Mesa State College News

• Kids making a racket at Taco Bell Western Slope Open (The Daily Sentinel)
  posted on July 19, 2011 at 04:44:51 am
  The first day of the Taco Bell Western Slope Open showcased a tennis tournament that’s still growing. Monday at the Elliott Tennis Center at Mesa State College and Canyon View Park, more than 120 junior players, ages 18 and younger, opened the week-long tournament. The junior finals are Thursday.
• Grand Junction Fire Dept. has busy day on river (The Daily Sentinel)
  posted on July 17, 2011 at 11:44:50 pm
  Class B with tanker endoresements. 2 years mountain driving experience. D... COLORADO MESA UNIVERSITY (Formerly Mesa State College) SEEKING QUALIFIED PART-TI...
• Barbershop Quartets To Take Stage In GJ (KJCT 8 Grand Junction)
  posted on July 15, 2011 at 10:36:45 pm
  More than 100 singers will take the stage at Mesa State College Saturday night.
• Mobile Veterans Center hits the road (Montrose Daily Press)
  posted on July 11, 2011 at 10:30:03 am
  MONTROSE - The Mobile Veterans Center and the local Grand Junction Vet Center staff will conduct area outreach today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Mesa State College Campus in Montrose Colorado on the corner of Townsend Avenue and South Second Street.
• Beyond Boundaries’ concert features 25 dancers (The Daily Sentinel)
  posted on July 8, 2011 at 09:00:10 pm
  Contemporary dances ranging from jazz to modern to lyrical will be performed at Beyond Boundaries Dance Collective’s summer dance concert 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, July 14–16, in the Moss Performing Arts Center Experimental Theater, at Mesa State College. The showcase of creativity is a collaboration of many local choreographers and has a cast of 25 dancers. Tickets are $10 adults, $8 ...
• E-mail letters, July 7, 2011 (The Daily Sentinel)
  posted on July 7, 2011 at 07:15:00 pm
  The Grand Junction City Council recently denied the request of one of Mesa State College’s neighbors for a zoning change partly based on the need to continue to work with the school.
• Mesa State To Host 1st Farmers' Market (KJCT 8 Grand Junction)
  posted on July 7, 2011 at 06:34:01 pm
  The Mesa State College Wellness Team will host its first Farmers' Market at the main campus.
• Mavericks loading up on talent in the pool (The Daily Sentinel)
  posted on July 7, 2011 at 04:15:00 am
  More than 30 men and women swimmers and divers are coming to Grand Junction to be a part of the first Colorado Mesa University swimming & diving program. Mesa State College becomes Colorado Mesa University next month.
• Owners of properties surrounded by Mesa State appeal rezoning decision (The Daily Sentinel)
  posted on July 5, 2011 at 05:59:50 am
  Owners of two homes that are surrounded by properties owned by Mesa State College want Grand Junction City Council members to reconsider a denial to rezone their property. Clark Carroll and Phyllis Carroll, who own homes at 1220 and 1240 Cannell Ave., were denied a request to rezone their properties from residential to residential office space by a majority vote of council members during a June ...
• Biz Buzz, July 3, 2011 (The Daily Sentinel)
  posted on July 3, 2011 at 06:14:51 am
  Larry Phillips thought turning 60, with a quarter-century of mining precious metals under his belt, would bring retirement to Arizona. Instead, he gets Yogo Mojo and a return to Grand Junction. Retirement will wait as he opens a frozen-yogurt shop on the ground floor of Mesa State College’s North Avenue dormitory.
• Mesa State College Plans Big Expansion (KJCT 8 Grand Junction)
  posted on June 23, 2011 at 11:56:30 pm
  A big move is on the horizon for Mesa State College. The school plans to buy the Community Hospital property and use it to expand.
• MSC Purchases Community Hospital Land (KREX-TV Grand Junction)
  posted on June 23, 2011 at 01:36:50 am
  Grand Junction - Mesa State College is expanding. NewsChannel 5 has learned the college just recently purchased the eight acres of land where Community Hospital sits. The property, at 12th and Orchard, will be the site of a future dorm and will be home to 182 students.
• New Dorm Coming To Mesa State College (KJCT 8 Grand Junction)
  posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:56:46 pm
  Mesa State College has decided to add another residence hall on campus.
• Mesa State to Add New Residence Hall (KREX-TV Grand Junction)
  posted on June 21, 2011 at 11:06:40 pm
  With an ever-expanding student body, the Mesa State College Board of Trustees approves an additional 182-bed residence hall for the campus.
• MSC Tuition Up Less than State Average (KREX-TV Grand Junction)
  posted on June 21, 2011 at 10:51:48 pm
  As enrollment climbs at Mesa State College, so does the cost of tuition. The college is boasting the lowest tuition rate for any public college in Colorado, but it's about to get more expensive.
• Grand Junction Dolphins swim club to merge with Maverick Aquatics on July 1 (The Daily Sentinel)
  posted on June 18, 2011 at 05:46:01 am
  An era is coming to an end. Friday at the El Pomar Natatorium at Mesa State College was the first day of the 57th annual Grand Junction Dolphins Invitational Swim Meet.
• Mesa State wants to return $12,300 painting (Denver Post)
  posted on June 17, 2011 at 07:51:59 am
  Mesa State College says it doesn't want a $12,300 painting commissioned for the school.
• $12,000 painting rejected by Mesa State College (Denver Post)
  posted on June 16, 2011 at 04:51:59 pm
  GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—Mesa State College says it doesn't want a $12,000 painting commissioned for the college.
• Mesa State College Rejects $12K Painting (KMGH 7 Denver)
  posted on June 16, 2011 at 04:22:02 pm
  Mesa State College in Grand Junction is returning a $12,300 painting.
• Momentous day for Mesa State (Montrose Daily Press)
  posted on June 12, 2011 at 10:28:06 am
  Gov. John Hickenlooper proudly displays a jersey commemorating the signing of SB 265, granting Mesa State College university status and changing its name to Colorado Mesa University. Hickenlooper signed the bill Monday in Grand Junction.
• Are you ready to ROCKESTRA??? (The Daily Sentinel)
  posted on June 10, 2011 at 05:46:07 pm
  Classic rock will be transformed when the newly formed GJ Rockestra takes the stage for its first full show 7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 11, at Robinson Theatre in the Moss Performing Arts Center at Mesa State College.
• 'Colorado Mesa' Brings Changes for Athletic Department (KREX-TV Grand Junction)
  posted on June 7, 2011 at 07:41:12 am
  Coaches and athletic department administrators are embracing the changes associated with turning Mesa State College into Colorado Mesa University.
• Hick signs bill christening Colorado Mesa University (Denver Post)
  posted on June 7, 2011 at 07:12:46 am
  Gov. John Hickenlooper won a standing ovation in heavily Republican Grand Junction when he stood on a crowded student-center deck and signed a bill that officially turned Mesa State College into Colorado Mesa University.
• New Law To Give Mesa State Colllege New Name (CBS Denver)
  posted on June 6, 2011 at 11:06:41 pm
  Mesa State College in Grand Junction will have a new name starting Aug. 10.
• Governor Makes Mesa State Name Change Official (KREX-TV Grand Junction)
  posted on June 6, 2011 at 10:16:51 pm
  Grand Junction - With a stroke of the Governor's pen, Mesa State College became Colorado Mesa University. State lawmakers and college officials joined Gov. John Hickenlooper outside the new College Center ballroom for the signing Monday morning.
• Mesa State College officially renamed Colorado Mesa University (Denver Post)
  posted on June 6, 2011 at 09:27:07 pm
  Goodbye, Mesa State College. The Grand Junction institute of higher learning is now officially Colorado Mesa University.
• MSC now CMU (KKCO Grand Junction)
  posted on June 6, 2011 at 08:40:40 pm
  Mesa State College is now a memory as Colorado Mesa University emerges as school's new name.
• Name change signing ceremony (The Daily Sentinel)
  posted on June 6, 2011 at 05:44:58 pm
  Mesa State College officially becomes Colorado Mesa University on Aug. 10.
• Mesa State College's Last Day (KJCT 8 Grand Junction)
  posted on June 6, 2011 at 12:36:24 pm
  Today is the day Mesa State College has been waiting for.
• Governor Coming to Sign MSC Name Change Bill (KREX-TV Grand Junction)
  posted on June 3, 2011 at 01:17:26 am
  Grand Junction - The only thing standing in the way of Mesa State's name change is the signature of Governor John Hickenlooper. He'll be in Grand Junction Monday to sign the bill which will mark the official change of Mesa State College to Colorado Mesa University.
• Rezoning denied for homes engulfed by Mesa State campus (The Daily Sentinel)
  posted on June 2, 2011 at 05:31:07 am
  Grand Junction City Council members supported future expansion of Mesa State College when they decided Wednesday night not to allow rezoning of two homes nearly surrounded by campus facilities. Owners Clark and Phyllis Carroll, who own 1220 and 1240 Cannell Ave., wanted to rezone the properties from residential to residential office. Residential office zoning is allowed in that area, and the ...
• Colorado Mesa University Week proclaimed (KKCO Grand Junction)
  posted on June 2, 2011 at 04:25:29 am
  Next week the official transition from Mesa State College to its University status begins.
• Guv coming to Grand Junction to sign college name-change bill (The Daily Sentinel)
  posted on June 1, 2011 at 05:29:50 am
  Gov. John Hickenlooper will come to Grand Junction to sign the bill that will change Mesa State College’s name to Colorado Mesa University. The signing event will begin at 8 a.m. Monday in the College Center, and Hickenlooper is scheduled to appear at the college at 8:30 a.m. to sign Senate Bill 265, which officially will give the college permission to change its name.
• MSC Domain Dispute Over: Student Paid $3,000 (KREX-TV Grand Junction)
  posted on May 27, 2011 at 09:03:21 pm
  The dispute over website domains that include Mesa State College's future name is over.
• Mesa State College And Student Come To Agreement Over Website Domains (KJCT 8 Grand Junction)
  posted on May 27, 2011 at 08:53:02 pm
  A battle between Mesa State College and one of its students seems to be over.
• War Over Websites (KREX-TV Grand Junction)
  posted on May 25, 2011 at 11:35:59 pm
  The battle over website using Colorado Mesa University takes another step. A Mesa State College spokeswoman says the two sides are in conversations about moving forward.
• Mesa State's Web Domain Controversy (KREX-TV Grand Junction)
  posted on May 21, 2011 at 03:52:12 am
  Mesa State College finds itself in a web of controversy all due to a name game.
• Proposed BLM-Mesa State land sale up for review (The Daily Sentinel)
  posted on May 19, 2011 at 02:59:50 pm
  GRAND JUNCTION — The Bureau of Land Management is proposing selling nearly 80 acres in Mesa County to Mesa State College so the college can build a regional public safety training facility.