Volume 20, Number 26, February 28, 2001
Calendar
News Items
Spring
Convocation Set for February 28
Spring
Semester Convocation is set for 10 a.m. Wednesday, February 28, in
Bede Ballroom. Special
guest speaker is Prairie Topp,
international sales and
marketing manager for Dahlgrens, a world-wide supplier of sunflower
food products. Topp will
discuss global marketing. Student
academic and athletic achievements will also be recognized.
Silverman
to Speak March 1
Robin
Silverman, author, motivational speaker, and consultant specializing
in human potential, will speak at UMC on Thursday, March 1, at noon in
Knutson Hall, Room A inside the UMC Sports Center.
The event is free and open to the public.
For more information about Silverman visit her website: www.robinsilverman.com.
The event is sponsored by UMC Concerts and Lectures and UMC
Student Health.
Director
of Dining Services Reception
All faculty and staff
are invited to a reception to welcome Brent Melsa, new Director of
Dining Services, to the UMC campus.
The social is scheduled from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. on Thursday,
March 1 in Brown Dining Room. Please
join us for coffee and refreshments in welcoming Brent.
--Bob Nelson, Vice Chancellor
for Student Affairs
Vinie
Burrows to Perform Africa Fire and Sister!
Sister! March 2
Actor,
writer, producer, and activist Vinie Burrows will perform two of her
one-woman performances on Friday, March 2, at the University of
Minnesota, Crookston (UMC). Burrows
will perform Africa Fire at 10 a.m. and Sister! Sister!
at 1:30 p.m. Both performances will be held in UMC’s Bede Ballroom.
Each
performance is free for students and $10 for all others. Community members may also choose to pay $20 to attend both
performances and a special luncheon.
Tickets are available by calling the Northwest Minnesota
Foundation 218-759-2057.
Tickets will also be available at the door.
For more information about Vinie Burrows, visit her website: www.vinieburrows.com.
Ms. Burrows’ performances were made possible by a grant from the Northwest Minnesota Foundation and are cosponsored by UMC Concerts and Lectures.
UMC
to Host Science Fair March 3
UMC
science faculty will host the Western Regional Minnesota Science Fair
on Saturday, March 3. Regional junior and senior high school students take part in
the event, which is affiliated with the Minnesota Academy of Science
and the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.
The
event will be held in Bede Ballroom.
Students from high schools in the area will begin setting up
their projects between 8 and 9 a.m.
Judging of those projects will begin about 9 a.m. and will be
completed by noon. The
students, their teachers, parents, and all other interested
individuals may view the projects following the completion of judging.
Immediately following a lunch the awards presentation will be
held in Brown Dining Room.
Many
local organizations, including several UMC departments, will offer
awards. The United States
Army, Navy, and Marines will also make awards to outstanding projects.
Other awards are provided by regional and national professional
organizations. Selected students will gain the opportunity to present their projects and
research papers at the Minnesota State Science Fair, held in
Rochester, Minnesota, April 20-21.
The two top award winners will have the opportunity to
exhibit their projects at the International Science and Engineering
Fair to be held in San Jose, California from May 6-12, 2001.
Koestner
to Discuss Sexual Assault Prevention March 4
Katie
Koestner, outspoken date-rape survivor and sexual assault prevention
advocate, will speak at UMC on Sunday, March 4. Her address will begin at 7 p.m. in Brown Dining Room of
Sahlstrom Conference Center. There
will be a question and answer session immediately following the
presentation. The event
is free and open to the public. For
more information visit the website:
www.campusoutreachservices.com.
Sponsors of the event
include by UMC Student Health, UMC Concerts and Lectures, Disability
Services, Residential Life, and the Violence Intervention Program.
March
5 Last Day to Cancel a Class
Monday, March 5 is the
last day students may cancel a spring semester class.
Students eligible to use web self-registration may cancel
on-line without special approval at:
http://www.umcrookston.edu/register/register.htm.
All other students must complete a Registration Form
and submit it to the Office of the Registrar in the One Stop Student
Service Center, 170 Owen Hall, by 4 p.m. on March 5.
The form must be signed by the student’s adviser.
--Bob Nelson, Vice Chancellor
for Student Affairs
International Dinner Series Begins March 5
“Sweden:
The Country of Tomorrow”
will kick off the UMC 2001 International Seminar Series on
Monday, March 5. Seven UMC students from Sweden will host the program.
Anna Lyrot, Johan
Bergholm, Carl-Johan Blomvall, Kristian Borg, Pernilla Ekstrom,
Alexander Hansson, and George Pandrea will provide perspectives on
their Scandinavian homeland.
The evening begins at
6 p.m. with an ethnic dinner for $8, followed by a 7 p.m. program.
The dinner is served in Brown Dining Room of UMC’s Sahlstrom
Conference Center. The
presentation follows the meal and takes place in Bede Ballroom.
The dinner is by reservation only.
This year’s series is noteworthy in that all presenters are
current international students attending UMC. For reservations or more
information please call Meloni Rasmussen at 218-281-8586 or
218-281-8508.
The program for
Monday, March 19, will focus on “The
Moroccan Way” presented by Nawfal Badou.
The March 26 program will be “Argentina: Land of Beautiful Traditions” presented by Ileana Alvarez, Javier Broglia, Ernesto
Lussenhoff, and Luciana Forati.
The
series culminates in the annual International Dinner, set for
Saturday, April 7. Tickets
for the International Dinner are $10 per person. They
are available in advance from the UMC Business Office, in UMC’s
Selvig Hall, or from Tours and Travel in Crookston.
NWSA
Alumni to Hold Texas Social and Luncheon
March 6
Alumni and friends of
the Northwest School of Agriculture and UMC are invited to a Texas
social and luncheon on Tuesday, March 6, at Mr. Gatti’s Pizza, 4100
North 2nd Street, McAllen, Texas. The schedule includes a 10 a.m. social followed by a buffet
lunch at 11:30 a.m. with pay based on choice of food. The social is sponsored by the NWSA Alumni Association.
Marjorie Ofstedahl Hanson, NWSA class of ’43, is the Texas
coordinator of the event. All
alumni and friends of UMC and the NWSA are welcome.
If you are interested in attending, please call Marjorie Hanson
at 956-585-3465 or Del Roelofs at 218-281-8438.
Magician Tim Gabrielson
to Appear at UMC March 7
Magician and comedian Tim
Gabrielson will perform Wednesday, March 7, at the University of
Minnesota, Crookston (UMC). The
performance will begin at 8 p.m. in Bede Ballroom on the UMC Campus.
Admission is free to UMC students with their U Card ID and $2
for all others. The event
is open to the public. The
performance is sponsored by UMC’s S.P.A.C.E (Student Programming
and Activities for Campus
Entertainment) Committee. Learn more at http://www.timsmagic.com.
Seeking
Student Service Award Nominations
It’s
that time of year again--time to nominate the best student leaders for
the UMC Outstanding Student Service Awards.
Nomination forms will be distributed to faculty and staff
mailboxes this week (PDF version is also
available here). Please complete and return the form to Soo-Yin
Lim-Thompson by Friday, March 9.
The
Outstanding Student Service Awards are presented at the annual UMC
Awards Reception, scheduled for Wednesday, April 18, 6 to 8 p.m. in
Bede Ballroom. Student
nominees are reviewed on the basis of academic honors, leadership,
campus activity, community service, and service to UMC.
From this group the prestigious UMC Man and Woman of the Year
Awards are also selected. Please
take a few moments and nominate the best UMC students.
--UMC Awards Committee
Spring
Break “Egg”stravaganza Sale
The Spring Break
“Egg”stravaganza sale continues at the UMC Bookstore through March
9, 2001. Crack an egg for
discounts from 25% to 50% off on a wide selection of UMC clothing!
(PDF version is also available
here).
--Leela Hier, Program
Director of UMC Bookstore
Student
Fees Proposal for 2001-02
On
Thursday, February 22, the Student Service Fees Committee met and
reviewed proposals for the 2001-02 Student Service Fees. As in
the past years, any club or organization that was proposing an
increase in the fee was required to bring their justification to the
committee meeting.
I
invite all students, faculty, and staff to review the proposed student
service fees. The fee proposals will also be an agenda item at
the Student Association meeting on Monday, February 26, at 5:30 p.m.
in Knutson A&B.
Here
is the link to the fee proposals:
http://webhome.crk.umn.edu/~dmcclear/StudentFees/index.htm
Click on Student Fee Proposal for the 2001-02 year to view the current proposals. To get more information on any of the proposed rate increases, click on the “fee increase $$ / %” column, and you should find a summary of the proposal and justification for the increase. Also you will find a link to the Student Service Fee committee members.
Students
may send their comments on the fee proposals to my attention, or to
any of the committee members. After the presentation to the
Student Forum, the committee will be meeting on Tuesday, February 27,
to finalize the recommendations to the Chancellor, so please send your
comments on as soon as possible. Any questions, please let me
know.
--Dean
McCleary, Vice
Chancellor for Finance
Classrooms
of the Future Conference
The
Office of Academic Affairs at UMC would certainly support the costs of
anyone wanting to present at the Classrooms of the Future Conference,
May 23, at the University of St. Thomas in the Twin Cities.
It would be a good opportunity to showcase the work we are
doing here in Crookston. For
more information, visit: http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/symposia/.
Last year Bill Peterson attended from UMC.
--Doug
Knowlton, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Student
Lobby Day a Great Success
The
largest group of UMC students ever—148—traveled to the Capitol in
St. Paul on Tuesday, February 20 to take part in the U’s Student
Lobby Day. Even Regal the
UMC Golden Eagle mascot took part.
The students gathered again on Thurssday, February 22, along
with other students, faculty, and staff for a follow up rally in
UMC’s Brown Dining Room. Lobby
Day attendees indicated they were encouraged by their meetings with
individual legislators but also vowed to keep actively supporting
efforts asking the MN Legislature for increased funding for the U.
Shane Roers and Kevin Poppel deserve a great deal of credit for
mobilizing the UMC student body.
To see photos, go to http://www.umcrookston.edu/lobby.htm.
--Andrew
Svec, Director of Communications
Sahlstrom
Honored
Dr.
Stanley Sahlstrom, Regent Emeritus and founding provost of UMC
received the “Builder of the Valley Award” from the Red River
Valley Development Association at its 63rd annual honor banquet, held
at UMC February 24. The award honored his many years of public
service to the people of northwest Minnesota and his lifelong interest
in education and agriculture. UMC
students Kelly Bisek
of Mahnomen and Ben Loll of Campbell were also honored with Northwest Minnesota Youth Leadership Awards at the
banquet.
WebCT
Workshops Set for Spring Break
As the Twin Cities
campus will phase out the current version (v1.3.1) of WebCT by July 1,
ITC will be offering a few WebCT 3.0 workshops during Spring Break
(March 12-16) to prepare for the conversion.
Please let me know your available days during that week so that
we can plan them work around your schedule.
These workshops will have complete visual tutorials to guide
you through the workshop as well as using them as reference for
your continual development using WebCT. The new version is more inclined toward the universal
instructional design.
WebCT is a leading
course management system consisting of a powerful online testing
feature, threaded discussion forums, real-time chat, real-time
whiteboard, online public and private class calendar, online grade
book, internal WebCT email, online surveys, tracking students’
access and progress, etc. It also embeds PowerPoint slides, Flash
animations, Toolbook interactives and learning games, U of M
Portfolio, and other third party applications.
It's a neat single interface that houses all online
instructional features.
Again, please let me
know your available days during Spring Break.
--Dan Lim, Director, Instructional Technology Center
Technology
Teleconference March 30
I
wanted all of you to have advanced notice about a teleconference that
we will be receiving here at UMC on March 30, 2001, from 12 to 2 p.m.
This is an opportunity to hear and interact with some of the leading
names in the technology revolution taking place in higher education.
“Making
the Most of Teaching, Learning, and Technology: Connected Education,
Collaborative Change, Compassionate Pioneers.”
Steven Gilbert, Stephen Ehrmann and Randy Bass will explore new
directions, ideas, strategies, consequences and implications of
educational uses of information technology.
I
will be sending out more details and information before the
teleconference but wanted to give you the opportunity to get it on
your calendars as early as possible.
--Doug
Knowlton, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
FYI
Drug Recall
With
the cold and flu season currently underway, I thought it would be good
to remind you about a drug recall from November of 2000.
As of November 7, 2000, the FDA asked for a voluntary drug
recall of all products containing Phenylpropanolamine (PPA).
This medication has been linked to increased hemorrhagic stroke
(bleeding in the brain) among women ages 18-49. Problems were not found in men, but the FDA recommended that
everyone (even children) seek alternative medicine.
Please
check out the following web site for more information.
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/1728.63462
According
to the FDA, consumers should not panic, but check each product’s
label for PPA. A safer
alternative to PPA would be pseudoephedrine (Sudafed), which is
similar to PPA, but safer. If
unsure about a specific product, consumers can also call the FDA at
1-888-INFO-FDA or (301) 827-4570 to get answers to specific questions.
UMC
Student Health has never carried any medications that contain PPA.
--Stacey
Grunewald, Student Health Services
Mathcounts
Held February 23
Over
75 seventh and eighth grade “mathletes” from thirteen schools
across northwest Minnesota came to UMC to take part in the annual
Mathcounts competition on Feb. 23.
UMC and the Lake Agassiz Chapter of the Minnesota Society of
Professional Engineers sponsored the event.
Bemidji Middle School’s team took top honors and will go on
to the state competition.
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
President’s
Anniversary Tribute/Friedman Address Available
A
videotape of the President’s Anniversary Tribute is available at the
UMC Library. The event
was broadcast live from Northrop Memorial Auditorium on the East Bank
of the U’s Twin Cities campus on February 23.
The event was a special public celebration featuring college
and university presidents from across Minnesota, the Big 10, and
tribal colleges. The
special guest speaker was 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.
Maroon
and Gold Week
Thanks
to all the UMC students, faculty, and staff and all the citizens in
Crookston who took part in UMC Maroon and Gold Week.
Fun photos are available at: http://www.umcrookston.edu/people/students/MaroonGold2001/
And
remember, we only have about four years until we celebrate 100 years
of education and service here on this campus!
--University
Relations
UMC
Insight
UMC
Insight will be aired Saturday, March 3, at 8:45 a.m. on KROX (AM
1260). Tune in to
hear an interview with Pat Downs, Director of Valley Technology
Park. Insight is hosted by Dana Prudhomme, a UMC student majoring in
Scientific and Technical Communication and working for UMC University
Relations.
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