Metro Magazine Fall 2011 / Volume XXVI / Issue I contents
Universal Design for Learning
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- Alumni Times Alumni News and Events BOARD ADDS FOUR TOP-NOTCH ALUMNI
- DONATE YOUR METRO STATE MEMORABILIA!
- ASK AN ALUM
- CUSTOM CAREER SERVICES FOR METRO STATE ALUMNI IS DAY’S GOAL
- YOUR METRO STATE ALUMNI RELATIONS STAFF
- OFFICIAL COLLEGE RING COLLECTION
- METRO STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 2011-12 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
- The Rowdy Report Roadrunner Sports EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS
- INTO THE HALL
- Don’t Blink A Last Look ETA FOR THE SSB AND HLC
Universal Design for Learning With course material often presented in relatively inaccessible formats—did you know PDFs are inaccessible to screen-reading software?—the center’s newest passion is educating faculty in Universal Design for Learning (UDL). UDL is a set of inclusive instructional strategies to benefit a broad range of learners, including students with disabilities, without compromising academic standards. It’s the classroom equivalent to the architectural principles that led to curb cuts and ramps. The Access Center offers extensive UDL resources and training for faculty. “We show them, for example,” Ozi says, “that making a PowerPoint file accessible takes five more minutes at the beginning, whereas modifying a file after the fact can take one and a half hours.” Ozi and his team work with approximately 700 print-disabled students per semester. They cut, scan and edit textbooks into alternative formats and do their best to tackle inaccessible handouts, PowerPoints, PDFs and library e-reserves. Gradually, more and more faculty members are learning how to provide accessible documents from the get-go, Ozi adds. Besides magnification and read-aloud technology, the center provides state of- the-art software that highlights and pronounces words onscreen one at a time and converts text to audio files. Another technology produces text from a student’s dictation, and a “smart pen” records lectures and turns handwritten notes into audio files. “In the olden days you were limited to hard-copy Braille documents that were large and cumbersome to carry around,” says Jennifer Maxwell, a junior computer science major. She has cerebral palsy and blindness and uses a power chair. She has been using accommodations her whole life. Adaptive technology “really provides an equal footing in terms of my academic success,” Maxwell says. An Access Center intern, she hopes to work in the area of adaptive technology and higher education. “I have attended other schools and Metro State is exceptionally efficient and well structured as far as getting me the accommodations, teaching me about what tools I may not be using but could be using, and empowering me to manage it myself,” she says.
Thanks to the generosity of Metro State supporters like the Morrills, Lesley Williams, a 36-year-old single mother, and other students are able to continue their education at Metro State. Please visit www.mscd.edu/giving/donors to see the complete list of individuals, corporations and foundations who make up our Donor Honor Roll for the 2010-11 fiscal year. Alumni Times Alumni News and Events BOARD ADDS FOUR TOP-NOTCH ALUMNI By Vonalda Utterback (’92) More than 50 alumni and friends gathered on Auraria’s Ninth Street Historic Park on Sept. 9 for the 2011 Metropolitan State College of Denver Alumni Association annual meeting. They found good conversation, good food and good company—along with a backdrop of beautiful fall-like weather, and the seventh annual Denver Food and Wine Classic. The executive director of the Alumni Association, Mark Jastorff, welcomed attendees and spoke about new initiatives, including a new student alumni association and a campus employee-alumni group. Following remarks by Metro State President Stephen Jordan and Alumni Association President Jim Garrison, alumni voted in four new board members. Making the transition from alumni faculty representative to a full appointment to the board, Antonio (Tony) Ledesma, Ph.D. (’72, English), longtime associate professor of human services for Metro State, holds a number of outstanding faculty and service awards. With two master’s degrees, one in social work and one in counseling psychology and a Ph.D. in human communication from the University of Denver, Ledesma volunteering at his various alma maters, yet he chose Metro State. “When I learned about the opening on Metro State’s alumni board, I embraced the chance to be an active part of the Metro State alumni community. I see both my teaching and my board membership as an important opportunity to serve and give back.” Recently bestowed the 2011 Alumni Recognition Making a Difference award for his contributions to the community, Hon. Chris Melonakis (’74, economics) is also delighted to join the board. “I’m reaching the end of my career and welcome the chance to give back to my college while I still have the energy and resources to do so,” says Melonakis. As an Adams County district judge (in the 17th Judicial District) since 1998, Melonakis is no stranger to public service. Helping to form the Integrated Family Drug Court to combat drug addiction among mothers of young children is but one of his many past projects. In turning his time and attention to the board, he feels it is “vital that the alumni board works to insure that the College maintains continuity in our identity as an urban school with a rich heritage of providing an opportunity to people who might otherwise have little or no chance for a college education.” Joseph Sanchez (’06, mechanical engineering technology), a mechanical engineer with Northrop Grumman Corp. in Aurora is happy to strengthen his connection to Metro State through service on the alumni board. Sanchez has a history of involvement in cocurricular programs and activism as a student, so his appointment as an alumni board member seems a natural fit. “In 2006 I was surprised and honored to receive the Stephan M. Hay Leadership Award, given to the outstanding student who creates meaningful changes in the lives of other students at the College,” he says. “I will help on the alumni board wherever I am needed, but I would like to be involved in reaching out to recent alumni, as well as promoting the association to new graduates, and finding additional ways to help alumni after graduation.” Michael Miera (’80, bilingual studies) was honored as Metro State’s Distinguished Alumnus for 2011. Miera has strong ties to the College, having worked in Metro State’s Office of Admissions for 20 years. Currently City and County of Denver community development representative for the Office of Economic Development, he is most proud of 10 years ago helping found the La Raza Youth Leadership Conference Program, which presents an annual conference and five-month leadership training for Latino/a youth. “I was motivated to serve on the alumni board after I received the Distinguished Alumni Award,” says Miera. “Metro State has had a very positive impact on my life. I want to give something back to the college.”
Search your closets, attic, chests, dungeons— wherever you store your old college stuff— and send it to us for safe keeping. Be it old yearbooks, campus newspapers, letter sweaters or jackets, t-shirts, pins, hats, anything having to do with Metro State at any stage in its history, we’re interested. If you live in the Denver area, just call the Alumni Office at 303-556-8320 and we will arrange to pick it up. If you live out of the area, pop it in the mail to: Metropolitan State College of Denver
Whatever you do, don’t throw your Metro State memorabilia away; donate it to us! Metro ASK AN ALUM Make holiday parties work for you By Anne O’Neill Hard to believe, Thanksgiving will soon be here, then full swing into the holidays— that means holiday parties, receptions and a good time to network and meet new people. Associations, charities, colleagues, customers and vendors will be inviting you to their holiday soirée. Whether you own a business, work for a business, have a job or are looking for a job, holiday parties are always a great time to network and market yourself. You never know when you will meet your next employer or employee, vendor or customer. Be prepared. If you are accepting an invitation from a company or association holiday party, expect nametags. Nametags are useful to remember names and find some common ground. Nametags are worn as high as possible on the right shoulder, making it easy to read when shaking hands. When you shake hands, your eyes go to the right. Keep this in mind when choosing your outfit. Be wary of drinking alcohol, many a career or future career have been derailed by one too many. A cocktail (besides being delicious) is a good prop, something to do with your hands. It is a good icebreaker, to start a conversation or get someone’s attention. For example, “I was just going to get a drink, would you like to join me?” If this is an established relationship, you can always say: “Can I get you a drink?” Again, moderation in all things, order a tall drink with ice, it will last longer, or alternate with nonalcoholic drinks. A party is not the time to hand out business cards to everyone, but have a few with you just in case. Always have your elevator speech. Someone is bound to ask what you do for a living—be ready to tell them in 30 seconds your major areas, expertise or selling points. I always have trouble with this; I am a meeting and association manager. I usually follow mine with, “I did not know a job like that existed!” We all laugh, but at least I got the conversation started. Networking is a two-way conversation. Start by asking them what they do. People usually want to talk about themselves. This gives you a good idea of what is important to them and gives you common ground to start a conversation that leads to a relationship. Most of all be yourself and be sincere. Keep moving; if a conversation has drawn to a natural conclusion, be polite, excuse yourself and move on. Follow-up. No job is finished until the paper work is completed. If you found someone interesting, a good contact or you had something in common, send a note or an email. Yes, emails are acceptable now. It should be short, sweet and to the point. For example, “It was so nice to meet you at the company holiday party; I loved your story about your children. Let’s stay in touch. I will call you next week for coffee.” Finally, be sure and follow through . An account manager at The Meeting Edge, Anne O’Neill (’97, hospitality management and event planning) has more than 20 years of diverse business experience. She is also an affiliate faculty member in Metro State’s Hospitality, Tourism and Events Department and has served on the alumni association board since 2010. Read about her and her family of Metro State students and grads in “A Metro State family affair.” HELP YOUR ALUMNI ASSOCIATION MOVE ONE STEP CLOSER TO PAPERLESS COMMUNICATION. Simply go to www.mscd.edu/alumni and update your profile with your email address. And please also share what you’ve been doing since graduation while you’re there. We promise to only use your information for Metro State purposes such as newsletters or evites. CUSTOM CAREER SERVICES FOR METRO STATE ALUMNI IS DAY’S GOAL Lindsey Day is going to start off with a secret: If she wasn’t doing her current job (as the new assistant director for alumni career services in the Metro State Alumni Association) she’d either be a yoga instructor or a wedding singer. “I guess that’s not a secret anymore,” Day says with a smile. Even though she’s in career services, she admits choosing her own career was tough. “As a child I was always curious; I had my hands in all kinds of activities, and as I grew older I got stressed about choosing one, singular career path. There were so many exciting options; choosing one felt like I was closing the door on so many others.” Maybe going through that angst was good training for career services work. Regardless, she says she’s always been interested in education, but never wanted to be a teacher, so higher education fit perfectly. “I’ve been very fortunate to find career services,” she says. “My job is to learn about different career paths and help students and alumni find a career that’s right for them. Even though I ultimately committed to one field, I’ve found a career that values my curiosity and diverse interests.” Day, who hails from Gainesville, Fla., first became interested in higher education administration as an undergraduate at Boston College where she’d give campus tours to prospective students, which eventually led her to her first job as a graduate admissions counselor. That job, she explains, was a natural transition to career services. “I began to understand both the recruiter’s perspective and the common mistakes students make on their applications.” Day ended up at the University of Georgia where she earned a master’s in college student affairs administration. During her studies there she landed an internship in Metro State’s New Student Orientation Office last summer. “I fell in love with Denver and was thrilled by the chance to come back. To me, Denver is the perfect city with all the beauty, seasons and culture of the northeast for a fraction of the price.” In her new position, Day says she wants to provide professional growth opportunities specifically geared for Metro State alumni that might include educational pieces such as career topic webinars or networking opportunities. She adds that so far she’s learned Metro State alumni want different career development resources than traditional undergraduate students. “Resources like information on changing careers, layoffs or re-entering the workforce, but I’m waiting until I hear more from alums before I start anything specific. I’m here to serve them, so I am happy to take these programs in whatever directions they see fit.” YOUR METRO STATE ALUMNI RELATIONS STAFF: Mark Jastorff- Director of Alumni Relations and Executive Director of the Alumni Association 303-352-7207 mjastorf@mscd.edu Janell Lindsey- Director of Special Initiatives for Alumni Relations and Enrollment Services 303-556-6344 lindseja@mscd.edu Meghan Hartvigson (’10) Alumni Engagement Coordinator 303.556.4076 mhartvig@mscd.edu Lindsey Day Assistant Director for Alumni Career Services 303-556-6934 lday8@mscd.edu Gini Mennenga Administrative Assistant 303-556-8320 vmille17@mscd.edu Mailing Address:
Campus Location: 1059 Ninth Street Park Phone: 303.556.8320 Visit us on the Web: www.mscd.edu/alumni OFFICIAL COLLEGE RING COLLECTION The official Metro State ring collection, designed for and by alumni, is a unique and lasting symbol of your lifelong connection to your alma mater. Part of the proceeds from ring sales benefit Metro State Alumni Association programs and student scholarships. If you would like to book a consultation, contact Shelley McClellan from Jostens at 303-921-6662. METRO STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 2011-12 BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT Jim Garrison (’80, Economics) VICE PRESIDENT Cassandra Johnson (’04, Management) SECRETARY Victoria Hannu (’84, Computer and Management Science) TREASURER Judy George (’01, Business Management) PAST PRESIDENT and BOARD OF TRUSTEES REPRESENTATIVE Eric Peterson (’99,Marketing) FOUNDAT ION BOARD REPRESENTATIVE Rob Morrill (’97, Political Science) Scott Applegate (’96, Finance) Piper Billups, (’99, Marketing) Marisol Enriquez (’99, Hospitality, Meeting and Travel Administration) Danyette Hardin (’07, Management) Antonio Ledesma, Ph.D. (’72, English) Brad McQueen (’95, Accounting) Hon. Chris Melonakis (’74, Economics) Michael Miera (’80, Bilingual Studies) RC Montoya (’93, Technical Communication) Chuck Moss (’88, Finance) Anne O’Neill (’07, Hospitality, Tourism and Events Management) Wendy Petersen (’89, Hospitality, Meeting and Travel Administration) Ron Ramirez (’94, Hospitality, Meeting and Travel Administration) Joseph Sanchez (’06, Mechanical Engineering Technology) Judy Shafer (’95/97, English) John Silva, (’91, Finance) Sterling “Noah” Steingraeber (’08, Marketing) Metza Templeton, (’07, Management)- Classified Staff Representative Aerospace Science Chair Jeffrey Forrest, Ph.D. (‘91, Aerospace Science)- Faculty Representative SGA President Jessie Altum- Student Representative. CLASS ACTS Class Acts highlights the latest news from Metro State alumni. To submit your information for publication, go to www.mscd.edu/alumni and click on Update Your Info. 1970s
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SHARON LOY CURL UP WITH A GOOD BOOK IN NEBRASKA By Vonalda Utterback (’92) If traveling to central Nebraska is in your future, you may need a place to rest your weary head. If so, The Printed Page B & B, Sharon Loy’s bed and breakfast in Ravenna, could be just your ticket. Loy (’99, individualized degree), a divorced mom of three and grandmother of four, knows the area well, having lived near Ravenna while raising her family. She purchased the historic 1907 building in 2009 after staying there during an annual reunion with friends. Although neither her Metro State degree nor her work experience—15 years with the Boulder Clerk and Recorder’s Office and stints working with two study-abroad programs, including Metro State’s—included hospitality experience, “I just fell in love with the house,” says the Colorado native. “It was for sale, and it was a great price when compared to Colorado real estate.” Two years later, Loy, 68, finds it challenging to host and maintain a historic home on her own. “There are so many things to do!” Yet she clearly enjoys the travelers who stay at her Victorian six-bedroom inn, many of whom return for their own family reunions, or come to view the area’s breathtaking sandhill crane migration. Loy renovated the home, formerly Aunt Betty’s Bed and Breakfast, and renamed it The Printed Page. “It’s named after a favorite bookstore of mine in Boulder,” explains Loy, a confirmed bibliophile. “Come here, forget all your troubles, curl up with a good book, and relax.”
Looking back nearly 10 years to 2002, the way some players and the coach remember it, Metro State’s basketball team was an unlikely candidate to hoist the NCAA national championship trophy. “It was a team that came through a lot of self doubt to vie for the title,” says Mike Dunlap, the team’s head coach at the time. “We knew it was going to be difficult to march through the tournament and win it. We were the underdog on national TV against a team (Kentucky Wesleyan) that had a strong tradition of winning.” One of the team’s stars, Patrick Mutombo, agrees, “Nobody expected us to win.” Even on the day of the game, the question marks still hovered. “The pre-game warm up was a disaster— possibly the worst pre-game shoot around in my two years at Metro State,” says Joe Kelly, a team member. “We were tight … we couldn’t hit the broadside of a barn.” And then in the locker room minutes before the opening jump ball, nerves were palpable. “It was a double whammy for the nervous system: a national championship on the line and the first nationally televised game for many of us,” Kelly says. In fact, they were so nervous that Dunlap ditched the usual pre-game talk in favor of some simple and fun exercises to release the tension. Add to the nerves the fact that the team had stumbled leading up to the NCAA tournament and lost in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference tournament. But as it turns out, that loss was a blessing in disguise. “Winning sometimes covers things up and losing sometimes reveals weaknesses,” Dunlap says. “That was the case in this instance. We met several times and uncovered some trust and communications issues that helped us perform the way we needed to perform.” And perform they did, cranking out six consecutive wins and taking out Kentucky Wesleyan 80-72 to capture the title on March 23, 2002 in Evansville, Ind. That performance led to the induction of the team and Dunlap into Metro State’s Sports Hall of Fame in August. “The win was a tribute to the base character of the team members,” Dunlap says. “They had a steel character and they weren’t easily intimated by any other team. They were resilient.” But it wasn’t just the team or its resilience that made the season a success. Dunlap and his players are quick to share the spoils with those outside the limelight. “ “The president at the time, Dr. (Sheila) Kaplan, increased the budget so the money was there,” Dunlap says. “Joe Arcese (vice president of administration from 1989 to 2002, also inducted into the Hall of Fame in August) and Joan McDermott (Metro State’s athletic director) were both incredibly great. There was great leadership to make the ground fertile for a championship.” As for what that season means in retrospect, Dunlap says this: “I believe what’s important about the win … is that the light shined on the College. The win was a gateway to others understanding the great things that were going on at Metro State, that we drew attention to a fine college.”
Metro State’s sports hall of fame grew by 17 people in august. Inducted were: The 2001-02 men’s basketball team – It brought home the school’s second national championship in 2002. Members were: Lee Bethea, Mike Buggs, Chris Ford, Daniel George, Joe Kelly, Luke Kendall, Patrick Mutombo, Ryon Nickle, Ben Ortner, Clayton Smith, Lester Strong, O.J. Thomas and Mark Worthington. Mike Dunlap – Men’s head basketball coach from 1997 to 2006, who guided Metro State to two national championships, four RMAC regular season championships, six RMAC tournament championships and nine NCAA tournament appearances in nine seasons. Stephanie Allen – Women’s basketball player from 1996 to 2000 and the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,732 points. She also holds career records for field goals made (553), field goals attempted (1,453), three-point field goals made (248), three-point field goals attempted (674) and assists (393). Natasha Molock – Women’s basketball player from 2001-2005 who holds the school’s record for steals (455), over 200 more than the second place total. She ranks second in assists with 367 and third in points with 1,301. Joseph Arcese – Vice president of administration from 1989 to 2002, credited for orchestrating the hiring of championship-caliber coaches during his tenure and providing the impetus for Metro State to become a national contender in several sports. Don’t Blink A Last Look ETA FOR THE SSB AND HLC Construction of Metro State’s Student Success Building (SSB), and Hotel and Hospitality Learning Center (HLC), is on time and on budget. The SSB will open this coming March and the HLC in early fall of 2012 Directory: media -> content media -> Guide to completing the collection using the Omnibus system media -> The milk carton kids media -> Events Date and Location media -> The Gilded Age: The First Generation of Historians by H. Wayne Morgan University of Oklahoma, April 18, 1997 media -> Analysis of Law in the United Kingdom pertaining to Cross-Border Disaster Relief Prepared by: For the 30 June 2010 Foreword media -> Cuba fieldcourse 2010 content -> Research report prepared for the australian communications and media authority content -> Background Speaker biographies content -> Africa Questions Download 119.81 Kb. Share with your friends:
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