Calendar

January 24
·   Student Success Fair
·   Hockey – UMC vs. Concordia College, Moorhead
January 25 and 26
·   UMC Human Resources Training
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
·   Retirement Party for Paul Schultz
·   Singer John Smith
February 3 and 4
·   Hockey – UMC vs. Milwaukee School of Engineering
February 5
·   Brown Bag Lunch Series
February 6
·   Blood Drive
February 9
·   Campus Preview
·   Basketball – UMC vs. Concordia, St. Paul (Women
    and Men)
February 9-17
·   UMC Snow Daze “Snow Dazed and Confused”
February 10
·   Basketball – UMC vs. Winona State University
    (Women and Men)

News Items

Student Success Fair Wednesday, January 24
The theme for this year’s Student Success Fair is “Super Successful Students!”  The fair will be held in Bede Lounge from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., on Wednesday, January 24, with set up at 10 a.m.  Participating organizations include SPACE, Bede Student Center, Counseling and Career Services, SSS, AAC, Student Health, Disability Services, America Reads/Service Learning, First Year Experience and Orientation, and Campus Ministry.  Cross-country skiing and snowshoeing demonstrations will be going on at the same time.  Free gifts from Student Health Services and fun!  All students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to stop by!
--Pam Holsinger-Fuchs, Director of Student Activities and Service Learning

First in Series of SIFE Speakers Set for January 24
UMC’s Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) chapter will be inviting a series of speakers to campus each month during spring semester.  The first “Speaker of the Month” will be Prairie Topp, International Sales and Marketing Manager for Dahlgren and Company.  She will be speaking on the topic of global business on Wednesday, January 24, at 4:30 p.m. in Dowell Hall 212.  Her job responsibilities involve dealing with specific regions:  Mexico, South America, France, and Italy.  The marketing part of her position consists of coordinating information for Dahlgren’s website (www.sunflowerseed.com), company brochures, and their trade show booth.  All interested students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend.
--Steve Shirley, SIFE Faculty Advisor

Human Resource Sessions Set for January 25, 26 
Carol Carrier, U of M Vice President for the Office of Human Resources, will be visiting the UMC campus on January 25 and 26.   Attached you will find a detailed agenda of the two days of meetings which will be held in Sahlstrom Conference Center A-B-C.  Robert Jones, Julie Switzer and possibly Mary Dempsey will accompany Carol and be available to assist with training opportunities.  

• Attachment

Faculty and staff attendance at these meetings is critical.  These topics are important to you individually as well as to UMC as a whole.  Your thoughtful participation will impact UMC’s progress on these issues during the coming months.  The meetings will discuss the University’s policy on the following topics. 

• Probationary tenure track faculty
• Post tenure review
• Research expectations for UMC tenure track faculty
• Reviewing UMC’s recruiting, screening and hiring practices
• UMC’s Affirmative Action goals
• Academic appointment policy
• Professional development

In advance of these meetings, the FCC suggested that it would be helpful to provide you with the following web sites to give you background information and help you prepare.  Most of these sites are accessible throughout the year at UMC’s Office of Human Resources’ website, which is located at: http://www.umcrookston.edu/people/HR/index.htm.

Human Resource Sites
Open faculty positions at UMC - http://webhome.crk.umn.edu/~ljohnson/HR/facultly-positions.html

Open Staff/Admin positions at UMC - http://webhome.crk.umn.edu/~ljohnson/HR/Admin&staff-positions.html

Professional Development - http://webhome.crk.umn.edu/~ljohnson/HR/ProfessionalDevelopmentOpportunities.html

Career Opportunities - http://webhome.crk.umn.edu/~ljohnson/HR/career-opps.htm

Faculty tenure - http://www1.umn.edu/regents/policies/humanresources/FacultyTenure.pdf

P & A appointment policy - http://www1.umn.edu/regents/policies/humanresources/AcademicstaffPandA.pdf

Faculty appointment policy - http://www1.umn.edu/regents/policies/humanresources/FacultyandAcademicStaff.pdf

Recruiting and appointing guidelines - http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/ohrpolicy/Hiring/Guidelines/index.htm

Human Resource policies - http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/ohrpolicy/contents.htm

UMC’s Organizational Structure - http://www.umcrookston.edu/campusinfo/orgchart.htm

--Les Johnson, Director of Human Resources

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

New Faculty and Staff for Spring 2001
Following is a list of new faculty and staff here on the UMC campus for spring 2001.  We welcome them to campus!

Patrick Downs
Director, Valley Technology Park
Valley Technology Park Building
218-281-8051

Ross Hier
Lecturer - Prairie Ecosystem Management
Center for Ag & Natural Resources
Owen 217
218-281-8129

Mohammad Khavanin
Lecturer - Mathematics
Center for Learning Foundations

Harouna Maiga, PhD
Associate Professor - Animal Industries Management 
Center for Ag & Natural Resources
UTOC - C 24
218-281-8107

Peter Milloy
Lecturer - Composition
Center for Learning Foundations 

Morgan Niebur
Lecturer - Psychology
Center for Learning Foundations

Kusum Sharma
Lecturer – Mathematics
Center for Learning Foundations

Campus Recycling Efforts
Hopefully by now you have all heard about UMC's new Recycling Program.  I encourage all of you to actively participate in this program.  We, the UMC Student Association, have worked hard to make it as easy as possible to recycle.  UMC NEEDS to recycle.  Prior to this initiative, UMC was the only campus in the U of M system that did not recycle. 

We are asking you to encourage, teach, and promote to others the importance of recycling.  More importantly we need you to personally act and do your part. 

We have distributed cardboard boxes for paper recycling to all of the faculty and staff on campus.  If for any reason you did not receive one of these, please let me know and I will be sure to get you one ASAP.  All you have to do is recycle your paper and take them out to the blue recycling bins in the hallway.  Also, we ask that you deposit any glass, plastic, or aluminum into the appropriate bins in the hall.  Some cardboard bins will be located outside select locations.  Keep your eye out for them.  We have hired a student who will be emptying the bins regularly.  We are still working on all the details and need your help to let us know if there is a bin that is full or one that does not get used.

--Shane Roers, Chairman of Recycling Committee and President of UMC Student Association

Robertson Thanks
On behalf of the University Relations and Media Services staff, I thank you for taking time to stop in and visit us in our new quarters during our open house last Friday.  The move has been successful and the transition quite easy.  There is a very friendly atmosphere among the Robertson Hall staff, and you are reminded that we are here to serve you in the best possible manner.  If you were unable to make it to our open house, please stop in when it is convenient for you.  We are always happy to see our colleagues and friends.  Don Cavalier was the winner of our door prize, a beautiful gold letter opener and magnifying glass with the UMC logo and website imprint.

Staff includes:
University Relations:  Sue Dwyer, Patti Tiedemann, Linda Wilkens, John Zak, Andrew Svec, Rose Ulseth, and Curt Almlie
Media Services:  Dennis Magsam, Tom Sondreal and Jeff Sinks
Student Workers:  Kyle Thormodson, Neil Andruschak, Dana Prudhomme, and Cameron Brauer.

--Curt Almlie, Director, University Relations

UMC Insight
UMC Insight will be aired Saturday, January 27, at 8:45 a.m. on KROX (AM 1260).  Tune in to hear about UMC taking part in College Bowl, with UMC student Jim Myers.  UMC student Dana Prudhomme, who is working for UMC University 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 29-February 4, 2001

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