Higher Ed Press Clips September 2009

September 1, 2009

Denver Post:

• Flu-stricken students at CU-Boulder get faulty advice
  

Ed News Colorado:

• Higher ed master plan kickoff postponed

Daily Camera:

• Boulder considers extending nuisance ordinance
  
• Californication of CU-Boulder
  

ESPN:

• Colorado-Colorado State in Denver for next 10 years
  

September 2, 2009

Denver Post:

• CU has big vision for new tech czar
  

Daily Camera:

• CU names chief information officer
  
• Budget cuts prompt CU-Boulder to stop office trash pickup
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU capital campaign to help alleviate crisis – Opinion
  
• Renewable-energy leaders gather at CSU to tout growing sector
  

September 3, 2009

Denver Post:

• Girding for state k-12 budget cuts – Guest Commentary
  

Daily Camera:

• Californication of CU Boulder
  

9News:

• Endowment plunges causing college cutbacks
  

September 4, 2009

Daily Camera:

• CU expects more swine flu cases following CSU game
  

Chieftain:

• Adams State College prepares for H1N1
  

September 5-9, 2009

Denver Post:

• CSU-P is rising star
  
• No rivalry in making Colorado a better place – Guest Commentary
  
• Making college a reality in hard times  -- Guest Commentary
  

In Denver Times:

• Benson and Blake on higher ed’s future
  

Daily Camera:

• CU to break ground Wednesday on new biotech center
  
• CU confirms four students with swine flu, 85 other probably cases
  
• CU vs. CSU – One day of competition, 364 days of collaboration
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P official military friendly
  

Sentinel:

• Student government looks at possibility of tobacco-free campus
  

Tribune:

• UNC, colleges get nearly $500K for scholarships
  

Times-Call:

• Thinking of the future
  

Summit Daily News:

• We’ve got a jewel in CMC
  

September 10, 2009

Denver Post:

• Work by scientists at Ball Aerospace, CU strengthens Hubble telescope
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU receives grant for study of chronic wasting disease
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P enrollment hits 25 year high
  

September 11, 2009

Daily Camera:

• CU Boulder expects more student-veterans, thanks to 9/11 GI benefits
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P honored for affordability
  
• University to offer BA in athletic training
  

Tribune:

• UNC biz school seniors score high nationally
  

Aurora Sentinel:

• Higher education targeted in Colorado budget cut

September 12-14, 2009

Denver Post:

• Flu cases multiply at CU
  

Daily Camera:

• Relationship between CU Boulder, fraternities warming
  
• CU-Boulder enrollment grows 1 percent
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P Milestone – Editorial
• Advocates: Let’s unite for higher education – Guest Opinion
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU’s online campus set to turn profit, repay loans by end of 2012
  

Colorado Ed News:

• Ritter names interim higher ed director
  
• Stats give stark view of higher ed challenges
  

News Channel 13:

• Enrollment up at 4 CU campuses
  

Sentinel:

• State legislator expects budget woes to continue
  

Colorado Daily:

• After axing faculty paper, CU shaping newsletter
  

September 15, 2009

Denver Post:

• Credit-card companies making a final campus drop
  

Sentinel:

• Mesa State launches bike-share program
  

September 16, 2009

Daily Camera:

• CU-B students to outline eco-friendly goals to regents
  

Chieftain:

• Poet to open reading series at CSU-P
  

Tribune:

• Cumbres program a national finalist
  

September 17, 2009

Chieftain:

• Local contractor wins CSU-P library job
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU will become home of discovery, marketing of new medicine

Sentinel:

• College searches for cuts as state provides less

September 18, 2009

Denver Post:

• College-aid overhaul wins House OK
  

Daily Camera:

• CU-Boulder diversity up, out of state freshmen down
  
• Sierra Club to CU: Stop powering Boulder campus with coal
  

Coloradoan:

• New era begins at CSU
  

Durango Herald:

• Research center to shut
  

September 19-21, 2009

Denver Post:

• Colorado nervously waits for revenue forecast
  

Daily Camera:

• CU students pushing for energy efficiency
  
• Judge stands by his decision against Ward Churchill
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU athletic facility gets in the game
  

Statesman:

• Joe Blake takes over as CSU’s first systemwide chancellor
  

September 22, 2009

Denver Post:

• Griego: Education gap starts in the cradle
  
• CSU scientists get new home
  
• Short another $240 million, Colorado faces cuts
  

Daily Camera:

• CU lands astronaut prof
  

Coloradoan:

• Despite new buildings, CSU cuts emissions
  
• Athletic facilities will benefit all of CSU – Editorial
  

September 23, 2009

Denver Post:

• More Colo. high schoolers taking college courses
  
• CSU-P chief revs up campus
  

Times Higher Education (British Paper):

• Hepi: Voucher-style funding is not the answer
  

September 24, 2009

Denver Post:

• More Colo. high schoolers taking college courses
  
• CSU-P chief revs up campus
  

Times Higher Education (British Paper):

• Hepi: Voucher-style funding is not the answer
  

September 25-28, 2009

Denver Post:

• Another blow to college aid programs – Guest Commentary
  

Daily Camera:

• CU filing enormous amount of data for grant deadline
  
• Frazzled by college admissions, students turn to counselors on Facebook
  
• Arnett Hall gets green kudos
  
• CU adds program in Kuwait
  

Colorado Daily:

• Swine flu cases at CU continue to decline
  

Sentinel:

• Mesa State hopes to offer swine flu vaccine
  

September 29, 2009

Daily Camera:

• CU’s business school dean takes Trinity University president post
  
• CU Boulder students urged to vote in upcoming city election
  

Coloradoan:

• CSU effort gets $25,000 boost
  

Gazette:

• Auditors find conflicts in scholarship program
  

September 30, 2009

Denver Post:

• In higher-ed chief’s exit, his reasons were edited
  
• Auraria pays off for Colorado state investment
  
• Sex-case suspect quits as professor at UNC
  

Daily Camera:

• 150 employers to recruit on CU campus
  
• CU Chancellor to give state of campus update
  

Chieftain:

• CSU-P observes Hispanic Heritage Month
  

Vail Daily:

• Eagle Valley High School to host college fair