Calendar

January 17
·   Precision Agriculture Workshop
·   College Bowl Tournament Playoffs
January 17-19
·   Ag-Arama Mech Ag Contests
January 19
·   Campus Preview
·   University Relations Open House
·   Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration
·   Comedian Daniel Tosh 
January 22
·   Campus Preview
·   Brown Bag Lunch Series
January 24
·   Student Success Fair
·   Hockey – UMC vs. Concordia College, Moorhead
January 26
·   Brown Bag Lunch Series
·   Basketball – UMC vs. University of Minnesota, Duluth
    (Women and Men)
January 26-27
·   Ag-Arama
January 27
·   Basketball – UMC vs. Bemidji State University
    (Women and Men)
January 29-February 2
·   Blood Drive Sign Up
January 31
·   Singer John Smith
February 3 and 4
·   Hockey – UMC vs. Milwaukee School of Engineering

News Items

MLK Celebration Set for January 19
A special celebration in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. is scheduled for Friday, January 19, in Bede Ballroom at 3 p.m.  Special student speakers will include Tsega Michael and Sophonie “Sonic” Petithomme, and a video entitled “I Had a Dream” (15 minutes) will be shown.

Also King's Speech and picture of King will be installed in the new Multicultural Center located in Bede 117.  Everyone is invited!  Refreshments will be available.  The event is sponsored by the Office of Multicultural and International Programs.
--Mario Prada, Director of Multicultural and International Programs

College Bowl at UMC January 17
College Bowl, "The Varsity Sport of the Mind," is a new activity for UMC students.  Open to all UMC students, the UMC campus tournament is scheduled for Wednesday, January 17, starting at 6 p.m. in Bede Lounge.  Teams of four students will compete and answer various questions for a chance to move on to the College Bowl Region 10 Tournament, which will be hosted by the University of St. Thomas February 16-18.   Region 10 includes Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Western Ontario, and Manitoba.  For more information, go to http://www.collegebowl.com/.

Brown Bag Lunch Series at UMC
UMC will receive an ITV broadcast from the Twin Cities as part of the 2001 Brown Bag Lunch Series.  The session is free of charge and open to all UMC employees and family members.  Bring your lunch and join us for the following workshop.

 --Les Johnson, Director of Human Resources

Directory Updates for Spring Semester
With the semester beginning and various staff changes and office moves occurring or having occurred, faculty and staff are asked to review their information as it is listed in the UMC online directory at http://www.umcrookston.edu/faculty/direct.htm.  If the directory info needs updating, please send me the updated info at asvec@mail.crk.umn.edu.  In addition to the online directory, an update to the printed faculty and staff directory will be generated.  Your cooperation in this matter is greatly appreciated.
--Andrew Svec, Director of Communications

Non-registered Students Attending Class
Please check your class rosters (see: https://www.umreports.umn.edu/) to identify students who are attending your class but are not officially registered. (Please note that the web class rosters may be two-days old.)

The DEADLINE to add a class is MONDAY, JANUARY 22.

Your assistance in identifying these students and encouraging them to register BEFORE the deadline will be appreciated.

Thanks for your help!
--Bob Nelson, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs

U of M Policy Changes
U of M faculty and staff can view information on the latest policy changes on the web by going to:

http://www.fpd.finop.umn.edu/groups/ppd/documents/main/new.cfm

One of the new proposed policy changes has to do with respect for privacy.  There are very few secrets anymore.  Especially as we conduct more and more of our daily activities online.  To help protect the privacy of individuals that visit University web sites, the University has developed a new proposed policy, Collecting Information From Visitors To University Web Sites (Online Privacy).

http://process.umn.edu/groups/ppd/documents/policy/online_privacy.cfm

The policy establishes standards for informing visitors whether and when the University collects information electronically from the WWW.  The policy includes standard privacy statements and also contains guidelines for units that would rather establish customized statements.

This policy, which is owned by OIT, will be discussed at the Maintaining the Edge Conference on January 24.  (http://process.umn.edu/conferences/jan2001)  The seminar will provide a good way to find out more information about the topic and plan how your unit can assist in making privacy an important issue.

http://process.umn.edu/conferences/jan2001/agenda.htm#onlineprivacy

An afternoon session from 1:15 - 2:15 will provide an opportunity for discussion and feedback.  There is plenty of time to make your plans since the policy is not effective until September 1, 2001. A special thanks to the committee that has been developing this policy over the last four months.

http://process.umn.edu/groups/ppd/documents/main/new.cfm#privacy

--Eva Young, U of M Policy Librarian

Call for Entries for Carlson School Business Plan Competition/ 
Entrepreneurs and visionaries at the University of Minnesota have an opportunity to turn their business ideas into reality through the Fourth Annual “Gopher the Gold” University of Minnesota Business Plan Competition.

Gopher the Gold will officially begin January 18, with $45,000 in equity and services at stake for the three winners.  The business plan competition, hosted annually by the Carlson School of Management, is designed to encourage the growth of innovative business ideas and entrepreneurial ventures at the university and in the local business community.

The winner of the Gopher the Gold competition will receive $15,000 in equity and $15,000 in professional services. Second place gets combined equity and services totaling $12,500, and third place receives $2,500.  An additional prize of $1,000 will be awarded to the team that submits the best executive summary one month before the plan deadline.

Information sessions will be held on campus in the weeks following Gopher the Gold's January 18 kickoff.  The deadline for the executive summary contest is March 2, and the deadline for the submission of completed business plans is April 3.  Each participating team must have a University of Minnesota student, staff or faculty member as a major partner.

Competing teams work closely with mentors from the entrepreneurial and venture capital communities.  The mentors help guide the development of a team's plan and then continue working with the team to help ensure the future success of their idea.

"The competition is a tremendous business and learning opportunity," says Doug Johnson, co-director of the Carlson School of Management's Center for Entrepreneurial Studies.  "Participants gain first-hand knowledge of business plan development and business formation processes.  They also interact with key members of the entrepreneurial community. This learning and support are invaluable to anyone looking to start a new company."

Last year, 22 business plans were entered into the competition.  The winner was Introspective Ideas, Inc., a medical device company developed by a Carlson School MBA student and two university mechanical engineering students.

For more information about the business plan competition, visit www.gopherthegold.org or call (612) 624-6205.

UMC Insight
UMC Insight will be aired Saturday, January 20, at 8:45 a.m. on KROX (AM 1260).  Tune in to hear students talk about UMC’s Ag-Arama, set for January 26-27.  UMC student Dana Prudhomme, who is working for UMC Institutional Relations, will serve as host. 

UMC Insight files are also available via the Web at http://www.umcrookston.edu/newsevents/insight/00-01/index.htm.

UMC Bulletin
The UMC Bulletin is posted at:
http://www.umcrookston.edu/campusinfo/wkbulletin/bulletin.htm

Attachments

• Weekly Schedule for January 22-28, 2001

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