Adams State University President David Svaldi announced the university is freezing new enrollments in its print-based correspondence courses, pending external review of the student verification process. The measure was taken in response to a Chronicle of Higher Education report of fraudulent activities by an individual who admitted he completed assignments and exams and bribed test […]
Month: January 2015
Transformation captures the power and beauty of the 2013 fires
Photography by Margaret Doell The intensity, destruction, and resurrection of the West Fork, Papoose, and Windy Pass wildfires is conveyed in the photography exhibit Transformation. The images, by Margaret Doell and Cheryl Ravens, will be on display in the Adams State University Art Department FRONT exhibit area from January 19 through February 27. An opening […]
Gemstone collection donated to Adam State Art Dept.
Adams State University art students will be able to add more bling to their jewelry creations, thanks to Jim Miles and Claudia "Curtis" Ramsay, who donated a collection of gemstones valued at more than $60,000 for student use. This was the Boulder couple’s second such donation to Adams State; the first was valued at $70,000. […]
Adams State will celebrate Martin Luther King Week
Adams State University invites the public to a free lecture celebrating Martin Luther King Week. Dr. Gwendolyn Zoharah Simmons worked for the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee during the Freedom Summer of 1964 in Mississippi. She will speak at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 22, in Carson Auditorium, located in the Student Union Building. Simmons was featured […]
Porter Scholars for 2014-15 announced
The 2014-15 Porter Scholars with 2014 Outstanding Alumnus, Dr. John Tooker (back, center.) Adams State University announced selection of 32 exceptional science and mathematics students as Porter Scholars for 2014-15. They were honored at a dinner on campus in October, with a keynote talk by Adams State’s 2014 Outstanding Alumnus, Dr. John Tooker, who is […]
Adams State addresses cheating threat
In efforts to combat fraudulent activities such as those admitted to by a "Mr. White" recently in the Chronicle of Higher Education, in recent years Adams State University has revised distance education policies to prevent cheating. "Adams State University does not compromise on academic integrity, and we denounce the illegal activities committed by Mr. White," […]
