Vote for President Davidson as the 9NEWS Leader of the Year
Metropolitan State University of Denver President Janine Davidson, Ph.D., is one of three finalists for the 9NEWS Leader of the Year award. Show your Roadrunner spirit by casting your vote today.
Voting open through April 1
Winners will be announced at the Leading Colorado Luncheon on April 6.
Upcoming
Community Risk Reduction event
Thursday, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Tivoli Quad
Engage with Community Risk Reduction agencies to learn about keeping our community safe, and while you’re at it, enjoy a variety of food-truck options. The Auraria Higher Education Center is partnering with the Division of Fire Prevention and Control to educate and inform community decision-makers about the Community Risk Reduction process. Event trainings include fire-extinguisher use, car-seat installation, prevention of carbon-monoxide poisoning and smoke-alarm safety.
A dialogue: self-care and social justice
Friday, 11 a.m.-noon
Join the Gender Institute for Teaching and Advocacy in a virtual dialogue over Zoom regarding self-care and social justice with meditation practitioner and social justice activist Anahi Russo Garrido, Ph.D., GITA director.
The Next Justice: The nomination of Ketanji Brown Jackson and the future of the Supreme Court
April 1, 2 p.m.
Join virtually on Microsoft Teams.
MSU Denver is hosting an expert panel and audience Q&A on the nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court. The panel will discuss Jackson’s biography, the historical significance of her nomination, last week’s confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee and predictions on how she may impact the Court. Panelists include:
- Katia Campbell, Ph.D., professor, Communication Studies
- Jeremy Castle, Ph.D., assistant professor, Political Science
- Michele Clark, J.D., assistant professor, Management
- David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Ph.D., professor, Political Science
D-phi presents Michael Haneke: Politics, Alienation, and the Uncanny
April 4-25, 7 p.m.
The Denver Project for Humanistic Inquiry invites all Roadrunners to a series of retrospective analysis of some of Michael Haneke’s most highly acclaimed and thought-provoking films. Haneke’s work reveals aspects of alienation, shining a light on the marginalized. Each film will be introduced and contextualized by scholars from a variety of MSU Denver departments including Philosophy, Political Science, Film Studies, Modern language and Literature. Visit the D-phi site to learn more. All screenings will take place at the SIE Film Center and free tickets will be available to all MSU Denver community members who show up 15 minutes early.
April 4: “Code Unknown”
April 11: “Caché”
April 18: “The White Ribbon”
April 25: “The Piano Teacher”
Club dance team send-off
April 4, 6:30 p.m.
PE/Events Center
Celebrate MSU Denver’s club dance team members as they head to Daytona, Florida, for NCA and NDA College Nationals, and get a chance to see the team’s performance before anyone else.
Registration training
April 5, 11 a.m.-noon
Learn how to successfully guide students through the registration process. To promote student success after MSU Denver’s self-service registration update last October, all faculty members are encouraged to review the Student Registration Guide and attend one of the registration trainings by April 7.
Additional training date:
April 7, 11 a.m.-noon
Real estate brown bag event
April 5, 12:30 p.m.
Administration Building, Room 145
Attend here
Meeting ID: 819 7857 6210
Passcode: 136670
The Finance Department within the MSU Denver College of Business is launching a Real Estate program in the 2022 academic year. Members of the University community are invited to attend a brown bag event to learn about the program’s three concentration areas: property management, appraisal and title, and investment and asset management. Once the program is rolled out, MSU Denver students will be able to earn a bachelor’s degree in Real Estate or work toward a minor.
Higher Education Diversity Summit
April 7-8, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Learn about strengthening the Auraria Campus as a Hispanic-Serving Institution at this free two-day event hosted by Metropolitan State University of Denver, in partnership with Community College of Denver and the University of Colorado Denver. The summit theme is “Leaning Critically Into HSI/MSI (Minority-Serving Institution) Servingness” and the event aims to bring institutions on Auraria together to collaborate on better ways to serve a diverse student population.
13th annual Palliative Care Social Work Conference
April 8, 8:15 a.m.-2:40 p.m.
Tivoli Student Union, Turnhalle Room 900
Full in-person registration is $110 or $35 for students
Virtual attendance is $45
This year’s conference hosted by the Department of Social Work focuses on a theme of “Resilience: What palliative care needs to thrive.” All sessions are related to resilience and important trends for palliative care social workers and other allied health professionals to learn. Keynote speaker presentations will be available to both in-person and virtual attendees followed by in-person advanced practitioner sessions on grief, compassion fatigue, moral injury and more. For more details, visit the Palliative Care Social Work Conference website.
Workplace Integrity Training
Session 1:
April 8, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Jordan Student Success Building, Room 420 (CAVEA)
Lunch and snacks provided
Session 2:
April 22, noon-2 p.m.
April 29, noon-3 p.m.
Please note that Session 2 is a two-part training, and both days are required.
Administration Building, Room 325A
Met Media is partnering with the Dialogues Program and the Classroom to Career Hub to present two workplace integrity trainings that will help participants:
- Elevate relationships in the workplace.
- Develop skills to manage difficult work situations, including bias and harassment.
- Establish a foundation of how to build a culture of respect and trust within the workplace.
- Explore how to honor and respect different perspectives, experiences and identities in the workplace through guided dialogue.
- Support diversity, equity and inclusion at MSU Denver.
Workplace Integrity training is part of The Power Shift Project which is a national industrywide initiative sponsored by the Freedom Forum and intended to protect first amendment rights. The Project’s goal is Workplace Integrity, defined as environments free of harassment, discrimination and incivility – and filled with opportunity, especially for those who have traditionally been denied it.
Banking Speaker Series
April 12, 12:30-1:45 p.m.
Tivoli Student Union, Room 320
The Finance Department recently launched a bachelor’s degree in Banking. It is a unique program that offers students a chance to get a valuable and specialized degree in Banking. To gain exposure for the program, the department has launched a Banking Speaker Series. The series’ upcoming Marijuana Banking event will include panel of experts discussing marijuana-related banking and the legal issues that impact this complex industry.
Identity and environment: access, experience and decision-making
April 14, 2:30-4 p.m.
Join the Dialogues Program over Zoom to reflect on how intersectional identities shape how we experience the environment and grapple with how power, privilege and oppression constrain understanding of the environment.
“Intimate Apparel” performance
April 14-16 at 7:30 p.m.
April 21-23 at 7:30 p.m.
April 24 at 2:30 p.m.
MSU Denver Studio Theatre, King Center
MSU Denver’s Department of Theatre and Dance and Music Department proudly presents “Intimate Apparel” by Lynn Nottage. The department recommends purchasing tickets ahead of time here or by calling 303-556-2296. Children under age 5 are not permitted in the theatre as a courtesy to actors and other patrons.
Prices:
- Community adults: $21
- MSU Denver students: Free with ID
- Faculty and staff members: $11
- Seniors and other students with ID: $11
Spring Fling
April 20-21, 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Booths will be on the Auraria Campus along 9th Street and Larimer
The Auraria Campus invites students, faculty members and staff members to help promote its vibrant higher education community at a two-day tri-institutional Spring Fling. Booths consisting of one table and two chairs will be provided for those interested in informing potential future students about MSU Denver and all it has to offer. There is no cost to participate, although registration is required, and booths will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration is open now and will close April 13. For questions, contact [email protected].
Auraria Campus 5280 trail art dedication and artist reception
April 20, 12:30-2 p.m.
Join fellow Auraria community members as they gather to celebrate the three artists whose work was chosen to be on the Auraria Campus portion of the 5280 Trail. Participants will meet at the Spring Fling Bike-to-Campus Day and Downtown Denver Partnership booths between 12:30-12:45 p.m. before walking around campus to see the three art pieces. After individual ribbon-cutting ceremonies, each artist will share insights into their work.
12:30-12:45 p.m. Welcoming remarks
12:50-1:05 p.m. “Force Field” created by Emily Prezkwas: Located at 11th Street and Lawrence.
1:15-1:30 p.m. “Waymark” created by Walter Ware III: Located at 9th Street Historic Park
1:40-1:55 p.m. “Deth Lighght XXXI” created by Joshua Ware: Located at 11th Street and Walnut.
Know Your Rights training
April 29, noon-2 p.m.
The Know Your Rights training is a virtual workshop conducted over Zoom that is geared toward students, office gatekeepers, front desk staff and personnel to provide a guide in the event of contact with law enforcement. The training will help participants understand the biases held on campus and how to effectively advocate for students and colleagues by using specific constitutional amendments when interacting with law enforcement officers and agents of the Department of Homeland Security.
Roadrunners Athletics Scholarship Dinner and Auction
June 3, 5:30 p.m.
Tivoli Turnhalle
MSU Denver athletics is hosting its 20th annual Roadrunners Athletics Scholarship Dinner and Auction. Doors open and the silent auction begins at 5:30 p.m. with a dinner scheduled to follow at 7 p.m. Get your tickets today and support MSU Denver’s outstanding student-athletes.