Metropolitan State College of Denver
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The Metropolitan State College of Denver (also known as Metro State) is a four-year college
College
A college is an educational institution or a constituent part of an educational institution. Usage varies in English-speaking nations...

 and now offers certain Graduate programs located in Denver, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. As of 2009, Metro State had the second-largest enrollment of undergraduates of any college in Colorado. With 54 majors and 90 minors, the college is noted for a wide array of liberal arts and sciences programs as well as its teacher education, business, aviation, and criminal justice programs.

In fall 2010, the college began offering master's programs in teacher education and accounting, with social work to begin in fall 2011. The college is noted for its fine athletic programs: Metro State's women's soccer team won the Division II National Championship in 2004 and 2006; the men's basketball team won the Division II National Championship in 2000 and 2002. Metro State is located on the Auraria Campus
Auraria Campus
Auraria Campus is an educational facility located near downtown Denver, Colorado in the United States. The campus houses facilities of three separate universities and colleges: the University of Colorado Denver , Community College of Denver, and Metropolitan State College of Denver...

, along with the University of Colorado Denver
University of Colorado Denver
The University of Colorado Denver, shortened as CU Denver, UC Denver, or UCD, is a public university in the United States state of Colorado. It is one of three schools of the University of Colorado system. The university has two campuses — one in downtown Denver at the Auraria Campus, and the other...

 and the Community College of Denver
Community College of Denver
Community College of Denver is a community college located in Denver, Colorado, United States. The main campus is at Auraria Campus, and it has two other locations in the Denver metropolitan area. CCD focuses on underserved, first-generation and minority students...

, in downtown Denver, adjacent to Speer Boulevard and Colfax Avenue. Metro State has an enrollment of over 24,000 students.

History and geography

Metro State is located in one of the older areas of Denver. The campus is located at the former townsite of Auraria, which was founded in November 1858. Denver was founded three weeks later on the opposing side (east side) of Cherry Creek
Cherry Creek (Colorado)
Cherry Creek is a tributary of the South Platte River, long, in Colorado in the United States.-Location:Cherry Creek rises in the high plateau, east of the Front Range, in northwestern El Paso County...

. Denver would overtake Auraria, yet to the present day, there is still an Auraria neighborhood in Denver. The boundaries of the neighborhood are Colfax Avenue
Colfax Avenue
Colfax Avenue is the main street that runs east–west through the Denver-Aurora metropolitan area in Colorado. As U.S. Highway 40, it was one of two principal highways serving Denver before the Interstate Highway System was constructed. In the local street system, it lies 15 blocks north of the zero...

 on the south, the South Platte River
South Platte River
The South Platte River is one of the two principal tributaries of the Platte River and itself a major river of the American Midwest and the American Southwest/Mountain West, located in the U.S. states of Colorado and Nebraska...

 on the northwest and Cherry Creek on the northeast. The Auraria Campus now dominates this area.

Auraria had a mix of residential areas and industrial areas through the mid-20th century. When the campus was built, many Aurarians, a majority of them Hispanic, were displaced and the school promised to serve the community. The historic Tivoli Brewery was a beer brewery on this site that was preserved and the "Tivoli"
Tivoli Brewery Company (building)
The Tivoli Brewery is a historic landmark in the Auraria Neighborhood of Denver, Colorado. It is the former home of the Tivoli Brewing Company, which took its name from the town of Tivoli in central Italy. The Tivoli Brewery building was built in 1866 with a mansard roof...

 now serves as a Student Union to all three schools on the campus; among other things it is noted for being the site of a stage of the now-defunct Coors Classic
Coors Classic
The Coors International Bicycle Classic was a stage race sponsored by the Coors Brewing Company. Coors was the race's second sponsor, the first, Celestial Seasonings, named the race after its premium tea Red Zinger, which began in 1975...

 world-class bicycle race. Two churches are still on the campus, St. Elizabeth's Church and St. Cajetan's. The Emmanuel Gallery, which is the oldest synagogue structure in Denver, is on the campus as well.

The Metropolitan State College of Denver was founded in 1965 as an opportunity school
Opportunity school
An opportunity school is an alternative to regular schools. Students who may be applicable to attend opportunity schools are students who have unique situations that may hinder their abilities in an average schooling environment...

. The concept was that people from all walks of life could have a chance at a college education. By design, Metro State is required to be accessible to all, which is why it consistently has some of the lowest tuitions of four-year Colorado colleges and universities. The college also admits all students over the age of 20 that have a GED
GED
General Educational Development tests are a group of five subject tests which, when passed, certify that the taker has American or Canadian high school-level academic skills...

 or high school diploma regardless of their prior academic record, according to the 2004–2005 Metro State College Catalog.

The 2008 Democratic National Convention
2008 Democratic National Convention
The United States 2008 Democratic National Convention was a quadrennial presidential nominating convention of the Democratic Party where it adopted its national platform and officially nominated its candidates for President and Vice President of the United States. The convention was held in Denver,...

 was held in Denver. The Auraria Campus is situated between Invesco Field at Mile High
INVESCO Field at Mile High
Sports Authority Field at Mile High, previously known as Invesco Field at Mile High, and commonly known as Mile High, is a multi-purpose stadium, in Denver, Colorado. It replaced the identically sized, but commercially obsolete Mile High Stadium in 2001...

 and the Pepsi Center
Pepsi Center
Pepsi Center is a multi-purpose arena in Denver, Colorado, United States. The building is home to the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association, the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League, and the Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League...

. Metro State started that semester a week early, closed it for the convention, and then restarted on schedule. The campus was within the security perimeter designated by the United States Secret Service
United States Secret Service
The United States Secret Service is a United States federal law enforcement agency that is part of the United States Department of Homeland Security. The sworn members are divided among the Special Agents and the Uniformed Division. Until March 1, 2003, the Service was part of the United States...

, leading to the decision to close the campus to all except essential personnel.

Name Change and the University of Denver

The Metropolitan State College of Denver Board of Trustees on March 9, 2011 voted 5-2 to pursue legislative authority to change the institution's name to "Denver State University."

The University of Denver
University of Denver
The University of Denver is currently ranked 82nd among all public and private "National Universities" by U.S. News & World Report in the 2012 rankings....

 has objected to using "Denver State University" as Metro State's new name. This has brought up public outrage in the community, with a private university deciding the fate of a public one.

Different names

  • 1965: Colorado School of Opportunity (mascot: Broncos)
  • Metropolitan State College
  • 1990: Metropolitan State College of Denver
  • Metro State (informal)

Board of Trustees

On June 7, 2002, Gov. Bill Owens signed House Bill 1165 - Concerning the Establishment of an Independent Governing Board for Metropolitan State College of Denver - and named his appointees to Metro State’s Board of Trustees.

Student government

The student government at Metro State operates under the name "Student Government Assembly" (more commonly referred to as "SGA"), and it is composed of legislative, executive, and judicial branches. The legislative branch is called the SGA Senate, and it is composed of ten senators popularly elected each Spring semester to serve one-year terms of office that begin on June 1. The executive branch includes the popularly elected SGA President, Vice-President, Student Trustee, and two Representatives to a panel known as the Student Advisory Committee to the Auraria Board ("SACAB"). These five officers form the core of a group called the Executive Committee, which also includes the Speaker of the Senate, the SGA Treasurer, and several additional executive officers known as directors. The President and Vice-President are elected jointly as a ticket, and each serves a one-year term of office that runs concurrently with the senators' terms of office; the Student Trustee and SACAB Representatives' terms of office (also one year in length) begin on July 1. The Treasurer and directors are appointed by the SGA President with the consent of the Senate, and they serve at the pleasure of the President. The Senate oversees, and may issue directives to, the SGA President. The President, in turn, is responsible for implementation and for regularly reporting to the Senate on the affairs of the student government.

Checks and balances also exist in the arrangement: the President may veto
Veto
A veto, Latin for "I forbid", is the power of an officer of the state to unilaterally stop an official action, especially enactment of a piece of legislation...

 legislation coming out of the Senate, and the Senate may override a presidential veto with a 2/3 majority. The judicial branch consists of a student court
Student court
A student court is a type of judicial system occasionally seen in schools, particularly middle school, high school, and in some colleges and universities. Student Courts vary in size and functions, but they are most often engaged in conflict resolution and interpretation of student bylaws and...

 composed of a chief justice and four associate justices. The Metro State Student Court concerns itself with matters of interpretation, judicial review
Judicial review
Judicial review is the doctrine under which legislative and executive actions are subject to review by the judiciary. Specific courts with judicial review power must annul the acts of the state when it finds them incompatible with a higher authority...

, and conflict resolution. Justices are appointed by the SGA President with the consent of the SGA Senate to serve perpetual terms (until they fall out of qualification or cease to be students at Metro State). The SGA Election Commission is an autonomous panel responsible for administering student government elections. It is composed of a chairperson and four commissioners appointed by the SGA President with the consent of the SGA Senate. The current SGA Constitution was ratified by the student body in December 2004, and it has been amended a total of nine times (most recently, in April 2009).

Academic profile

Metro State provides 54 majors, 90 minors, and individualized degree programs along with Master's programs.

School of Business

  • Accounting
  • Computer Information Systems
  • Economics
  • Finance
  • Management
  • Master of Professional Accountancy

Teaching with Primary Sources (TPS)

Funded by a grant from the Library of Congress
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the research library of the United States Congress, de facto national library of the United States, and the oldest federal cultural institution in the United States. Located in three buildings in Washington, D.C., it is the largest library in the world by shelf space and...

 and housed at the Metropolitan State College of Denver, Teaching with Primary Sources-Colorado promotes the use of primary sources in instruction across the state and at all grade levels
  • TPS Connect at Metro State
  • Metro State Showcase on TPS
  • Teaching with Primary Sources (Library of Congress)

School of Letters, Arts and Sciences

  • African American Studies
  • Art
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Chicano Studies
  • Communication Arts and Sciences
  • Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
  • English
  • History
  • Mathematics and Computer Science
  • Modern Languages
  • Music
  • Philosophy
  • Physics
  • Political Science
  • Psychology
  • Sociology, Anthropology, and Behavioral Science
  • Social Work
  • Theatre
  • Women’s Studies and Services, Institute

Department of Journalism

Metropolitan State College of Denver has an award-winning journalism department offering classes for photojournalism, print and broadcast journalism, and public relations. The Metropolitan and other publications and broadcasts published by the Office of Student Media are part of Metro State's journalism department.

The department was founded by former award-winning reporter and editor Greg Pearson in the early 1970s. Most of his former students went on to work in the journalism field as reporters, editors, publications people and public relations professionals.

The department has alumni who have won many awards, mostly in the photojournalism area. These awards include College Photographer of the Year from the Atlanta Photojournalism Conference in 2005 won by Evan Semon who was a member of the National Association for Hispanic Journalists and used his accomplishments to obtain a full-time staff position at the Rocky Mountain News
Rocky Mountain News
The Rocky Mountain News was a daily newspaper published in Denver, Colorado, United States from April 23, 1859, until February 27, 2009. It was owned by the E. W. Scripps Company from 1926 until its closing. As of March 2006, the Monday-Friday circulation was 255,427...

. The awards also include multiple Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...

 nominations, which went to Hyoung Chang and Andy Cross. Chang did his work in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

, Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...

 and Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

 while Cross did his work in Somalia
Somalia
Somalia , officially the Somali Republic and formerly known as the Somali Democratic Republic under Socialist rule, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. Since the outbreak of the Somali Civil War in 1991 there has been no central government control over most of the country's territory...

. Both of these students worked under former chair of the department and current photojournalism instructor Kenn Bisio. Other award-winning photojournalists are Olga Chilian, who won a four-year scholarship as well as three paid internships for her work on the Hayman fire
Hayman fire
The Hayman Fire was a forest fire that started southwest of Denver, Colorado and northwest of Colorado Springs on June 8, 2002, and became the largest fire in the state's recorded history. Hundreds of forestry officials and firefighters fought the fast-moving inferno, which caused nearly $40...

 of 2002 and Patrick Andrade, who won first place in the World Press for his photos of the war in Afghanistan.

The journalism department also offers the most internship opportunities available from Metro State. Marilyn Hetzel heads the intern department. The current head of the journalism department is Kip Wotkyns.

School of Professional Studies

  • Aviation and Aerospace Science
  • Criminal Justice and Criminology
  • Engineering Technology
  • Health Professions
  • Hospitality, Tourism, and Events
  • Human Performance and Sport
  • Human Services
  • Industrial Design
  • Nursing
  • Technical Communication and Media Production

Department of Aviation and Aerospace Science

Metro State has an extensive aviation-related facility known as the "Seventh Street Building" (due to its location on Seventh Street). This facility contains the "World Indoor Airport", an extensive array of flight simulators
Flight simulator
A flight simulator is a device that artificially re-creates aircraft flight and various aspects of the flight environment. This includes the equations that govern how aircraft fly, how they react to applications of their controls and other aircraft systems, and how they react to the external...

 designed to train students in single-, multi- and turboprop
Turboprop
A turboprop engine is a type of turbine engine which drives an aircraft propeller using a reduction gear.The gas turbine is designed specifically for this application, with almost all of its output being used to drive the propeller...

-engine aircraft flight. An ex-United Airlines
United Airlines
United Air Lines, Inc., is the world's largest airline with 86,852 employees United Air Lines, Inc., is the world's largest airline with 86,852 employees United Air Lines, Inc., is the world's largest airline with 86,852 employees (which includes the entire holding company United Continental...

 DC-10 non-moving simulator is also employed. A project is under way to integrate air traffic control
Air traffic control
Air traffic control is a service provided by ground-based controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and in the air. The primary purpose of ATC systems worldwide is to separate aircraft to prevent collisions, to organize and expedite the flow of traffic, and to provide information and other...

 services and training into flight simulation training.

In addition, the Metro State Precision Flight Team is a member of NIFA (National Intercollegiate Flying Association
National Intercollegiate Flying Association
The National Intercollegiate Flying Association is a professional organization that provides a forum of competition and learning for aviation students from colleges all around the United States....

) which is an association allowing university flight teams the opportunity to compete nationally in various flying categories of piloting. The Metro State Flight Team traditionally does well against competitors, despite being handicapped by the fact that Metro State, unlike other college aviation programs, do not possess their own fleet of aircraft and must rent aircraft from various local flying clubs at the expense of the teams members. NIFA consists of 80 college teams and only 3 of the colleges do not provide their teams with aircraft, Metro being one.

Current majors offered at Metro State's aviation and aerospace department include professional pilot and aviation airport management studies. Also in 2009 Aerospace Engineering and Aerospace Physics degrees began to be offered through cooperation between the Aviation and Aerospace department and the Auraria Center for Individualized Learning.

Accreditation

Metro State is accredited by the American Association of State Colleges and Universities
American Association of State Colleges and Universities
The American Association of State Colleges and Universities is an organization of state-supported colleges and universities that offer degree programs leading to bachelor's, master's or doctoral degrees...

 (AASCU) and the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools , also known as the North Central Association, is a membership organization, consisting of colleges, universities, and schools in 19 U.S. states, that is engaged in educational accreditation...

 (NCA).

Center for Innovation

The Center for Innovation offers courses and programs for entrepreneurial students and community members.

Center for Math, Science, and Environmental Education (CMSEE)

The Center for Math, Science, and Environmental Education (CMSEE) was established by Dr. Larry S. Johnson and Dr. Joseph Raab in 1993 to serve Colorado schools by offering programs and services in math, science, and environmental studies. One of the goals of CMSEE is to have math and science taught in a more activity-oriented way. Dr. Johnson, Director of CMSEE, believes that students have a better chance of retaining information if they participate in an activity, rather than have a teacher just tell them the facts. CMSEE is part of the Metropolitan State College of Denver's School of Letters, Arts and Sciences.

Center for Urban Connections (CUC)

The Center for Urban Connections is the outgrowth of the Civic Engagement / Urban Land Grant Task Force, which was created to develop the organizational framework for Metro State’s civic and community engagement activities, completed its work at the end of Spring, 2009 culminating in recommendations to set the groundwork for moving the Urban Land Grant Initiative forward.
  • Denver's Road Home
  • UCAN Serve

Center for Urban Education (CUE)

The Center for Urban Education (CUE), is the umbrella organization for the Urban Teacher Partnership (UTP), which is a collaborative relationship between Metropolitan State College of Denver, Denver city schools and community organizations that have come together for the purpose of improving the quality of teaching and learning in local, urban schools. CUE serves as a broker of services – across Metro State College, the community and the state – to gather resources to help prepare college students to teach in urban schools, to provide teachers in high-need schools with the tools they need to help students learn and ultimately, to improve the quality of education received by children throughout the area.
  • Urban Teacher Partnership (UTP)
  • Denver Public Schools
    Denver Public Schools
    The Denver County School District No. 1, more commonly known as the Denver Public Schools , is the public school system in the City and County of Denver, Colorado, United States.-History:...

  • Denver Mayor's Office for Education and Children

Center for Visual Art (CVA)

The Center for Visual Art (CVA) is the off-campus (Denver's Art District on Santa Fe) art gallery of Metropolitan State College of Denver. In addition to showing significant contemporary art, the award-winning CVA serves as an interactive art laboratory for Metro State students and the larger community. The CVA was founded in 1990 to expose students to leading-edge art and to broaden Metro State’s art program. The non-profit art space makes an important contribution to visual art offerings available in Denver and the Rocky Mountain West, bringing in art that would not otherwise be seen here.

The Golda Meir Center for Political Leadership (Golda)

The Golda Meir Center for Political Leadership, operated by the Political Science Department at Metropolitan State College of Denver, is located downstairs in this historic house. The Center is a nonpartisan educational project whose purpose is to expand public understanding of the important role of leadership at all levels of political and civic life, from community affairs to transnational relations.

Institute for Women's Studies & Services (IWSS)

The Institute for Women's Studies and Services offers a rigorous, multi-disciplinary curriculum in women's studies and provides services to support present and future success for students.
  • National Women's Studies Association
  • Southwest Institute for Research on Women (SIROW)
  • Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking (LCHT)

One World, One Water Center for Urban Water Education and Stewardship (OWOW Center)

The $1 million donation, the largest private cash donation ever awarded to the College, will seed the five-year pilot project. The College will also contribute funds to lay the foundation for the center’s long-term sustainability.

Set to offer a minor in water studies in fall 2012, the OWOW center will provide an interdisciplinary education program addressing the growing demand for water and the need for greater public education about this vital resource. Students will have the opportunity for internships, service learning and volunteer activities.

In addition to the water studies minor, the center will establish and facilitate co-curricular public education seminars and water stewardship activities on campus and in the community. A high-level community advisory group will work with the center to ensure direct relevance of the program to statewide water needs and interests.

Auraria Campus

The Auraria Campus it the main campus of Metro State and is located to the southwest of downtown Denver in the Auraria Neighborhood, on Speer Boulevard and Auraria Parkway. Metro State shares the campus with two higher education institutions, the University of Colorado Denver
University of Colorado Denver
The University of Colorado Denver, shortened as CU Denver, UC Denver, or UCD, is a public university in the United States state of Colorado. It is one of three schools of the University of Colorado system. The university has two campuses — one in downtown Denver at the Auraria Campus, and the other...

 and Community College of Denver
Community College of Denver
Community College of Denver is a community college located in Denver, Colorado, United States. The main campus is at Auraria Campus, and it has two other locations in the Denver metropolitan area. CCD focuses on underserved, first-generation and minority students...

.

The campus is located in the heart of the central business district
Central business district
A central business district is the commercial and often geographic heart of a city. In North America this part of a city is commonly referred to as "downtown" or "city center"...

 and is in close proximity to the Pepsi Center
Pepsi Center
Pepsi Center is a multi-purpose arena in Denver, Colorado, United States. The building is home to the Denver Nuggets of the National Basketball Association, the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League, and the Colorado Mammoth of the National Lacrosse League...

, Elitch Gardens
Elitch Gardens
Elitch Gardens was a family-owned seasonal amusement park, theater, and botanic garden in the West Highland neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, United States at 38th and Tennyson streets. For more than a century Elitch's was one of the most popular entertainment destinations in Colorado...

, The Colorado Convention Center
Colorado Convention Center
The Colorado Convention Center is a multi-purpose convention center located in Downtown Denver. The center opened in June 1990; the first event being the NBA Draft for the Denver Nuggets. The convention center was expanded in 2004 to include several meeting rooms, two ballrooms and an indoor...

, The Denver Center for the Performing Arts
Denver Center for the Performing Arts
The Denver Center for the Performing Arts ' is an organization in Denver, Colorado which provides a showcase for live theatre, a nurturing ground for new plays, a preferred stop on the Broadway touring circuit, a graduate-level training school for actors, acting classes for the community and rental...

, Larimer Square, and the 16th Street Mall. The reclaimed Tivoli brewery, which closed in 1969, houses the student union.

Light Rail
  • Auraria West Campus (RTD)
    Auraria West Campus (RTD)
    Auraria West Campus was a RTD light rail station in Denver, Colorado, United States. Operating as part of the C and E Lines, the station was opened on April 5, 2002, and was operated by the Regional Transportation District...

     - Light rail station in the C & E lines
  • Colfax at Auraria (RTD)
    Colfax at Auraria (RTD)
    Colfax at Auraria is a RTD light rail station in Denver, Colorado, United States. Operating as part of the D, F and H Lines, the station was opened on October 8, 1994, and is operated by the Regional Transportation District...

     - Light rail station in the D, F & H lines


Bus
  • The Auraria Campus is on eleven RTD
    Regional Transportation District
    The Regional Transportation District, or RTD, was organized in 1969 and is the regional authority operating public transit services in eight of the twelve counties in the Denver-Aurora-Boulder Combined Statistical Area in Colorado. RTD is governed by a 15-member, publicly elected Board of...

     bus routes. Catch RTD busses on campus at the Larimer turnaround and the Colfax at Auraria stops.


Bike
  • The Auraria Campus can be reached from both the South Platte River
    South Platte River
    The South Platte River is one of the two principal tributaries of the Platte River and itself a major river of the American Midwest and the American Southwest/Mountain West, located in the U.S. states of Colorado and Nebraska...

     and Cherry Creek
    Cherry Creek (Colorado)
    Cherry Creek is a tributary of the South Platte River, long, in Colorado in the United States.-Location:Cherry Creek rises in the high plateau, east of the Front Range, in northwestern El Paso County...

     bike paths, and is only blocks from Confluence Park
    Confluence Park
    Confluence Park is an urban park encompassing the confluence of Cherry Creek and the South Platte River in Denver's Lower Downtown , a bustling neighborhood of 19th-century brick warehouses and storefronts that has been redeveloped since the late 1980s....

    , where these two paths intersect.

Extended Campus

Since 1976, Metro State's Extended Campus Program has served the needs of adult learners who live and work throughout the Denver metropolitan area.

Metro North Campus

  • Northglenn
    Northglenn, Colorado
    Northglenn is a Home Rule Municipality in Adams and Weld counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the city population was 33,697 in 2008.-Geography:Northglenn is located at ....

     - I-25
    Interstate 25 in Colorado
    In the U.S. state of Colorado, Interstate 25 follows the north–south corridor through Colorado Springs and Denver. It replaced U.S. Highway 87 and most of U.S. Highway 85 for through traffic....

     and 120th Avenue

Metro South Campus

  • Greenwood Village
    Greenwood Village, Colorado
    The city of Greenwood Village is a prominent suburb of the Denver-Aurora Metropolitan Statistical Area and a Home Rule Municipality located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States...

     - Denver Technological Center
    Denver Technological Center
    Denver Technological Center, better known as The Denver Tech Center or DTC, is a business and economic trading center located in Colorado in the southeastern portion of the Denver Metropolitan Area, within portions of the cities of Denver and Greenwood Village. It is home to several major...

     at I-25
    Interstate 25 in Colorado
    In the U.S. state of Colorado, Interstate 25 follows the north–south corridor through Colorado Springs and Denver. It replaced U.S. Highway 87 and most of U.S. Highway 85 for through traffic....

     and Orchard Road

Outreach Programs

  • 2+2 Plan
    • Community College of Aurora
      Community College of Aurora
      The Community College of Aurora is a community college located in Aurora, Colorado. It is part of the Colorado Community College System. CCA serves over 10,000 students annually at its CentreTech Campus in Aurora, Colorado, Lowry Campus at Lowry, Denver, and through online classes...

    • Front Range Community College
      Front Range Community College
      Front Range Community College is a two-year institution of higher learning with campuses in Westminster, Colorado, Longmont, Colorado, Fort Collins, Colorado, and Brighton, Colorado. It is the largest community college in Colorado...

  • Alternative Licensure Program (ALP) - A unique program that prepares individuals with bachelor’s degree to become teachers.
  • Center for Improving Early Learning - Tools of the Mind (CIEL) - Early childhood program for self-regulated learning.
  • Colorado Folk Arts Council - To encourage the preservation of ethnic cultural arts, history and traditions through educational workshops, youth team building, public performances and community projects.
  • Distance Delivery Courses for Land Surveyors - courses for professional development in Surveying and Mapping.

Student life

Metro State attracts a diverse student body. Classrooms provide a rich mixture of age groups, socioeconomic classes, ethnic backgrounds and lifestyles. Students of all ages go to Metro State, from 16 to 70 and beyond. The median age is 23. Metro State enrolls the highest number of students of color (more than 6,800 in fall 2010, 28 percent of its student population) of all four-year colleges in the state. One in three African Americans and one in four Latinos who are seeking their bachelor’s degrees in Colorado are doing so at Metro State.

Housing

The Auraria Higher Education Center is a non-residential commuter campus with no residence halls or facilities for student housing.

Greek life

Fraternities Sororities
Alpha Phi Alpha
Alpha Phi Alpha
Alpha Phi Alpha is the first Inter-Collegiate Black Greek Letter fraternity. It was founded on December 4, 1906 at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Its founders are known as the "Seven Jewels". Alpha Phi Alpha developed a model that was used by the many Black Greek Letter Organizations ...

 
Lambda Theta Nu
Lambda Theta Nu
Lambda Theta Nu' is a Latina-based Greek letter intercollegiate sorority founded on March 11, 1986 at California State University, Chico.- Purpose :...

Sigma Lambda Beta
Sigma Lambda Beta
Sigma Lambda Beta is the largest Latino-based social fraternity established on cultural understanding and wisdom. Founded on April 4, 1986 at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, the organization is committed to create and expand multicultural leadership, promote academic excellence, advance...

 
Pi Lambda Chi
Pi Lambda Chi
Pi Lambda Chi is a Latina sorority.-Founding Madres:*Tamara Acevedo*Lorraine Atencio*Ramona Bash*Jessica Bauernfeind*Sandra Cano*Maria Castro*Carmen Estrada*Dezi Gutierrez*Estella Juarez*Christine Olivas*Regina Longoria*Jennifer Rodriguez...

Phi Sigma Sigma
Phi Sigma Sigma
Phi Sigma Sigma , colloquially known as "Phi Sig," was the first collegiate nonsectarian fraternity, welcoming women of all faiths and backgrounds...

Sigma Sigma Sigma
Sigma Sigma Sigma
Sigma Sigma Sigma , also known as Tri Sigma, is a national American women’s sorority with membership of more than 100,000 members. Sigma Sigma Sigma is a member of the National Panhellenic Conference and hosts chapters on more than 110 college campuses and 89 alumnae chapters in communities all...


Student media

Office of Student Media
  • The Metropolitan (newspaper)
    The Metropolitan (newspaper)
    The Metropolitan, or The Met as it is commonly called, is the school newspaper of Metropolitan State College of Denver. It has a weekly press run of 5,000 copies, which are distributed every Thursday to more than 60 locations across the Auraria Campus and select locations in downtown Denver...

  • Met Radio - KMET
  • The Met Report
  • Metrosphere


Honor societies

Students may join honor societies based on the given academic requirements of the national organization, in conjunction with those of the chapter at the Metropolitan State College of Denver.

  • Accounting Honor Society
  • Alpha Delta Omega
  • Alpha Phi Sigma
    Alpha Phi Sigma
    Alpha Phi Sigma is the only Criminal Justice Honor Society accredited by the Association of College Honor Societies. Traditionally a national organization serving United States universities, recent expansion into Canadian universities has distinguished Alpha Phi Sigma as an international honor...

  • The Association of Scholars of African American Studies
  • Delta Phi Alpha
  • Gamma Theta Upsilon
    Gamma Theta Upsilon
    Gamma Theta Upsilon is an international honor society in geography.-History:On May 15, 1928, a local professional fraternity by the name of Gamma Theta Upsilon was formed at Illinois State University under the guidance of Dr. R. G. Buzzard. Before that is was the Geography Club at Illinois State...

  • Golden Key International Honour Society
    Golden Key International Honour Society
    The Golden Key International Honour Society is an Atlanta, Georgia-based non-profit organization founded in 1977 to recognise academic achievement among college and university students in all disciplines....

  • Iota Iota Iota
  • Kappa Delta Pi
    Kappa Delta Pi
    Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education, was founded in 1911 and was one of the first discipline-specific honor societies. Its membership is limited to the top 20 percent of those entering the field of education. Kappa Delta Pi claims over 600 chapters across North America and...

  • Lambda Pi Eta
    Lambda Pi Eta
    Lambda Pi Eta is the official communication studies honor society of the National Communication Association . As a member of the Association of College Honor Societies , Lambda Pi Eta has over 400 active chapters at four-year colleges and universities worldwide.Lambda Pi Eta was founded in 1985 at...

  • Phi Alpha
  • Phi Alpha Theta
    Phi Alpha Theta
    Phi Alpha Theta is an American honor society for undergraduate and graduate students and professors of history.The society is a charter member of the Association of College Honor Societies and has over 350,000 members, with about 9,500 new members joining each year through 860 local chapters.-...

  • Phi Sigma Iota
    Phi Sigma Iota
    Phi Sigma Iota, or ΦΣΙ, is an honor society whose members are elected from among outstanding advanced and graduate students of foreign languages and literatures including Classics, Comparative Literature, Philology, Bilingual Education, and Applied Linguistics...

  • Pi Sigma Alpha
    Pi sigma alpha
    Pi Sigma Alpha , the National Political Science Honor Society, is the only honor society for college and university students of political science in the United States. Its purpose is to recognize and promote high academic achievement in the field of political science...

  • Psi Chi
    Psi Chi
    Psi Chi is the International Honor Society in Psychology, founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging, stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship, and advancing the science of psychology. With over 1,050 chapters, Psi Chi is one of the largest honor societies in the United States...

  • Sigma Beta Delta


Events and tradition

Fight Song

Oh, cheer loud for Metro State, oh!

Cheer for our Champions, and

Fight on for Metro

Fight for vict'ry

Go! Fight! Win!


Give them your fighting spirit

Give them your Metro pride, and

Fight on for Metro

Fight for vict'ry

Go! Fight! Win!


R! O! A! D! R! U! N! N! E! R! S! GO!

Bring home a win for Rowdy

Bring home a win for glory

Fight on for Metro

Fight for vict'ry

Go! Fight! Win!

Denver Food and Wine Classic

The Classic is a celebration of distinctive cuisines provided by over 30 of Denver’s finest restaurants. In addition to over 600 featured fine wines, guests will have the opportunity to learn about the latest culinary and varietal trends. Metro State now hosts the second largest wine festival in the U.S. on a college campus, next to South Beach Food and Wine in Florida, and the second largest such festival in Colorado.

Plain & Fancy Ball

The first Plain & Fancy Ball was held in 1988, and since that time Metro State has honored some of Denver's and Colorado's most prominent citizens as its “Plain & Fancy People of the Year”. The award was created to recognize individuals who have supported Metro State and its mission and vision.

Athletics

Metro State has produced 239 All-Americans and was one of the seven charter members of the Colorado Athletic Conference in 1989 before joining the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference which operates in the western United States, mostly in Colorado with some members in Nebraska and New Mexico...

 in 1996. Metro State competed as a NAIA
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...

 member until 1983, when the Roadrunners jumped to the NCAA Division II ranks. Since 1998, Metro State has captured 32 regular season conference titles, 35 conference tournament championships, as well as the 2000 & 2002 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball National Championships and the 2004 and 2006 NCAA Division II Women's Soccer national crowns. Metro State also boasts five individual national championships. Men's swimmer Darwin Strickland won national championships in the 50 meter freestyle and 100 meter freestyle in 1995 and also won the 100 free in 1996. Anthony Luna won men's track championships in the 800 meters during the indoor and outdoor seasons in 2009. Metro State's main rivals are Colorado School of Mines
Colorado School of Mines
The Colorado School of Mines is a small public teaching and research university devoted to engineering and applied science, with special expertise in the development and stewardship of the Earth's natural resources. Located in Golden, Colorado, CSM was ranked 29th, in America among national...

, Fort Lewis College
Fort Lewis College
Fort Lewis College is a public liberal arts college in Durango, Colorado.-History:Military FortThe original site of Fort Lewis College began southwest of its present location back in 1880. Set up originally as a Military Fort for the 22nd Regimental Infantry which occupied the land from...

, and Regis University
Regis University
Regis University is a private, co-educational Roman Catholic, Jesuit university in the United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1877, it is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities...

.
  • Basketball/Volleyball - Auraria Events Center
  • Baseball/Soccer/Softball - Auraria Field

Camps and clinics
  • Metro State Soccer Camps

Domestic relationships

  • - University of Arizona
    University of Arizona
    The University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885...

  • - Adams State College
    Adams State College
    Adams State College is a small state-supported liberal arts college in Alamosa, Colorado, U.S., in the San Luis Valley.-History:Adams State was founded in 1921 as a teacher's college but now offers a variety of programs including masters degrees in many fields...

    , Colorado Mesa University, University of Colorado Denver
    University of Colorado Denver
    The University of Colorado Denver, shortened as CU Denver, UC Denver, or UCD, is a public university in the United States state of Colorado. It is one of three schools of the University of Colorado system. The university has two campuses — one in downtown Denver at the Auraria Campus, and the other...

    , Western State College of Colorado
    Western State College of Colorado
    Western State College of Colorado is a four-year public liberal arts college located in Gunnison, Colorado. The enrollment stands at about 2400 students with a high percentage, one-fourth, from out of state. The far flung appeal for some students is found in the idyllic mountains and ski slopes...

  • - Fort Hays State University
    Fort Hays State University
    Fort Hays State University is a public, co-educational university located in Hays, Kansas, United States. It is the fourth-largest of the six state universities governed by the Kansas Board of Regents, with an enrollment of approximately 11,200 students .- History :FHSU was founded in 1902 as the...

  • - Mount Saint Mary's University
    Mount Saint Mary's University
    Mount St. Mary's University, also known as The Mount, is a private, liberal arts, Catholic university in the Catoctin Mountains near Emmitsburg, Maryland. It was founded by French émigré Father John DuBois in 1808 and is the oldest independent Catholic college in the United States...

    †‡
  • - Ohio State University
    Ohio State University
    The Ohio State University, commonly referred to as Ohio State, is a public research university located in Columbus, Ohio. It was originally founded in 1870 as a land-grant university and is currently the third largest university campus in the United States...

  • - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
    The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee is Wisconsin's premier public urban university. It is a coed public research university located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in the United States. It is also the largest university in the Milwaukee metropolitan area and a member of the University of Wisconsin System...

  • - University of Wyoming
    University of Wyoming
    The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyoming's high Laramie Plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet , between the Laramie and Snowy Range mountains. It is known as UW to people close to the university...



† = private
‡ = London Consortium

International relationships

  • - Open University of China
  • - Aksum University
    Aksum University
    Aksum University is one of the new teaching universities in Ethiopia, and is located in Tigray Region, Axum. It offers programs and researches which lead toward degrees in different fields of studies...

     (AkU)
  • - University of Guadalajara
    University of Guadalajara
    University of Guadalajara is a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. It is the second oldest university in Mexico, the fifth oldest in North America and the fourteenth oldest in Latin America...

  • - University of London
    University of London
    -20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...


Notable alumni

Individuals of note who have attended Metro State include:
  • David Barlow
    David Barlow (basketball)
    David Barlow is an Australian professional basketball player. He plays for UCAM Murcia in the Spanish ACB.-Basketball career:...

     - Australia
    Australia
    Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

    n Olympic basketball
    Basketball
    Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

     player. Competitor at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    2008 Summer Olympics
    The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

    .
  • Richard T. Castro
    Richard T. Castro
    Richard Thomas Castro , an educational and civil rights activist, was director of Denver's Agency for Human Rights and Community Relations...

     - Educational and Civil Rights activist, honored by the Richard T. Castro Distinguished Visiting Professorship
  • Steven Emory
    Steven Emory
    Steven Emory is an American soccer player who currently plays for Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer.-Youth, College and Amateur:...

     - MLS
    Major League Soccer
    Major League Soccer is a professional soccer league based in the United States and sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation . The league is composed of 19 teams — 16 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada...

     soccer player with the Colorado Rapids
    Colorado Rapids
    The Colorado Rapids are an American professional soccer club based in the Denver suburb of Commerce City, Colorado which competes in Major League Soccer , the top professional soccer league in the United States and Canada. It is one of the ten charter clubs of MLS, having competed in the league...

    .
  • Malcolm Farley - Internationally acclaimed artist renowned for his visions of color and unique ability to capture the moment, the action and the spirit of an event.
  • Pam Grier
    Pam Grier
    Pamela Suzette "Pam" Grier is an American actress. She became famous in the early 1970s, after starring in a string of moderately successful women in prison and blaxploitation films such as 1974's Foxy Brown. Her career was revitalized in 1997 after her appearance in Quentin Tarantino's film...

     - Actress
  • Renée Herlocker - Multi-platform media personality, television host, web entrepreneur, blogger, and spokesmodel.
  • Candi Kubeck
    Candi Kubeck
    Candalyn Kubeck was the captain of ValuJet Flight 592, which crashed in the Everglades. She was the first female captain to die in a commercial airline crash....

     - Captain of ValuJet Flight 592
    ValuJet Flight 592
    ValuJet Flight 592 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight between Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida, and William B. Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta, Georgia...

    , which crashed into the Florida Everglades
    Everglades
    The Everglades are subtropical wetlands in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large watershed. The system begins near Orlando with the Kissimmee River, which discharges into the vast but shallow Lake Okeechobee...

     on May 11, 1996.
  • Joe Rice
    Joe Rice
    Joe Rice is a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado, an Iraq War veteran, and a former mayor of Glendale, Colorado.Rice presently works for Lockheed Martin Space Systems and also is a member of the United States Army Reserve...

     - former legislator in the State of Colorado, former Mayor of Glendale, Colorado
    Glendale, Colorado
    The city of Glendale is a Home Rule Municipality located in an exclave of Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. The population was 4,547 at the 2000 census. The entire city is surrounded on all sides by the City and County of Denver. Therefore, as a municipal entity, it is also an enclave...

    , and Iraq War veteran
  • Michael J. Varhola
    Michael J. Varhola
    Michael J. Varhola is an author, publisher, and lecturer. He has written numerous books, games, and articles, and founded game development company and manufacturer Skirmisher Publishing LLC...

    , American author and publisher, who has publicly attributed much of his success to the encouragement he received from his MSCD professors.
  • Mark Worthington
    Mark Worthington
    Mark Worthington is an Australian professional basketball player. He was named the NBL rookie of the year in 2006 and won gold with the Australian basketball team at the 2006 Commonwealth Games....

     - Australian Olympic basketball
    Basketball
    Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

     player. Competitor at the 2008 Summer Olympics
    2008 Summer Olympics
    The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

    .

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