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AT THE TOP OF THEIR GAME

THE $260,000 QUESTION

SEVEN ANSWERS

A HEARTFELT THANK YOU

Five aviation grads are flying high in top-level positions around the globe.

In Colorado, where large numbers of Latinos struggle with diabetes, heart disease and obesity, why don’t more Latinos become dietitians?

Regional President Don Marshall discusses Wells Fargo’s strategic relationship with Metro State.

Metro State thanks those who invested in the College and the future of its students during the past fiscal year.

DEPARTMENTS

3 Metrozoic Era 4 Newsworthy 18 Alumni Times 24 The Rowdy Report 40 Don’t Blink

Cover photo by Derick Ward (‘98)

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It’s a great year to be a Roadrunner!

EXECUTIVE EDITOR Cathy Lucas EDITOR Donna Fowler (‘80) ASSISTANT EDITOR Angelia McGowan ART DIRECTOR/DESIGNER Julie Strasheim GRAPHIC DESIGNERS Richard Jividen (‘00) Kelly Pierce PHOTOGRAPHERS Barry Guttierez Javier Manzano Dave Neligh Chris Schneider

Julie Strasheim Jessica Taves Mark Woolcott

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Bridgette Coble, Director of Career Services Clay Daughtrey, Professor and Chair of Marketing Jeffrey Forrest (’90), Professor and Chair of Aviation and Aerospace Science Donna Fowler (’80), Director of Internal Communications Richard Jividen (‘00), Director of Creative Services Cathy Lucas, Associate Vice President of Communications and Advancement Lunden MacDonald, Assistant Professor of Spanish Angelia McGowan, Assistant Director of Communications Jeff Martinez (‘95), Vice President, Programs and Public Affairs, BRI Cherrelyn Napue (‘99), Associate Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations Carmen Sanjurjo, Assistant Professor of Teacher Education Julie Strasheim, Art Director, Creative Services © 2010 Metropolitan State College of Denver.

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Metro State’s past, present future /// Metro State’s past, present and&future

Metrozoic Era

EXTREMELY COOL MAKEOVER: Rowdy Edition

By Anne Button

Rowdy the Roadrunner, Metro State’s mascot, has always been well loved. So much so that he was, frankly, getting a little worn out.

I carried a lot of Febreze (air freshener) for the costume…

I would also lose about five pounds each game in water alone, from sweating so much. ”

So, Rowdy did what any self-respecting aging mascot would in this era of Botox and steroids: He got a makeover. Rowdy’s new look was unveiled at the College’s 45th birthday party, on campus Aug. 26.

Michael also recalls the weight of the costume. “By the end of the game, my back and shoulders would always hurt.” She says the costume, in use for about a decade, was sorely

in need of being replaced.

Among his more cosmetic improvements: n A NOSE JOB. Rowdy’s new,streamlined beak makes him look more like an actual Roadrunner and less likely to be confused for a chicken or a parrot. n HAIR IMPLANTS Rowdy’s wings now sport red feathers. n REAR-END ENHANCEMENT. Rowdy now has a tail— a removable one, for use in varied situations. n COLORED CONTACTS. Not really, but Rowdy’s eyes are now wider, and bluer.

Rowdy also underwent some fundamental structural changes.

This is not the first time Rowdy has gone under the mascot knife. Back in the 1980s, he was a slender bird who looked suspiciously like the cartoon Roadrunner of Looney Tunes fame.

Metro State’s original mascot, the mustang, was ousted by student vote in 1974 and replaced with the Roadrunner, deemed more apropos of the prevailing (pre-Auraria Campus) Metro State experience of darting across busy streets in scattered downtown buildings between classes.

He’s been off and running (and, until recently, sweating) ever since.

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n Where once he wore feathery mitts that made it impossible to grasp anything, Rowdy now has “grippy” gloves, giving him a newfound ability to catch a ball and shake hands. n Rowdy’s new costume is lighter, more maneuverable and more ventilated than his old one. n The inside of Rowdy’s head now contains a fan.

The old head had been so stifling, it had to be taken off at regular intervals. n The new head is designed to allow the person inside to see better.

Amber Michael (’06, psychology), who wore the Rowdy costume for nearly four years before her Rowdy retirement in 2006, recalls Rowdy’s distinct aroma. “With a lot of different people having worn it for so long, and with it being so heavy and hot, that old costume really smelled.

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Newsworthy ///College News Grant lays foundation for School of Education

The Hotel and Hospitality Learning Center will include the center on the left, conference facilities in the middle and Springhill Suites by Marriott on the right.

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Proposed hospitality center takes giant steps

Metro State has taken two more major steps in its plan to construct a hotel and hospitality learning center (HLC).

First, President Stephen Jordan announced that the hotel, which will be operated

by Sage Hospitality, will be a Springhill Suites by Marriott. And, in September, the College’s trustees voted to establish a nonprofit special purpose corporation (SPC) that will own the proposed HLC and provide for its financing, construction, operation and management.

Jordan says that the SPC structure attempts to minimize risk to the College, but also enables the College to realize all the profit from the HLC. The hope is that the structure will provide a source of revenue for an endowment, as well as regular payouts to benefit the College and academic programs.

In a related construction project, the groundbreaking for the Student Success Building, to be located at the corner of Auraria Pkwy. and Ninth St., is slated for Dec. 3, 2010. The building will house all student services in one convenient location.

The latest information on these projects can be found at www.mscd.edu/metrostaterising.

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A $1.8 million grant awarded to Metro State in late September will enable the College to establish a framework for the formation of a School of Education.

The five-year grant from the “Strengthening Institutions” program of the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Postsecondary Education, was awarded to Metro State to expand its capacity to serve low-income students. In addition to the framework for the new school, Metro State applied to use the funding for academic support services.

“As one of the top producers of teachers in Colorado, this change will allow the College to respond to market demands while better addressing student needs,” says Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs Vicki Golich.

Sandra Haynes, dean of the School of Professional Studies (SPS) agrees.

“The prominent position of Metro State’s Teacher Education Program in the state as the largest urban-based source of teachers calls for significant academic restructuring in support of this role,” she says. The Teacher Education Department is currently housed in SPS.

Haynes said that the costs associated with restructuring in the form of a School of Education would result not only in benefits to Metro State students, but also in long-term benefits to the broader community constituency.

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Enrollment tops 24,000

Continuing a trend that started 12 years ago, enrollment is up at Metro State. The College enrolled 24,008 students for the fall 2010 semester— a 4.8 percent increase over last fall. A small, but momentous, portion of the increased enrollment is due to the new master’s degree programs in accounting and teacher education, which enrolled a combined 50 students.

The number of students of color now account for 28.4 percent of total

undergraduate enrollment. The majority of this growth was in the category of Hispanic or Latino, who now number 3,824 students, or 16 percent.

“We are making significant progress toward the College’s goal to become a Hispanic Serving Institution,” says Judi Diaz-Bonacquisti, associate vice president for enrollment management. “Nineteen percent of our new students this year identified themselves as Latino.

And a full 70 percent of our student growth this year is within the Latino population.”

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Cohen takes over as trustee chair Rob Cohen’s friends, upon learning that he was assuming the chairmanship of Metro State’s Board of Trustees, asked what he could possibly have been thinking. Amid the state’s budget crisis, with more cuts looming, the student population growing at a time when there are already space challenges on campus, and the unpopular prospect of raising tuition, why would Cohen seek to lead Metro State’s governing board?

“When I start to tell people more about what we’re doing on this campus—our 24,000 students, the master’s programs, the quality of our faculty, the Hospitality Learning Center and Student Success Building—they start to understand,” he says.

Cohen believes, fervently, that “The opportunity that we have to make a difference—in the next 5, 10, 15, 20 years—has never been better.”

Cohen, chair and CEO of the IMA Financial Group, Inc., is a longtime supporter of Metro State, having previously served on the College’s foundation board.

He was appointed to a four-year term on the Board of Trustees in January 2008.

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Rob Cohen

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Newsworthy ///College News Six local leaders join foundation The Metro State Foundation Board has added six members to its roster.

“We are delighted with the depth and breadth of expertise that our new members will bring to the board,” said Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Foundation Executive Director Carrie Besnette Hauser “The foundation is looking forward to an excellent year under the guidance of the entire board.”

Metro State’s partnership with Aksum University (AkU) was recently awarded a Building Sustainable Study Abroad Capacity grant for $272,425 from the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.

The grant will help sustain the positive momentum Ali Thobhani has traveled of the growing partnership, according to Executive three times to Ethiopia on Director of the International Studies Program Ali Thobhani, behalf of Metro State. who has made at least three trips to Ethiopia on behalf of the College. “We will help to develop courses and offer our courses that will be team-taught with AkU faculty,” he says.

According to Thobhani, the long-term benefits of the program include enhanced study-abroad capability at Metro State and AkU, and increased study-abroad enrollments. The subject focus will cover teacher education, social studies, anthropology and the Amharic language.

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The new members are:

Grad earns national award

Jesse Morreale

Metro State alumnus Shane Kelley has received the national Service to America Citizen Services Medal.

Kelley, a 2001 computer information systems graduate, accepted the medal at a Washington, D.C. gala on Sept. 15.

The “Sammy” award is presented annually by the nonprofit Partnership for Public Service to celebrate excellence in federal service. Honorees are chosen based on their commitment and innovation, as well as the impact of their work on addressing the needs of the nation.

Kelley, director of the Center for Automation in the Denver region of the

founder and president of M Inc.

Rob Morrill (’97) partner with Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott (alumni representative)

Robin Sadler vice president of human resources for Kaiser Permanente

Ron Tilton president of FirstBank of Denver

Mark Van Tine president/CEO of Jeppesen; vice president of commercial aviation services for Boeing

Charlie Walling general manager of Robinson Dairy

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Social Security Administration, received the award jointly with colleague Eva Ristow for their work improving the delivery of Social Security benefits to citizens living in impoverished and remote locations through an innovative two-way video service called VSD.

“VSD’s greatest impact is its ability to bridge distances to help government reach the customer rather than expecting the customer to reach government,” said Kelley.

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Industrial design students on a roll

Three students majoring in industrial design have placed highly in international competitions.

Nathan Tommer shared the bronze prize in an international student competition based out of Tokyo, Japan, for his design The Light Room. This year’s Koizumi Lighting Design competition attracted 814 works from around the world.

Four entries were selected as bronze prize winners.

In addition, Gabriel L. Collins and Mariana De Salles Ewell were shortlisted among 10 finalists for the James Dyson Award for the USA region.

Collins, 25, says “it feels fantastic, whether I moved up or not, just placing in such a high-profile competition is more than I anticipated.”

Collins’ medical sterilization station called “Purify” was nominated.

DeSalles Ewell, a 23-year-old senior and native of Brazil, developed Paraquinho, a park for The Light Room, took children with autism. When Bronze at the 2010 Koizumi the opportunity for the International Lighting competition came up, she Design competition. pulled from her experience working at a daycare in Breckenridge for almost two Nathan Tommer years where she had a chance to meet parents of children with autism.

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What’s up with the chopper?

When an H-65 Dolphin helicopter landed on the Auraria Campus athletic fields on Oct. 14, out popped business management junior Grace Kessler. Kessler is the first Coloradan ever accepted into the Coast Guard College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative (CSPI).

A free helicopter ride isn’t the only benefit Kessler is receiving. She was also awarded one of only 24 CSPI scholarships that are given annually.

“I’ve always wanted to be a helicopter pilot and my parents never discouraged me from thinking big,” says Kessler.

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In Memorium Art Professor Eldon L. “E.C.” Cunningham passed away Friday, Oct. 1, 2010.

Mr. Cunningham was coordinator of the printmaking program in the Department of Art and director of the program’s Vicious Dog Press. A working artist, his work has been exhibited on the regional, national and international level and is housed in numerous corporate, private and university/museum collections.

“I know that Professor Cunningham leaves a legacy of alumni and students who were inspired by his printmaking capabilities and creativity,” says President Stephen Jordan.

Mr. Cunningham started teaching at Metro State part-time in 1983 and was promoted to full professor in 1997.

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Emeritus Professor of Political Science Warren “Wally” Weston passed away Friday, Oct. 1 at the age of 90.

Dr. Weston retired in 1989 after 20 years at Metro State.

“He loved teaching,” says Chair and Professor of Political Science Robert Hazan. “He loved his students and he worked very hard to make politics be considered a noble activity for engaging students in legislative deliberations at the Capitol.”

Weston’s family suggests the Metro State Department of Political Science as one of the places for memorial contributions, visit www.mscd.edu/giving.

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Editor’s Note: For another Metro State/Coast Guard success story, see “At the top of their game,” p. 14.

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The $260,000 question: Why don’t Latinos become dietitians? [ By Leslie Petrovski ]

While on the study-abroad trip to Mexico, Caylee Clay and the other Metro State dietetics students adapted a bingo-like game called La Loteria into a lesson about nutrition.

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OUT OF THE MORE THAN 53,000 REGISTERED DIETITIANS IN THE UNITED STATES, ONLY ABOUT 3 PERCENT ARE LATINO. Very few speak Spanish.

In states like Colorado, Texas and Arizona, where the number of Spanish-speaking people is high and where large numbers of Latinos struggle with diabetes, heart disease and obesity, this is problematic.

“When I was a practicing dietician,” explains Cindy Heiss, a professor of nutrition at Metropolitan State College of Denver, “there was always a problem with language when we had Latino patients and no one could speak Spanish.

I knew there was a need for increasing cultural competency and increasing language competency.”

Recognizing the convergence in the country’s lack of culturally competent dieticians and Metro State’s stated goal of becoming a Hispanic Serving Institution, Heiss spearheaded the application for a USDA Higher Education Challenge Grant to examine why more Latinos aren’t choosing dietetics as a career and to boost the number of Spanish-speaking and culturally competent dietetics students graduating.

Awarded last year, the $260,000 grant is helping Heiss and her co-principal investigators understand and address the shortage of Latino and culturally competent dietetics practitioners. About midway through the life of the grant, Heiss and her team have completed almost half of their four goals, which include creating a cultural immersion experience, researching why more Latinos aren’t choosing this profession, developing a College recruitment strategy, and investigating curriculum that combines nutrition education with cultural studies and Spanish language.

Why don’t Latinos become dietitians? To shed light on this question, Heiss spent the past spring conducting three surveys: One asked Latino dietetics majors at Metro State why they chose the field; the second went to all Metro State students taking general education English classes to determine their perceptions of the field; the final questionnaire went to Denver County WIC (Women, Infants and Children program) employees—some of whom are Latino—to see why they didn’t become dietitians.

Initial results from the third survey—the others have yet to come in—show that while most respondents saw dietetics as a prestigious, enjoyable and potentially well-paying career, they also noted that the training was too lengthy and expensive. (To become a registered dietitian students must complete coursework for a bachelor’s degree as well as 1,200 hours—about 10 months—in supervised and typically unpaid practice.) A dearth of Latino role models was mentioned as well.

“We also asked for suggestions on how to encourage Latinos to pursue dietetics,” Heiss says. “Those included scholarships, increasing awareness of what dietetics is, and working with high school teachers and career advisors to highlight dietetics.”

Nutrition-focused language Meanwhile Associate Nutrition Professor Bruce Rengers, a co-principal investigator on the grant, has been working at the other end of problem—to increase the number of students who can work with Latino clients linguistically and in culturally sensitive ways.

This summer, in fact, Rengers spent a month in Cuernavaca, Mexico with 14 dietetics students from Metro State and colleges around the country, studying Spanish grammar

Photos courtesy of Bruce Rengers.

Associate Nutrition Professor Bruce Rengers, co-principal investigator on the USDA Higher Education Challenge Grant, in Cuernavaca, Mexico with six of the 14 dietetics students who took the Food and Nutrition study-abroad course.

and nutrition-focused conversation at Kukulcan, a Spanishlanguage school. Students lived and dined with host families, took cooking classes and visited and talked with people at a local orphanage, nursing home, hospital, government supplemental foods program, corn mill and anthropology museum.

“We wanted to create a program,” Rengers explains, “where dietetic students from the U.S. go to Mexico for an intensive language program, but instead of learning how to say, ‘What time does the train leave?’ we wanted to do dietetic Spanish where they learned, ‘What did you eat yesterday?’ Or, ‘Do you have concerns about your child’s growth?’ We wanted it to be specifically dietetic Spanish and give them an awareness of the culture.”

Kalli Gillman, who is pursuing a second baccalaureate in nutrition with a Spanish minor, took the Food and Nutrition of Mexico travel course because it gave her an opportunity to study abroad and dovetailed so beautifully with her educational goals. “Immersion is a huge element of learning a language and the culture and how people think about food,” she says. “The nutrition field is very competitive. To have this real-world experience and to be able to apply my nutrition and Spanish, I hope it will give me something to put on my résumé.”

Once all the research results have been tabulated and analyzed, Heiss and Rengers et al. will use that information to develop a recruitment strategy to bring more Latino dietitian students into the fold.

“The goal,” Heiss says, “is to help dietitians serve the Latino community and improve their nutrition care. We need to have more Latino representation in the profession along with people who speak Spanish and are aware of the cultural issues that influence food intake and health.”

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Two events this fall united more than 1,000 people in celebration of Metro State‘s 45th Anniversary.

First, the College threw itself a 45th Birthday Party on Aug. 26 at Tivoli Commons on the Auraria Campus.

Sean (‘99) and Denon (‘01) Moore, owners of the Denver Cupcake Truck, handed out a rainbow of goodies to a spirited crowd of students, staff and faculty. The party was full of sweet surprises with President Stephen Jordan also unveiling a new look for the College’s mascot, Rowdy. Sweet! (see “Extremely Cool Makeover: Rowdy Edition,” p. 2)

The crowd— and Rowdy— were all over the cupcakes.

Metro State cheerleaders helped Rowdy with the birthday cake of cupcakes.

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Metropolitan State College of Denver thanks the Sponsors of the 2010 Plain & Fancy Ball SAPPHIRE LEVEL (l to r) Longtime English Professors Ed Low (now retired) and Sandra Doe came out to celebrate the College’s 45th Anniversary.

GOLD LEVEL Then, on Sept. 25 at INVESCO Field at Mile High, Metro State rolled out the red carpet for a who’s who of College supporters at the Plain & Fancy Ball, each sporting unique fashions. But everyone wore one thing in common, a bow tie designed by ‘81 art alumnus and internationally acclaimed artist Malcolm Farley. Held only every five years, the 2010 ball raised more than $100,000 for scholarships and student programs.

SILVER LEVEL

(l to r) Metro State President Stephen Jordan, Speaker Terrance Carroll and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper were all smiles.

Former Student Government Assembly President Aaron “Jack” Wylie is interviewed on the red carpet while his girlfriend Caitlin Gibbons, a current Metro State student, looks on.

BRONZE LEVEL Adele Phelan CH2M HILL Denver Investment Advisors Dean Joan L. Foster Greenberg Traurig IMA of Colorado Corp.

Jeppesen, Inc. Kaiser Permanente Michelle Lucero/Brickyard BBQ North Slope Capital Advisors Robinson Dairy/SOS Technologies Solera Bank Stonebridge Companies US Bank/One Card Maxx The Plain and Fancy People of the Year took the stage: (l to r): Stephen Jordan, honoree Raymond Sutton, honoree Adele Phelan, Gerie Grimes (’87), honoree Terrance Carroll, Ralph Hargrow for honoree Leo Kiely, Eric Peterson (’99) and honoree Pat Cortez.

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Seven Answers

By Jeff Martinez (‘95)

Donald M. Marshall Regional President Wells Fargo Bank

THERE’S AN OFT-STATED GERMAN PROVERB THAT ASKS: “What’s the use of running if you’re not on the right road?”

If it hadn’t originated centuries ago, it’s a query that likely would have been linked to someone like Wells Fargo Regional President Don Marshall.

A well-connected regional “booster” who sits on such high-powered boards of directors as the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, Visit Denver and The Denver Metro Economic Development Corporation, Marshall is a strong proponent of regionalism and local business. A member of the Metro State Foundation Board, he’s also passionate about the College’s prospects to connect with and deliver talent to employers statewide.

As a financial executive who manages more than 1,700 financial services professionals at 80 stores, Marshall speaks from experience. A native of Trinidad and Tobago in the West Indies, he’s handled management assignments in international, energy and minerals, and corporate banking throughout his lengthy career.

And while his ultimate goal is to help customers secure and maintain personal wealth, it’s his wealth of experience in the strategic planning arena which Metro State ultimately finds the most value.

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How did you become interested in Metro State?

In Wells Fargo’s Denver retail operation, we employ more than 1,000 people—we’re a very large organization with many diverse customers and have an unending appetite for diverse talent within. As a major downtown employer, we understandably saw Metro State as an institution with which we needed to build a strategic relationship.

It’s proven to be a good fit. We’re able to draw from Metro’s very large diverse urban population, most of whom are working while going to school, and as an institution, the College is able to provide jobs for its current students and also at graduation.

How is Metro State impacting Colorado’s workforce and economy?

Metro is a different kind of institution— less about research and more about directly contributing to an educated workforce. So, we can see that Metro is having a major impact on the economy and doing something that is critical for local companies— creating the ‘talent pool.’

From the regional perspective, it’s so critical. The most important thing that companies look at when considering expansion or moving their operations to Denver is the availability and size of that talent pool. That’s what they need to compete in national and global markets and to continue to grow.

What can help Metro State better connect to the business community? As a foundation board member, I’ve tried to foster a conversation about ways we can identify the parts of the business community that have workforce needs that tie directly to the school’s strengths. You look at Metro’s aerospace and aviation program and how well that it has worked to assist a major employer like Jeppesen.

You can also populate the boards— the alumni board, board of trustees and the foundation—with people who are going to be in close conversation with those companies that we want to better connect (with).

You’re on the board of the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce. How can Metro State fit into the goals of its affiliate, the Economic Development Corporation? Metro State continues to grow at a faster rate than most of the colleges in its peer group and has a very important place in the ongoing economic tactics and strategies going on in this community.

When you look at clusters where employment is concentrated here, such as financial services, accounting, aerospace and aviation, you see that Metro has programs that directly link to all of them.

We also have the Hospitality Learning Center being developed that ties directly into the tourism industry— an area of huge economic importance to the state. Watching Metro State expand its programs and facilities in a challenging economic and funding environment is a very strong testament to the strength of the College’s vision and leadership. Everyone associated with it should be quite proud.

Given the economy, rising enrollment and changing demographics, there has never been a more important time for a higher education institution to do strategic planning. What do you see as essential for Metro State to consider in the process?

The more that we with an interest in Metro can do to tell the story and broaden the understanding of its strategic importance to this community in terms of its contribution to workforce development, the better off we’ll all be.

Metro also needs to continue to identify and create strategic alliances with companies like Wells Fargo and other large employers that possess an ongoing appetite for a diverse talent pool.

Because the criticality of funding is more of an issue for Metro than other colleges, it’s also imperative for leaders to show how Metro is an integral part of the community—an extremely large institution located in the heart of downtown that has a high percentage of its students stay in this area to live, work and contribute.

What role can a large urban college like Metro State play in collaborating with the community to solve problems? Being a part of the fabric of the metro Denver community, I know that school officials are looking at developing tools for residents as they consider how to address complex challenges like transportation, urban planning and other emerging issues. It’s a testament to Metro that leaders continue to embrace those opportunities and step up to be a part of that community decision- making process.

Where do you see Colorado’s economy headed in the future?

I think Colorado will do well. We remain a magnet for talented people due to the quality of life and the fact that we’re one of the most inclusive and open communities that I’ve ever come across.

We’re going through a bad period now, but I think we’re a much larger and more diverse economy than we were in the 1980s, when we had another recession that was much more brutal locally and devastating to the oil, gas and real estate industries.

If you look at Denver in comparison to what’s happening in other communities, it’s not hard to find others that have been hurt worse.

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A 1995 speech communications graduate, Jeff Martinez is vice president of programs and public affairs for Brothers Redevelopment, Inc. in Denver.

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AT THE TOP OF

By Doug McPherson

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“There is freedom in the unlimited horizon….

Pilots surrounded by beauty of earth and sky, they brush treetops with the birds, leap valleys and rivers, explore the cloud canyons. Adventure lay in each puff of wind. In flying, I tasted a wine of the gods.”

– Charles Wright

At the very core of Metro State—far beyond cornerstones of cement and foundations of brick—is the idea that education wields a dynamic power for human beings.

One place where proof of this plays out semester after semester and year after year is the Aviation and

the world. Ward spent 46 days this summer crisscrossing the country letting folks see the antique plane up close as part of the Wings of Freedom Tour sponsored by the Collings Foundation, an educational nonprofit in Stowe, Mass. that works to honor the history of transportation.

THEIR GAME Aerospace Science Department.

For much of the College’s 45-year history, it’s been landing grads in lofty settings where they can indeed taste a wine of the gods, in top-of-theirgame positions around the globe in government, the military and business.

Just ask the grads you’ll meet in this article—those who are embracing their own unlimited horizons.

The Collings Foundation doesn’t trust just any pilot to fly such a rare and exceptional craft. “Derick knew how to fly the kind of plane most similar to the B-24, and he brings a great deal of enthusiasm for aviation,” says Rob Collings, the foundation’s executive director. “We don’t just choose anyone to fly these planes. They’re priceless, quite literally.”

The gravity of flying

Ward, a 1998 aviation technology graduate, understands well the gravity of flying such a plane. “I think about it a lot, and the best I can come up with is that it’s a truly humbling and rewarding experience.”

If you live in the United States, there’s a good chance Derick Ward flew over your head this past summer.

And you would have traveled back in time if you gazed skyward to see what he was piloting: a fully restored World War II B-24, the only active B-24 in

One of Ward’s Metro State professors, Jeffrey Forrest, had little doubt Ward would land on his feet. “He’s truly one of the world’s best pilots, and I’m not exaggerating. I mean that,” Forrest says.

But for Ward, who’s 36 and lives in Aurora, it’s not just the flying that’s stirred his soul.

“Flying is fun, but meeting veterans and their families gives me an amazing feeling … it’s life changing.”

Ward recalls meeting a woman this summer whose father, a bombardier on a B-24, was killed in World War II just two weeks before she was born. “She got into the seat her father occupied and it was a watershed moment … the emotions you see and share are indescribable—to offer that to her and give her some understanding of what it was like for her father and to give her a little closure. That’s special, very special.”

A Shooting Star When Rita Cuddihy was a young girl growing up in New York City she thought the rise in her career would be literal—as a pilot.

“I’ve always been fascinated with flying,” she says. “I loved watching planes. I wanted to be a pilot.”

After studying aerospace technology in New York, she searched for a school that could take her to the next level.

“Metro State rose to the top of my list,” she says. She moved west and enrolled in the professional pilot program.

But after a few months she began to continued on page 16

While spending the summer flying the priceless World War II B-24 was “fun,” Derick Ward says meeting veterans and their families was life-changing.

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scrutinize her future more carefully. “I loved to fly, but I didn’t think it would fit me as a profession. I wanted a little broader scope.”

Aside from the obvious emotional toll, she says she believed the attacks would cause many airlines to plummet into bankruptcy.

So she switched her major to aviation management and that’s when she started soaring—beginning with her magna cum laude graduation in 1976. And her rise since has been as spectacular as a shooting star. First she signed on with Pioneer Airlines in Denver, and by the time she left in 1982, she was an assistant vice president. It would be a pattern repeated during the next 28 years, rising to high-level management positions at Continental Airlines, Frontier Airlines and Braniff, Inc. and eventually becoming president and CEO of US Airways Shuttle.

“I’d already been through one bankruptcy with Continental, and I didn’t want to go through that again for the rest of my career.”

But then September 11, 2001 came.

“It had a profound effect on me,” Cuddihy admits.

Cuddihy took some time off to consider a career shift and the hospitality industry caught her eye.

She met a Marriott family member (of Marriott Hotel fame) and says the fit was perfect. Evidently she was right.

Since 2002, she’s been painting that pattern of ascension, and today she’s area vice president for the company’s western region, overseeing 20 hotels and a half billion dollars in revenue.

Rising through the ranks When Ala Khalaf was a little boy growing up in the Middle East, he fondly recalls living near an airport.

“I’d climb on the roof and watch the airplanes take off and land,” Khalaf says. “Since then, I always knew I wanted to work in aviation.”

And when his family moved to the United States, Khalaf learned of Metro State’s status in aviation. He wasn’t disappointed. In fact, Khalaf attributes much of his career success to Metro State. He’s particularly thankful for his experienced professors.

Just like with Derick Ward, Forrest isn’t surprised by Khalaf’s climb.

“Ala is a prime outcome of Metro State’s mission—to offer careerchanging opportunity to students,” Forrest says. “Ala did it all ... (went) to college, studied, excelled in his academics, graduated, became an airline pilot and is now a very successful manager.”

Above the Clouds It was one of those “I’m-making-someheadway-in-my-life” moments.

Brian Elson was at 30,000 feet, flying from Washington D.C. to Salt Lake City, Utah for an event with his boss, U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta in 2006.

And Khalaf knows a lot about success.

His rise at Jeppesen, one of the world’s most-respected aviation companies, has been a spectacular and swift gain in altitude.

“I looked out the window … I couldn’t believe it, I saw the intersecting runways 11L-29R and 02-20 of the Jeffco Airport,” says Elson, a 2003 aviation management graduate. “The very same airport I interned at just five years before, and now here I am with the secretary of transportation on an aircraft that says United States of America down the side.”

9/11 caused Rita Cuddihy to rethink her career at the highest levels of the airline industry. Now she’s a vice president for Marriott.

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Middle East where, as strategic account manager, he oversees all of Jeppesen’s air navigation services and products.

“Many were military and airline pilots and that gave them an edge and a great understanding of the business,” he says. “The department has all the resources for success.”

Khalaf, a 2002 aerospace science graduate, started with Jeppesen that same year as an associate flight information analyst. Four promotions later, he’s now the go-to guy in the

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Ala Khalaf is the go-to guy in the Middle East for aviation giant Jeppesen.

Only two years after graduating, Brian Elson found himself flying with his boss, the U.S. Secretary of Transportation, in an airplane with United States of America down the side.

Just two years out of Metro State, Elson got a White House appointment to the U.S. Department of Transportation.

“Serving in that role, to this day stands as one of my crowning achievements at an early stage of my career,” Elson says.

In 2007, he left that position for his current job: director of legislative affairs for the Aerospace Industries Association, the premier trade association for the nation’s major aerospace and defense manufacturers.

Elson is the primary advocate for domestic aircraft manufacturer policies to the U.S. Congress on aeronautics research and development, aviation security and environmental stewardship.

His earliest memories of flight are picturesque: In Northern California, he remembers seeing the Blue Angels fly over the bay with the Golden Gate Bridge as a backdrop. And later in the third grade, when his family moved to Littleton, Colo., Elson recalls watching jets zoom over the Front Range.

He says during a trip home for Christmas a couple years back, his mother showed him a faded photo of himself at age six sitting on the flight deck of a C-130 at an air show.

“I couldn’t see over the yoke but the look on my face was priceless— clearly having the time of my life,” Elson says.

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ON HER WAY TO THE TOP Maybe it was in the very instant that little Leslie Brown settled comfortably on her father’s shoulders that her fate of living a little closer to the sky was launched.

“My dad was a master sergeant in the Air Force and he’d take us to air shows when I was a little girl,” Brown says. “We’d see the Thunderbirds, the Blue Angels and Black Hawk helicopters, and I’d watch it all on my dad’s shoulders.”

She says from then on, growing up in Aurora, Colo., she wanted to fly—to be up where the sky is a rich cerulean blue.

After she graduated from Metro State in 2007 with her degree in aviation technology, she learned she was selected for both officer candidate school (OCS) and guaranteed flight school in the United States Coast Guard.

“Almost no one is selected for both, that’s reserved for only a select few and she did it, she got accepted to both, and on the first try. That’s amazing,” says Jeff Price, a professor in Metro State’s Department of Aviation and Aerospace Science. “In the 15 years I’ve been a professor here, I only know of two students who’ve done that.”

Brown survived OCS and she graduated in October from flight school. Now she’s in Miami for four years flying a search-and-rescue helicopter combating drug runners and illegal immigrants.

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Alumni Times /// Alumni News and Events

Adesola Owolabi (‘09), “Ikoko Ibile I,” Terra Cotta

The works of 38 emerging and well-established alumni artists were featured at MERGE: Metro State Alumni Exhibition 2010 – The Anniversary Year. Merge was the second exhibition at the Center for Visual Art in its new location, 965 Santa Fe Dr. in Denver’s Art District on Santa Fe.

2007 graduate Heather Doyle-Maier (r) discusses her work with two guests.

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Luzia Ornelas (‘04), “Morphiclingua,“ Interactive Digital Projection

Brian Rendon (‘06), “It Was Only a Few,” Mixed Media Heidi Jung (‘97), “Grass I,” Ink and Charcoal on Vellum 18

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The Metro State Alumni Association elected its new executive committee and nine new directors at its annual business meeting Sept. 14 on the Auraria Campus.

Executive Committee:

ASK AN ALUM YOU’RE INVITED

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o nice, isn’t it? I was “invited” to connect to four new people just this morning. Has this happened to you? I bet it has.

These invitations come from LinkedIn®, the powerhouse professional social networking site founded only seven years ago. According to the company, it has become the conduit of expertise, free advice, groups, networking and jobs for more than 65 million professionals in more than 200 countries.

Whether you’re unemployed, gainfully underemployed or happily employed, there’s a strong possibility that your profile exists on LinkedIn. As I mention in my book, “Career Sudoku: 9 Ways to Win the Job Search Game,” social networking, and this site in particular, has become an integral part of the job-search process.

Below are the top five tips on how to use LinkedIn during your job search process: 1. Build your profile – Have your profile mirror your résumé and focus it on facts, figures and results. Note: According to the Wall Street Journal, 73 percent of recruiters spend their time online and LinkedIn is their favorite resource for high-quality candidates.

2. Recommendations – Reach out to your network to request recommendation (e.g. former colleagues, vendors, clients, managers). Recent college grads can request them from professors, internship managers and colleagues.

Longtime board member Jim Garrison (’80, economics) was chosen president.

Cassandra Johnson (’04, management) was elected vice president. Victoria Hannu (’98, computer management science) is the new secretary, and Judy George (’01, management) takes over as treasurer. Rob Morrill (’97) will serve as foundation board representative, and Eric Peterson (’99) is the representative to the Metro State Board of Trustees.

By Adriana Llames (‘00)

3. Job postings – Employers and recruiters value the caliber of LinkedIn candidates and post positions exclusively here.

4.Free expert advice – In the Question and Answers area, many experts (including me) post advice and answers for free.

5. Groups – Network, receive industryspecific job postings and find industryrelated events as a member of groups.

Just recently I met with the managing director of a top recruiting firm in Chicago who said she keeps LinkedIn open on her computer from the minute she walks in her office until the time she leaves. .

Another resource is the Metropolitan State College of Denver Alumni & Current Students LinkedIn page, where you can network with nearly 1,250 other alumni.

Best of luck to all the job seekers and know that there are great jobs out there; it’s simply a matter of networking— online and offline.

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The nine new directors are: n Scott Applegate (‘96, finance) n Piper Billups (‘99, marketing) n Marisol Enriquez (’99, hospitality, meeting and travel administration) n Danyette Hardin (‘07, management) n Brad McQueen (‘95, accounting) n Chuck Moss (‘88, finance) n Anne O’Neill (‘07, hospitality, travel and events management) n Ron Ramirez (‘94, hospitality, meeting and travel administration) n Sammantha O’Brien (SGA president), student representative

2010-11 Alumni Scholars Also at the meeting, eight Metro State seniors were awarded full-tuition scholarships for their final year at the College. They are: Jeremy Casey Alejandra Coria Espino Robert Friedkin Natalie Gray Lisa Maille Gena Meyer Shawn Taylor Lisa Waechter

Adriana Llames, a 2000 graduate in business management, is a veteran career coach, professional keynote speaker and featured expert with ABC Newscom, Yahoo! HotJobs, The Denver Post, The Ladders, The Chicago Examiner and Mediabistro. For more ANY SUGGESTIONS? information, please visit If you have a topic suggestion for our Ask An Alum www.adrianallames.com. column please send it to Lizzy Scully, social engagement manager, at escully@mscd.edu.

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ASSOCIATION ELECTS NEW OFFICERS, BOARD MEMBERS

Alumni Times /// Alumni News and Events

WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Apprentice Challenge winners still on path to success By Vonalda M. Utterback (‘92) “You’re hired” is sweet music to anyone’s ears.

The Apprentice Challenge @ Metro State, an educational take-off on the popular reality TV show held in 2008 and 2009, brought select Metro State juniors together with local business and nonprofit leaders to test the students’ mettle while developing their business acumen, time management, creativity and leadership skills. The teams gained hands-on experience as they worked with successful business and nonprofit leaders on four different community projects, or “challenges” during the academic year. However, in the end it was a competition of sorts, and only one person from each year’s Challenge could win the prize of a paid internship and full tuition scholarship.

Several years later, the two top challengers, Geidre Stasiunaite, a 2009 graduate in political science and modern languages, and senior Felipe Mosqueda, a marketing major, credit the experience with helping them to grow personally and professionally.

“The Apprentice Challenge was so rewarding,” says ‘08 winner Stasiunaite. “I was hungry for the information, knowledge and real-world experience. It was very demanding, but it certainly increased my self-confidence, enhanced my leadership skills and encouraged a creative approach to problem solving!”

Stasiunaite, who came to the United States six years ago from Lithuania, is currently working and studying for law school, with hopes to enroll in October 2011. She loves law and politics, and volunteered for John Hickenlooper’s gubernatorial campaign, while continuing to volunteer as a mentor with the Colorado ‘I Have a Dream’ Foundation (CIHAD)—the nonprofit organization she interned with as a result of winning the Challenge.

expense paid trip to Chino, Japan, as an adult chaperone for the Longmont Sister Cities Association student exchange program.

“The trip was a fantastic experience,” he recalls. “I went with six students and one other chaperone. We stayed with host families and immersed in the culture and the language for three weeks.”

After Japan, Mosqueda returned to his current job as program assistant with Casa de la Esperanza, a residential community in Longmont expressly for seasonal farm workers and their families— and a program very close to Mosqueda’s heart. His family became one of the first tenants in the community 17 years ago.

“I have a long history with Casa de la Esperanza,” he says. “I lived here with my family, I’ve volunteered with the program for many years, and now I am a permanent employee. I really enjoy ‘giving back’ by helping migrant families with their educational needs, working in the learning center and helping with volunteer coordination.

In the end, Mosqueda finds his experience with the 2009 Apprentice Challenge as rewarding as Stasiunaite’s. “I would say my biggest gift from the program was the belief I gained in myself,” says the 24-year-old native of Mexico. “Before I participated in the Challenge, I was very unsure of everything I did. I developed more skills with each project we took on during the year. Everything I learned, as well as my internship with CHFA (Colorado Housing and Finance Authority) has helped me grow personally and professionally.”

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“Honestly, the Apprentice Challenge was the highlight of my college career,” says Stasiunaite. “I also worked with such great people at CIHAD. I gained self-confidence and skills I will use forever. It was a lifechanging experience for me.”

The confidence 2009 Apprentice Challenger Felipe Mosqueda gained as a result of his challenge experience helped give the Metro State senior the push he needed to apply for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. This past summer, Mosqueda jetted off on an all-

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Both Felipe Mosqueda and Geidre Stasiunaite say a new self-confidence is one of the best takeaways from the Apprentice Challenge.

Alumni Times

YOUR METRO STATE ALUMNI RELATIONS STAFF :

Cherrelyn Napue (‘99)

Janell Lindsey

Meghan Hartvigson (‘10)

Lizzy Scully

Gini Mennenga

Associate Vice President of Development and Alumni Relations 303.556.6933 napue@mscd.edu

Director of Special Initiatives for Alumni Relations and Enrollment Services 303.556.6344 lindseja@mscd.edu

Alumni Engagement Coordinator 303-556-4076 mhartvig@mscd.edu

Social Engagement Manager 303.556.5158 escully@mscd.edu

Interim Administrative Assistant 303.556.8320 vmille17@mscd.edu

MAILING ADDRESS: Office of Alumni Relations • Campus Box 11 • P.O. Box 173362 • Denver, CO 80217-3362 CAMPUS LOCATION: 1059 Ninth Street Park • Phone: 303.556.8320 VISIT US ON THE WEB: www.mscd.edu/alumni

METRO STATE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION 2010-11 BOARD OF DIRECTORS PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES REPRESENTATIVE Jim Garrison (‘80, Economics)

SAVE THE DATE! November 27: Metro State Night at the Colorado Avalanche

VICE PRESIDENT Cassandra Johnson (‘04, Management)

December 1: Frosty’s Feast, to benefit the Hospitality, Tourism and Events Department

SECRETARY Victoria Hannu (‘84, Computer and Management Science) TREASURER Judy George (‘01, Business Management)

December 13: Fall 2010 Commencement – Alumni Volunteers Needed

PAST PRESIDENT AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES REPRESENTATIVE Eric Peterson (‘99, Marketing)

FALL 2010-WINTER 2011 EVENTS

Check www.mscd.edu/alumni/events for the most up-to-date details on these and other events and activities.

February 14-21: Spring 2011 Homecoming Week February 27-March 2: Rachel B. Noel Visiting Professorship with Judi Hampton

www.facebook.com/MetroStateAlumni

FOUNDATION BOARD REPRESENTATIVE Rob Morrill (‘97, Political Science) Derek Anguilm (‘00, Finance) /// Scott Applegate (‘96, Finance) /// Piper Billups, (‘99, Marketing) /// David Diaz (’97, Mathematics) /// Marisol Enriquez (’99, Hospitality, Meeting and Travel Administration) /// Danyette Hardin (‘07, Management) /// Michelle LeBoo, Administrator Representative (‘95, History) /// Brad McQueen (‘95, Accounting) /// RC Montoya (‘93, Technical Communication) /// Chuck Moss (‘88, Finance) /// Anne O’Neill (‘07, Hospitality, Tourism and Events Management) /// Daniel Parks (’96, Political Science) /// Wendy Petersen (‘89, Hospitality, Meeting and Travel Administration) /// Ron Ramirez (‘94, Hospitality, Meeting and Travel Administration) /// Judy Shafer (‘95/97, English) /// John Silva, (‘91, Finance) /// Sterling “Noah” Steingraeber (’08, Marketing) /// Metza Templeton, Classified Staff Representative (’07, Management) /// Associate Professor of Human Services Antonio Ledesma, (‘72, English), Faculty Representative /// SGA President Sammantha O’Brien, Student Representative.

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NEW! OFFICIAL COLLEGE RING COLLECTION The official Metro State ring collection, designed for and by alumni, is now available. Be the first to purchase this 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. Or order your ring today at www.mscd.edu/alumni.

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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.

Jan (Wallace) Brooks (’74, human services) is a case manager for Western Montana Mental Health in Livingston. She worked in the adventure/travel business for 18 years and is now a certified holistic health practitioner.

Bart James (’75, biology) has retired after 35 years of teaching biology and chemistry. He lives in Phoenix, Ariz.

Peggy Otto-Finnegan (’75, land use) is a property manager with Cactus Realty in Golden, Colo. Through her Daughters of the American Revolution group, she is working to get housing for homeless veterans in conjunction with Denver Homeless Veteran Reintegration Program.

John Bermudez (’77, management) works in information technology support for Alternative Services Company in Lakewood, Colo. and is pursuing a master’s degree in internet assurance at Regis University.

Linda S. Garrison (’81, journalism) is a campaign director at Metro State.

Larry Huusko (’86, physical education teacher licensure) teaches physical education at Rossman School in St. Louis, Mo. Carl Martinez (’82, business) works for Mejestix, Inc. in Wheat Ridge, Colo.

Carson Reed (’83, English, journalism) maintains a blog, denvercrossroads.wordpress.com, where he shares his poems about Denver and Colorado. Other poets are encouraged to submit their works for publication on the site as well.

Tim Stemler (’80, broadcasting) is a senior account executive at MVS Communications in National City, Calif.

Amber (Plummer) Farrell (’99, history) is studying nursing at Colorado State University-Pueblo. She is a former teacher and U.S. Army veteran who served one year in Iraq.

Cling Miller (’94, environmental science) is president of Green Home Inspection and Training Center in Denver.

Lee Overcamp (’93, journalism) is communications officer for CH2M HILL in Englewood, Colo. He holds a master’s degree in creative writing from the University of Denver and chairs an advisory board for the dean of Metro State’s School of Letters, Arts and Sciences.

Steve Owens (’94, criminal justice) is case management supervisor for the Colorado Department of Corrections at the La Vista and San Carlos Correctional Facilities.

Robert Paradine (94, finance) is controller for Bridge Resources and lives in Erie, Colo.

Casey Ryan (’93, aviation technology) is a pilot for Southern Air. He lives in Irving, Texas.

Greg Schmidli (’96, human services) is the owner of Turning Point Mental Health in Denver.

Scott Williams (’96, finance) is a real estate appraiser for the Fremont County (Colo.) assessor.

Janelle Bott (’06, marketing) is a market research analyst for Fleishman-Hillard and lives in Northglenn, Colo.

She recently received her master’s degree in marketing research from Southern Illinois University.

Frank T. M. Catalina (’05, journalism) is an attorney with Lowenstein Sandler, PC in Roseland, N.J. He is admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey.

Jason S. Cordova (’10, aviation technology) is a student organization coordinator at Metro State.

Erin Cummings (’08, history) is a teaching assistant at the University of Nevada, Reno while working toward a master’s degree in 20th-century American cultural history. She was awarded a Distinguished Teaching Assistantship for the 2010-11 academic year.

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Joy C. Davidson (’03, Spanish) is a branch office supervisor for World Financial Group in Centennial, Colo.

Kerri Dunagan (’07, human services) is an education specialist for the Boys and Girls Clubs in Commerce City, Colo.

Chidebele N. Duru (‘10, healthcare, chemistry) is seeking a post-baccalaureate program doing epidemiology research and statistic analysis. Duru lives in Aurora, Colo.

Tiffany Evans (’09, criminal justice) is a case manager with Correctional Management, Inc. in Denver.

Camille Fangue (’05, biology) is the director of user services at Metro State. She received her master’s degree in education from the University of Phoenix and is now seeking a doctorate in education specializing in educational technology with the same school.

Warren Gaal (’01, computer science) is working as a courtesy clerk at Sunflower Farmers Market in Denver while seeking employment in his field. He was formerly with HS Resources, a petroleum exploration firm where he built spreadsheets on new oil and gas well characteristics for exploration prospects.

Ambra Gordon (’09, communication) is an executive administrative assistant at Urban Cannabis in Denver. She’s seeking acceptance to a graduate program by next fall in Oregon or Washington.

Thomas Hudson (’03, history, political science) is an English as a second language and social studies teacher in Garden City, Kan. He holds master’s degrees from the University of Colorado and the University of Phoenix.

Erin Kascsh (’09, speech communication) is a medical assistant at Mile High Family Medicine in Lakewood, Colo.

April Light (’03, music) earned an MBA in 2007 and is a quality assurance analyst with LabCorp. She has recorded two music CDs and is working on a third. She lives in Highlands Ranch, Colo.

Kristy Manning (’09, English) is a massage therapist in Westminster.

Gabriela Patricia Marroquin (’04, Spanish) teaches Spanish for the Jefferson County (Colo.) School System.

She holds a master’s degree and is working toward a Ph.D. in education.

Kim Middaugh (’09, education) has received a teacher’s license and has been accepted into the international honorary education society, KDP. Middaugh is seeking a job as an elementary school teacher.

In memoriam Nicholas Ken Delmonico died on July 16, 2010 at age 35. He was a well-known resident of Denver who, after graduating from Metro State in 2004 with a degree in speech communications, began a career in public and motivational speaking and spoke to young people through a nonprofit he started called Delmonico Speaks. In his speeches, he emphasized human rights and the rights of the differently-abled. While at Metro State he was awarded the Martin Luther King Peace Award for his numerous volunteer endeavors.

DAVID THIBODEAU

FROM HIGH SCHOOL BREWS TO A $5 MILLION BREWERY had the desired effect, but tasted awful. The duo never imagined their schoolboy antics would lead to a business that grew 46 percent in 2009 after the construction of a $5 million facility; or that they would employ nearly 30 people and start a Palisades-based distillery.

David “Dave” Thibodeau’s 25-year obsession with beer means this ’93 communications alumnus can actually “taste” the new beers he creates at Ska Brewing Co. before they are brewed.

When Thibodeau began his studies following his mother’s (Monte Thibodeau, ‘79, technical communications) graduation from Metro State, he sought a television career, but ended up incorporating beer and music into all his class assignments. “Everything I did at school played right into the plan, though I didn’t know it at the time.”

But it wasn’t always this way for Thibodeau and co-founder Bill Graham. The first beers they brewed together in high school in the 80s

Now Thibodeau focuses on public relations and marketing as well as outreach to the community. “The industry is cool,” he says,

“but the community involvement of craft brewers is tied a lot more into helping people out.” So while the two owners plan to expand into more than eight states, they want to see how they can “grow in our back yard. We want to take care of our people first.” This means working on fundraising projects with local nonprofits and opening their brewery up for public events, such as weddings.

Ska Brewing Co. celebrates its 15-year anniversary this year and was recently given a Colorado Office of Economic Development “50 Colorado Companies to Watch” award.

Visit their website for more information: www.skabrewing.com.

–Elizabeth Scully

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The Rowdy Report /// Roadrunner Sports

Colorado roots run deep for new

METRO STATE COACHES

By Vonalda M. Utterback (‘92) As Yogi Berra would say, it’s déjà vu all over again for Metro State’s new men’s basketball Head Coach Derrick Clark. Although it has been five years since he worked under former Head Coach Mike Dunlap, the experience is still fresh in Clark’s mind.

It was a wonderful run, says Clark.

“During that time (1997 to 2005) we won two national championships and missed a third by a fingernail. We made two other trips to the Division II Elite Eight. It was an unbelievable feeling, to work with Coach Dunlap and to be a part of that success— it’s something many coaches only dream of.”

Most recently, Clark spent the past three seasons as an assistant coach at the University of Colorado. After more then a decade of assisting, he has certainly paid his dues and learned the ropes at the feet of some “very good coaches.”

“To become a head coach and to do it the right way, is a process, it takes time and I wouldn’t trade that time for anything else.”

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born and raised in North Carolina.

Basketball is in the water there, and it’s certainly in my blood. If you love the game, you want to play forever.

Since I couldn’t do that, coaching was a logical step.

“It’s truly an honor to be back with the Roadrunners,” Clark adds. “I’ve met with every player and it’s a very talented group. I’m ready to roll up my sleeves and get to work.”

Playing since she was 10 On the women’s side of the court, Metro State welcomes Tanya Haave as the new head coach for women’s basketball. Haave may be new to the Roadrunner family, but she’s one of those rare Colorado natives, and considered a local legend on the Colorado women’s basketball scene.

As with Clark, Havve has deep ties to the game. “I remember playing since I was 10,” she recalls. “We had a hoop out back.

Tanya Haaves and Derrick Clark

My brother lost interest, but I certainly didn’t.”

Haave parlayed that youthful experience into a decorated athletic career at Evergreen High School and later as an All-American and All-SEC player at the University of Tennessee under Hall of Fame Coach Pat Summit.

Although Haave most recently hails from California as head coach for the University of San Francisco, she’s thrilled to be back on Colorado soil. She brings exceptional local coaching

METRO STATE ATHLETICS CORPORATE SPONSORS experience from her time at Regis University, the University of Denver and four years at the University of Colorado under legendary coach, now Associate Athletic Director Ceal Barry.

“It’s great to be back in Colorado,” says Haave. “I feel like I’ve come home. It’s a wonderful opportunity, and I’m very excited to be here. We have a great base of talent.

CC Former coach Linda Lappe left the program in great shape. I spent most of my July making home visits to talk with all the players, and I am very impressed with this team.”

Players hit the courts to compete beginning in November. For more information on Roadrunner athletics, including all basketball schedules go to gometrostate.com.

DON’T MISS THE FUN AND EXCITEMENT! Annual PACK THE HOUSE and Alumni Celebration

Saturday, February 19, 2011 Metro State vs. New Mexico Highlands Visit gometrostate.com for details.

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M E T R O S TAT E C O L L E G E O F D E N V E R

HONOR ROLL OF DONORS 2009-2010

DEAR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS: First and foremost, this letter is a heartfelt thank you. Thanks to each of you who invested in Metropolitan State College of Denver, we were able—despite the economic challenges of the past year—to exceed our fundraising goal by 23 percent. As we write this, more than 24,000 students are enrolled at Metro State this fall semester.

We couldn’t do it without you.

When the Auraria Campus opened in 1977, it was designed to accommodate 13,000 full-time students during the day, with a maximum of 25,000 by 1980. Housing three distinct institutions of higher education, this shared campus has succeeded beyond anyone’s hopes. That 25,000 goal was surpassed in 1980, with nearly 27,000 enrolled at Metro State, Community College of Denver and the University of Colorado Denver. Now, in late 2010, almost that many attend Metro State alone.

Jon Robinson

What does that mean? It means that we are stretched, yes, but we also are committed to continuing our mission of providing an affordable and accessible education to any hardworking individual who wants one. Metro State remains a place where, as our motto appropriately describes, “success begins with you,” and we continue to strive toward our goal of preeminence in public urban education.

It also means that our supporters are more important than ever before. While the fall 2010 issue of Metro Magazine once again recognizes our annual Honor Roll of Donors, we are focusing on three very important individuals who illustrate three varying types of philanthropy.

There’s Charlie Gallagher, a highly successful businessman, who has made it his philanthropic business to give back to the community by investing in students. At Metro State, Charlie founded our PaceSetter Scholars program, which has provided 139 individuals with the opportunity to earn a college degree and, in so doing, change their lives. We are grateful to Charlie, as well as to the other generous individuals and companies who joined him in funding this very successful program.

Carrie Besnette Hauser

There’s alumna and first-time philanthropist Lisa Moder (’90) who, when named Test Engineer of the Year by a trade publication, donated her $10,000 award to her alma mater. Lisa, who works for EchoStar Technologies, knows first hand the impact of a Metro State degree. As she presented the check to President Stephen Jordan and Department Chair Richard Pozzi prior to the opening of the new Auraria Science Building, Lisa said that Metro State taught her everything she needed to know to launch her career.

And there’s Virginia Parker, emeritus chair and professor of accounting. After years of active service, Dr. Parker retired to a ranch in Montana. But when she lost her mother, Katherine Foote Parker, early this year, she set up an endowment that will fund scholarships for accounting students in perpetuity. Dr. Parker understands the importance of legacy giving, which is an increasing buttress of Metro State’s future.

Whether you regularly invest in Metro State through your giving or are considering a first-time contribution or a planned gift, you – like Charlie, Lisa and Virginia – understand Metro State’s degrees of impact. Like these generous donors, you, too, can make an unimaginable impact.

However you choose to support Metropolitan State College of Denver, we are thankful, and we are joined in our gratitude by the 24,000 individuals from all walks of life whose lives are changing because of a Metro State education. Thank you.

Sincerely,

Jon Robinson Chair, Metro State Foundation, Inc. CEO and Chief Lending Officer, UMB Bank

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Carrie Besnette Hauser, Ph.D. Executive Director, Metro State Foundation, Inc. Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Metro State

HONOR ROLL TABLE OF CONTENTS

METRO STATE COLLEGE OF DENVER FOUNDATION, INC. BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2009 -2010:

28 President’s Society

Platinum Circle Gold Circle Silver Circle Bronze Circle

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR Jon Robinson (‘90), CEO and Chief Lending Officer, UMB Bank

VICE CHAIR Jerome Davis, Director of Community Relations, Xcel Energy

SECRETARY Marilee Utter, President, CitiVenture Associates

29 Tivoli Circle 29 Metro State Club 30 Roadrunner Club 31 Donor Profile: Charlie Gallagher

TREASURER Courtney Cowgill (‘75)

34 Donor Profile: Lisa Moder

PAST CHAIR Raymond Sutton, Jr., Managing Partner, Baker & Hostetler

37 Memorial and Honor Gifts

Robert Allen, Sr. Vice President, Executive Leadership, CH2M HILL Carrie A. Besnette Hauser, Vice President for Institutional Advancement and Executive Director, Metro State Foundation, Metropolitan State College of Denver, Ex Officio Sam Boyer, Franchise Development Group Robert Cohen, Chairman/CEO, IMA Financial Group, Inc., Ex Officio Navin C. Dimond, Principal, Stonebridge Companies Diedra Garcia, President/CEO, DRG Construction Corp.

Jim Garrison (‘80), Business Manager, Rocky Mountain Microfilm & Imaging, Inc. Robert Grabowski, Retired, Vice President Finance and Administration, Sunny Side, Inc. / Temp Side Ralph Hargrow, Global Chief People Officer, Molson Coors Brewing Company Stephen Jordan, President, Metropolitan State College Of Denver, Ex Officio David Laundy, Managing Partner, Clifton Gunderson, LLP Evi Makovsky, Shames Makovsky Realty Donald Marshall, Regional President, Wells Fargo Bank Mark Martinez, Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer, Solera National Bank Cindy Parsons, Vice President of Public Relations, Comcast Cable Jeff Potter, CEO, Exclusive Resorts Clyde Rucker Chris Silvestri, Principal, CresaPartners and President, Executive Leadership Forum Henry Strauss, Chairman of the Board, Strauss Enterprises, Inc. Sean Tonner (‘95), President, Phase Line Strategies, LLC Carolynne White, Shareholder, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

39 Donor Profile: Virginia Parker We apologize in advance for any misspellings, omissions or other errors. Please call the Development Office for correction of our records, 303-556-8424.

Have you ever considered providing for Metro State in your estate plans?

Many people just like you have made the College a beneficiary in their will.

It’s a lasting investment in the mission of Metro State.

For information contact Susan Noble, director of development for major and planned gifts, at 303-556-2242 or snoble3@mscd.edu.

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President's Society PLATINUM CIRCLE $50,000 & Above

CoBank

Michael R. (’72) and Rachella Seeley

Jerome and Gertrude Bohland

Chad M. Gruhl, Ph.D.H

Colorado Department of Human Services

Judith A. Shafer (‘95)

Lucien C. and Marsha A. Bomar

Ralph Hargrow

Mark Smith Family Foundation

Boulder Broker Inn

Melody Harris

Baker & Hostetler, LLP

Colorado Scholarship Coalition Inc.

Mark J. Smith, C.P.A.

Carrie Besnette Hauser, Ph.D.H

The Boettcher Foundation

Community Financial Services Association

Stonebridge Companies

Boulder Running Company Boulder’s Heart and Sole, Inc Sam and Heidi Boyer

Credit Union of Denver

Raymond and Kathy Sutton and Family

Kathy HeylH

Bruce V. Bush (‘80)

The Curtis Hotel

Tamales By La Casita Inc

James G. Hill

Denver Post Charities, a McCormick Foundation Fund

The Harry Trueblood Foundation

Coast to Coast Trade Show Services, Inc.

Hilton Garden Inn - Denver

Thomas J. Dillon, M.D.

U.S. Bank

Navin C. and Rita Dimond

United Western Bank

Colorado Bankers Life Insurance Company

Roy & Shirley Durst Foundation

University Of Miami, Lowe Art Museum

Courtney Cowgill (‘75)

Paul N. Hotinger

Crary Foundation

Travis and Stacy Hudson

Jerome Davis

Karyn (‘89) and Bill M. (‘79) Huffman

Caring for Colorado Foundation Colorado Housing and Finance Authority Daniels Fund The Denver Foundation Dex Media Estate of Kathryn Foote Parker Diane & Charles Gallagher Family Foundation of The Denver Foundation Mile High United Way MillerCoors Brewing Company Morgridge Family Foundation

Eastman Memorial Foundation, Lauren Rogers Museum of Art The Frank Edmonson Foundation ETS

John B. Trueblood

Jan and Jim Velayas, Ph.D. VISIT DENVER: The Convention and Visitors Bureau

John P. Cochran, Ph.D. (‘78)H Robert and Molly Cohen

Sandra D. Haynes, Ph.D.H and Robert Demsey (‘05)

CONTRIBUTIONS

President's Society GOLD CIRCLE $25,000 - $49,999 Katheryn H. Bolles The Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation Capital IQ The Helen K. and Arthur E. Johnson Foundation Kingdom Enlightenment Scholarship Foundation Nagel Foundation Ralph Nagel Rose Community Foundation

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IMA Foundation The Integer Group - Denver Jason’s Deli

July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010

Kamlet & Reichert, LLP

Journeys Aviation, Inc. KCNC-TV Channel 4 Diane M. Keely (‘91)

Wells Fargo Bank West, N.A.

Denver Hotel Management Company

Virginia Hill Foundation

David M. Wells

Denver Lyric Opera Guild

King Soopers

Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund

The Women’s Foundation of Colorado

Denver Municipal Band

Kroger Company Foundation

The Denver Post

Jeppesen Sanderson, Inc.

Xcel Energy

Stephen M. Jordan, Ph. D.H and Ruth Jordan

Anonymous

John R. Dienhart, Ph.DH and Diane Dienhart

David C. Laundy, C.P.A. (‘83) and Laure G. Laundy

Kaiser Permanente

Jeane Fair Charitable Trust

Joseph E. and Judith B. Wagner

Joan Laura Foster, Ph.D. (‘78)H

W. L. Kiely III and Susan Kiely

President's Society BRONZE CIRCLE $1,000 - $4,999

Entravision Communications Corporation

Michelle M. Lucero Kathleen A. MacKay, Ph.D.H

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Edward Madigan Foundation

9/11 Flight Crew Memorial Foundation

FirsTier Bank

Donald M. Marshall

Forest City Stapleton, Inc.

Lea Marshall The Jan & Fred Mayer Fund for Exhibitions at the Metro State Center for Visual Art of The Denver Foundation

Wells Fargo Foundation

Max DiJulio Fund of The Denver Foundation

Robert C. and Nancy Allen

Barry M. and Cynthia E. Fox

The Alliance Foundation

The McCormick Foundation

Faith E. Friot, Ph.D.H

Patricia C. Amole

Barbara A. McKenzie, Ed.D.H

Maria Garcia Berry

Myron R. Anderson, Ph.D.H

Metropolitan Denver Hotel Association

George Andrews

Diedra Garcia

David Altman Foundation

The Regency

Baker & Hostetler Founders Trust

Edward A. Robinson

The Sam S. Bloom Foundation

The Salazar Family Fund of The Denver Foundation Lola A. Salazar (‘89)

Centennial Airport Foundation

Richard C. Saunders

CH2M HILL

Seeley Family Partnership, Ltd.

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Peter R. and Lorraine Kornafel

NCAA

Kinder Morgan Foundation

DRG & Associates, Inc.

UMB Financial Corporation

Bernard L. Carroll, D.D.S. and Judy T. Carroll

Randy J. Hollines (‘00)

Carol A. Jensen (‘98)H

Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation

2009 Judith Buck Wagner Donor Advised Fund

Holiday Inn Select - Denver Cherry Creek

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The Taishoff Family Foundation

President's Society SILVER CIRCLE $5,000 - $24,999

Douglas (‘83) and Alicia (‘82) Hoegh

IMA of Colorado

The Peierls Foundation, Inc. Reisher Family Scholarship Fund of The Denver Foundation

Guy M. HeylH

Aspen Graphics, Inc.

James R. (‘80) and Kathleen M. Garrison

Michael C. Baldwin

Linda S. Garrison (‘81)H

George K. Baum & Company

Tom and Margie Gart Family Fund

Kenneth D. BisioH

Tristin Gleason

Mary J. (‘76) and Arthur B. Bleecher

Gold Crown Foundation, Inc.

Robbie L. Blum The Bohland Family Charitable Gift Fund

Bob Grabowski and Ann Padilla

Jan P. Mayer Joan M. McDermottH McNeil Designer Portraits Modern Woodmen of America M. R. Morrill, J.D. (‘97) Mountain Creek Marketing The Laura Jane Musser Fund

Grand Hyatt Denver

Marcia Gold Naiman Fund of The Denver Foundation

Geraldine Grimes (‘87)

Harol H. Nees II, Ph.D. (‘76)H

Susan K. NobleH

Ira and Norma Wier

Gail Steger Mock

The Williams Companies, Inc.

Mark J. and Catherine V. Martinez

Gary E. and Susan A. Bowman

Paula Noonan

Dennis Boyd, Jr.H

Stuart R. Monroe, Ph.D.H

Odd Tale Books LLC

Anonymous ( 7)

Rosann G. McCullough (‘76)

Corrine Algrim Boyle (‘79)

Percy A. Morehouse, Jr., Ph.D.H

Virginia F. MennengaH

Brother Jeff ’s Cultural Center and Café

Morse Family Foundation

MSG Entertainment, a division of Madison Square Garden, L.P.

Doug Busken

Sandee L. MottH

Arthur L. Campa, Jr., Ph.D.H

Dale Murphy (‘72)

MSCD Information Technology Department

Nicalie A. Nelson (‘80)

Linda D. Campbell Fund of The Denver Foundation

Phill Foster and Company

Chevron Humankind

Maria W. Myfanawy

Carl R. Powell, Ph.D.H

Ron G. ChristianH

Cherrelyn A. Napue (‘99)H

Panorama Orthopedics Patricia L. Peacock (‘88) Eric M. Peterson (‘99) The Gerald and Adele Phelan Fund of The Denver Foundation

TIVOLI CIRCLE $500 - $999 1515 Restaurant Eugene J. Ackler (‘76)

MKK Consulting Engineers, Inc.

Kevin Morse

Katherine D. Munn (‘00)

Sandra J. Phifer, Ph.D.H

American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education

Jeff S. and Kelly M. Potter

American Produce, LLC

Reginas Social & Civic Club

Linda M. Cline (‘87)

Kendall C. Necker (‘87)

Marc A. Rabinoff, Ph.D.H

Ellie-Ann S. Baldwin, Ph.D.H

Alan W. Richards (‘79)H

John F. and Shirley J. Coffey

Sean C. NesbittH

Renatus Holdings, LLC

Douglas S. and Maria Ballmer

RNL Design

College Board

Lisa W. Nordhauser (‘90)

Margaret N. Rivera (‘80)

Sherwin Beck

Scott and Ellen Robinson

Lorna J. Columbia

Michael J. Palumbo

Roche Colorado Corporation

Keith A. Bembenek (‘84)

Wayne and Karen Schubert

DiAnne L. Cooper

Emilia G. PaulH

Paula Rogers

Bradley K. and Suzanne L. Benson

John L. Schultz, Ph.D.H

Joseph W. and

David W. (‘91) and

BKD, LLP

Chris E. Silvestri (‘99)

Daryl Davis

Bridget E. Brophy (‘82)

Arthur and Judy Peterson

Solera National Bank

Mark B. Davis

CaP Biotechnology, Inc.

Russell B. Pietz (‘76)

Helle Sorensen (‘98)H

David E. Diaz (‘97)

Citi Private Bank

Patricia A. Poppenga (‘98)

Leslie A. Swetnam, Ph.D.H

Kay E. Eflin

Robert M. Cluff (‘09)

Dean M. Reeves (‘86)H

Sharon L. Vanzant (‘73)

Randall A. (‘83) and

Colorado Federation of Music Clubs, Inc.

Residence Inn - Denver Downtown

Visa International

Adele Phelan

Freda T. Roof Trust Clyde W. Rucker Kevin J. Ryan Sage Foundation of The Denver Foundation Eugene W. Saxe, Ph.D.H Harriet and Kenneth Shaw, Ph.D. Rae S. Shevalier, Ph.D. (‘92)H Skal International - Colorado Christine M. (‘98) and John B. Smith Clark B. Smith (‘97) Kirk B. Smith (‘91) State Higher Education Executive Officers

Emerson L. Schwartzkopf (‘79)

Diane R. Crawford

Wyndal K. Espinosa

Wendy (‘90) Petersen

The Ridge at Castle Pines North

Michael J. and Pamela A. Watanabe

Michael Fife

Robert E. Goodwin & Associates

Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia

W. Michael Filion

Joseph P. and Virginia L. Weber

David K. Ruch, Ph.D.H

Jennifer A. FisherH

Margaret A. Ryan (‘81)

Misty D. Conrad (‘07)

Lyn W. Wickelgren, Ph.D. Word Mechanics

The Forensic Sciences Foundation, Inc

Tae G. Ryu, Ph.D.H

Comedy Works

Earl E. Cooperrider Russell A. Cormier, Ph.D.H Ben B. Eastman, Jr.

Henry L. and Joan Strauss

Gregory J. GeisslerH

Larry D. Strutton (‘71)

GITA, Rocky Mountain Chapter

Barbara and Cecil Tackett The Salvatore Taddonio Family Foundation

Vicki L. Golich, Ph.D.H

Charles G. Tindall, Ph.D.H

Burney and Sherrie Hainlen

Marion L. Tobin (‘80)

Anne S. Hatcher, Ph.D.H

Luis A. Torres, Ph.D.H

Ernest L. Heyman, Ph.D.

Beth Treadway

Edward L. Jacobs, Jr. (‘96)H

Trusted Technical Advisors

Janice Marie King (‘78)

U.S. Bancorp Foundation

Douglas Griffin

METRO STATE CLUB $250 - $499 Cavell L. Alexander (‘90) and Robert E. Mahan Thomas P. Allen, Jr. and Jeannine Allen

Donna J. Fowler (‘80)H

David A. (‘97) and Juliane M. (‘00) Sandusky

Noel W. Frakes (‘70)

Anthony J. Sargent (‘77)

Anthony J. GarciaH

Timothy R. and

Donald J. Gavato II Judith K. (‘01) and Gary F. George

Cassondra D. M. Schaedig Susan M. Schelble, Ph.D.H John R. Scholten (‘78)

Damon and Gretchen Herbst

David A. Skougstad

Frieda K. Holley, Ph.D. and Richard A. Holley

Joel R. Smith, Jr. (‘87)

Lisa A. (‘04) and Eric C. (‘79) Apel, Ph.D.

Hotel VQ at Mile High

SheldonH and Jan Steinhauser

Appraisals “By George”

Eriks M. HumeyumptewaH

B.U.F.F. Brothers LLC

Cathy A. Hupka (‘87)

KPMG Foundation

Ball Corporation

Josten’s

U.S. Bank University of Northern Colorado

Kroenke Sports Charities, Inc.

Ben Baron

Tom R. Kaley (‘88)

Kroenke Sports Enterprises, LLC - Pepsi Center

Gordon and Geraldine S. Baron

Rajendra P. Khandekar, Ph.D.H

Marilee and Harry Utter

Rick and Kristi Krueger

Vanessa E. Becerra (‘09)H

Connie W. (‘70) and William Waddington

Mary L. LawrenceH

Richard A. BeckH

Kinnard Charitable Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Paul H. Betthauser (‘78)

Trey Lambert (‘01)H

Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education

Michelle M. LeBoo (‘95)H

Catherine B. LucasH

Blackboard, Inc. Judi A. BonacquistiH

Natalie K. Lutes (‘91)H

Lorne (‘78) and Ellen L. (‘77) BoswellH

Mike Fife Fund

Carolynne White

Mary M. Haas (‘89)

Lowenstern Foundation Maloneys on Market Kimberly J. Martinez (‘99)

Adrianne M. Almaraz (‘05)H Lupe and Mary T. Almaraz Maria Rose M. Amezcua (‘96)H

David L. Howell

William F. Smith (‘88) Diana B. Stone (‘79) John P. SupsicH Daniel V. and Mary C. Sylvester Stephen J. Taylor (‘07) Tara S. TullH Robert D. Vargas (‘96) Richard G. Wagner, Ph.D.H Deloris E. Warnecke April M. Washington (‘93) Mary Ann Watson, Ph.D.H Sanford and June Watzman Key: H Faculty/Staff F Deceased

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David H. BernsteinH

Ronald Degenhart (‘74)

Iliya K. Georgiev, Ph.D.H

Monica D. Jones (‘84)

David N. Wetzel

Robert W. and Sandra Bertrand

Mariano and Anne Delle Donne

Matthew L. Gerard (‘83)

Seth Jones, Jr. (‘80)

Milton J. Wieder, Ph.D.H

Stuart Black (‘83)

Lynn Denzin

Jason and Niki Gewirtz

Roger G. and Diane M. Joyce

William E. Wise

Benton C. Blee (‘80)

Valerie R. Derrick-Flanigan (‘00)

Frances E. Gibbs (‘74)

Barbara J. Keating (‘87)

Tanya K. Boffa (‘92)

Stephen (‘74) and Katherine M. (‘93) DeSellem

Roger Gibson

Susan Keeble Kenneth M. Keller

Jennie E. Doerksen (‘70)

Katherine S. GoldbergH Charlotte H. Goldsmith (‘92)

P. David Kennedy (‘83)

John R. Goltermann (‘97)

Richard G. Kessel, Ph.D.H

Elizabeth D. Gonzales (‘85)

Keystone Resort Golf

Doris M. Goodrich

Diane M. Kiyota

Renita Greenberg (‘86)

Mark C. Klee (‘79)

Richard (‘76) and

Peter A. Klingsmith (‘08)

Anonymous (7)

Janis S. Bohan, Ph.D. ROADRUNNER CLUB $100 - $249

David G. Bombeck (‘85)

Carol Abel

Boulder’s Dinner Theatre

Accenture Foundation, Inc. Nancy Acerrio Patrick W. Adams (‘93) Bonita J. Ades (‘09) Mark Alexander Georjean R. Allenbach (‘75) Carmel Alston Robert H. Amend, Ph.D.H American Society for Aesthetics Inc.

Ray Bowman (‘95) Brickyard BBQ Kathleen A. Bridge Chrysti R. and Matt BrittH Philip C. Brittain (‘74) William V. Bromley, Jr. (‘79) Jane P. Brossman (‘84) Scot Brown (‘84) Brueggers Bagels

Michael J. Ames (‘94)

Donald D. Bruno, Ph.D.H

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Shirley Byers (‘78)

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Mary F. Cahill (‘89)

Derek R. Anguilm (‘00)

Mary F. Camacho (‘04)

Monty Anhold

David A. and Helen Campbell

Mary F. Anschutz

Denise M. Campbell (‘80)

Arkansas River Tours

Career Transition Resources

Delia K. Armstrong

Kenneth W. and

Kathleen N. Arntz (‘82)

Kathleen K. Carmann

Frank (‘95) and Mary T. (‘99) Donlon Amy K. Dore, Ph.D. (‘96)H Judith K. Drake (‘79) Mary P. Duell (‘85) Charles and Madeline Durbin Richard A. Durkop (‘85) Robert L. Duval (‘79) Calvin and Margaret Dyer Lonna B. Earl Gloria S. Eastman, Ph.D.H Gretta J. Edwards (‘92) James A. and Amy J. Edwards Sandra G. Eichberg (‘85) Margaret Eisenhart Janice Embree-Bever (‘77) Patrick O. Emery (‘81) Mary J. Emmett (‘96) George E. Engdahl Enstrom Candy

C. Alan Arthur (‘88)

Patrick E. Carver (‘89)H

Patrick J. Arthurs (‘85)

Mary K. Chady (‘04)

Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities

Adrienne B. ChristyH

Kenneth E. Ashen (‘70)

Alton Clark (‘96)H

AT&T Foundation

Angela D. Clarke (‘89)

James R. Aubrey, Ph.D.H

Colorado Baggage Co.

Philip J. BacaH

Colorado Ballet

Michael L. Bahl (‘08) Nancy S. Bailey, Ph.D.H

Colorado Council Teachers of Mathematics

Charlotte M. Baker (‘02)H

Susan A. Conder (‘09)H

Yvonne Flood (‘91)

Eric S. Ball, Ph.D.H

Kathryn A. CooperH

Harumi U. Florence (‘88)

Gregory M. Cjurican

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Margaret (‘80) Grier

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Sydney G. Hannah (‘86)

Patricia Lake

Robert N. Hans (‘76)

Rosaline Laks

Danyette M. Hardin (‘07)

Kathleen M. Lamb (‘81)

Booker T. Harris, Jr.H

Linda Lang-Peralta, Ph.D.H

Katherine Hasfjord (‘84)

Mark Lapedus (‘85)

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Linda M. LappeH

Lonny Haynes, D.V.M. (‘82)

Deborah J. Larsen (‘76)

Michael B.H and Lorraine Hays

Patricia M. Laughlin (‘00)

David M. and Gloria J. Hedstrom

Law Firm of Portales & Associates

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Abe and Mary Barghelame

Copenhagen Furniture of Colorado, Inc.

Ali and Jill Barghelame

Keith L. and Polly A. Cowley

Fossil Trace Golf Club

Michael F. Barth (‘80)

Todd E. Crouse (‘74)

The Baxter International Foundation

Skip Crownhart

John N. Bean (‘07)

Cynergy Chiropractic Center Inc.

Steven J. Beaty, Ph.D.H

Susan E. Daggett (‘82)

Dan A. Becker (‘90)

Kathryn Gaasvig (‘79)

William S. Daley (‘78)

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Michael R. Dalke (‘74)

John A. Gallegos (‘88)

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Joan P. Garrison

Jon P. Johnson (‘73)

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Vincent Z.C. deBaca, Ph.D.H

Sarah M. Johnson (‘99)

Dean A. Berggren (‘86)

Zelda M. DeBoyes (‘85)

General Aviation Modifications, Inc.

Milton A. Marks Philanthropic Fund of the Jewish Federation Deborah S. Marks Milton A. Marks and Rita Z. Cline-Marks Michael A. Martin (‘89) Loretta P. Martinez, J.D.H Paula E. MartinezH

Sylvester Johnson

Kenneth W. Masters (‘84)

Bank of America Foundation

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Don Aspegren, DC, PC

Marilyn F. Cullen-ReavillH

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Paulette W. McIntosh (‘80)H

James M. Poland (‘71)

Valerie D. McKenna (‘90)

Mary Jo Pollman, Ph.D.H

Theo H. Mees, Jr. (‘83)

Mark D. PotterH

Nancy A. Mehler (‘89)

Michael R. Preston (‘91)

MetLife Foundation

Robert J. Pugel, Ph.D.

Ruth E. M’GonigleH

Joseph A. QuatrochiH

Darrell L. Millage (‘73)

Ronald J. (‘94) and

Mary A. Miller

Elisa Z. Ramirez

David I. and Deborah Milner

Alain D. Ranwez, Ph.D.H

Stephen J. and Laurel J. Mohr

Ella Maria Ray, Ph.D.H

Robert L. Molitor (‘79)

David A. ReinH

Claire A. Mootz (‘78)

Megan A. Reyes (‘95)

Stephanie M. MoranH

Willie C. Rivers (‘83)

Abel A. Moreno, Ph.D.H

Greg Robertson (‘79)

Raymond H. MoroyeH

Charles E. Robinson (‘73)

Lavonne E. Morrell (‘84)

Claudia J. Romans (‘91)H

Brian F. Morrow (‘90)

Kathleen Ronnenberg, J.D. (‘85)

Gordon and Ann Moshman

Linda R. Rook (‘80)

Arthur D. Mowry (‘82)

Jean RotherH

Michael E. Murphy (‘84)

Jessy Roy (‘04)

Tina Naugle

John J. Rumsey (‘99)

Elizabeth C. Nelms (‘05)

Bradley J. Rundquist (‘01)

Debra A. Nishikida

Runner’s Roost

Bruce C. Noll (‘88) R. Keith NorwoodH

Mark J. and Catherine A. Russell

Donella J. Novak (‘79)

Joan Rustay (‘82)

Ruth Ann Nyhus, Ph.D.H

Donald R. Rutledge (‘93)

Margaret C. Oleson (‘84)

Brenda L. SaboH

Joseph Oliva, Jr. (‘01)

Safeway on South Yosemite

Byron L. Olsen, Jr. and Lisa Olsen

Emily Sandelin (‘87)

Jeanne OlsonH

Elena Sandoval-Lucero, Ph.D.H

Margaret M. O’Neill-Jones, Ph.D.H

Carmen H. Sanjurjo, Ph.D.H

Linda Sanders

Paula T. Oros

Harold L. and Genevieve Sattler

Javier A. (‘86) and

Paul Schadler

Charlie Gallagher & Maria Perez

Steven R. and Lorie M. Matthews

A LOT MORE ‘BANG FOR HIS BUCK’ Charlie Gallagher got into educational philanthropy some 20 years ago in Toledo, Ohio. He named the program “PaceSetter” and called participating students “scholars” because, he says, “I didn’t want them to feel this was ‘charity.’ I wanted them to feel this is something they earned.”

In Gallagher’s book, personal investment and responsibility, a collaborative spirit and partnership stand among the key lessons in helping students achieve academic success. This includes getting other donors involved and requiring scholars to chip in time and money. “What you do is make (college) possible, but you also make them have to work for it,” he says.

When Gallagher came to Colorado about 15 years ago, he brought the PaceSetter program with him and found a way to bridge his work with Colorado Uplift, a mentoring program in Denver Public Schools, and his role with the Metro State Foundation. “I started the PaceSetter program there because I concluded that Metro State was the best-kept secret in Colorado. That’s number one,” he says. “Number two, they had a terrific track record of educating their kids. Number three, Metro State is the best value, the best price and the best cost of any school in the state, and I thought, ‘Gosh, I’m going to get a lot more bang for my buck.’”

Gallagher funded PaceSetter scholarships at a number of colleges and universities, including a few in Colorado, and he says, “Nothing compared with the kind of return on investment that I got at Metro.”

So, how does he define this success?

“I think success is someone who stays in the program, graduates and gets a job,” Gallagher says. “We’re dealing with students who without financial support would absolutely never even end up in any college, and they would never have the career or job opportunities that a college degree brings.”

Since inception, there have been 139 Metro State PaceSetter Scholars. Maria Perez, 23, is one of them.

A Montbello High School grad, Perez now prepares to graduate in December 2010 with her degree in human performance and sport (emphasis in sport industry operations). Her job search is underway. “If it weren’t for (the PaceSetter program),” Perez says, “I probably wouldn’t be here right now.”

– Roxanne Hawn

Janet D. Orton

Jenifer G. Scherlin (‘86)

Donors to the Pacesetter Scholars Program in Fiscal Year 2009-10

Pamela J. Osborne (‘89)H

Daniel B. Scheuerman Andrew W. SchlichtingH

Baker & Hostetler Founders Trust

Richard C. Saunders

The Oxford Spa and Salon Frank E. Oyler

Michael K. Schutte

Baker & Hostetler

Rachella M. Seeley

Eric G. Papadeas (‘79)

Lauren SchwartzH

George K. Baum & Company

Stonebridge Companies

Kenneth C. ParsonsH

Scizzors Ltd.

Benson Mineral Group, Inc.

Raymond L. Sutton

James A. Patton (‘84)

Vicky A. Seehusen

Diane & Charles Gallagher Family Foundation of the Denver Foundation

Sean R. Tonner

Jeremy G. Paul

Mark A. Segall, Ph.D.H

Stephen M. Jordan

Vincent P. Pesce (‘76)

Thomas D. Seidenberg

Wells Fargo Foundation

Brian A. and Kathy D. Peterson

Brian Serff

W.L. Kiely

Joan E. (‘86) Ortega

Robert T. Schelble

Key: H Faculty/Staff F Deceased

Edward A. Robinson Salazar Family Fund of The Denver Foundation

UMB Financial Corporation Since inception, Metro State has received more than $3.1 million in contributions to the PaceSetter Scholarship program.

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G. Arlene Sgoutas, Ph.D.H

Patricia A. Auracher

BOA on West 32nd Restaurant

William T. Campbell (‘05) Susan K. Carahalios (‘89)

Virginia M. Shapiro (‘93)

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Jeffrey R. Babb (‘79)

Bob Trumper Agency

Steven M. and Lynne E. Shaver

Kimberly E. WilliamsH

Eugene R. Baca (‘77)

Julie Boening (‘86)

Phyllis M. Carlson

Marilyn Shaw

Susanne E. Williams (‘06)

Patricia Baca

Kerrie Boese (‘83)

Joyce L. Carnes

Ken and Janet K. Sherman

Elizabeth Williamson

Jerry L. Bach (‘80)

Peggy L. Bohl (‘71)

Beth Caron

Lori N. Short (‘97)

James Williamson

Colette B. Badger (‘89)

Peter W. Bonaker, Ph.D. (‘71)

Kristin J. Carpenter

Sandra D. Shreve

Ronald L. Willson (‘74)

Brian L. Bagwell, Ph.D. (‘92)H

JoAnne C. Boncheck (‘80)

Murray H. Siegel

Ellery Willyard

Leslie G. BaileyH

James H. Booth (‘80)

John E. (‘80) and Mary C. (‘70) Carroll

Connie M. Simonds (‘78)

M. J. Winge and S. C. Kuntz

Vicki L. Bailey (‘80)

Patricia A. Bowers (‘89)

Stefanie M. CarrollH

Roger E. Siple (‘87)

Timothy J. Winkler (‘85)

Sue E. Baird (‘77)

Carol M. Boyd (‘96)

Mateo Casado-Baena (‘82)

Linda A. SivertsonH

Mary E. Wolf (‘81)

Art Bajet

John Brackney

Louise H. Cass

Patrick R. Smaldone (‘84)

Randall J. Wolf (‘74)

Cathy A. Baldwin (‘92)

Amanda L. Bradhurst (‘05)

Jack and Carol Cathcart

Smith Co.

Dennis Wood

Cory I. Baldwin (‘97)

Adrienne H. Bradshaw (‘94)

Mary Cay (‘98)

Stephen M. Smith (‘99)

James M. Wood

Susanne L. Baldwin

Barbara J. Braley (‘88)

Matthew M. Cetto (‘09)

Leon Solomon

Joe W. Woodward (‘92)

Balistreri Vineyards

Gary R. Brannon (‘89)

Brianne N. Chambers (‘05)

Betty J. Soneff (‘86)

Sally S. Yeager (‘80)

Veronica E. Barela (‘77)

Judy A. Bredesen (‘87)

Connie E. Chambers (‘99)

Anne M. Stanwick (‘94)

Susanne L. Young (‘05)

Michael F. Barlow

Melinda K. BrenimerH

Linda C. Champney, Ph.D.H

Jeff Staron

Teresa J. Youtz, M.D. (‘79)

Cheryl A. Brennan (‘99)

Daylene R. ChandlerH

John D. (‘93) and Marilyn K. (‘79) StarrettH

Mark (‘75) and Carol A. (‘76) Zaitz

Cindra S. (‘86) and Andrew W. Barnard

Diane J. Briars

Kathy K. Chanthongthip

Ellen S. Barnes (‘86)

Rebecca S. Bridge (‘90)

Martin J. Chappell (‘93)

Douglas A. Stepelton (‘69)

Ben D. (‘95)H and Heather (‘99) Zastrocky

Susan F. Barnett (‘88)

Brio Tuscan Grille

Barbara Chavez (‘95)H

Cynthia Baron (‘99)H

Daniel R. Broadbooks

Mi Chen (‘07)

Judith L. ZeweH

Russell D. Barrows, Ph.D. (‘74)H

Margaret Zubrin

Jamie E. Bateman

Robert J. Stransky, Jr. Julie A. StrasheimH Marvin H. B. Stumpf III (‘80) David F. Sunstrom (‘86) Diana M. Superka (‘00)

Anonymous (17)

Mark F. Battersby (‘75) Verdella M. Bauer (‘83)

DONORS UP TO $100

Frances L. Bean

Cynthia S. Abrahamson (‘82)

Kerry A. Beck (‘07)

Vin Tang

Kenneth J. Adrian (‘76)

Elaine D. BecksH

Gloria Travis Tanner (‘74)

Teresa A. Aguilar (‘86)

Vernon K. Beebe (‘72)

Sheila S. Thompson, Ph.D.H

Diane M. Alder

Amy L. Bell (‘10)

Roberta K. Thyfault (‘80)

Robert E. Aldridge (‘76)

Bonita L. Benda, Ph.D.

Jack and Carol Tone

AnnJanette Alejano-Steele, Ph.D.H

Scott A. Bender (‘91)

Robert E. (‘94) Eustace and Barbara C. Tracy (‘94)

Adam Alleman (‘04)

Anita M. Benedikt (‘95)

Gary M. and Janet L. Allen

Shirley Bengtson (‘78)

Barbara Uliss, Ph.D.H

Stephen AmadorH

Donald E. Bennett (‘77)

John Van Leuven (‘99)

Cheri L. Andersen (‘97)

Loretta J. Benore (‘80)

Vessey Funeral Service

Cindy AndersonH

Rhonda L. Benton (‘75)

Julie S. VictorH

Jessica L. Anderson, NDH

Charles R. Berendt (‘70)

Katie Anderson

Maryl R. Bergeson (‘00)

Sadie Ann VigilH

Peter A. Anderson (‘86)

Janice C. BernhartH

The Vineyard Wine Shop

Patricia Andrade

Susan L. Bertelsen, Ph.D.H

Robert V. Waldrop (‘89)

Colleen R. (‘03) and James M. Anthony

Margo L. Birkholz

Dennis Wanebo (‘74) Michael W. Ward

Philip D. Antonelli II (‘82)

Linda R. Black (‘86)

Todd A. Ward (‘89)

Julienne Antony

Jeweldine Blair

Robert E. and Roberta M. Weber

Andrew T. Aragon (‘75)

David and Tammy Blake

Elizabeth A. Webster and John H. Ladd

John C. Archibold (‘92)

Joan C. Blanchard (‘79)

Lorraine Asarch (‘79)

Kurt E. and Kerryann Bleikamp

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Nichola K. Blieden (‘81)

Linda B. White, M.D.H

Lindsay A. Atkinson (‘08)

Jeffrey J. Bliven (‘01)

Carol M. Svendsen (‘78)H David and Lisa Sylvester Louis M. and Teresa L. Sylvester

Martha I. Vigil (‘05)

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Ian H. Black (‘95)

Bronco Billy’s Casino Susan Brookman (‘89) Emmitt Brooks Susan BrooksH Martha A. Brophy Michael P. Brown (‘09) Gail C. Bruce-Sanford, Ph.D.H Dennis C. (‘73) and Cindy (‘95) Brungardt Donald J. and Joanne Brungardt Christopher and Peggy Bruno Dana R. Bryning (‘89) Bernice D. Bueche (‘89) Deborah A. Buescher Buffalo Trace Gerard F. Burke (‘79) Tanya L. Burke-Adams (‘98) Karen A. Burns Sophia R. Burns (‘07) Stephen M. Burns (‘95) Becky Burr Cynthia A. Busch (‘07)H Mike and Allison Butt Dana Cain Rita Y. Caldwell (‘93) Mary R. Calm (‘77) Patricia A. Calzia (‘98)H Cheryl A. Cambra (‘01)

The Cherry Cricket Cheval Colorado, LLC. Susan B. Childress Claude J. Christensen (‘80) Gwendolyn A. Christian (‘73) Erika L. Church (‘05) Lee I. (‘93) and Sharon A. (‘95) Church David J. Cisneros (‘99)H John J. Clapper Patricia A. Clark (‘83) Michael P. Clarke Tyler C. ClineH Steve A. Clubine (‘78) Bridgette A. CobleH Shirley M. Coen (‘85) Raymond E. Coffey Shiree L. Coffman (‘08) Dyan Cohen (‘83) Sandra J. Cohen Norman and Nancy S. Cole Saundra Collins (‘84) Colorado Railroad Museum Colorado Sox Anne M. Comstock (‘82) Deborah S. Condon (‘80) Anne Conlon

Catherine M. Campbell

Kenneth E. Connolley (‘86)

James Campbell and Janice Campbell

Christine B. Cook (‘85) Mary J. Cook (‘79)

Steven D. Cookson (‘74)

Madeleine Dodge

Karen D. Findling (‘86)

Jerrold S. Glick (‘78)

Harry P. Hassler II

Lise N. Cordsen (‘80)

Amiko A. Doi (‘78)

Amanda A. FingerH

Cynthia S. GlimmH

Rex B. Hastings (‘87)

Clint Corzatt

Theresa M. Dollard (‘86)

Flair-do-for-Hair

Gail Gliner

John Hatem (‘90)

Shawn C. Cox (‘94)

Ismael R. Dominguez

Flatirons Golf Course

Harry Goens III (‘91)

Patricia J. Havill-Lohman (‘76)H

Curtis R. Craft (‘08)

Judith Donaldson

Fleet Feet Sports

Golden Cat Publishing

Nicholas W. Havrilak, Jr.

Ralph J. Cristello (‘71)

Kirsten L. Donisi (‘09)

Janine FloresH

John and Kathie Golden

Randy R. Hayes (‘91)

Adrian K. Criswell (‘82)

Joan H. Donley

Mary L. Flores (‘96)

Joseph M. Goldhammer

Sarah J. Hays (‘70)

Mark D. Cromie (‘09)

Cynthia G. Dormer, Ph.D.H

Patricia Flores

Benita Golterman

Carol K. Hazlet (‘96)

Christie L. Cromwell (‘05)

Thomas C. Flores (‘79)

Andrea GonzalesH

Pamela Healy

Deborah B. CrossH

Randy (‘85) and Debra (‘88) Dougherty

Sheryl L. (‘78) and Glen C. Flyr

Catherine M. Heckel (‘81)

Clinton C. Crow

Garrett P. Douglas

Donald E. and Laurine M. Ford

Misty Romero and David Gonzalez

Shirley Crowfoot (‘72)

Diane R. Dowgiert (‘95)

Terry E. Ford (‘79)

Ryan J. GoodwinH

John Henderson

Ashley R. Crownover (‘96)

Downtown Aquarium

Beverly J. Fourcade (‘84)

Kathleen M. Goodyear (‘01)

Ron and Terri Hendrick

Virginia K. Cruz, Ph.D.H

Dean Dowson

Donald and D. D. Fox

Judith M. Gordon (‘97)

Warren Hendricks (‘75)

Andrew G. Current (‘04)H and Jen Forrest

Diana K. Doyle (‘93)

Norma J. Fox (‘77)

Jodee L. Grady (‘89)

Carl H. Henriksen, Jr. (‘04)

Joseph J. Duke (‘77)

Patrick I. Foy and Rennae Ross

Kristi Graham

James J. Heriot (‘74)

Kyle Curry

Robert D. Duncan (‘74)

Edmund Francis

Margaret Ann Graham (‘80)

Owen S. HermanH

Donovan L. Curtis

Brett and Sandra Duran

Earl M. Franklin (‘71)

Gary and Sharon Greathouse

Natalie M. Hernandez (‘09)

Lorraine M. Curtis (‘93)

Betty J. Durkee (‘77)

Pamela M. Franklin (‘86)

Patrick Green (‘80)

Ricardo T. Hernandez (‘06)

Gabe and June Czako

Keri Eckert

Shirley F. Fredricks

Nancy and Ken Griswold

Rey Hernandez-Julian, Ph.D.H

Brittney Dahl

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Carissa J. Freeman

Rebecca A. Gumm (‘81)

Art L. Herrera (‘78)

Paul and Giovanna Damone

Janina EdwardsH

Ida M. Freilinger (‘85)

Gretchen Gvoth (‘87)

Anita Hessin

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Jeff L. Edwards (‘92)

Tracy G. Fullerton (‘81)

Steven L. and Teresa L. Haab

Shauna Hetherington

James and Lori A. Danneffel

Katye Edwards

Lee M. Gaines (‘01)

Lisa R. Hagan, Ph.D.H

Kevin S. Hettler (‘92)

Jay and Valerie L. Danneffel

Pauline Edwards (‘88)

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Charles T. Hagburg (‘81)

Marilyn A. Hetzel, Ph.D.H

Dale M. D’Argo

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Eileen M. Gallegos (‘78)

Shannon Hager (‘88)

Brendell C. Hicks

Clayton L. Daughtrey, Ph.D.H

Marilyn F. Eisele (‘84)

Kathleen L. Galloway (‘75)

Tim M. Hakonson (‘71)

Larry D. Hicks (‘71)

Alberta L. Davis

Terri L. Elliott (‘95)

Johnathan B. Galovan (‘09)

Kenneth T. Hall (‘89)

Annette K. Higgins (‘85)

Glen Davis (‘74)

Olive S. EllisonH

Zeb Gammons

Pam Hall

Matthew Hilbert

Jeffrey B. Davis (‘85)

Dana Elmini

Deborah K. Garbee (‘89)

Beverly Hill (‘82)

Katrin Davis

Murray L. Engelkemier (‘87)

Maria A. GarciaH

Larry D. and Connie J. Halldorson

Ralph M. and Darlene K. Davis

Katherine M. Erickson (‘82)

Joanne Gardner (‘96)

Todd D. Haltiner (‘09)

Nancy A. Hinrichs (‘09)

S. Betty Davis (‘78)

Dawn N. Escarcega (‘97)

Gregory G. Garland (‘77)

Suzanne V. Davis (‘80)

Andrew R. Esparza (‘71)

June Garlick (‘96)

Jeannie Davison (‘95)

Kristi L. Estes (‘96)

David Garlington (‘74)

Surath de Mel

Deniese L. Estrada (‘94)

James P. Garrett, Jr. (‘74)

Louise DeBooy (‘71)

Joe R. Estrada, Sr.

Thomas E. Garrison (‘72)

Terrance P. Decker (‘79)

Jean D. Ethredge (‘96)H

Donald E. Gatewood

Melissa Dedrick (‘88)

Carolyn R. Evans

Elwood P. Gautier (‘76)

Delta Air Lines Foundation

Mary Ann Geiger (‘00)

Linda A. Denham (‘95)

Michael Evert and Gary R. Limley

Denver Firefighters Museum

Terri L. Fabrizio (‘93)

Roberta J. Genty (‘89)

Denver Zoo

James R. Fagerstrom (‘78)

Roberta George-Curran (‘88)

Lora L. Hansen (‘09)H

Roland C. Derby (‘70)

Charmaine S. Falkenberg (‘89)

Mahlon L. Gerrow (‘77)

Bridgette E. Hardin

Dale J. DeSmet (‘87)

Fantastic Fun

Robert and Diane Harding

Pat Deveney

Gwendolyn Farnsworth

Gary M. (‘78) and Lisa (‘82) Gibson

Tamara J. Devries (‘89)

Daniel L. Fauser (‘90)

Lynn C. and Gail L. Gilbert

Karl D. Harmston, Sr., M.D. (‘77)

Larry A. and Shelley A. Diede

Virginia Feighner (‘90)

Michael W. Gilbert (‘75)

Brenda K. Harris (‘97)

Paula J. Dietz (‘02)

Mary Konrad Feller

Robert A. Gillice (‘71)

Charles N. Harris (‘74)

Linda L. Dieveney (‘88)

Margo R. Ferguson (‘89)

Steve and Cindy Gilmore

Suzanne M. Harris

Darrel L. Dilley (‘75)

Frank A. Ferraro (‘79)

Jason L. Gimbel (‘98)

Sophie Harrison

E. Catherine DitamoreH

Victoria A. Ficco (‘90)

Rosaline J. Glade (‘84)

Gayor Geller

Patrick R. Hamilton (‘89) Sherman Hamilton (‘71) Maurice F. Hamington, Ph.D.H Deborah K. Hammar (‘85) Scott L. Hampel (‘90) Elaine Hanak-Hall (‘76) Joshua Hanfling Victoria L. Hannu Beth L. Hansen (‘85) Gary R. Hansen (‘70)

Susan L. Harman (‘82)

Birgit Hegewald (‘85)

Diane T. Hill (‘99) Valorie J. Hipsher (‘95) Mary and Owen Hobson Crystal Hoffman Judith G. Hoffman (‘72) Kathryn M. Hoffman (‘07) Mary B. Hogan (‘86) Andrew E. Holland (‘88) Jennifer A. Hollingsworth (‘95) Greg A. HolmH Lisa M. Holthausen Claudia Holzer (‘75) F. L. Hopkins (‘80) Jody B. Horn (‘81) Linda J. Horn Katherine Horton (‘86) Kim A. HoslerH Jerry L. Houser (‘79) James J. Hoven, Sr. (‘75) Jane A. Howe (‘96) Key: H Faculty/Staff F Deceased

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Lisa Moder

Darla K. Hughes

Elaine M. Kaufman (‘78)

Diane E. Kyncl (‘82)

Carol A. Hunter (‘79)

Melissa A. Lacrosse (‘03)H

Beth C. Huter (‘81)

Donald W. (‘72) and Judith T. (‘70) Kautz

Todd P. Hylton (‘00)

Kathleen A. Keefe (‘76)

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Helen Anne Keesey (‘71)

Loretta M. Landry

Eric J. Ibscher (‘06)

Anthony R. Kellen

Jennifer P. Langer (‘99)

Mary C. Kelley (‘74)

Charles B. and Shu N. Larson

Nancy R. Kellogg, Ph.D.H

Leona Lazar

Debra L. Kelly (‘93)

Antonio F. Ledesma, Ph.D. (‘72)H

M. Stephen (‘82) and Lynne H. KendallH

Glennys D. Lee (‘76)

Madeline J. Kenkel and Maureen J. Petrillo

Marjorie E. Lee (‘89)

Ann E. Iford (‘74) Linda W. Isaacson (‘78) Thomas L. Isaacson (‘85) Kathleen B. Isberg (‘74) Frederick D. Jackson (‘79)

ALUMNA DONATES AWARD PRIZE TO ALMA MATER

LaVerda M. Jacobs (‘74)

The first time Lisa Moder saw a wall-sized schematic for an integrated electronics circuit and learned of the complexity and beauty that lived within the tiny circuit her high school teacher held, she was hooked.

Jacob W. James (‘04)

“I thought that was the coolest thing ever,” recalls the 1990 electrical engineering technology graduate. Sure, Moder’s dad, who was an engineer in the military, influenced her career decisions, but that day with the circuit “artwork” moved this math-and-science whiz in the right direction.

Francis Jamison

These days, Moder travels the world visiting the contract manufacturing plants that make EchoStar Technology’s many consumer electronics, including new ones like sling boxes, which make it possible to access your television programming from anywhere in the world on a computer or even a smart phone.

Moder ensures the various plants in Europe, India, China and Mexico build and test the products to detailed specifications.

Much of her job involves finding better, more consistent and less expensive ways to test these electronics. One such effort— finding an automated way to measure motion video through her work with VI Technology—led to Moder’s nomination for Test Engineer of the Year, an award given by Test & Measurement World, an industry trade magazine.

She went head-to-head with other technology testing experts, including one from NASA who worked on the Mars Rover project. The magazine ran feature articles on each nominee in the fall of 2009, and then opened the award to online voting. She won the award and the $10,000 grant (courtesy of National Instruments) for the college/university or nonprofit of her choosing that came with it.

The only woman to win in the award’s history, Moder donated her prize to Metro State’s Electrical Engineering Technology Program.

She presented the sizeable gift at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Auraria Science Building on August 20, 2010.

Colorado Governor Bill Ritter and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper attended the festivities.

“I’ve never been in the position before, where I could do something like this, but I’m all about giving back,” Moder says.

“Metro State has a very valuable program with respect to any of their engineering disciplines, so it was a natural progression.”

– Roxanne Hawn

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Luxury Inn

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Marilyn K. Lyle (‘86) Nicholas E. Macdonald (‘03)

Majorie Kowalski

Amy C. Mackenzie (‘95)

James R. Krattenmaker (‘89)

MAD Greens Madcap Theater

Kirstin L. Juul

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Carolyn S. Kremers (‘81)

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Lynn E. Kuhn

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Ken Katuin

Robert C. Kukura (‘89)

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Phyllis Katz

Joyce S. Kull

Carol K. MallerH

LeRoy F. Kauffman (‘76)

Darrin J. Kunselman (‘09)

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Debora A. Judish (‘73) Sumbal S. Julion (‘02) Jumpstreet Samantha K. Juneau (‘90) Jungle Quest

Jonathan L. and Sharon Madison

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Maxine M. McPhaul (‘81)

Grace C. Morris (‘81)

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Dean E. Reinfort (‘91)

Michael G. Maltese (‘94)

Andrew W. McPherson (‘94)

George O. Morse (‘85)

Daniel A. Parks (‘96)

Robert B. Renfro (‘94)

Gwendolyn MamiH

Judith M. McTernan (‘75)

Howard Morton

Elizabeth L. Parmelee, Ph.D.H

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Diane M. Mandile (‘87)

Mary L. McVeigh (‘91)

Richard A. Morvay (‘86)

Jeffrey I. Parrott (‘84)

Reinaldo C. Resendez, Sr. (‘77)

James and Patricia Manion

John M. McWilliams (‘76)

Diana Mosher (‘84)

Richard Parsons

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Cathy L. Mansbridge (‘94)

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Mary L. Mosier (‘75)

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M. Lynn Moulthrop (‘78)

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Lynda A. Ricketson (‘06)

Steven A. Mueller (‘98)

Steve M. Payne (‘01)

Fred M. Riley (‘74)

Andrew R. Muldoon, Ph.D.H

William M. Payne (‘72)

Robert F. Rizzuto, Jr. (‘05)

Patrick D. Murphy (‘79)

Ronnie J. PeacockH

Lisa B. Roberts (‘03)

Jason D. Myers (‘02)

Pediatric Dentistry, P.C.

Stephen W. Roberts (‘70)

Robert F. Nagel (‘99)

Evangeline R. Pell (‘78)

Vanessa L. Roberts (‘08)

Lois K. Nash (‘83)

Kimberly L. Pendleton

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Patty M. Meek, Ph.D. (‘79) Riley N. Mehegan (‘07) Brenda E. Meidl Genevieve Mellman (‘82) Virginia A. Mendez (‘10) Guy M. Mendt (‘85) Daniel E. Mercure (‘79) Bonnie M. Merenstein Machera M. Mestas (‘08) Alicia A. Metcalf (‘06) Microsoft Matching Gifts Program Shirley F. Middleton (‘72) Penny S. Mieth (‘98) Steven C. and Donna M. Mikesell Jennifer L. Mikkelsen Kalon Miller (‘85) Karen T. Miller (‘77)

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Jay Pollak (‘85) Kathryn Pototsky (‘88)

Philip T. Roseboro

William Miller III (‘75)

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Noodles & Co.

Lynette Maynard (‘88)

Thomas L. Milner (‘83)

Geralyn G. Noon

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Christopher A. Minter (‘06)H

Ann C. Noonan (‘86)

Diane K. McAllisterH

Oscar J. Minter III (‘77)

Cynthia S. Norman (‘03)

Alta McCafferty

Gary L. Missan (‘85)

Blair Northwood (‘85)

Irene M. McCahill (‘84)

Margaret H. Mitchell (‘93)

Matthew Noteboom

Lynn B. McCamant (‘89)

John W. Mlinar (‘73)

Richard W. Nuttall (‘84)

Nordyka G. Pulai

Debbie R. McCarty (‘95)

Danielle M. Moe (‘07)

Crystal R. Punch (‘89)

Richard D. and Clarine E. McConnell

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Tom Obermeier and Christine Obermeier

Priscilla L. QueenH

John and Roberta J. Russell

David A. Ohnmacht (‘97)

Racine’s Restaurant

Rosini R. Russell (‘97)

Sherry Olree (‘73)

Kirk J. Raeber (‘73)

Sheryl K. Sadler (‘76)

Steven and Kathy Olson

Shelly A. Raemer (‘94)

Andrea Salinas (‘81)

Robert O’Neill (‘86)

Kristen L. Rahm (‘95)

Cherie B. Sanchez (‘98)

Michael A. OpheimH

Evelyn L. Rakes (‘77)

Elvia Sanchez

Susan H. Osborne

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Maribel Sanchez (‘95)

Kevin J. O’Shea (‘71)

Charles R. Ray (‘77)

Marjory Savage (‘88)

Deborah A. Osterberg (‘93)

David P. Reddick (‘83)

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Lee D. Overcamp (‘93)

Charlotte E. Reese

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Tania H. Reese, Ph.D. (‘86)

JoAnn H. Schantz (‘90)

Alice Owens

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Elizabeth M. Pace (‘80)

Mark and Lesa L. Reeves

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Lindsay Packer, Ph.D.H

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John G. Moldovan (‘84) Joanna Moldow The Molly Brown House Museum Robert J. Molter (‘81) Joan Monroe (‘80) James H. Montijo (‘91) Edward V. Montojo Christy A. Montour-LarsonH Kathryn D. Montoya (‘86)H Lenora L. MontoyaH Ronald C. Montoya (‘93)

Timothy J. McHugh (‘89)

William S. Moore (‘88)

Jan McKenzie

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McKesson Foundation, Inc.

Nivela Moreno (‘88)

John L. McLaughlin (‘86)

Linda K. Morgan (‘91)

Marilyn J. Palmer

Tom E. McMunigal (‘96)

Bruce L. Morgenegg, Ph.D.

Duane J. Panger (‘86)

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Bernard S. Rosen Catherine C. Ross Kenneth D. Rotramel (‘85) Vicki A. Rottman (‘89) Dale D. Roy (‘92) Jonathan E. Ruiz Daniel F. Rupp (‘79) Flora R. Russel (‘71) Joe Russell

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Matthew L. Tang (‘05)

Barbara M. Vasileff (‘78)

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Mark E. Smith (‘81)

Anthony F. Tatalaski III (‘94)

Alice Vaughn (‘71)

Lana T. Wilcox (‘91)

Deborah Schultz

Mary L. Smith (‘72)

Tattered Cover Book Store

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Randy D. Wiley (‘91)

Shannon E. Schumacher (‘96)

Nicholas M. Smith (‘06)

Elizabeth Tauer (‘83)

Verizon Foundation

Sharon L. WilkesH

Joyce Schumer and Randi Kaufman

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Elizabeth A. Taylor-Soules (‘76)

Robert and Sherry Vessey

Sara L. Williams (‘79)

Jeffrey Schweinfest

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David E. Teich, Sr. (‘76)

Michael L. and Janet S. Vetas

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Yalemwork Tekola (‘81)

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Thomas C. Vogt, Ph.D.H

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The Wizard’s Chest

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The Howell Research Group

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Starbucks #10261

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Janet K. Wolfer (‘85)

Richard L. Shea (‘71)

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Kim Thornburg and Fuad A. Raja

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Kelly A. Tienken (‘91)

Mildred P. Walter

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Sandimar Timberman (‘05)

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Linda L. Titus (‘95)

Jana S. Ward (‘82)

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Karen M. Todd (‘91)

George Washington (‘80)

Bobbi C. Woodward (‘09)

Nancy J. Todd and Terry J. Todd

Wayne J. Wasson (‘76)

Karen June Wooldridge (‘82)

Phillip A. Todd (‘05)

Timothy Waters

Sandra L. Wortman (‘80)

Aileen E. Toler (‘87)

Waterworks Car Wash

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Harvey W. Torrey (‘86)

Greg WattsH

Margaret A. WrightH

Susan M. Tourtelot (‘76)

James I. and Esther B. Wax

Roberta K. Wyckoff (‘73)

Jean M. Towner (‘73)

Patrick A. Weaver (‘83)

Elyse M. Yamauchi

Transcripts Express

Gregory J. Weber (‘88)

Jim and Kay Yates

Nathan D. Tribble (‘09)

Nancy R. Weber

Bonnie Yockstick (‘77)

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Arliss A. Webster (‘78)H

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Carrie Young

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Kate Trussler

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Thomas R. Young III and Joanne C. Young

Deborah Tschudy

Vanthan Weston (‘89)

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Gloria J. Turner (‘83)

Edward Zamarripa

Hans D. Turner (‘05)

Gregory A. (‘87) and Donna S. (‘91) Wetherbee

Erma D. Zamora (‘90)

Elizabeth A. Tursi

Leonard R. Wheeler (‘82)

Randall M. and Sally Zanon

William A. Sweeney (‘73)

Teresa S. Unseld, Ph.D.H

White Fence Farm

Michael E. Zastrow (‘96)H

Robin M. Sweet (‘98)

James N. Updegraff (‘98)

Darleen M. White (‘79)

Kristine A. Ziegler (‘93)

Ruth P. Sylvester

Peter Vail

Essie M. White (‘73)

Toni M. Zuniga (‘84)

T & R House Account

Carlos Valdivia-Luna (‘10)

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Rick Takahashi (‘70)

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Mary Lou Van VoorhisH

Barbara A. Wiens (‘84)

Betty A. Scott (‘81) Syndi A. Scott (‘81) Vicki Scott Jacqueline F. Scripture (‘80) Darryl E. Searuggs (‘84)

Margaret J. Sheil (‘85) Gregory K. Shelley (‘95) Christine L. Shephard (‘85) Deborah B. Shioshita (‘86) Marcia Shpall (‘74) Douglas B. and Cynthia D. Shreve Stephanie K. Shulman (‘01) Bonita A. and James A. Shviraga Jay D. Silverstein and Tamar Laks Tom J. Simkins (‘72) Sharon L. Simon Kristy S. Singh (‘92) Mark Sink Martha K. Sippel (‘94) Gregory Skalla (‘80) Wanda M. Skinner (‘81)

Kimberly A. Stewart (‘82) David L. Stinson (‘78) Ardeth E. Stitt (‘95) Gary D. Stoddard (‘78) Edward Stoeckel Heidi Stoeckel Bill and Mary Stoehr Christopher C. Stone (‘75) Georgia Stone (‘84) Woody and Linda P. Stone Bruce J. and Rosemary J. Stover Joseph M. Stranahan (‘98) Shirlee E. Strauch Connie L. Strothman (‘91) Linda M. StroupH Patrick T. Sullivan Linda J. Susak (‘86)

Peter S. and Beverly M. Skram

Cynthia L. Sutton, Ph.D.H

SkyVenture Colorado, LLC

Mark J. (‘83) and Diana M. (‘85) Swansen

Sander J. Slatkin, J.D. Smart Glass Systems, Inc. Brenda Smith Diane H. Smith (‘77) Erla K. Smith (‘88) John K. Smith (‘89) Kathleen A. Smith (‘78)

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Arie Parks Taylor Scholarship MillerCoors Brewing Company Art Department Discretionary - Nagel Nagel Foundation Barbara J. Ragan Scholarship Barbara A. McKenzie, Ed.D.H Christopher Lee Anderson Memorial Endowed Scholarship Jason and Niki Gewirtz Barbara and Cecil Tackett Christopher Priolo Memorial Endowed Scholarship Carole A. London (‘88) Classified Memorial Endowed Scholarship Charlotte M. Baker (‘02)H Vonda G. KnoxH Janet L. MaestasH Michael E. Zastrow (‘96)H In Memory of Pam Hitchcock M. C. Marchman Colonel Robert K. Mock Endowment Fund Mary Konrad Feller Gail Steger Mock Kristy S. Singh (‘92) In Honor of Bonita Joan Ades Metro State Graduation Diane M. Alder Patricia Andrade Anita Hessin Linda J. Horn Kathrine Jorgensen (‘90) Jan McKenzie Susan H. Osborne Marilyn J. Palmer In Memory of Anthony G. Hilbert Gail Steger Mock In Memory of Paul Cowherd Carolyn C. Levering Gail Steger Mock In Memory of Pearl Golden Gail Steger Mock Ellen Weisman

Donald Kubacki Endowed Memorial Scholarship Anne S. Hatcher, Ph.D.H Dorothea Brooke Endowed Scholarship Fund Eugene W. Saxe, Ph.D.H Dr. Furman C. Griffis Endowed Memorial Scholarship Fund Thomas P. Allen, Jr. and Jeannine Allen Bruce L. Morgenegg

Gene Amole Memorial Scholarship Patricia C. Amole Mark Lapedus (‘85) Anonymous In Memory of Rene Temple Kenneth D. BisioH Greg Lopez Memorial Endowed Scholarship John D. (‘93) and Marilyn K. (‘79) StarrettH The Bohland Family Charitable Gift Fund

Human Services Student Memorial Endowed Scholarship Anne S. Hatcher, Ph.D.H In Memory of Barry Alexander Chris and Julie A. MancusoH In Honor of Dr. Larry Langton, Professor Emeritus of English Tat Sang So, Ph.D.H In Honor of Dr. Lazlo A. Pook Scott E. Margolis (‘01)

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July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010 Dr. Gerald J. Fenger Endowed Memorial Scholarship

Greg Pearson Endowed Memorial Journalism Scholarship

James A. Fanning (‘73) Carol M. Svendsen (‘78)H

Carol E. Atkins (‘81) Emerson L. Schwartzkopf (’79) Linda S. Garrison (‘81)H Thomas G. (‘91) and Kate B. (‘88) LutreyH David P. Reddick (‘83) Betty J. Soneff (‘86) John D. (‘93) and Marilyn K. (‘79) StarrettH Word Mechanics Dennis Wanebo (‘74)

Dr. Suzanne W. Dunshee Endowed Scholarship Peter R. and Lorraine Kornafel Anonymous Ernest Stephen Ackler Memorial Scholarship Eugene J. Ackler (‘76) Kathleen A. Bridge Donna J. Fowler (‘80)H Fair Awards for Excellence in French, German, and Spanish Jeane Fair Charitable Trust Frank G. Edmonson Endowed Memorial Scholarship for Sound Engineering Kenneth D. BisioH The Frank Edmonson Foundation

In Honor of Ellen Slatkin’s Birthday Joseph M. Goldhammer Jonathan L. and Sharon Madison Sander J. Slatkin, J.D. In Honor of Jeff & Carrie’s Engagement Diane K. McAllisterH Kathleen A. MacKay, Ph.D.H

In Memory of Pauline Reece Lynn Denzin Sadie Ann VigilH In Recognition of Frosty’s Feast Mark D. PotterH James E. Wier Endowed Memorial Scholarship Douglas (‘83) and Alicia (‘82) Hoegh John W. Mlinar (‘73) Ira and Norma Wier Jan Embree-Bever Endowed Scholarship Fund David H. BernsteinH Janice Embree-Bever (‘77) Janice L. & James M. Velayas, Ph.D., Endowed Scholarship Jan and Jim (‘75) Velayas, Ph.D John E. Donohue Scholarship Award Anne S. Hatcher, Ph.D.H Diane H. Smith (‘77) John Leonard Ortiz Scholarship Miller Coors Brewing Company

In Honor of Joan McDermott, Athletic Director Peter A. Klingsmith (‘08)

Judge William and Betty Naugle Endowed Scholarship Fund Tina Naugle

Paula T. Oros

In Honor of Vincine R. Reinbold Cherie B. Sanchez (‘98)

Harry Trueblood Foundation Scholarship The Harry Trueblood Foundation

In Memory of Dorothy E. Babcock Mary A. Miller

Keith Mann Memorial Endowed Scholarship Skip Crownhart Cherrelyn A. Napue (‘99)H Gail C. Bruce-Sanford, Ph.D.H Luis A. Torres, Ph.D.H

Hackett/Munser Family Endowed Scholarship Fund

Herb Creswell Scholarship Metropolitan Denver Hotel Association

In Memory of Harry Gianneschi, former VP of Metro State L. Jean Wilkins (‘93)

Kingdom Enlightenment Scholarship Kingdom Enlightenment Scholarship Foundation

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L. Quinn-Rudolph Scholarship Lea Marshall Larry Strutton Endowed Scholarship Fund Larry D. Strutton (‘71) Lawrence Taishoff Communication Design Scholarship The Taishoff Family Foundation Loyal H. (Larry) Diehl Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund Paul N. Hotinger Lucy Leyba Book Award Martha A. Brophy Misty Romero and David Gonzalez M Paschal Scholarship AnonymousH Margaret N. Rivera Scholarship Margaret N. Rivera (‘80) Mark J. Smith Education Scholarship Raymond James Charitable Endowment Fund Mark Smith Family Foundation Max and Margot Guldman Scholarship In Honor of Jeff & Carrie’s Engagement Henry L. and Joan Strauss In Memory of Margot Guldman Henry L. and Joan Strauss Meredith Wetzel Memorial Scholarship Paula J. Dietz (‘02) Shirley F. Fredricks Kim Thornburg and Fuad A. Raja David N. Wetzel In Memory of Jodi Wetzel

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Rebecca V. Ferrell, Ph.D.H Rita Kiefer Kathleen A. MacKay, Ph.D.H Morse Family Foundation Robert E. Goodwin & Associates Sharon L. Simon Milroy A. Alexander/ CHFA Endowed Scholarship Colorado Housing and Finance Authority Pamela McIntyreMarcum Endowed Memorial Scholarship AnnJanette Alejano-Steele, Ph.D.H Leslie G. BaileyH Alexandra E. Basse Bonita L. Benda, Ph.D. Margo L. Birkholz Amy Bosak (‘02) and Laurie A. Konsella Arthur L. Campa, Jr., Ph.D.H Catherine M. Campbell Erika L. Church (‘05) Matthew P. D’AgostinoH Brittney Dahl Keri Eckert Janina EdwardsH Amanda A. FingerH Maurice F. Hamington, Ph.D.H Lora L. Hansen (‘09)H Colby R. Hatfield, Ph.D.H Nancy A. Hinrichs (‘09) Crystal Hoffman Lisa M. Holthausen Carol A. Jensen (‘98)H Kirstin L. Juul Amanda King Maureen P. Lancaster, Ph.D. Catherine B. LucasH Thomas G. (‘91) and Kate B. (‘88) LutreyH Kathleen A. MacKay, Ph.D.H Brendan K. and Juliet Marcum Margaret A. MarshH Christopher A. Minter (‘06)H Robert L. Molitor (‘79) Judy NeSmith Elizabeth L. Parmelee, Ph.D.H Ronnie J. PeacockH Cynthia S. PhilbrookH Mark D. PotterH

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Ella Maria Ray, Ph.D.H Jeffrey Schweinfest Kassie Seddon G. Arlene Sgoutas, Ph.D.H Rae S. Shevalier, Ph.D. (‘92)H Joanna SnawderH Melissa A. SniderH Luis A. Torres, Ph.D.H Tara S. TullH Teresa S. Unseld, Ph.D.H Mary Lou Van VoorhisH Samuel F. Walker Arliss A. Webster (‘78)H David N. Wetzel Judith E. Wonstolen (‘95)H Elyse M. Yamauchi Anonymous (2) In Memory of Jodi Wetzel Susan Brookman (‘89) Patricia L. Duckworth Endowed Scholarship Dean A. Berggren (‘86) Terry L. Nelson (‘78) David A. Skougstad Paul Farkas Endowed English Memorial Carol J. King (‘92) Jean Moreau Stephen M. Smith (‘99) Peierls Opportunity Scholarship The Peierls Foundation, Inc Peierls Student Teacher Scholarship The Peierls Foundation, Inc. Peter Durbin Memorial Endowed Scholarship Charles and Madeline Durbin Janice Marie King (‘78) Patricia A. Lacy (‘89) Steven M. and Lynne E. Shaver John E. and Sharon M. Wolf Professor Larry G. Keating Scholarship Douglas (‘83) and Alicia (‘82) Hoegh Barbara J. Keating (‘87) Anonymous

Psychology Emeritus Faculty Scholarship Janis S. Bohan, Ph.D. Mary F. Camacho (‘04) Lisa R. Hagan, Ph.D.H Rachel Noel Visiting Lectureship Endowment Fund Vanessa L. and Myron R. Anderson, Ph.D.H Jeweldine Blair Oscar J. (’77) and Deborah C. Blair Emmitt Brooks CH2M Hill Forest City Stapleton, Inc. Joan Laura Foster, Ph.D. (‘78)H George Washington (‘80) Brendell C. Hicks Trey Lambert (‘01)H Janell I. LindseyH Kathleen A. MacKay, Ph.D.H Willie H. McCallum John E. and Annette M. Nelson Regina’s Social & Civic Club Judith A. Shafer (‘95) Rae S. Shevalier, Ph.D. (‘92)H Sandra D. Shreve The Williams Companies, Inc. Gloria Travis Tanner (‘74) Mildred P. Walter Nicholas O. (’85) and Rosa L. Walker U.S. Bank Carrie Young Anonymous Reisher Scholars Program Reisher Family Scholarship Fund of The Denver Foundation Richard T. Castro Distinguished Visiting Professorship Endowment Fund CH2M HILL Antonio Esquibel, Ph.D. Entravision Communications Corporation Joan Laura Foster, Ph.D. (‘78)H Trey Lambert (‘01)H Michelle M. Lucero NCAA

Stephen M. Jordan, Ph. D.H and Ruth Jordan Tamales By La Casita Inc U.S. Bank Ride 9/11 Scholarship 9/11 Flight Crew Memorial Foundation Roy & Shirley Durst Scholarship Roy & Shirley Durst Foundation Scott & Lisa Shaw Endowed Memorial Scholarship Fund Kenneth and Harriet Shaw David M. Wells Skal International Colorado “William C. Sweet” Scholarship Fund Skal International - Colorado Stormy Rottman Endowed Memorial Scholarship Vicki A. Rottman (‘89) The Alliance Foundation/Teri Lyn Dion Memorial Scholarship The Alliance Foundation The Bernard L. and Judy T. Carroll Family Endowed Scholarship Fund Bernard and Judy Carroll The Leonard A. & Anna B. Fair Memorial and Diversity Scholarships Jeane Fair Charitable Trust

Joyce Schumer and Randi Kaufman Thomas D. Seidenberg Murray H. Siegel Jay D. Silverstein and Tamar Laks Elizabeth A. Tursi Michael L. and Janet S. Vetas Julie S. VictorH James I. and Esther B. Wax Elizabeth A. Webster and John H. Ladd Sandra Wise Anonymous The Nadia Barghelame Female Aviator Endowed Scholarship Abe and Mary Barghelame Ali and Jill Barghelame Michael F. Barlow Mariano and Anne Delle Donne James A. and Amy J. Edwards Gayor Geller Gary and Sharon Greathouse Armen S. Khadiwala and Jameela M. Klaimy Nichole Kilbourn Chris G. and Kirstan K. Marks Michael D. and Christine L. Malnati Emilia G. PaulH Rick Pretzel Catherine C. Ross Patrick I. Foy and Rennae Ross Smith Co. In Memory of Roderick Nell General Aviation Modifications, Inc. Robert and Diane Harding Robert and Sherry Vessey Vessey Funeral Service

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The Lew Romagnano Scholarship for Math Education & Learning Nancy S. Bailey, Ph.D.H Lucien C. and Marsha A. Bomar Thomas M. and Laurie J. Bottum Mike and Allison Butt Diane J. Briars Career Transition Resources Mary K. Chady (‘04) Linda C. Champney, Ph.D.H Gregory M. Cjurican Sandra J. Cohen College Board Colorado Council Teachers of Mathematics Community Foundation for Northeast Georgia Anne Conlon Gabe and June Czako Paul and Giovanna Damone Alberta L. Davis Pat Deveney Margaret Eisenhart Steve and Cindy Gilmore Michael Evert and Gary R. Limley Barry M. and Cynthia E. Fox Gail Gliner Larry D. and Connie J. Halldorson Nicholas W. Havrilak, Jr. Frieda K. Holley, Ph.D. and Richard A. Holley Joanie Jacobson Phyllis Katz Susan Keeble Nancy R. Kellogg, Ph.D.H Rosaline Laks Harriet R. Levy Deana F. Liddy John M. and Mary T. Longo James and Patricia Manion Deborah S. Marks Mac and Lori McDermott Gordon and Ann Moshman Steve and Patty K. Nogg Marty and Denise Petrovich Sandra J. Phifer, Ph.D.H

The Raymond R. and Joseph A. Uhl Endowed Scholarship Sterling N. Steingraeber (‘08) The Salvatore Taddonio Family Foundation Scholarship The Salvatore Taddonio Family Foundation Thomas W. Burns Endowed Scholarship Karen D. Findling (‘86) Roberta K. Thyfault (‘80) Vern Nelson Endowed Memorial Scholarship Victoria A. Ficco (‘90) Jeannine Honey (‘87) Kathleen M. Lamb (‘81) James T. Loats, Ph.D.H Lindsay Packer, Ph.D.H Seeley Family Partnership, Ltd. Michael R. (’72) and Rachella Seeley Anonymous (‘88) Zachary Hergott Endowed Scholarship Susan B. Childress Michael L. Fisher, M.D. and Francine J. Fisher Kinnard Charitable Fund of the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Bonnie M. Merenstein David I. and Deborah Milner Stephen J. and Laurel J. Mohr Woody and Linda P. Stone

PROFESSOR’S LOSS LEADS TO ENDOWMENT Virginia Parker, Metro State professor emeritus and longtime Accounting Department chair, lost her mother, Katherine Foote Parker, in March 2010. She recounts the early days of her mother’s dementia in a book called “Return to Joy” that she co-authored with her sister Charlotte Parker. The story, however, began long before the illness and will continue long past the initial grief, thanks to endowments from her mother’s estate.

Funding for the endowments comes from a trust Foote Parker set up in the late 1990s, with Metro State as one of the beneficiaries.

Current endowment plans include support for the College’s new Master of Professional Accountancy Program, via both a scholarship and a faculty award.

“My mother came from a long line of educators,” Parker says.

This includes Foote Parker’s mother, who was born in 1890 and attended college when such opportunities were still quite rare.

“My mother was a teacher, and my mother truly believed that education could solve the problems of the world, in spite of a lack of solid evidence to support that,” says Parker, teasing just a bit.

Parker retired seven years ago from Metro State, after some 25 years on campus. She jokes that her post-retirement, mid-life crisis involved buying mules and moving to a 110-acre ranch in Montana.

Her family now includes a female Australian shepherd named Rowdy and three equine males—Spike (her first mule), Maynard (her horse) and an as-yet-unnamed second mule (Amos, maybe) she literally got the day before our phone interview in early August.

“I’ve always wanted to be a cowgirl,” Parker says. “I grew up in Texas, and I was exposed to a lot of the Western mentality, the movies that were around at the time and the rodeos coming to town, so it was hard not to have that dream.”

Because of family obligations elsewhere, Parker has yet to spend a much-anticipated winter in Montana. Instead, she and her partner pack up all the critters and embark upon cross-country road trips, with stops at stables and other equine-friendly spots as well as her sister’s ranch in Texas.

Lately, they’ve wintered at the Florida Carriage Museum and Resort, where they tried Spike out as a carriage puller. “But, he wasn’t a good candidate for that,” Parker says, “unless you didn’t care where you ended up.”

There is a second trust, the remainder of which will also transfer on to Metro State, after Parker and her sister pass on, but Parker says, “Let’s hope that’s not relevant anytime soon.”

After all, many cowgirl and Montana winter adventures await.

Key: H Faculty/Staff F Deceased

– Roxanne Hawn

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Don’t Blink ///A Last Look

My, what a butterfly!

As if it isn’t cool enough that Psyche (Butterfly) is appropriately fashioned out of test tubes, the 14 1/2-by-10-foot sculpture by Donald Lipski was created to slowly move in the Auraria Science Building’s heating and air conditioning currents.

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