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On April 18, Metro State officially changed its name to Metropolitan State University of Denver, when Gov. John Hickenlooper signed SB12-148 in the jam-packed Student Success Building lobby, proclaiming, 鈥淚t鈥檚 a law! You can now officially call yourselves Metropolitan State University of Denver.鈥�

President Stephen Jordan began the celebration by stating that this 鈥渕ight be the best day yet to be a Roadrunner! This isn鈥檛 the end, though. Rather it鈥檚 the beginning of a new era for Metro State.鈥�

Hickenlooper said he has been and will always be a supporter and added that 海角社区 is聽one of the outstanding聽universities in Colorado and聽in the nation. 鈥淐hanging the institution鈥檚 name was a great way to honor what it has become: a great asset for not just Denver, but for all of Colorado.鈥�

The seeds of the University鈥檚 new era were sown two years before, when the Board of Trustees voted to study a name-change option. The resulting Strategic Name Initiative garnered overwhelming support for a new name: 80 percent of the 9,000 students, faculty, staff, alumni and community members who completed an online survey wanted a name change. The primary reason was to increase the value of an 海角社区 degree while eliminating the misperception that the institution was a community college.

In his closing remarks, Jordan recollected 海角社区鈥檚 opening in 1965, when 1,189 students enrolled.

鈥淭oday we educate nearly one-fifth of all undergraduate resident Coloradans. We have nearly 24,000 students enrolled at Metro State. That鈥檚 a 2,000 percent increase since 1965.

鈥淪crappy, full of fighting spirit, this is a ubiquitous theme I see as we keep one foot in our past and one in the future and become Metropolitan State University of Denver. It is a great day to be a Roadrunner!鈥�