousa (left), associate dean for research and extramural affairs at the University of Colorado Denver College of Nursing, has been elected a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1790 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1791 The Colorado State University System Board of Governors yesterday publicly voted to name Joe Blake (left), president of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, as the finalist for the position of chancellor of the CSU System. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1791 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1799 Ryan Kramer (left), an 18-year-old graduating from the University of Colorado, has been featured in national media for his quest to find his half-siblings and help match other people to their half-siblings as children of anonymous sperm donors. 07 May 2009 08:53:27 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1799 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1800 University of Northern Colorado writing instructor J. Michael Martinez (left) has been awarded the 2009 Walt Whitman Award by the Academy of American Poets. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1800 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1801 Henry Claman, MD, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, won the Bonfils-Stanton Foundation Award in Science and medicine for his groundbreaking work in immunology. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1801 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1802 Almost four years after the murders of Javad Marshall-Fields and Vivian Wolfe (left), Colorado State University graduates, an Arapahoe County jury yesterday found Robert Ray guilty of two counts of first-degree murder. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1802 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1803 The University of Denver Sturm College of Law community is mourning the loss of assistant professor Erik Bluemel (left), who died Wednesday from injuries suffered in a bicycle accident. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1803 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1804 Casey Diss, Dr. Matt Nehring, and Curt Colburn make adjustments to their robot during the Adams State College sponsored robot challenge at the Great Sand Dunes National Monument. (Photograph by Jenna Bohnen) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1804 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1784 Tamiya Stone (left), an Adams State College sophomore music education major, is so dedicated to her future as a music teacher, took three courses spring semester for which she received no credit. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1784 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1785 Both children and adults can participate in the annual Run of the House, benefiting the Ronald McDonald House, at Arapahoe Community College May 9. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1785 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1823 Adams State College psychology students (L-R), Juliana Chaparro, Wendy Kane and Yesenia Palacios attend the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association 79th annual convention in Albuquerque.   03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1823 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1824 The creative works of students taking art courses through the Community Education Program at Arapahoe Community College will be on exhibit from May 29 through July 1, including Abyss (left) by Laura Nicole Semin. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1824 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1825 Rand Richards, (left) director Fine Woodworking at Red Rocks Community College, and his department will host a community celebration and concert after RRCC graduation May 16. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1825 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1826 Colorado State University's Ram's Horn Dining Center at the Academic Village has been awarded first place in the national publication Foodservice Equipment and Supplies' Facility Design Project of the Year competition. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1826 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1827 Rob Reuteman (left), former business editor at The Rocky Mountain News, will deliver the Metropolitan State College of Denver commencement address to more than 1,400 students, the school’s largest graduating class. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1827 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1828 State officers for the State Student Advisory Council present Jim Rizzuto, president of Otero Junior College, with the Council’s annual President of the Year Award. Pictured: (l-r) Troy Smith, SSAC legislative liaison, Rizzuto, Tumara Steinbach, vice chair, and Sarah Fields, secretary. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1828 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1829 University of Northern Colorado Professor Courtney Willis (left) of the College of Natural and Health Sciences has earned the 2009 M. Lucile Harrison Award, the university’s top faculty honor. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1829 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1830 University of Colorado at Boulder 2009 Goldwater Scholarship winners Julia Goodrich (left) and Anna Lieb outside Norlin Library. Not pictured is Robert Rogers. (Photo by Casey A. Cass/University of Colorado) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1830 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1831 Metro State’s First Year Success (FYS) Program is truly a team effort, according to Judi Diaz Bonacquisti (left), associate vice president for Enrollment Services and the program’s interim co-director. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1831 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1832 The Otero Junior College softball team Lady Rattlers will compete in the NJCAA National Softball Tournament May 14-16 in St. George, UT. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1832 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1839 The College of Business and Administration at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs has committed to adhere to the Principles for Responsible Management Education. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1839 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1834 Chelsea Berns, who received her GED at Arapahoe Community College and is now working toward a doctorate at Iowa State University, will return to Littleton May 16 to speak at a ceremony for GED graduates. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1834 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1835 April Kloxin (left), department of chemical and biological engineering at the University of Colorado-Boulder, and chemical and biological engineering Distinguished Professor Kristi Anseth (right) have developed a new cell culture platform that allows for more realistic experiments. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1835 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1836 U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu (right) recently announced awards for 71 university research projects, including one at the Colorado School of Mines. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1836 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1837 A $50,000 Africa-U.S. Higher Education Initiative planning grant awarded to Colorado State University will be a stepping stone to increased collaboration with African university partners, according to Niall Hanan (left), senior researcher scientist from CSU's Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1837 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1838 Amy Rell, Community College of Aurora Arts and Humanities chair, has been selected as one of 16 educators nationwide to participate in the 2009 Fulbright-Hays Summer Seminars Abroad: History and Culture in China program. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1838 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1847 Colorado State University will confer an honorary doctoral degree on former U.S. Senator Timothy E. Wirth (left), president of the United Nations Foundation and the Better World Fund, at the spring 2009 commencement ceremonies tomorrow, May 15. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1847 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1848 The College Opportunity Fund, Colorado’s policy of financing higher education through vouchers rather than direct appropriations, is not achieving its original goals of improving access and institutional efficiency, a recent evaluation determined. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1848 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1850 Colorado State University will confer degrees on spring 2009 graduates at commencement ceremonies May 15 and 16. Among the speakers will be Tony Frank, CSU Interim President Tony Frank (left). 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1850 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1851 The Pikes Peak Community College 2009 Graduation Ceremony, scheduled for May 16, will feature keynote speaker Colette Berge (left), PPCC interim vice President for Student Services and more than 1700 students receieving degrees and certificates. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1851 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1852 Completing her degree last December, Venessa Pettis was the first graduate of the Adams State College Sport Psychology Program. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1852 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1853 More than 30 area middle school students will spend three days building their own businesses and competing against their peers as part of the fourth Summer Business Academy (SBA) sponsored by the Hasan School of Business at Colorado State University-Pueblo, June 7-10. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1853 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1854 Noah Finkelstein (left), a physics professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder, is concerned about the level of education his future students will have when they arrive at CU and it’s not intelligence or the students’ study habits that worry him, it’s their teachers. 15 May 2009 08:58:09 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1854 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1833 The Adams State College Student Support Services 6th Annual Recognition Banquet honored graduating seniors and recognized outstanding students in the program. 13 May 2009 08:39:22 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1833 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1849 More than 1,200 friends, family and supporters cheered on the Community College of Aurora’s graduates at commencement ceremony held at the Arapahoe County Fairgrounds. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1849 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1843 The University of Denver Strategic Issues Program today, May 14, will feature speakers bringing a variety of perspectives on the way global immigration affects global finance and politics. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1843 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1844 Colorado School of Mines finished third in the annual National Security Innovation Competition held in Colorado Springs. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1844 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1845 Nick Breitnauer (shown being interviewed by Adele Arakawa), a recently graduated CU student, interviewed by 9News Adele Arakawa when named the Colorado Leadership Alliance Student Leader of the Year. Breitnauer is taking a two-year hiatus before medical school to teach in sub-Saharan Africa with the Peace Corps. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1845 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1846 The Arapahoe Community College Foundation Board Chair John Libby addresses the third Annual Scholarship Luncheon that raised about $18,000. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1846 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1840 Students enrolled in the Otero Junior College Dance Studio will present a student produced, directed, and choreographed showcase on May 15. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1840 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1841 Dr. Jared Beeton (left) and Dr. Rob Benson (right) present Lyle Carbutt with the Ed Ryan Adam State College’s Outstanding Earth Science Student Award. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1841 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1842 More than 1,600 students will receive their diplomas May 16 when the University of Colorado Denver’s Downtown Campus holds its annual commencement. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1842 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1886 Jess Trujillo (right), recipient of a $50,000 Biology Transfer Scholarship, shown with Ron Rankin, his mentor and a Trinidad State Junior College biology professor. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1886 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1887 Dr. Gregory Anderson (left), a researcher who has dedicated his career to improving the education system, was named yesterday by University of Denver Chancellor Robert Coombe as dean of the Morgridge College of Education. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1887 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1888 The penultimate town hall meeting of the Colorado Department of Education and the Colorado Department of Higher Education will be held May 27 in Boulder as part of the ongoing effort to establish a description of “postsecondary and workforce readiness.” 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1888 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1889 The MetroPOLITAN State College of Denver Roadrunners have won the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC)/Wells Fargo All-Sports Competition Cup for the second time in three years. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1889 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1890 Commitments to the University of Denver from accepted first-year students are up compared to this time last year, according to Tom Willoughby, vice chancellor of Enrollment. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1890 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1891 Children placed with family members instead of with foster parents tend to do better in terms of behavioral development, mental health functioning, and the placements are safer and more stable, according to Marc Winokur (left), Colorado State University researcher. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1891 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1892 Dr. John Taylor (left), Adams State College professor of theater, recently contracted with the National Theatre of the Deaf to conduct workshops and perform on Oct. 15 and 16, to compliment the play, “Children of a Lesser God,” his Fall 2009 production. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1892 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1893 The three-building, 750-bed residence hall complex scheduled to open in Fall 2009 and Fall 2010 on the Colorado State University-Pueblo campus will bear the names of three Southern Colorado mountain peaks. 22 May 2009 08:58:20 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1893 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1894 The University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine Alumni Association present its top annual prize, the Silver and Gold Award, to Denver Health Chief Medical Officer Philip Mehler, MD (left). 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1894 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Archive.php?id=1460 How the Incoherent State of Science and Mathematics Education Undermines Biological (and Scientific) Literacy. ByMichael W. KlymkowskyProfessorErin M. FurtakAssistant ProfessorUniversity of Colorado, Boulder 17 Mar 2009 11:52:13 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Archive.php?id=1460 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1969 As the state’s first and only school of public health nears its one-year anniversary, The Colorado Health Foundation demonstrating ongoing support with more than $2 million to expand programs and recruit top faculty, such as Adam Atherly (left). 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1969 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1912 Jill Biden, wife of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, yesterday visited the Lowry Campus of the Community College of Aurora yesterday to tour the school's Simulated Emergency Medical Services Program facility. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1912 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1966 During the 2009 Colorado Business and Professional Women (BPW) State Convention this weekend, hosted by the Sterling BPW, Barbara Baker (left), director of marketing services for Northeastern Junior College, will be named Sterling BPW Woman of the Year. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1966 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1967 Figure Skating Champion Michelle Kwan (left) will participate in the University of Denver’s undergraduate commencement ceremony on Saturday, June 6. 05 Jun 2009 08:51:17 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1967 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1968 David Mason (left), an English professor at Colorado College, recently was named the 2009 Thatcher Hoffman Smith Creativity in Motion Prize recipient. (Photo: Anne Lennox) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1968 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1881 The Otero Junior College Athletic Department will host its annual youth basketball camp May 26-28 for boys and girls between the ages of 5 and 16 (grades K-10). 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1881 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1882 In his commencement speech, Rob Reuteman (left), former business editor of the defunct Rocky Mountain News, told Metropolitan State College of Denver’s graduating class that although “there is no way to sugarcoat the fact that you are entering the toughest labor market in 25 years,” holding a college degree affords more opportunity. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1882 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1883 In a new study, Colorado State University researchers have shown that both bacteria and fungi not only survive, but actively grow in the frozen Arctic tundra. At left, Matt Wallenstein, one of the researchers, collects soil samples in the tundra. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1883 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1884 Aims Community College has named Automotive Technology Instructor Butch Webeck (left) the Faculty of the Year for the 2008-2009 academic year. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1884 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1885 The bombardment of Earth by asteroids 3.9 billion years ago may have enhanced early life, according to a new University of Colorado study. (Illustration courtesy NASA/JPL) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1885 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1895 Astronaut John Grunsfeld, nearing the end of a successful NASA mission on board the space shuttle Atlantis to repair and refurbish the aging Hubble Space Telescope, has been named an adjoint professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1895 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1896 Chancellor Robert Coombe and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper commended University of Denver students May 18, recognizing the their commitment to sustainability as the university launched a new bike library program. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1896 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1897 Metropolitan State College of Denver is promoting itself as the top choice for Colorado’s Latino students, committing nearly $117,000 in the past year to marketing and communication efforts aimed specifically at this demographic. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1897 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1898 Colorado State University has received a $100,000 Grand Challenges Explorations grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for an initial year of research. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1898 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1899 Ten teams of Pikes Peak Community College Interior Design students are competing to create innovative, unique room designs that will be judged by HGTV's Matt Locke (left), among others, and culminate in a gala evening event. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1899 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1900 Over the past five years OJC has been offering its students the option of taking many of the core college courses through a unique hybrid format that, according to Brad Smith (left), associate vice president of Student Services, offers both flexibility and “a mature, disciplined approach to study.” 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1900 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1901 Reminded by mentors to care about patience as well as patients, 124 students at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine received Doctor of Medicine degrees last Friday morning. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1901 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1902 Joey Failma (left), simulation director at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine’s Center for Advancing Professional Excellence, shows Colorado Reps. Carole Murray (center) and Cheri Gerou (right) how the center’s computerized birthing mom, Noelle, works. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1902 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1903 In only its first year, the Fort Lewis College Host Family Program is a huge success with 57 FLC students having been paired with 42 host families during the 2008-09 school year. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1903 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1904 Four University of Colorado at Boulder undergraduate students have been awarded a David L. Boren Scholarship, “a prestigious scholarship (with)…a very high success rate,” according to Cindy Kraft (left), assistant director of the CU Study Abroad program. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1904 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1905 Otero Junior College will award 15 certificates of Practical Nursing in ceremonies May 29 at the Ed Stafford Theatre in the OJC Humanities Center. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1905 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1906 Arapahoe Community College is offering two courses in the 2009 summer and fall semesters that can help teachers meet requirements for license renewal. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1906 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1907 Thanks to a Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities internship, Jamilia Ruybal, an Adams State Collge senior, will spend the summer in Denver interning for the Census Bureau. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1907 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1908 Secondary school students can investigate the transportation industry as a possible career choice as part of a two-week non-residential Summer Transportation Institute at Colorado State University–Pueblo. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1908 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1909 University of Colorado at Boulder engineers and scientists, among them Balaji Rajagopalan (left), were honored with the U.S. Department of the Interior's "Partners in Conservation Award." 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1909 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1975 Students wanting to attend Metropolitan State College of Denver will need to submit their applications by July 1, a full month earlier than last year’s Aug. 3 deadline, all part of new enrollment containment strategies. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1975 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1916 The Center for Public Health Practice (CPHP) at the Colorado School of Public Health (CSPH), created to work with public health agencies and CSPH to improve the capacity of the public health workforce and develop new programs and policies to improve the health of Colorado has hired six new staff members. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1916 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1917 Benita Bristol, a Routt County native and higher education advocate who worked with Colorado Mountain College for decades, died Monday after an illness. She was 87. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1917 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1918 Lori Garver (left), who graduated from Colorado College in 1983, has been tapped as NASA deputy administrator, the third CC alum to be selected to serve in the administration of President Barack Obama. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1918 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1998 Twenty teachers from the Navajo Nation are in Denver this week to study urban life, as well as other topics related to the stories of American and Navajo history, through a University of Northern Colorado ongoing grant-funded program. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1998 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1999 Aims Community College Allied Health Advisor Kellie Richardson (left) has received the Outstanding New Advisor award from the National Academic Advising Association. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1999 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2000 The Metropolitan State College of Denver Board of Trustees voted unanimously at its June meeting to raise tuition. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2000 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2001 Colorado State University scientists this month received a $2.7 million National Science Foundation grant to train graduate students on cutting-edge research while also preparing them to share their knowledge with K-12 teachers and industry. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2001 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2002 As electronic devices get smaller and the methods for small-scale manufacturing advance, Byungsoo Kim (left) and Vakhtang Putkaradze (right), scientists at Colorado State University, are working to perfect even smaller structures by manipulating individual atoms. 12 Jun 2009 07:41:36 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2002 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2055 Based on the recommendations of University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Chancellor Pam Shockley-Zalabak (left) and CU President Bruce Benson, the University of Colorado Board of Regents yesterday, June 22, unanimously approved a new doctoral degree in applied science for students at UCCS. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2055 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2056 The University of Colorado Denver’s Office of Undergraduate Experiences has named Steven G. Medema (left), PhD, the new director of UCD’s University Honors and Leadership program. 23 Jun 2009 06:10:21 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2056 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2057 Jennifer G. DeLuca (left), assistant professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Colorado State University, is one of 17 recipients of the 2009 Pew Scholars Award in the Biomedical Sciences. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2057 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2058 Aims Community College, Colorado State University, Front Range Community College and the University of Northern Colorado are moving forward on a joint venture to help meet the region’s workforce and industry needs. 23 Jun 2009 06:09:05 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2058 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2059 Fort Lewis College received a $1 million contribution in the form of a capital challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation due in large part, according to Kresge Program Officer Caroline Altman Smith, FLC’s “impressive historical commitment to the educational success of Native Americans." 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2059 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2100 Ken Francis, Fort Lewis College’s Office of Community Services, discusses the San Juan Skyway improvements at a gathering at Molas Lake Park. (Photo: Fort Lewis College) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2100 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2079 Why do criminals use guns? Three professors from Colorado State University and the University of Colorado Denver went straight to the source, interviewing 73 Colorado felons convicted of gun-related crime in a new book, "Guns, Violence, and Criminal Behavior: The Offender's Perspective." 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2079 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2071 The University of Colorado at Boulder is preparing to begin construction on a new building for the Institute of Behavioral Science. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2071 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2072 The Colorado State University System Board of Governors publicly discussed and approved the budget for fiscal year 2010 at its monthly meeting and voted Patrick McConathy (left) as its new chair. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2072 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2073 Dr. Anthony A. Frank (left), a 16-year veteran of Colorado State University and interim president since November, yesterday was officially named the 14th president of CSU Fort Collins by the Board of Governors of the Colorado State University System. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2073 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2101 Colorado State University, in close collaboration with Simpson Strong-Tie, has finished construction of a seven-story condominium tower on the world's largest shake table near Kobe, Japan. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2101 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2075 Researchers from Colorado State University are looking for members of the public to participate in a citizen science experiment, July 11-12 at CSU. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2075 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2076 Water vapor jets that spew from the surface of Saturn’s icy moon Enceladus are not really geysers from an underground ocean as initially envisioned by planetary scientists, according to a study led by the University of Colorado. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2076 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2077 Lamar Community College Pierre Auger Education Outreach Coordinator Brad Thompson (left) will give a presentation on the Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory June 28. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2077 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2078 The Colon Cancer Alliance hosts Denver’s 1st “Denver Undy 5000”, a “brief” 5k walk/run in your undies to raise awareness and funds for the fight against colorectal cancer, tomorrow, June 27. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2078 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1816 Red Rocks Community College will present 1,116 degrees and certificates at the college’s 39th annual commencement ceremony at the Lakewood campus, May 16. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1816 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1817 Commencement ceremonies for Arapahoe Community College will take place at the Orchard Road Christian Center again this year. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1817 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1818 Researchers in Colorado State University's College of Agricultural Sciences are helping to solve critical specialty crop agriculture issues and address problems of food safety, food quality and economics. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1818 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1819 Bietel W. Belay (left) and Emily Fischman Kauvar, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine students, have been slected for a special laboratory research program sponsored by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1819 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1820 The University of Denver's Daniels College of Business has launched a new, a highly focused Professional MBA program that allows participants to work full-time while finishing their degree in two years. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1820 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1821 A $70 million instrument designed by the University of Colorado at Boulder to probe the evolution of galaxies, stars and intergalactic matter from the orbiting Hubble Space Telescope (left) is on schedule for launch today aboard NASA’s space shuttle Atlantis. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1821 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1855 Martha and Tom Dillenberg are so appreciative of the medical care they received from University of Colorado Denver’s School of Medicine cardiologist Peter Buttrick (left) that they are giving a total of $1.875 million to support Buttrick’s cardiology research. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1855 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1856 Colorado State University Professor Bryan Willson, co-founder of Envirofit International and Solix Biofuels, joins President Barack Obama, Microsoft mogul Bill Gates and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg in the first "Scientific American 10" honor roll for innovations that benefit humanity. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1856 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1857 Faculty members at the University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine and the Colorado School of Public Health report that taking aspirin regularly is not effective in reducing heart attacks and heart-related deaths in patients with peripheral artery disease, but may reduce the risk of strokes in those patients. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1857 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1858 The Adams State College Nielsen Library’s new Information Commons area offers hot espresso, cozy chairs, and spectacular views to students wanting to study or relax in a soothing atmosphere. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1858 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1859 The Colorado School of Mines Foundation has appointed of new members to its Board of Governors. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1859 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1860 Joe Blake (left), chancellor-elect for the Colorado State University System and current president and CEO of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, will visit the CSU-Pueblo campus today, May 18. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1860 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1861 Michael Bennet, the new U.S. senator from Colorado, will address the Colorado College graduating class of 2009 at its 128th Commencement this morning, May 18. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1861 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1862 Fort Lewis College has been awarded a $300,000 grant from the Department of Local Affairs (DOLA) Energy and Mineral Impact Assistance Program for the new student union. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1862 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1863 University of Colorado at Boulder Chancellor Phil DiStefano Friday named Stein Sture (left) interim provost for CU-Boulder. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1863 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1864 The Colorado Department of Education and the Colorado Department of Higher Education will jointly host a town hall meeting next week in Durango as part of the ongoing effort to establish a description of “postsecondary and workforce readiness.” 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1864 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1865 Students at Aims Community College provide a solution for bored kids during the summer with the Children's Book Exchange every third Tuesday of the month. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1865 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1866 A collapse of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet would raise global sea levels only about half as much as has been projected, according to a new study published in Science. Image courtesy National Science Foundation, according to Jonathan Bamber, a visiting fellow at the University of Colorado at Boulder. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1866 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1867 Throughout high school, Brandon Rosenhoover knew that forestry was the career he wanted, but when he enrolled at Trinidad State Junior College’s Alamosa Campus, he discovered the aquaculture program and never looked back. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1867 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1868 From Brazilian capoeira to ballet, from flamenco to contact improvisation, Colorado College’s Extraordinary Dance Festival offers something for everyone. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1868 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1869 Last Friday, the University of Colorado Denver’s College of Engineering and Applied Science hosted an open house for 27 senior design projects coming from the four engineering programs: civil, computer, electrical and mechanical. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1869 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1870 The University of Denver yesterday, May 18, announced a pilot bike library program at a kickoff event with Chancellor Robert Coombe and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper. (Photo: Zoee Turrill) 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1870 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1871 The Rocky Mountain Regional Center of Excellence was recently awarded $36.4 million from the National Institutes of Health, National Institutes of Allergies and Infectious Diseases, to continue the fight against the world's most important infectious diseases. Tony Frank (left), interim CSU president called the renewed funding "testament to the quality of our faculty and the groundbreaking research." 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1871 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1872 Commercial building permit and plan review fees in 20 cities and counties along Colorado's Front Range run from high - Boulder County at $72,465 - to low - Greeley at $31,275, according to a new study from the Colorado State University Everitt Real Estate Center. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1872 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1873 Most graduation ceremonies sound alike, but not this year at Johnson & Wales University when the May 22 ceremony will feature the extraordinary sounds of a carillon. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1873 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1874 Colorado College’s “Enrich Your Life!” summer program now in its second year offers a series of workshops, lectures and seminars open to community members. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1874 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1875 Seratha Largie, a freshman at Fort Lewis College, is settling into her role as the FLC's Miss Hozhoni, a title she officially assumed in March at FLC's Hozhoni Days Powwow. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1875 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1876 Two hundred and ninety two new lawyers, including Vaughn Marshall celebrating with his girlfriend Emily Rayman, joined an estimated 12,000 living alumni as University of Denver law school’s May 16 commencement set them on a path that speaker Terrance Carroll warned comes with deep responsibilities. (Photo: Barry Guiterrez) 20 May 2009 09:06:12 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1876 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1877 Of the 1,400 members of the Metropolitan State College of Denver graduating class who received their degrees Sunday, Joyce Brand saw more than just her educational dreams come true. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1877 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1878 University of Colorado at Boulder Professor Mark Serreze (left) has been named director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center, a campus center for data, research and information focusing on Earth's frozen regions. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1878 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1879 Dr. Stephen Hunger (left), a University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine faculty member working with other doctors and institutions, has helped identify a genetic mutation that, if controlled, might save the lives of some children suffering from the country’s most common type of childhood cancer - acute lymphoblastic leukemia or ALL. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=1879 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2019 Lance Bolton (left), president of Northeastern Junior College, Kent Wright and Neil Browne announce the opening of as NJC opens a wind tower technician training program beginning this fall. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2019 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2020 Students at Colorado State University are shown installing a wind turbine as part of the Colorado Anemometer Loan Program that provides them hands-on training on how to install wind turbines in rural Colorado, which benefits state residents who want to measure wind velocity in their communities. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2020 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2021 Brian Rauscher (left), director of the Adams State College Student Support Services is traveling to England for the Council of Opportunity and Education 2009 International Leadership Program at the University of Liverpool. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2021 http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2022 Dr. Brad Bartel (left), will leave Fort Lewis College in June 2010 after six years as president, the Fort Lewis College Board of Trustees announced yesterday. 03 Jul 2009 16:39:44 CST http://www.coloradohigherednews.com/Pages/Articles.php?id=2022