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  Metro Christian Academy Homepage
Metro Christian is one of the few Christian Schools in the state that is fully accredited with the State Department of Education and the North Central Association of Colleges and Universities.
Metro Christian is a member of the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association (only approximately 10 private schools are members of this association out of 493 school membership).
Metro's enrollment guidelines mandate that 8% of the student population will be students with learning challenges; this allows Metro to service the educational needs of the entire family.
www.metroca.com   (306 words)

  
 Metropolitan State College of Denver - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Metro State is one of the largest four-year colleges in the country and has the second largest enrollment of undergraduates in Colorado.
Metro State is located on the Auraria Campus, along with the University of Colorado at Denver and the Community College of Denver, in downtown Denver.
Metro State's downtown Denver location was a result of building a new campus over an old neighborhood, and the current walkways in the campus were originally streets.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Metropolitan_State_College_of_Denver   (1156 words)

  
 Pilot program for use of biodiesel fuel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Metro has committed to pilot the use of a blend of five percent biodiesel and 95 percent Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel (ULSD) over the next two years, and is already using the fuel at its Ryerson and Bellevue bases.
Metro was recognized for its leadership in investing in advanced technologies and emissions reduction strategies.
Metro Transit is a division of the King County Department of Transportation
transit.metrokc.gov /am/vehicles/biodiesel-pilot.html   (770 words)

  
 SAF: 100 Rally at Metro State
One hundred faculty members at Metropolitan State College who believe their tenure is at risk rallied Wednesday before national leaders of the American Federation of Teachers in a bid to be recognized for collective bargaining power.
The group, calling itself the Metro State Faculty Federation, also must elect officers and committee chairs before it can be recognized as a local, said Mark Belkin of the Colorado Federation of Teachers, the state offshoot of AFT.
Metro recently laid off 31 staff and administrators and has left other positions unfilled as it absorbs a 16 percent state budget cut costing the school $7.4 million.
www.studentsforacademicfreedom.org /archive/2003/metrostate092503.html   (593 words)

  
 Public Policy--The Metro Chamber is the Voice of Business   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Each year the Metro Chamber hosts a delegation of business and government leaders from throughout the Sacramento region on a two-day trip to another American city where they meet with their counterparts and learn about their experiences relating to a variety of important public policy issues.
The Metro Chamber's annual regional Policy Forum is a half-day program that features two morning keynote speeches from prominent local speakers, break-out session on important regional policy issues and a concluding session that helps establish the Metro Chamber's policy agenda for the next year.
The annual State of the Counties Forum allows leaders from each of the six counties within the Sacramento region to profile issues of importance to their own jurisdiction.
www.metrochamber.org /leadership/regionalpolicy.htm   (1306 words)

  
 Metropolitan State University reuses old hospital building
Metropolitan State University’s (Metro State) new St. Paul Campus, located on the East Side in the Dayton’s Bluff area, signifies a major leap forward for the urban university in its efforts to better serve the Twin Cities community.
In addition, the new facility is a notable example of the Metro State’s commitment to build sustainably — a philosophy that is an integral part of the campus’s evolution.
Also inherent in Metro State’s efforts was the decision to recycle as much of the demolition and construction wastes as possible.
www.moea.state.mn.us /res/V9_1/metro.cfm   (770 words)

  
 Metro: 2003 State of the Region address
In the not-too-distant past, Metro was often caught in a self-imposed chokehold of ineffectiveness because the elected council was too often at odds with an elected executive.
Metro’s second major role in Oregon’s economic recovery is the provision and protection of a land supply for the industries of today and the industries of tomorrow.
Metro is working with its partners to develop and maintain a regional system of interconnected natural areas, parks, trails and greenways.
www.metro-region.org /article.cfm?ArticleID=3496   (3665 words)

  
 SGU @ Metro State   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
During The game-ending run, Metro State converted 11 of 14 free throws.
After the game was tied 40-40 at the half, Metro State scored the first five points of the second period to go up 45-40.
Muth gave Metro State a six-point lead, 24-18, but a layup by Felipe Cecilio capped a 17-7 run and gave St. Gregory’s a 35-31 lead with just over four minutes remaining.
www.stgregorys.edu /Default.aspx?tabid=387   (392 words)

  
 Metro State | College Fact Sheet
Now 40 years old, Metro State boasts more than 57,000 alumni, 90 percent of whom stay in Colorado after graduation putting their education to work as teachers, business owners, pilots, scientists, nurses and more, as well as entering our state’s and other fine graduate schools to study medicine, law and other disciplines requiring advanced degrees.
In the classroom, Metro State student-athletes have a graduation rate of 67 percent,* and among their recent academic accolades is the National Soccer Coaches Association of America’s All-Academic Award given to the 2004-05 men’s and women’s soccer teams.
Metro State has the greatest number of low-income students** in the state, a fact that drives its ranking as having the lowest tuition of the state’s five largest institutions.
www.mscd.edu /news/media/fact   (826 words)

  
 Men's Basketball - Metro State - Chadron State
Metro opened the second half with a 9-0 run and went on to defeat the Mavericks 85-52.
MSC had 16 turnovers to the Roadrunners five and were out-rebounded by Metro 31-15.
Chadron State held a 42-28 half-time lead and extended that lead to 17 points early in the second half before the Mavericks went on a 19-6 run to pull to within four points (14:23).
www.mesastate.edu /athletics/mens/MensBasketball/articles/metrocsc1.htm   (390 words)

  
 9NEWS.com - Latino, Metro State   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Metro State in Denver has earned a number of honors and national rankings for its success with Latino students.
The college is also the state leader in graduating Hispanic students with degrees in technology, English and ethnic studies.
Nationally, Metro is among the top 60 colleges and universities for employing Latino faculty and administrators (10 percent).
www.9news.com /latino/metro.htm   (151 words)

  
 Recreation Activities/Outdoor Recreation Year-round in Metro Denver
Less than 10 percent of the Denver Metro population is 65 years or older, compared to the national average of 12.4 percent.
In addition, 11 world-class ski resorts are within 100 miles of the Metro Denver area, and 25 reside in the state.
Colorado State Parks, with support from many Metro Denver counties and communities, has embarked on an ambitious plan to create a continuous trail linking the Front Range's diverse communities with a multi-use trail running from New Mexico to Wyoming.
www.metrodenver.org /dataCenter/QualityOfLife/Recreation.icm   (514 words)

  
 Texas State and Metro Economic Indicators - Hot Stats - FRB Dallas
The metro’s business-cycle index rose at a modest pace of 0.9 percent following revised growth of 2.6 percent in October.
The metro’s business-cycle index grew at a 5.5 percent rate in November after strong growth in the previous month.
The metro’s business-cycle index rose 8.8 percent in November, and employment increased 7.8 percent.
www.dallasfed.org /data/hotstats/econ/econ0512.html   (1057 words)

  
 Metropolitan State College of Denver - Official Athletic Site
Metro State, which won its fifth consecutive regular-season conference title in 2006, is the top seed and will host the 2006 RMAC Women's Soccer Tournament, Oct. 26-29 at Auraria Field.
The Metro State men finished fourth with 444.50 points, while the women were seventh with 83.50 points at the Colorado State University Early Bird Invitational, Friday and Saturday in Fort Collins, Colo.
Metro State Men Fourth, Women Seventh at RMAC Championships
gometrostate.cstv.com   (175 words)

  
 Metro: 2006 State of the Region address
When the voters approved transferring it to the Metro Council’s management, and approved its tax base at the ballot box, they were recognizing that the Zoo no longer belongs to any one city government but belongs to everyone in the region.
For nearly all of the past ten years, the Metro Council dealt with growth projections by focusing almost entirely on the edge of town, on the urban growth boundary, litigating about a relative handful of acres in an adversarial, expensive process that was often unable to take local communities’ aspirations into account.
To longtime watchers of the Metro Council, or of the homebuilders, this joint hiring may have seemed like an odd marriage – that the Metro Council is partnering with the homebuilders and that the homebuilders are interested in green development.
www.metro-region.org /article.cfm?ArticleID=17416   (2370 words)

  
 Athletics : St. Cloud State University
Denver, CO-- Metropolitan State University swept St. Cloud State in non-conference baseball Saturday afternoon, 11-10 in nine innings and 14-3 in seven innings.
Metro State first baseman Mike Hoefs had an outstanding day as he finished the outing with nine hits, 12 rbi and two grand slams.
Cloud State is 1-3 overall and Metro State 2-6.
www.stcloudstate.edu /athletics/sports/baseball/story.asp?storyID=18133   (297 words)

  
 Chicago Sun-Times :: Metro & Tri-State ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
State Rep. Edward Acevedo’s brother has been sitting at home for two years, living on disability, even though his doctor said he could go back to work last January, though in a less physically demanding job.
Dentist's expert says dosage was OK Dr. Hicham Riba prescribed an "appropriate" amount of anesthetic to 5-year-old Diamond Brownridge before she died, and contrary to the state's allegations, the kindergartner was never left by herself at Riba's clinic, according to testimony and videotape presented on the final day of the dentist's license suspension hearing.
State Police are investigating a hit-and-run that critically injured a private contractor Tuesday on the Dan Ryan Expy.
www.suntimes.com /news/metro/index.html   (6075 words)

  
 The Golden Eagles Online -- Cal State L.A. Athletics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Metro State would never trail in the game, opening the contest on an 8-0 run before a Stacia Stricker jumper got CSULA on the board 3:06 into the game.
Metro State led by 11 points at 24-13 when the CSULA defense stepped up, allowing the Golden Eagles to go on an 8-0 run to narrow the gap to 24-21 when Fatimah Stokley nailed a three-pointer with 8:58 left until halftime.
Metro State had five players in double figures, led by Natasha Molock with 18 points.
www.calstatela.edu /univ/athletic/media0405/41120womenbasketball.htm   (339 words)

  
 CBSA Guide - Metro State Men's Basketball, Denver, CO
US News ranked Metro State in the 4th tier among universities in the west in 2007.
In fact, under Dunlap Metro State averaged nearly 28 wins per season and led Roadrunners to two national championships (2000 and 2002) four conference tourney titles, and nine straight NCAA appearances.
Prior to his return to Metro State, Hays spent five seasons as the head coach at Colorado Christian and prior to that served three years as an assistant under Dunlap.
www.cbsaguide.com /basketball/profiles/MetroStatemb.htm   (406 words)

  
 Metro - The Detroit News Online - 10/27/05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In the two weeks left before the Nov. 8 election, Detroit mayoral candidate Freman Hendrix is launching a blitz of television campaign ads that continue his strategy of attacking Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's record and character, while Kilpatrick has no ads scheduled or currently running.
The head of the United Way for Southeastern Michigan made an urgent call to donors Tuesday and warned that agencies serving Metro Detroit's neediest population could face cuts in services, with the agency's $66.5 million fundraising campaign projected to fall as much as $4 million short of its goal.
A move to dilute the Detroit mayor's authority over the region's water system is the latest maneuver in a legal struggle that has lasted 28 years.
www.detnews.com /2005/metro/0510/27   (264 words)

  
 Metro: 2004 State of the Region address
Metro Council President David Bragdon delivered his 2004 State of the Region address at City Club on Friday, Feb. 13, 2004.
Right now, to be brutally honest, the Metro Council’s famous 2040 plan could be headed for that type of unfulfilled fate, unless we remedy its lack of relationship to the private investment climate and bolster it with a public investment strategy.
The region, not the city and not the state, is the competitive economic unit in the modern world: it’s “the Research Triangle,” not Raleigh or Durham; it’s “Silicon Valley,” not San Jose or Santa Clara; it’s “the Pearl River delta,” not Kowloon or Shenzhen.
www.metro-region.org /article.cfm?articleid=7895   (2912 words)

  
 Metro State vs Fort Hays State (Mar 06, 2004)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Metro State - inning 2 Christiansen reached on an error by 3b, advanced to second on the throw, advanced to third on the throw.
Metro State - inning 6 R. Fuller reached on an error by ss.
Metro State - inning 7 C. Steffens to cf.
twolves.colostate-pueblo.edu /baseball/rmac4.htm   (1118 words)

  
 Notebook: Metro State Remains Unbeaten - NCAA Sports.com
ONLY UNBEATEN: Metropolitan State College rose to the top of the NABC Division II Men's Basketball rankings this week after Virginia Union – the No. 1 team for the last six weeks – lost to Winston-Salem State.
Metro State is the only unbeaten team in Division II, after 13 ranked teams lost at least once last week.
Metro State is averaging a 20.3-point scoring margin over its opponents.
www.ncaasports.com /basketball/mens/story/8095658   (447 words)

  
 The Statesman - Women hoopsters top Metro State   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Ags beat Metro 49-45 in their first exhibition match of the year.
She said that Metro State knew who to block and stopped both players well.
With one minute left in the half, Utah State had a 4-0 run, ending with two layups from Quinones and Richards to tie the game at 24 as the Ags headed into the locker room.
www.utahstatesman.com /home/index.cfm?event=displayArticlePrinterFriendly&uStory_id=7681be91-4749-4113-9568-426ee1dbe65a   (578 words)

  
 MySA.com: Metro | State
The Mexican state of Tamaulipas is in the middle of its autumn arts festival, or the Festival Internacional de Otoño, which features performers from all over the world.
State races won't be the only ones voters decide on Nov. 7 — a couple of local school districts also will have tax questions on the ballot.
Teams came from across the United States, Canada and Europe to participate in the "space elevator games," where the baby steps of this new mode of transport were worked out in a slow and painstaking manner on the tarmac of Las Cruces International Airport.
www.mysanantonio.com /news/metro/storyindex.html   (7214 words)

  
 Jackson metro & state news - The Clarion-Ledger
Barbour wears a lapel pin with the U.S. and state flags and he is in a photograph on the Web site of the Council of Conservative Citizens, a neo-Confederate group accused of racist views.
Barbour said he supported retaining the current flag in a referendum the state held in 2001 on whether to adopt a new design.
Jon Lee, a 28-year-old Jackson State University student who is fl, said he does not see what the flag has to do with the governor's race.
www.clarionledger.com /news/0310/01/m03.html   (802 words)

  
 Metropolitan State Hospital: Home Page
The mission of Metropolitan State Hospital is to provide state of the art mental health care and treatment to forensic and civilly committed patients in need of a structured, secure environment that enhance the quality of life.
The hospital is unique among State facilities serving the mentally disordered in that it admits a large proportion of acutely ill psychiatric patients resulting in a rapid turnover rate and a shorter length of stay.
Metropolitan State Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) and certified by the Healthcare Finance Administration.
www.dmh.ca.gov /Statehospitals/Metro/default.asp   (931 words)

  
 Office of Admissions | Welcome (via CobWeb/3.1 planet1.scs.cs.nyu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Metro State is located on the Auraria Campus in the heart of downtown Denver where our students experience urban excitement, convenience and diversity, as well as unmatched cultural and recreational opportunities.
It has the second largest undergraduate enrollment in the state with over 21,000 students.
Metropolitan State College of Denver has been the College of Opportunity, allowing dreams of a better life to become a reality.
www.mscd.edu.cob-web.org:8888 /admissions.htm   (273 words)

  
 Welcome to the Birmingham Post-Herald: Metro/State
State Conservation Commissioner Barnett Lawley first saw the trailers on television when he — as well as several others in his office — felt inspiration strike.
In just a short time, a deal was struck, and FEMA planned to move the trailers into the state parks, including trailers scheduled to come into Oak Mountain today.
The Social Security Administration, the Alabama Department of Human Resources, the Alabama State Unemployment Department, the federal Housing and Urban Development Department were among several of the agencies set up to help victims of the killer hurricane that hit more than a week ago.
www.postherald.com /me090705.shtml   (3418 words)

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