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Metropolitan State University of Denver is a public institution that was founded in 1963. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 15,848 (fall 2022), its setting is urban, and the campus size is 127 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Metropolitan State University of Denver's ranking in the 2024 edition of Best Colleges is Regional Universities West, #94. Its in-state tuition and fees are $10,690; out-of-state tuition and fees are $29,630.

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Since 1971, Metro State University has been committed to meeting the higher education needs of the people from the Twin Cities and surrounding areas. We are a fully accredited, comprehensive university, a member of the Minnesota State higher education system, and offer bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in more than 60 programs.

Metro State’s flagship location is conveniently located along Mounds Boulevard between East Sixth and East Seventh Streets and overlooks downtown Saint Paul.

Ample parking is available in our secure parking ramp, accessible from Maria and Bates Avenues.

Metro State’s Library and Learning Center shares its space with the Saint Paul Public Library’s Dayton’s Bluff Branch, making it one of the few joint-use libraries in the country. The Library houses The Gordon Parks Gallery, which exhibits a variety of artwork multiple times per year and maintains the beautiful David Barton Community Labyrinth and Reflective Garden for use by students and community members.

One of the newest buildings on our main campus, the Jason R. Carter Science Education Center, is dedicated to providing a state-of-the-art environment for learning in STEM programs and community educational programming. The building is dedicated to the memory of Jason R. Carter, a biochemistry student at Metro State, who died of leukemia in May 2016. His parents, Diana and Robert Carter, and the Carter Family Foundation of Wayzata, Minnesota, worked with the University Foundation to provide a generous $2 million endowment through contributions in memory of Jason.

Another of our newer buildings is our Student Center, which is home to the Student Life and Leadership Development department, our campus canteen, study rooms and spaces, as well as a fitness center for students, staff, and faculty to focus on physical well-being.

Metro State teaches in four major locations: Saint Paul, Minneapolis, Saint Paul’s Midway, and Brooklyn Park. Day, evening, weekend, online, and hybrid classes are available and are also taught at many partnership institutions, including Minneapolis College, Normandale, and Saint Paul College.

Our Minneapolis Campus location, the Management Education Center, is home to our College of Business and Management, which focuses on business, MBA, and DBA degrees. The Minneapolis Campus also houses the School of Urban Education, our innovative teacher education program dedicated to providing culturally competent and representative educators for our urban schools.

Metro State’s Midway Center offers a multitude of classes in most topics and is conveniently located between Saint Paul and Minneapolis. The Psychology Department is also located at the Midway location.

Metropolitan State and Hennepin Technical College partner in the Public Safety and Police Science Center to instruct all aspects of both fields of study. The facility has a full range of learning environments and is located in Brooklyn Park on the Hennepin Technical College campus grounds.

Study areas are located on all campuses.

Our long dedication to post-traditional students means many of our most popular offerings are available in the evening, on weekends, fully online, or in a hybrid of classroom and online instruction.

Metro State’s nursing program includes a state-of-the-art simulation center and practical experience opportunities through our many metro area medical facilities.

In addition, Metro State is a core member of the MANE program, providing the opportunity for nursing education and advancement of credentials to practicing nurses throughout the state.

Metro State’s College of Sciences is the place to explore your understanding of the physical world through the study of biology, chemistry, physics, and ecology.

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If your interest is in technology, the COS offers courses in computer programming, writing web and phone apps, networking, cyber security, and much more. Or, if you love mathematics, our math and statistics programs will provide you with the tools you need to solve problems in any job situation.

Metro State’s smaller, more engaged class sizes mean that our students have access to real contact with instructors, allowing for relationship building toward academic growth.

Smaller cohort groups often meet in the evening in non-traditional classrooms at any one of Metro State’s locations or partner institutions.

Each year, more than 1,500 students graduate with a Metro State undergraduate or graduate degree. To date, Metro State has more than 50,000 alumni making their educational journey work for them. CollegeNet’s 2022 Social Mobility Index ranks Metro State in the top 1.6% nationally, and first in Minnesota, in enabling students to move from lower income strata into the middle class.

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Elijah Anderson offered some tips to incoming first-year Metropolitan State University students during their visit to Denver’s Auraria Campus last week: Familiarize yourself with the campus buildings before your first day, organize your schedule efficiently, and take advantage of campus events.

The students are part of a pandemic-era program called Pathways to Possible that has proven so successful the college will continue funding it through the university’s budget after federal COVID relief money runs out.

“It was really nice being able to give them advice,” said Anderson, 19, a second-year student who spoke to the incoming students as part of a five-person welcome week panel. “I remember being in their shoes.”

Leaders at MSU Denver say P2P, as the program is called, has been invaluable since the pandemic in helping students with the most challenges — such as students of color, those from lower-income backgrounds, and first-generation college students — stay in college and some day graduate.

About 80% of students in P2P have stayed in college from one year to the next, said Melissa Cleaver, the program director. That rate is well above the school’s and national average of about 67% and 68%, respectively.

Originally launched in 2021 with $2.38 million from Gov. Jared Polis’ Response, Innovation and Student Equity fund, the program’s success in helping students has earned it a permanent spot in MSU Denver’s offerings — which doesn’t always happen with grant-funded programs.

However, due to the expiration of the federal money, the school has tapered down to only 125 students selected this year – down from about 200 last year – as it funds the program on its own, said Cleaver. There’s more demand than funding available, with more than 700 students applying this year, she said.

The program now costs about $1.1 million to operate annually, according to a school spokesman.

“I would like to see it grow. I don’t know what the next steps are or how the model will change,” Cleaver said. “I know it’s helping our students.”

P2P functions as a coaching network with a small scholarship incentive.

The program also provides support in ways that are different from some scholarships.

There are few application requirements. Students must have recently graduated from a Colorado high school, been accepted to MSU Denver, and face more challenges than other students.

Students can earn up to $500 a semester by participating in the program, but the success of students depends most on success coaches, or staff that help advise students, Cleaver said.

The coaches act as a guide to answer questions such as how to structure their schedules, manage time, pick a major, or what to do if they fail a class. Students are required to meet with coaches at least twice per semester and attend a career event. They also get leadership development opportunities.

The program does not require students to maintain a certain GPA level, Cleaver said. She wants students to turn to their coaches when they need help instead of being embarrassed that they’re struggling. The majority of the students might have other life challenges going on that keep them from being successful, she said, such as needing food and transportation or balancing multiple jobs and school.

“We’re not going to shame you,” she said. “We’re going to keep working with you.”

Anderson said his first year went smoothly thanks to P2P. Coaches helped him especially when he wanted to declare a minor and on the days where he felt less motivated.

Anderson wants to get a degree in business management, and his coaches helped him decide on a minor in computer information systems with a concentration on human resources management.

He said he’s learned a lot thanks to the support, and hopes incoming first-year students know that going to college is a “learning journey.” Some days might be easier than others, but thanks to P2P, the hard ones aren’t so bad.

Jason Gonzales is a reporter covering higher education and the Colorado legislature. Chalkbeat Colorado partners with Open Campus on higher education coverage. Contact Jason at [email protected] .

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Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz to make brief stop in Colorado Wednesday

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz will travel to Colorado Wednesday during his first solo trip as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate. 

But Democratic supporters eager to see Walz will be disappointed: His campaign stop will not be open to the public.

A schedule released by the Harris-Walz campaign said the Minnesota governor will speak at a closed-doors campaign reception in Denver. The stop is part of a coast-to-coast fundraising blitz for the newly formed Democratic ticket. Walz will also be making stops in California, New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. 

Harris tapped Walz as her running mate last week. The Harris campaign said Walz boasts a good track record on policies the current Vice President wants to champion during this election cycle, and appeals to a crucial voting bloc in the Midwest. Before working in politics, Walz was a high school teacher, football coach and served in the military. 

While Colorado is not projected to be a battleground state, both campaigns see it as a place to raise money. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attended a private fundraising event in Aspen over the weekend, where attendees were charged a minimum of $25,000 to have an intimate dinner with the former president. 

After his fundraiser, Trump took to Truth Social to call Colorado “truly a beautiful part of the world” while also lambasting the state as “a POLITICAL CESSPOOL” because of its policy of all mail voting.

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Harris, Walz bring historic campaign to Michigan, rallying at Detroit Metro Airport

Taking the stage before a rollicking crowd gathered at a hot Detroit Metro Airport hangar on Wednesday night, Vice President Kamala Harris made her first appearance as the Democratic presidential nominee in Michigan, introducing Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, and saying "the path to the White House runs right through this state."

"I know we are all clear about what we are up against," Harris told the crowd, referring to the threat she said is posed by the Republican nominee, former President Donald Trump and his conservative agenda. But she said in the speech that began just before 8 p.m. that Democrats were not grim about their chances or the effort ahead. "Understand that in this fight, we are happy warriors," she said. "Hard work is good work."

"This election is going to be a fight," she said as the speech got underway. "We like a good fight. When you know what you stand for, you know what to fight for and we know what we stand for."

Moments into her speech, Harris rebuked a small group of hecklers chanting slogans about genocide in Gaza.

"If you want Donald Trump to win, then say that, otherwise I'm speaking." Harris said as she flashed a withering stare at the protesters, who were drowned out by the rest of the crowd before being escorted out.

Harris said Trump's election, if it were to happen, would threaten fundamental freedoms, exacerbate climate change and damage health care access.

"In the next 90 days we need you to use your power ... we need you to energize and organize and mobilize and make your voices heard," she said, as she wrapped up a speech that lasted for about a half hour. "When we fight, we win!"

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Speaking before Harris came out, Walz revved up a crowd he said he was told was the largest to date of any rally of the Democratic campaign this year.

"It’s been a pretty interesting 24 hours for me, I have to be honest," said Walz, referring to his joining Harris for their first rally together Tuesday in Philadelphia. Noting that thousands came out to the airport and stood in the heat to be part of the effort to elect Harris, he said. "This is a place full of working folks, students, folks who care ... you did it (attended the rally) for one simple and beautiful and eloquent reason, you love this country."

Walz also said while Republicans "try to steal the joy from this country," Harris "emanates" it. Several speakers echoed the joy theme, calling Trump dark and divisive.

Both Walz and Harris gave shout-outs to union leaders, including UAW Shawn Fain, who spoke at the rally as well.

The UAW, said Harris, "knows what they fight for and knows how to win."

The rally was boisterous and at times profane but the crowd loved it swaying to the music and waving campaign placards.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer scored the loudest welcome of the warm-up speakers. She spoke just before Harris and Walz took the stage, praising their background while denouncing Trump.

"The truth is we can’t afford another four years of Donald Trump," she said. "A second term of Donald Trump would be an unmitigated disaster…. You wouldn’t buy a used car from this guy, much less trust him with the auto industry."

"We need a strong woman in the White House and it’s about damn time," Whitmer shouted to thunderous applause.

She also said she's been in a friendly competition to outdo Walz' accomplishments as governor for years. "He's the only governor I know who curses more than I do," she said.

Rally comes as the Democrats' fortunes have turned

Harris and Walz' appearance in metro Detroit comes just weeks after President Joe Biden, beset by questions about his age and mental and physical acumen being raised by critics in his own party, agreed to step aside as the presumptive Democratic nominee , endorsing Harris.

That touched off a political whirlwind that quickly saw Harris, a former U.S. senator and state attorney general from California, become the first Black woman and South Asian woman to secure a major party's nomination for president. In a span of days, Harris locked down support across the party without any serious effort to challenge her, as a burst of enthusiasm propelled her polling numbers higher nationally and in Michigan.

According to the RealClearPolitics.com average of polls done in the state, Harris had a 2-percentage-point lead on Trump in Michigan as of Wednesday. Prior to Biden's leaving the race, the Republican former president had a lead of about that much over Biden. On the day Biden stepped aside, a Free Press poll showed Trump with a 7-point lead over Biden , the highest such showing for a Republican presidential candidate in Michigan in decades.

Michigan is considered, along with Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, a key part of the "blue wall" that Democrats need to hold the White House. In 2016, Trump narrowly won all three in route to winning the race over Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton; Biden beat Trump in all three four years ago.

Trump has made five visits to Michigan this year, the most recent being a rally in Grand Rapids on July 20, a week after an assassination attempt against him at a rally outside Pittsburgh. Biden has been in the state four times, most recently at a rally at Detroit's Renaissance High on July 12. Harris also visited Kalamazoo in July and in February was part of a roundtable discussion on the need for abortion access in Grand Rapids.

By the beginning of this week, Democrats had voted in a virtual roll call to make Harris the nominee ahead of the national convention in Chicago beginning Aug. 19. On Tuesday, she ended two weeks of speculation over who her vice presidential nominee would be by naming Walz, an avuncular and popular governor in Minnesota, who as a hunter, former high school coach and plainspoken Midwesterner is expected to play well in Michigan. The two kicked off a swing state tour on Tuesday in Philadelphia before heading to Eau Claire, Wisconsin, on Wednesday ahead of the trip to metro Detroit.

Harris and Walz were set to hold another event in metro Detroit on Thursday before heading to Phoenix.

Energy high at rally but several in crowd need medical attention

The energy among the crowd in the packed and hot airport hangar on Wednesday was palpable, with several thousand supporters lining up hours in advance to get inside. By 4:30 p.m., 2 1/2 hours before Harris and Walz were to speak, the hanger was full, with many guests wearing Harris pins or carrying pre-printed signs. Loudspeakers blasted upbeat music and the crowd, which was standing, began dancing at times. After the event got underway, the Detroit Youth Choir got a huge ovation when they completed their set.

There were several instances where it appeared some in the audience needed medical attention because of the heat. Harris, Walz and Whitmer all had to stop their speeches at various moments to call for medics to help people in the audience.

The rally at the hangar also appeared to steal a page from Tump's playbook. He's hosted rallies at hangars in Waterford and Saginaw this year. The crowd in Romulus was pulsing as the Vice President's plane, Air Force Two, pulled up outside with its robin's egg nose cone glistening in the sunshine.

Harris emerged from the plane with "Freedom" by Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar blasting over the loudspeakers.

Gloria Polk, 79, of Detroit, was sweating in the heat but excited to be at the rally. She’d tried to get onto an earlier Harris rally on Zoom but couldn’t get in.

“I was at the Obama rally in Detroit (in 2008) and I sense a similar vibe,” she said. “But this energy came in two weeks.”

Polk said she likes Harris and what she stands for. “I think the fact that that she cooks and dances makes her everybody's person,” she said.

Leslie Wagner, 61, of Grosse Pointe, is a psychologist who was giddy at the thought of seeing Harris. “I saw Geraldine Ferraro (who was the Democratic vice presidential nominee to Walter Mondale in 1984 and the first woman to be a major party's vice presidential nominee) speak, when she ran,” she said. “I saw Hillary Clinton when she was supporting her husband and I'd really like the first woman president to be Kamala Harris.”

Sandra Richardson-Smith of Detroit, said she considers the election crucial to the future of the country. She refused to say Trump's name, saying she only refers to him as 45, the number president he was.

"I'm concerned about the prospect of losing our democracy," she said. "That other president has no program. He's a felon,"

But the Democratic tour wasn't going without challenge: Ahead of Wednesday's rally, U.S. Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, who Trump has named as his vice presidential nominee, made remarks outside the police department in Shelby Township in Macomb County, which Trump has won in each of the last two elections. Vance specifically hit Harris for the Biden administration's failure to stop a surge in undocumented immigrants coming across the southern border for months. Trump has promised to round up illegal immigrants and institute a mass deportation policy if reelected.

Harris' campaign, however, is expected to underscore the argument that the Biden administration had reached a bipartisan deal in Congress to increase funding for border agents and detention facilities only to see it fail when Trump came out against it.

Before the rally, Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley issued a statement blaming Harris for high inflation rates and gas prices. "Michiganders won’t be fooled by the Harris-Walz campaign focused on memes, celebrity endorsements and pushing their extreme agenda far and wide," he said.

And some of the criticism came from a crowd of around 50 pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered outside the event to oppose Harris' appearance.

"As the Biden-Harris administration continues to facilitate almost daily massacres across Gaza, we see through the empty attempts to distance a presidential nominee from her complicity in genocide," said Assmaa Eidy of Dearborn.

Protesters wore Palestinian keffiyehs and waved Palestinian flags as they held signs reading "abandon genocide." Loudspeakers and drumming accompanied chants like "Harris, Harris you can't hide, you are funding genocide." Police vehicles and officers on foot blocked off traffic outside the terminal to allow for the protest and legal observers were onsite.

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Other Democratic leaders speak before Harris

Prior to the 7 p.m. remarks by Harris and Walz at Detroit Metro Airport, a host of speakers took the stage, including Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist and Democratic members of Michigan's U.S. House delegation. U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Ann Arbor, who urged Democrats to take the threat posed by Trump in Michigan more seriously eight years ago, said, “I feel a lot better now than I did in 2016."

"Donald Trump is not going to win Michigan,” Dingell said. “Michigan will not let them win. We’re going to hold them accountable.”

U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Township, reminded the crowd of Harris’ visit to Flint during the city’s water crisis when lead contamination was found in the drinking supply. "She didn’t have to do that,” Kildee said. “She did it because she believes that everybody deserves a shot.”

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan praised Biden and Harris for passing the infrastructure bill that authorized billions in aid to Michigan . He also recalled a visit to the Trump White House when he thought he was going to get word of Trump’s infrastructure plan. Duggan said Trump complained for 30 minutes about how mean CNN had been to him before discussing infrastructure.

“He said there’s no federal money for infrastructure but if you mayors want to build toll roads, you can do that,” Duggan said. “That was his plan.”

Fain, in his remarks, praised Harris as a "badass woman who has stood on the picket line" with workers, including with UAW workers when they struck General Motors in 2019, and denounced Trump − who has repeatedly attacked Fain and UAW brass for endorsing the Democratic ticket − as a "lapdog of the billionaire class," doing little when union auto plants in Michigan, Ohio and Maryland closed during his presidency.

He also noted that Trump began to speak much more favorably about electric vehicles, which he had criticized as expensive and impractical, when Tesla founder Elon Musk endorsed him and committed to helping fund a Super PAC supporting Trump. None of Tesla's plants are unionized.

As for Walz, the UAW president said labor urged that he be selected as Harris' running mate, calling him "a working class guy with working class values."

Contact Todd Spangler: [email protected]. Follow him on Twitter@tsspangler.

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Economy | more than 700 flights delayed, canceled at dia for thunderstorms, economy | metro denver inflation rate drops below 2% for the first time in three years, but region sees a big two-month surge, which could make it tough to hold the line.

Prices for a basket of consumer goods and services in the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood area rose 1.9% between July 2023 and July 2024, compared to a 2.6% annual gain in May and a 2.8% gain in March , according to an update Wednesday from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics .

Metro Denver’s Consumer Price Index gain is a full percentage point below the 2.9% annual rate measured nationally in July. But in a worrisome sign, prices shot up 0.62% between May and July, nearly four times the 0.15% gain measured nationally.

“In many ways, July’s result was the most ‘normal’ inflation reading we have seen since the pandemic began, and could have easily been produced in 2019,” said Douglas Porter, chief economist with BMO, in a commentary.

Falling gasoline prices, down 12.1% on the year, used car prices, down 9.7%, and apparel costs, down 4.5%, put downward pressure on inflation in metro Denver. Grocery store prices were flat, with decreases in cereals, baked goods, vegetables and fruits, offsetting gains in dairy products and meat.

Despite that, the cost of eating out rose 5.7%, reflecting higher labor and lease expenses at restaurants. Shelter costs also continue to outpace overall inflation, rising 3% the past year and 1.2% in the past two months. The flare-up in rents, if sustained, could fuel inflation in the months ahead given the heavy weight shelter costs hold in the index.

Inflation on the whole, however, is moderating enough to provide the Federal Reserve maneuvering room to declare victory and start cutting rates, said Selma Hepp, chief economist with CoreLogic, in emailed comments.

“This means for the average American that the Fed will likely cut interest rates next month, which will slightly bring down the cost of borrowing – a good step for auto and home sales, in particular,” Hepp said.

Even though the pace of inflation is moderating, its impacts are here to stay. Colorado consumers have seen prices rise 20% since 2020, resulting in the typical household spending $34,194 more cumulatively since 2020, according to estimates from the Common Sense Institute.

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