The State of the University
Dr. Sue K. Hammersmith, president of Metropolitan State University, offers students and staff a look at the current and highly-anticipated future of the University.
“This is a really significant period of development for the University,” said Hammersmith. “On so many fronts, we’re just taking things up to the next level. We’re doing a lot on the student affairs side to provide better services for the students applying to come in and we’re looking at how to enhance enrollment management. This is because our applications for fall are up another eight percent and our enrollments this spring are up over five percent. This fall, 97 percent of our enrolling students are transfer students,” said the president, echoing a statistic she noted in her inaugural address on Oct. 2, 2009.
The University’s online classes are becoming more popular—Hammersmith pointed out that Metropolitan State now has online students from almost all of Minnesota’s 87 counties, including those involved in a degree-completion program offered in cooperation with Schwan’s Food Company in Marshall.
“Every single semester we keep seeing that what we offer is what more students want,“ said Hammersmith. “That’s a challenge because you have to keep providing good services while facing the enrollment growth, both geographically and in terms of the growing needs for adult learners.”...Full Article
New Dean of Students, a new approach
The role of Dean of Students at Metropolitan State University has not been officially filled for over three years. Cecilia Stanton was recently appointed to the position and has confidently stepped into the part. She identified and defined some of the goals that she hopes to accomplish for Metropolitan State students...Full Article
Egypt: then and now
Muhammad Hosni Sayyid Mubarak was President of Egypt for almost thirty years. He succeeded President Anwar Sadat—who was assassinated in 1981—setting Egypt on a path that ultimately led to the revolution which resulted in Mubarak’s resignation on Feb. 11...Full Article
