Ben Lasseter

Born into the Waorani tribe of Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest, Nemonte Nenquimo emerged as a powerful force protecting the rainforest on behalf of Indigenous nations. She shared leadership insights with students, faculty, staff and community members last week at the Raíces, Resiliencia, Resistencia: Building Coalitions to Protect Mother Earth event as the 1 Book/1 Project/2 Transform and Richard T. and Virginia M. Castro Distinguished Visiting Professor. Author Nenquimo and translator Mitch Anderson, authors […]

Professional networking platforms — LinkedIn, Twitter/X, ResearchGate, Academia.edu, and even Slack and Microsoft Teams — have become essential tools for career development, research collaboration and maintaining professional relationships in higher education. However, these same platforms are now prime hunting grounds for sophisticated cybercriminals using social engineering tactics to exploit trust and steal sensitive information. Why […]

Year-end evaluations open Monday, offering deans and professional-staff members a chance to reflect on accomplishments, measure progress on SMART goals and identify opportunities for development. The process remains grounded in goals and the University’s Leadership Competency Framework, reinforcing the importance of leadership across all roles.

The Workday Student Project team is reaching an important milestone: wrapping up configurations of the new Student Information System (SIS) and preparing for testing, which will begin in the next phase in June. Over the past several months, teams across campus have worked in an iterative Explore, Design, Build, Refine approach to ensure Workday Student […]

Metropolitan State University of Denver’s information security team says a review of last week’s cyberattack on Instructure, the company that provides the learning management system Canvas to the University, indicates that limited user information was exposed, though there is no evidence that highly sensitive personal or financial data was compromised.  Canvas was taken offline at thousands of institutions across the country for several hours last Thursday because of the […]

Despite a chilly rain, colleagues at last week’s Howdy Rowdy BBQ celebrated a year of progress powered by Metropolitan State University of Denver staff, faculty and student employees. Attendees outside the Jordan Student Success Building donned blue and red bandanas as they lined up for barbecue dishes served by University leaders and filled dozens of tables. […]

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The committee that advises President Janine Davidson, Ph.D., on Metropolitan State University of Denver’s annual budget plan has recommended a 1.5% pay increase for faculty and staff members, along with restrained spending that prioritizes enrollment, student success and long-term financial stability. The University Planning and Budget Advisory Committee, or UPBAC, also recommended an additional .5% pay increase should the University meet a yet-to-be determined student-success metric, such as enrollment or retention performance. The committee’s $244 million spending […]

Three candidates for dean of the College of Aerospace, Computing, Engineering, and Design will visit Metropolitan State University of Denver next week to share their vision for the role. The search committee invites Roadrunners to attend the following open forums to meet the finalists, ask questions and share their ideas. Virtual attendance is available for those who can’t be on […]

Following President Janine Davidson’s recent message about Metropolitan State University of Denver’s approach to artificial intelligence, work is underway across the University, focused on three areas: preparing AI-ready graduates, supporting faculty and teaching innovation, and operational effectiveness. While many efforts are still evolving, faculty and staff already have access to a growing set of tools, […]