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SuMMER 2012 summer 2012 Volume XXVII Issue III Contents 6 RiPPLE EFFECt One World, One Water Center for Urban Water education and Stewardship raises awareness of Colorados most precious resource. 10 9 AnSWERS Robert Cohen, chair and CeO of the IMA Financial Group and chair of the Metro State Board of Trustees, predicts a great future for the newly designated university. 12 tEAMWoRK The many Metro State alums working for the Denver Broncos love their crazy lives. 14 BY tHE nuMBERS Metro

Metro VisionLetter from the President Dear Alumni and Friends, Preeminence. Its a word Ive used repeatedly since coming to Metro State. When I arrived on campus seven years ago, Metro State had been persistently, but quietly, providing an exemplary education to a diverse, urban student body. Members of the community here recognized the good work they were doing but were humble about it. Too humble, in my opinion. In my first address to Metro State, I urged this fine hidden gem of a school to rai

Metro States past, present and future Metrozoic era and dont call him SHIRLeY BY CARSOn ReeD 83 Dave Shirley is not so much a comedian of a certain age as a comedian of certain ages. The Denverbased funnyman, who graduated from Metro State in 1998 with a degree in speech communications with a theatre emphasis, draws from a mixture of experience and training that ranges from elizabethan theatre to vaudeville to street performance to flashes of Laurie Andersons technologyheavy performance

newsworthy College news Metro State now Metro State university Gov. John Hickenlooper has made it official On April 18, Hickenlooper put his name to legislation that changed Metro States name to Metropolitan State University of Denver. You can now officially call yourselves Metropolitan State University of Denver, Hickenlooper announced to the many Roadrunners who packed the lobby of the new Student Success Building. The name change takes effect July 1. The signing ceremony capped two years of e

Felicitaciones to Metro State Metro State received the Presidents Award from the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Metro Denver in recognition of the schools support of the chambers leadership programs and its outreach to Latino students. In giving the award in April, former Denver Mayor Guillermo Bill Vidal, chamber president and CeO, cited President Stephen Jordans leadership of a young professionals group and Metro States assistance in developing a chamber leadership program. He also applauded

Ripple E One World, One Water Center rides the cresting wave of resource awareness BY DOUG McPHeRSOn Its amazing what a drop of water can do to a seed. It started three years ago when Valerie Gates, a noted conservationist, gave Metropolitan State College of Denver a sculpturea 12foothigh bronze drop of water that illustrates the earths water cycle. But Gates was clear The piece had to be educational and not just art for arts sake. That was the seed Sandra Haynes, dean of the School of Profess

FFECT Hope Dalton 02, chemistry promotes water quality and sustainable water resources at TriCounty Health Department in Greenwood Village, Colo. inFinitE WAtER The sculpture One World, One Water graces the south entrance to Metro States new Student Success Building. The piece, by Denver sculptor Rik Sargent, depicts how all living things are connected to water. It was given to Metro State by conservationist Valerie Gates. Standing 14 feet high and weighing oneandahalf tons, One World, One Wate

Metro State isnt new to the water industry. Sands is just one of several alumni working in the field. Hope Dalton 02, chemistry is a water specialist at TriCounty Health Department in Greenwood Village, Colo., where she protects and promotes water quality and sustainable water resources. And when dangerous levels of benzene were found in Sand Creek near an oil refinery north of Denver late last year, Dalton developed public outreach and education for downstream wells and reviewed drinking water

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BY CAITLIn GIBBOnS 12 Robert Cohen was appointed to a fouryear term as a Metro State trustee in 2008 and was elected board chair two years later. He is the chair and CeO of the IMA Financial Group, Inc., a diversified financial services company comprising three primary businesses a retail insurance brokerage, a wholesale insurance brokerage and a discretionary money manager. He is also founder and executive chairman of the Metro Denver Sports Commission and has a wealth of board experience in

9 Answers Metro State has served the scrappy student since the beginning. How does the scrappy spirit translate into the community and workforce every higher education institution has its role and the right fit for different students. Sometimes when coming out of a traditional education, people dont necessarily have street smarts and life skills. When you think of a scrappy Metro State student, you think of some of those basic life skillsin communication, priority setting and working around tou

METRO STATE GRADS power Broncos behind the scenes BY JAY L. CLARK Metro State graduates working in the Broncos or Bowlen organizations include l to r Elizabeth Goodman, John Karpan, Jeff Geman, Steve Boxer, Jim Saccomano, Kirt Horiuchi, Jon Applegate, Dave Abrams and Jared Devine. A group from the Denver Broncos, including a public relations icon and other experienced pros, continues to set the gold standard for performance in the national Football League nFL. no, we are not talking about P

for practices and games, and work through other logistics that could distract the players focus from the field. Like any relationship with coworkers, these rely on boundaries, respect and experience. But these relationships also raise unending curiosity. People dont ask me for tickets too often, but autographs are more problematic, says Dave Abrams 72, criminal justice, Broncos executive security consultant. People forget my relationship is more of a working and professional one, where trust and

Jerry Hilderbrand 74, accounting chases down fraud as part of his work in forensic accounting. Counting On ACCounting Fraud examiners and forensic accountants protect communities and businesses from cheats BY ROxAnne HAWn instead joined Arthur Andersen Company. Among his many assignments were working for Coors and turning around a troubled beer distributorship. In 1985, Hilderbrand purchased an accounting firm in Colorado Springs, Colo., where he developed a niche in litigation support serv

The program enrolled its first students in 2010 and graduated its first cohort in spring 2011. Students can mix areas of concentration to suit their goals. We interview the students and design a program that fits them, says Rick Crosser, certified compliance and ethics professional, and professor and chair in the Accounting Department. Having that flexibility and those concentrations sets Metro State apart. The program also is working to become a Center for Internal Auditing excellence. Only fiv

Health Professions Associate Professor Steven Rissman believes raising awareness of mens issues among studentsboth men and womenwill help everyone develop richer, more engaging lives. Metro State, 53.7 percent of the student population is female 46.3 percent is male. They see whats ahead of them, Rissman says, and theyre saying, no, thank you. I dont want to be a part of it. Older men, who have experienced sweeping changes in the job market, are scrambling to leverage their capabilities in the

Alumni Times ALUMNI RULE a t Te n n y s o n s Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name, and theyre always glad you came. Gary Portnoy and Judy Hart Angelo, Cheers lyrics Ta p Adrienne Christy and Dave Fox, coowners of Tennysons Tap, welcome Metro State graduates at the increasingly popular Denver bar. one point we were all singing the Metro State fight song, complete with pompoms Although the team lost that night, the gathering was so successful, a recurring alumni associati

CREAtE Your Legacy Janet McCuen 92, computer management science monitors fourteeners. Include Metro state in your will or trust today and create exceptional possibilities for tomorrows students. Including Metro state in your longterm financial plan allows you to Make a charitable gift while ensuring family is taken care of first. Change your mind about your gift at any time. Give a little or give a lot. support roadrunners and their dreams for generations to come. To learn more about how y

MEtRo StAtE ALuMni ASSoCiAtion 201112 BoARD oF DiRECtoRS PresIDeNT Jim Garrison 80, economics VICe PresIDeNT Cassandra Johnson 04, Management seCreTArY Victoria Hannu 84, Computer and Management Science TreAsurer Judy George 01, Business Management PAsT PresIDeNT AND BOArD OF TrusTees rePreseNTATIVe eric Peterson 99, Marketing FOuNDATION BOArD rePreseNTATIVe Rob Morrill 97, Political Science Scott Applegate 96, Finance Piper Billups 99, Marketing Danyette Hardin 07, Management Antonio L

CLAss ACTs Class Acts highlights the latest news from Metro state alumni. To submit your information for publication, go to www.mscd.edualumni and click on update Your Info. William Buse 77, electrical engineering technology works in software quality assurance for Portland Ore. General electric. His specialty is the development of automated test development. Bruce Hedquist 74, applied math is retired from the surveying and mapping profession in which he worked for 31 years, most recently for t

CLAss ACTs Alumni Times Matt gunn 07, journalism is a reporter for FundFire, a daily online publication of the Financial Times in new York City. Hannah Ellison Hilbert 05 is the author of the recently published book Memories in Motion Creating a Graphic Cache of Travel Moments. She teaches english at Lakewood Colo. High School and holds two masters degrees from the University of Colorado Denver. Jantha Johnson 00, criminal justice recently graduated with a masters in criminal justice. She rec

The Rowdy Report Roadrunner Sports Jonathan Morse Michael Morse ConnECtionS CAMARADERiE Mens basketball teams score big on similarities Along with elation, Head Coach Derrick Clark must have felt a sense of dj vu when his Metro State mens basketball team upset the topseeded Colorado School of Mines this past March, winning a trip to the elite eight and securing Metro States place in the record books as the winningest program in nCAA Division II history. Rewind to 2005, the last time the Roadr

Its very interesting, Clark says of the many connections. The two teams were very defensiveminded, with four players on each holding a doubledigit scoring average. In addition to some compelling stats see Then and now, Clark is quick to mention the brothers Morse. Junior Jonathan Morse, 20, has started every game for the last three years, including Clarks first two years as head coach. Jonathans older brother, Michael 05, finance, spent three years on the roster as a forward, with Clark as assis

Dont Blink A Last Last Look Dont Blink A Look Roadrunners give back Students Destinee Ortega and Erik Gallion were among the 200 Metro State community members who spent their Saturday morning on April 21 cleaning up the South Platte River and working in the campus gardens during the third annual Roadrunner Give Back Day. 24 Metro Magazine llllllllllllllll Summer 2012

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