Tag: Metropolitan State University
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Metropolitan State University of Denver to offer free tuition to Native, Indigenous students
Indigenous and Native students at Metropolitan State University of Denver will no longer have to pay for tuition and fees beginning next fall. Janine Davidson, the university’s president, made the announcement Saturday during the school’s Native and Indigenous graduation ceremony. The money will come from the Indigenous & Native People’s Grant. To qualify, students must…
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Metro Moves: Lisa Aubert named president of Cochlear Americas
Welcome to The Denver Gazette’s Metro Moves. You’ll get the latest metro Denver openings, closings, hiring and promotion briefs here. To submit your company’s news, drop an email to [email protected]. Promoted Hearing implant company Cochlear Limited, based in Lone Tree, promoted Lisa Aubert to serve as president of Cochlear Americas, according to a news release.…
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Colorado Springs flight school, MSU Denver partner to train airline pilots
Nolan Shell has dreamed of becoming a pilot for a major airline since taking a flight on a family vacation when he was a child. Now he’s on a path to realizing that dream in about 3½ years as part of a new program. The 18-year-old has already received his pilot’s license and will get…
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Love them or loathe them: Metro Denver’s pitch people
With advertising taking center stage as much as the football game Sunday, it seemed a good time to reflect on some of the most notorious pitch people to grace the metro Denver airwaves over the years. Area residents remember well Jake Jabs, owner of American Furniture Warehouse, wrestling with tigers; Tom Shane, owner of the…
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Metro Moves: New director at Colorado Air and Space Port
Welcome to The Denver Gazette’s Metro Moves. You’ll get the latest metro Denver openings, closings, hiring and promotion briefs here. To submit your company’s news, drop an email to [email protected]. New hire Jeff Kloska is the new director of the Colorado Air and Space Port, according to a news release. A former aviation director from…
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Balancing Colorado’s budget means juggling optimism, reality
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado’s state budget is slated to be introduced on Monday, three days ahead of deadline. What a difference a year makes. The spending plan, which insiders call the Long Appropriations Bill, will look dramatically different…
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RTD, Auraria campus launch pilot CollegePass program for spring semester
After suspending the CollegePass program in the fall because of the COVID-19 pandemic, RTD and the Auraria campus are partnering again to launch a new pilot program for the spring semester. The program will give students from the Community College of Denver, Metropolitan State University and the University of Colorado Denver discounted, unlimited use of…
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‘A mix of emotions’: Election ignites hopes, fears and pressures in first-time presidential voters | VOICES OF THE YOUNG VOTERS
Rachel Hutchins stayed awake into the early hours of Nov. 9, 2016, watching as Republican Donald Trump claimed Electoral College victory over Democrat Hillary Clinton. Hutchins, a self-described “capital ‘D’ Democrat,” had been a student at a boarding school in Indiana at the time. She was 16. “In 2016, there was a sense of helplessness,”…