Volume 20, Number 4, February 14, 2001
Calendar
News Items
Students
at Lobby Days
February 14, 20
As the President of the
UMC Student Association, I would like to ask faculty and staff for
their help to support and encourage this year’s lobby days efforts.
As you know, Gov. Ventura has proposed a slim budget that will
affect everyone in the U of M system.
I would like to ask that you consider allowing students to have
the opportunity to make up any work that they might miss on the
scheduled lobby days (February 14 and 20).
I feel that it is a very valuable experience and that it will
be a learning opportunity that is not easily taught in a classroom.
Please take this into consideration and feel free to contact me
if you would like to discuss this further.
Thank you for your time. Note:
I will provide a list of all the students that are attending if
requested.
Also, check out the
legislative info page at http://www.umcrookston.edu/lobby.htm.
Sincerely,
--Shane Roers, President,
University of Minnesota, Crookston Student Association
Undergraduate
Research Opportunities Program
Application materials
for UROP projects to be conducted between June 18, 2001 to June 15,
2001, are now available in the Academic Affairs Office.
Funding for a limited number of Intersession projects is also
available (Intersession project dates are May 21 to June 30, 2001).
The hourly rate to use in determining the stipend is $10.84.
The maximum award is $1,700 (stipend up to $1,400 and expense
allowance up to $300).
Completed
applications should be returned to the Academic Affairs Office by 4:30
p.m. on March 5, 2001 (late applications will not be accepted).
UROP offers financial awards to undergraduate students for
research, scholarly, or creative projects undertaken in partnership
with a faculty member. UROP affords undergraduates the unique educational experience
of collaborating with a faculty member on the design and
implementation of a project. It
encourages students to conduct research and pursue academic interests
outside of their regular courses by employing them to work on special
projects. UROP
applications are judged on the quality of the proposed project and the
educational benefit to the student.
Copies of UROP proposals submitted by UMC students that have
been funded are on reserve in the library.
For more information
on UROP, check out http://www.umcrookston.edu/UMCadmin/AcademicAff/UROP/Index.htm
--Academic Affairs
Recommended
Revisions to Mission Statement
The
Mission Statement Review Committee has forwarded recommended changes
in UMC's Mission Statement to the Chancellor. The text of the
recommended statement can be found at: http://webhome.crk.umn.edu/~nelson/other/mssndrf3.htm
COMMITTEE
MEMBERS:
Bob
Nelson, Chairperson, Melissa
Hower, Wendell Johnson,
Sue Brorson, Larry Smith, Barb Muesing,
Ryan Tripp (student), Cameron
Brauer (student)
ITV
Downlink of President’s Anniversary Tribute
February 23
UMC will also host a
live downlink of the University of Minnesota President’s Anniversary
Tribute on Friday, February 23, from 12
noon to 1 p.m. in 133 Kiehle. The event will be broadcast live from Northrop
Memorial Auditorium on the East Bank of the Twin Cities campus of the
U of M. The President’s
Anniversary Tribute is a special public celebration featuring college
and university presidents from across Minnesota, the Big 10, and
tribal colleges. The special guest speaker is Thomas L. Friedman, two-time
Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times columnist and author of the
international best seller The Lexus and the Olive Tree.
This event is open to students, faculty, staff, and the
general public. Attendees
are encouraged to bring their lunch and enjoy the presentation.
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.
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DATE: |
Friday,
February 23
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TIME: |
12 noon to 1
p.m. |
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LOCATION: |
205 Dowell
Hall |
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TITLE: |
“Five Fundamentals of Successful Wealth Accumulation,” facilitated by Paul Leighton representing Minnesota Life. This workshop covers the basics you need to know to achieve your financial goals. The five time-tested fundaments are: establishing a “safety net” of cash and insurance; getting started early and accumulating money systematically; minimizing the impact of income taxes; utilizing strategies to reduce risk; and building a portfolio that matches your “personal profile.” |
--Les Johnson,
Director of Human Resources
“Gear”
Up Sale
The “Gear”
Up for a Sweet Deal!! sale continues at the UMC Bookstore through
February 23, 2001. Stop
in for some wonderful deals including:
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20% off all Gear apparel – sweatshirts, zippered hooded sweatshirts, shirts, jackets, sweaters
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20% off maroon or gold – sweatshirts or t-shirts to celebrate Maroon and Gold Week
Sign up to enter the
drawing for a Gear 3-season jacket to be given away!
--Leela Hier, Program Director of UMC Bookstore
Cholesterol
Screening
Polk County Public
Health will be on campus Monday, February 26th, from 11
a.m. to 1 p.m. in Sahlstrom Conference Center 131 offering
cholesterol level screenings and checking blood pressures.
This event is FREE for UMC STUDENTS.
All others will be charged $6.00.
Call Stacey, 8512, if you have any questions.
--Stacey Grunewald, Student
Health Services
U
of M Grant Writing Seminar March 6-7
The Office of the
Executive Vice President and Provost invites you to attend a 1.5-day
grant-writing program designed for senior faculty members and P&A
staff who are currently serving or previously served as a principal
investigator for a grant. This seminar, entitled "Write Winning Grants" will
be held in Room 42 Earle Brown Center, St. Paul Campus on Tuesday,
March 6, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Wednesday, March 7, 8:30 a.m. to
12:00 noon.
Stephen W. Russell,
D.V.M., Ph.D., an experienced academician, grant manager, and
grant-reviewer will lead the seminar.
He has held an endowed research chair at the University of
Kansas, has served as a research director and department chair, and
co-founded the "Grant Writers' Seminars and Workshops, L.L.C"
through which this workshop is offered.
Those attending the
seminar would learn, among other things, the fundamental principles of
grant-writing, tips on how to write for reviewers, how to develop a
fundable idea for a grant application, how to identify the most
applicable sources of funding for an idea, how to assess your
competition and to benefit from their ideas, how to use the Internet
to advantage, and how best to stress innovation, novelty and impact in
the way an application is written.
Although this seminar
addresses both conceptual and practical aspects, it emphasizes idea
development and is particularly applicable to the life sciences and
engineering. The second morning of the seminar is spent intensively
interacting with participants, building on the previous day's program,
the presenters' experience, and the needs of the attendees.
There is no charge
for this seminar; however, space is limited to 100 participants and
advance registration is requested no later than February 28 by calling
612-626-9177 leaving your name, title, and department or by email to b-hart@umn.edu.
This seminar is being
sponsored by the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost,
the Graduate School, the Agricultural Experiment Station, the College
of Veterinary Medicine and the Northrup King Development Program of
the Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics.
--Robert
J. Jones, U of M Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Personnel
Blood
Drive Successful
A huge thank you to
those students, staff, and faculty who helped make our most recent
blood drive such a tremendous success.
Of the 64 people who tried to donate, 51 units were obtained.
This was UMC’s most successful drive ever!!
On behalf of those people whose lives have been saved and
United Blood Services, a very sincere “thank you.”
--UMC Ambassadors and Management
Club
Snow
Daze Royalty
Congratulations
to the 2001 Snow Daze Royalty:
King Steven Brandt, Queen Leda Harris, Prince Brandon Buckalew, and
Princess Nicole Krueger.
Above, Queen Leda Harris gets the "tiara treatment" at
coronation.
University,
Faculty and Student Senate Meetings
Listed
below are the topic-only agendas for the University Senate, Faculty
Senate, Twin Cities Campus Assembly, and Student Senate meetings
scheduled to take place on Thursday, February 22, 2001.
The
full meeting agenda can be found on the web at the following URL:
http://www1.umn.edu/usenate/u_senate/010222agenda.html.
CONCURRENT
MEETING OF:
THE UNIVERSITY SENATE
THE FACULTY SENATE
THE TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2001
2:30 to 5:00 p.m.
305 Selvig Hall--Crookston Campus
Agenda
includes:
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Announcements
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Minutes for October 19, 2000 and November 16, 2000
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Tribute to Deceased Members of the University Community
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Administrative Responses to Senate and Assembly Actions (Information)
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Senate/Faculty Consultative Committee Report
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Senate Educational Policy Committee - Grade Interpretation (Information for the University Senate)
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Senate Educational Policy Committee - Semester Conversion Amendment (Action by the University Senate)
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Senate Educational Policy Committee - 2002-03 and 2003-04 Calendars (Action by the University Senate)
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Senate Research Committee - Financial or Business Conflict of Interest Policy (Action by the University Senate)
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University Senate/Twin Cities Campus Assembly Rules Amendment - Student Term Limits on Committees (Action by the University Senate)
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University Senate/Twin Cities Campus Assembly Bylaws Amendment – Student Term Limits on the Student Consultative Committee/Student Steering Committee (Action by the University Senate)
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University Senate Constitutional Amendment - Student Term Limits in the Senate (Action by the University Senate)
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University Senate Bylaws Amendment - Student Committee on Committees (Action by the University Senate)
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President’s Report
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Questions to the President
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Nominating Committee for the Twin Cities Assembly Steering Committee – Slate of Candidates (Action by the TC Faculty Assembly and UMD Faculty Senators)
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Nominating Committee for the Academic Health Center Provostal Faculty Consultative Committee - Slate of Candidates (Action by the TC Faculty Assembly and UMD Faculty Senators)
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Senate Committee on Faculty Affairs - Administrative Procedures for the Interim Regents' Policy on Faculty Development Leaves (Action by the Faculty Senate)
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Senate Committee on Faculty Affairs/Senate Committee on Finance and Planning - Declaration on Faculty Salaries (Action by the Faculty Senate)
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Health Benefits Advisory Committee Report
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Senate Judicial Committee - Senate Judicial Committee Rules of Procedure
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Amendments (Information for the Faculty Senate)
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Old Business
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New Business
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Adjournment
The
full meeting agenda can be found on the web at the following URL:
http://www1.umn.edu/usenate/student_senate/010222agenda.html.
MEETING
OF THE STUDENT SENATE
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2001
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
305 Selvig Hall--Crookston Campus
Agenda
includes:
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Announcements
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Minutes for October 19, 2000 and November 16, 2000 (Action)
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Administrative Responses to Student Senate Actions (Information)
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Amendments to the University Senate/Twin Cities Campus Assembly Constitution, Bylaws, and Rules (Information)
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Student Senate Chair Report
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Student Senate Consultative Committee Chair Report
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Campus Reports
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Student Services Fees Task Force Update
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Student Legislative Coalition Update
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Classroom Advisory Subcommittee - Resolution on Classroom Upgrade (Action)
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Student Senate Consultative Committee - Amendments to the Regents Policy on Student Employment at the University (Action)
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Budget Discussion with Richard Pfutzenreuter (Discussion)
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Old Business
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New Business
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Adjournment
--Becky
Hippert, University Senate
UMC
Insight
UMC
Insight will be aired Saturday, February 17, at 8:45 a.m. on KROX (AM
1260). Tune in to
hear UMC Student Association President Shane Roers and UMC’s Student
Legislative Committee Representative Kevin Poppel talk about UMC
student efforts in lobbying for support of the U’s legislative
budget request. 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
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