Calendar

March 14
·   High School Knowledge Bowl
March 15
·   UMC Hosts High School Basketball Tournaments
March 16
·   UMC Hosts High School Basketball Tournaments
March 17
·   St. Patrick’s Day
March 18
·   Residence Halls Reopen
·   4-H Project Day
March 19
·   International Seminar Series “Morocco:  The Moroccan
    Way”
March 21
·   Movie Night “Fried Green Tomatoes”
March 22
·   POETS Society
March 23
·   Campus Preview
March 26
·   Safety Fair and Safety Training
·   International Seminar Series “Argentina:  Land of
    Beautiful Traditions”
March 27
·   Safety Training
·   Alternative Medicine Discussion
·   Softball – UMC vs. Mayville State
March 28
·   Open Mic Night
March 29
·   The World Game
March 30
·   “Making the Most of Teaching, Learning, and
   Technology” Teleconference
·   Campus Assembly
·   High Tea
March 30 and 31
·   UMC Hosts Crookston Youth Basketball Association
    (CYBA) Tournament
April 2
·   Class schedules available
April 3
·   Blood Drive
April 7
·   Prayer Breakfast
·   International Dinner “Joining the World’s Banquet”

News Items

UMC Featured in Wall Street Journal

The University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC) and its ubiquitous computing environment are the focus of a feature in the Monday, March 12, 2001, edition of the Wall Street Journal.  The feature, entitled “A Campus Connected,” is written by Wall Street Journal staff reporter Evan Ramstad and is part of a special section focusing on technology, e-commerce, and the Internet’s revolutionary impact on education.  In an introductory headline, the reporter asks, “What will college look like in the not-so-distant future? Crookston, Minn., provides an early glimpse.”

The article provides examples of how faculty members have incorporated computer and Web-based technology into their courses and examples of how students use the UMC-issued notebook computers for learning and entertainment.   The article goes on to trace the history of UMC’s technology initiatives, and the benefits and challenges the college’s unique learning environment are discussed.

Air Force ROTC Lunch March 22
We would like to invite faculty and staff to lunch and an Air Force ROTC presentation provided by Captain Deb Bibeau on Thursday, March 22, in Room A of Brown Dining Hall.  Please alert the cashier that you will be dining with the Air Force ROTC.

The opportunities our students have with the Air Force ROTC program are wonderful, and there has been some new leadership in the program.  So please mark it on your calendar and join us and learn more about them.  If you were unaware, we will also be having our first ROTC student graduating this spring and being commissioned.  If you have any questions please let me know.
--Brian Steenerson, Admissions & Financial Aid Representative

2001-02 Fee Rate Proposals Due
As part of the annual budget development process, all rates and fee proposals for the coming year need to be approved at the campus level.  Our rates and fees include the following:

• Tuition
• Technology Access Fee
• College in the HS Fee
• Student Service Fee
• Orientation Fee
• Bookstore Markup
• Dining Service Rates
• Installment Fee
• ECDC Rates
• Housing Rates
• Transcript Fee
• Laundry Rates
• Parking Rates
• Late Registration Fee
• Space/Computer Rental Rates

Our process for development/approval of UMC rates and fees is as follows:

1. All rate/fee proposals should be submitted to Dean McCleary by Wednesday, March 14
2. A summary of rate/fee proposals to be reviewed/approved at Exec Committee on Friday, March 16th
3. The UMC rates/fees to be presented to the U of M budget Office at the annual Financial Oversight Meeting on Thursday, March 22
4. An open hearing will be planned to review with students
5. Regents approval

I am requesting that those employees involved with the rates and fees listed above should send me their proposals for 2001-02 along with a brief narrative to support any proposed increases in the rates and fees by next Wednesday, March 14.  Also, any new rate/fees to be proposed should also be submitted by next Wednesday and should include a narrative to support the new rate/fee along with an estimate of the revenue to be generated.  Any questions, please let me know.  Thank you. 
--Dean McCleary, Vice Chancellor for Finance

Weekly Bulletin Survey
In order to serve the campus community better, we ask all faculty and staff to complete a short, five-question survey about the UMC Weekly Bulletin.  The survey is online at http://www.umcrookston.edu/campusinfo/wkbulletin/survey2001.htm

Please complete this survey by noon on Friday, March 23.  Thanks for your input.
--Andrew Svec, Director of Communications

Safety Training and Fair
March 26 and 27 UMC and NWROC will be holding annual safety training and a first ever safety fair.  The safety fair will be held on March 26 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the walkway between Hill Hall and the ARC building.  Information booths so far include:  UMC Health Services, Crookston Fire Department, Riverview Healthcare, Polk County Environmental Services, Minnesota Extension.  Register for door prizes and have some refreshments. 

Also on March 26 and 27 we will begin our annual safety training.  We will have morning and afternoon sessions on Monday and a morning session on Tuesday to accommodate everyone.  You can attend whatever block of sessions work for you.  Safety training includes:  MERTKA refresher, Hazardous Waste, Housekeeping, Material Handling, Hearing Conservation, Ladder Safety, Machine Guarding, and Vehicle/Equipment/Transporting Road Rules. 

Please watch next week’s bulletin and for posters around campus with training sessions and times. 
--Tom Feiro, UMC and Anne Burke, NWROC

Library Subscribes to Two New Databases
The UMC Library is subscribing to two new databases.  Both can be accessed from the Library Other Databases page at http://www.umcrookston.edu/library/links/databases.htm.  The journals included in these databases can be searched as a database or can be used on an issue-by-issue basis.

Please contact someone at the library if you have any questions.

Wiley InterScience - Wiley InterScience provides online access to nearly all of John Wiley & Sons' scientific, technical, medical and professional journals.  Subjects covered include: Chemistry, Medicine, Business, Finance and Management, Computer Science, Earth Science, Education, Engineering, Law, Life and Medical Sciences, Mathematics & Statistics, Physics, and Psychology.

ScienceDirect  - This database contains full text, citations and abstracts from over 1100 journals from the Elsevier Science journal collection.  ScienceDirect covers a wide spectrum of disciplines including Chemistry, Materials science, Engineering & technology, Environmental science, Economics, Business & management science, Neurosciences, Pharmacology & toxicology, Physics, Mathematics & computer science, Earth sciences, Social sciences, Biochemistry, Microbiology & immunology, Biological sciences and Clinical medicine.
--Owen Williams, Director of Library Services

Reports Available on the Web
At a recent meeting in the Twin Cities, the Information Management Systems department gave a demonstration regarding reports that are available on the web.  The site can be accessed at www.umreports.umn.edu; also the site has had a recent interface upgrade, so please take a look.  Use your x.500 user account and password to access.

Shelly Diers from IMS gave the demonstration.  The reports that Shelly demonstrated are listed below along with a short description and a how-to navigate.  If you have specific questions about this site I may be able to help you or I can refer you to another source.  You do not need to have access to PeopleSoft to use the reports, however, some of the reports contain “private data” and special access is required to view the data. 

Note from Shelly:  The primary goal of IMS is to provide reporting solutions to assist staff in doing their jobs.  IMS has been working intensively the past few months with OTR and admissions to improve existing reports and to create new ones.  If you plan to print any reports it’s recommended to print in landscape.

Word Document on Reports Available and Procedures
--Jeff Sperling, Enterprise Systems Coordinator

NWROC Holiday Schedule
The Northwest Research and Outreach Center is observing the same holiday schedule as the St. Paul Campus.  The NWROC will be closed on Friday, March 30, for a floating holiday.
--Patti Malme, Executive Secretary, NWROC

POETS Society Meets Again March 22
To those interested in second gathering, the POETS Society, as it is referred to, will meet again on Thursday, March 22.  Due to many basketball tournament games and activities, the group had to delay its earlier scheduled meeting.  Please join us if you would like to relax and visit with colleagues, current and past.   At our first meeting, we had a wonderful taste of a true poet’s work, and with encouragement, I am sure Mr. Miller would share with us again a couple of his renderings (although those attending are not required to recite poetry).  Attendance is not taken, classroom work is not required, and the homework is non-existent.  Remember; join us Thursday, March 22, for some socializing at 5 p.m. at the Northland Inn.  
--Curt Almlie and Don Cavalier, Co-chairs, POETS Society

UMC Insight
UMC Insight will be aired Saturday, March 17, at 8:45 a.m. on KROX (AM 1260).  Tune in to hear an interview with James Thomasson.  He will be discussing UMC’s new minor in Applied Ethics.  The interview is hosted by Dana Prudhomme, a UMC student working for 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

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