Badminton: Lessons, games and contests
Register for Wednesday, 1-2 p.m.
Register for Thursday, 11 a.m.-noon.
PE Building, East Court (PE 117E)
In honor of Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Heritage Month, the Center for Multicultural Engagement and Inclusion is partnering with Campus Recreation to offer badminton lessons, games, and contests with daily prizes, snacks and swag. All skill and experience levels are welcome, and walk-ins are accepted, but registration is encouraged.
For questions or comments, email [email protected].
Experience of Asian American Pacific Islander Desi American Discussion Workshops
Wednesday and April 20, 3-4 p.m.
In addition to celebrating APIDA culture during APIDA Heritage Month, the Center for Multicultural Engagement and Inclusion is hosting a series of workshops to support mental health, well-being, resiliency and healing while providing a safe space for APIDA community members to share their narrative with supportive others.
For more information, contact Jody Beardsley, administrative assistant in the Counseling Center, at [email protected].
Dumpling Making and Social Hour
Thursday
Dumpling making, 3-4 p.m.
Social hour, 5 p.m.
Hospitality Learning Center, second-floor lounge.
Build a stronger community through food by joining the School of Hospitality, the CMEI and the APIDA Faculty and Staff Alliance to make dumplings. Attendees will learn about the origins of different dumplings through an in-person workshop or a livestreamed tutorial complete with a grocery list shared in advance. Whether you attend in person or not, all MSU Denver community members are invited to a social hour after the cooking session to enjoy the tasty treats. Seats for in-person attendance are limited, so reserve your spot soon.
Roadrunners Athletics Military Appreciation Day
Saturday, 3-8 p.m.
Assembly Athletic Complex.
Join Metropolitan State University of Denver student-athletes in honoring veterans at the Military Appreciation Day baseball/softball doubleheader. Veterans connected to MSU Denver baseball and softball teams will throw ceremonial first pitches prior to the games. The baseball team will face nationally ranked Colorado Mesa, while the softball team plays CU-Colorado Springs, followed by a fireworks show beginning after 8 p.m.
Softball vs. UCCS: 3 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Baseball vs. Colorado Mesa: 3 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.
“Tigertail” showing and group discussion
Monday, 2:30 p.m.
CMEI Student Lounge, Jordan Student Success Building, Room 237.
Continue celebrating APIDA Heritage Month by attending “Tigertail,” presented by the CMEI Equity Peer Leaders. Tasty snacks and boba will be provided, and a group discussion will take place after the showing for APIDA community members and allies to process the movie’s themes and how they connect to APIDA representation in the media.
Jump-starting students’ careers
April 19, 11:30 a.m.-noon.
Jordan Student Success Building, Room 440A or Zoom.
The Classroom to Career Hub invites all faculty members, staff members, students, parents, donors, alumni and the business community to an informational session. MSU Denver stakeholders can join virtually or in person to learn about what makes the C2 Hub unique and how to leverage its career opportunities as a student or employer seeking student talent.
Dialogues Program
April 20, 12:30-2:30 p.m.
RSVP to attend in person at JSSB 420 or join via Zoom.
The Dialogues Program is hosting a panel of experts, advocates and activists who will share their work on environmental justice in action. The panel, moderated by Christina Foust, Ph.D., associate professor, Communication Studies, will include Damar Garcia of Groundwork Denver, Shaina Oliver of Moms Clean Air Force & EcoMadres for Colorado, and Ean Thomas Tafoya of Colorado Green Latinos. Attendees will participate in a dialogue after the panel.
APIDA professionals outside of STEM panel discussion
April 28, 3 p.m.
Tivoli Room 444
Join the CMEI’s final APIDA Heritage Month event for an afternoon of conversation and an opportunity for students to network with established APIDA professionals working in areas outside of STEM.
Reminders
Registration training
Today, 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 Thursday.
Additional training date:
Thursday, 11 a.m.-noon.
Real Estate brown-bag event
Today, 12:30 p.m.
Administration Building, Room 145.
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
Thursday-Friday, 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 the Auraria Campus together to collaborate on better ways to serve a diverse student population.
13th annual Palliative Care Social Work Conference
Friday, 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 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:
Friday, 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.
D-phi presents Michael Haneke: Politics, Alienation and the Uncanny
April 11-25, 7 p.m.
The Denver Project for Humanistic Inquiry invites all Roadrunners to a series of retrospective analyses 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 11: “Caché”
April 18: “The White Ribbon”
April 25: “The Piano Teacher”
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 departments recommend 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 Campus 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 p.m. and 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.