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Happy Holidays from President Davidson
Thanks for a fantastic year, Roadrunners! Warm wishes for a happy and healthy holiday season.
Reflecting on kindness and compassion
Nov. 8, 2023 | President's Correspondence
Monday is World Kindness Day, an international observance that encourages people to bridge differences and focus on the common threads that bind us. It’s an opportune moment to pause and reflect on something that is all too often overlooked: our shared humanity and our innate capacity for kindness and compassion. Read more.
Announcing MSU Denver’s new provost
Oct. 30, 2023 | President's Correspondence
President Davidson announces the selection of Laura Niesen de Abruña, Ph.D., as the University’s new provost and executive vice president for Academic Affairs, beginning Jan. 25. Read more.
President’s priorities kick-off budget planning cycle
Oct. 24, 2023 | President's Correspondence
President Davidson shares priorities to kick-off the fiscal year 2025 budget planning cycle. Read more.
Welcome to the fall 2023 semester
Aug. 29, 2023: Welcome to a new semester at Metropolitan State University of Denver! I’m thrilled you’re here, and hope you had a great first week. It's been a busy summer on campus. We completed IT infrastructure upgrades in the Science Building, improving technology and the overall wireless experience. Renovation began on the second floor of West Classroom causing some shuffling that will ultimately give us state-of-the-art healthcare and lab space. I love meeting and hearing from Roadrunners so consider this your personal invitation to stop and say hi when you see me around campus. As you’re out and about, please take advantage of all the great resources available to you as a student. From the Health Center at Auraria, to peer mentoring and the Classroom to Career Hub, to the more than 120 student organizations. MSU Denver is the place to Be a Changemaker!
Launching Student Success together this fall
Aug. 29, 2023 | President's Correspondence
President Davidson welcomes faculty and staff back to campus by reinvigorating our founding purpose, to prepare our students to meet Colorado’s workforce needs. Read more.
Davidson's Desk: Affirming education access
June 29, 2023 | Davidson's Desk
The Supreme Court handed down its highly anticipated decision on affirmative action in higher education admissions today, striking down the policy in a monumental moment for education. Fortunately, because MSU Denver is an open-access institution, the decision will have no impact on who we will admit and won’t alter our efforts to prepare Colorado’s workforce. Read more.
Trustees approve Fiscal Year 2024 budget
June 7, 2023 | President's Correspondence
The Board of Trustees has approved an exciting new budget for Metropolitan State University of Denver, highlighted by employee compensation increases and strategic investments that will catalyze our enrollment momentum as we launch the University forward. Read more.
Launching Student Success
May 11, 2023 | President's Correspondence
Two years ago, we introduced our “Recover, Stabilize, LAUNCH!” framework as we were finalizing our 2030 Strategic Plan. The biggest key to our launch is student retention, the one thing in our flywheel from which everything else turns. Read more.
Davidson's Desk: Colorado is desperate for workers. Higher ed is the answer.
March 16, 2023 | Davidson's Desk
Colorado’s 2022 Talent Pipeline Report said there were two job openings for every available worker last year, an immediate challenge that also brings into question the long-term sustainability of the state economy. We have an urgent need to invest in our education system – our state’s future. Read more.
Davidson on Colorado Business Roundtable podcast
March 3, 2023
Listen below to this episode of “A Seat at the Table,” as President Davidson shares how she works with businesses to ensure her students get real world experience and connections in a job market hungry for workers. She also expands on the evolving role of higher education in American culture, why higher education is still great value (despite commentary claiming it isn’t), and her remarkable background as a pilot for the Air Force and a civilian working in the Pentagon.
Hosted by Colorado Business Roundtable President Debbie Brown.
President's Spring Update
March 2, 2023: President Davidson delivers an address on the University's strategic priorities followed by a fireside chat on faculty workload and a recognition of MSU Denver retirees.
Workload task force, goals and timeline
Feb. 16, 2023 | President's Correspondence
The purpose of this note is to provide an update on the process and timeline for the way forward on faculty workload. Read more.
Reaction and resources following Feb. 13 school shootings
Feb. 14, 2023 | President's Correspondence
I am at a loss to describe how I’m feeling after a spate of shootings and lockdowns at schools near and far yesterday. Colorado School of Mines was on lockdown for five hours early Monday while police searched for an armed fugitive who killed a police K-9; a Denver East High School student was shot near the school in the afternoon and remains hospitalized; and at least three Michigan State University students were killed and several more injured during a mass shooting last night. Read more.
Preparing an inclusive and swift path forward on faculty workload
Feb. 13, 2023 | President's Correspondence
President Davidson provides an update on MSU Denver’s plans to address faculty workload. Read more.
Welcome to the spring 2023 semester
Jan. 31, 2023
President Davidson welcomes students with a video inspired by MSU Denver’s national champion aerobatics team.
Higher ed leadership letter to Joint Budget Committee
Jan. 9, 2023 | Letter to the Joint Budget Committee
Colorado’s college and university leaders sent a joint request to the state’s Joint Budget Committee asking for an increase of $144.7 million in state operating funding for higher education and 4% in tuition authority as part of the annual budget cycle. Read more.