Calendar

October 5
·   National Depression Screening Day
·   “Biculturalism & Acculturation Among Latinos” Video
    Presentation
October 6
·   President Yudof Visit
October 7
·   Soccer – UMC vs. Winona State
October 8
·   Soccer – UMC vs. Concordia College
October 9
·   The Respectful Workplace Workshop – Faculty &
    Supervisor Session
October 10
·   The Respectful Workplace Workshop – Staff &
    Employee Session
October 13
·   Volleyball – UMC vs. Bemidji State University
October 14
·   Football Agassiz Bowl  – UMC vs. University of
    Minnesota, Morris
October 15-21
·   National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness Week
October 18
·   Fall Convocation
·   Soccer – UMC vs. Jamestown
October 19 and 20
·   Campus Preview
October 21
·   Soccer – UMC vs. Northern Michigan
·   Football – UMC vs. Northern State
October 22
·   Soccer – UMC vs. Minnesota State University,
    Moorhead
·   JV Football – UMC vs. Minnesota State University,
    Moorhead
October 23
·   Last day to cancel a class
October 24
·   United Nations Day
·   Musician Todd Green
October 26
·   High School Subsection Volleyball Tournaments
October 27
·   Volleyball – UMC vs. Concordia College
October 27 and 28
·   Haunted House
October 28
·   Football – UMC vs. Concordia, St. Paul
·   Soccer – UMC vs. Winona State
October 29
·   Daylight Savings Time Ends
October 30
·   Volleyball – UMC vs. Mayville State University
·   UMC Dance featuring the Johnny Holm Band
October 31
·   Halloween

News Items

President Yudof to Visit Crookston October 6
U of M President Mark Yudof will visit Crookston and UMC on Friday, October 6.  His goal is to visit the region, listening to citizens, students, faculty, and staff and learning how the University and its Crookston Campus, Minnesota Extension Services, and the Northwest Research and Outreach Center (NWROC) are directly involved with the region.  His itinerary is listed below.  Senior Vice President and Provost Bob Bruininks will also be joining President Yudof.

National Depression Screening Day
October 5 is National Depression Screening Day.  UMC is a regional host site for this event, and will offer free depression screening by trained mental health professionals between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m.  Persons interested in participating should go to Sahlstrom Conference Center 131 to pick up information, and they will be then able to meet individually with a mental health professional for an assessment.  Information is confidential.  There are many successful treatments available for depression.  As with other illnesses, an accurate diagnosis can be the start of a return to full health and functioning.  Mark your calendars for October 5.  More information will be posted soon.  If you have questions, contact Laurie Wilson at 8587 or Stacey Grunewald at 8512.
--Laurie Wilson

Updating Personal Information Via the Web
Please remind your employees and your payroll staff to update their personal information, including addresses, via the website www.onestop.umn.edu.  The address listed there is used for mailing checks (student, payroll, employee benefit, and employee reimbursement).  If not kept up-to-date, checks will not be received timely or may be permanently lost.  Thanks.
--Susan Murphy, U of M Accounting Services

New Library Resources
I have created a bibliography of new titles for Fall 2000.  It is arranged by Dewey number, which generally arranges material by subject.  I have jump links to specific Dewey subject areas.  In addition I have included a listing of the Wildlife Monographs. These were on campus and available, so we cataloged them and put the information into the PALS system to make them more accessible.  I also included a listing of the new children's books purchased to support the Early Childhood Program and the Early Childhood Development Center.  The list is at: http://webhome.crk.umn.edu/~JCarlson/new99/new2000/index.htm.

The new acquisitions list is for traditional paper resources added to the collection.  We now have access to about 1400 high quality titles in electronic form.  These are titles from major academic and popular publishers in electronic format via NetLibrary.  To use these books you must register and log in.  They can be downloaded to your computer and used there for the check out period.  You can make notes and highlight in these books.  To see sample of the titles see http://webhome.crk.umn.edu/~JCarlson/new99/new2000/ebooks2.htm.  

Notes on the NetLibrary system and registering with NetLibrary can be found at: http://webhome.crk.umn.edu/~JCarlson/new99/new2000/ebooks.htm.
--Jim Carlson

Long-Term Care Coverage University-Wide Meetings
UMC has just been notified that the University of Minnesota will conduct three University-wide meetings to explain the new long-term care coverage benefits available to the State of Minnesota's employees during this year’s open enrollment period.

Feel free to bring your lunch to these ITV sessions. 

NOTE:  The long-term care coverage sponsored by the State of Minnesota offers several plan options.  You may review options and premium information by visiting the plan’s website at http://www.ltcbenefits.com.  Use the password: GoForLCC.
--Les Johnson

The Respectful Workplace Workshop
A major challenge in today’s workplace is developing and maintaining a healthy work environment.  Change, increased work demands, reorganization, customer service, and new technologies can create stressors and tensions within our work environments.  Added to this is a social trend in which rudeness and incivility towards each other appears to be on the rise.

UMC’s Office of Human Resources and Office of Academic Affairs together with the University Employee Assistance program is presenting a workshop on the UMC campus for you and your colleagues.  This workshop focuses on taking responsibility for the quality of the environment in which each of us wants to work.  Lisa Dau, Employee Assistance Program and Javier Silva, Office of Human Resources from the Twin Cities Campus will be at UMC on October 9^th and 10^th to conduct a workshop on creating a more respectful workplace. 

You are invited to attend the following sessions at our campus.  Please join us for this valuable workshop and to show your support and efforts towards making your workplace more respectful.

If you have questions contact Les Johnson, Office of Human Resources at 281-8345 or Doug Knowlton, Office for Academic Affairs at 281-8340.
--Les Johnson

Campus Assembly Run-off Election Results
Executive Board (2 year term) -- Jerry Knutson
Nominations & Elections (3 year term) -- Steve Shirley
Student Conduct  (3 year term) -- Dave Crawford 

In Intercollegiate Athletics and Concerts & Lectures a run-off election is currently underway. Please turn in your ballot by Wednesday, October 4.
--Sharon Stewart

Riding Instructor Volunteers Sought
I am looking for six volunteers that would be willing to help out my riding instructors training class.  I need volunteers to be available from 10 a.m. to 12 noon on Thursday, October 12th.  Volunteers will need to come wearing appropriate footwear (boots) and jeans.  Each volunteer will be given a private lesson on horse handling, grooming, safety, bridling, saddling, proper mounting and dismounting, and possibly a short ride if time permits.  The job at the end of the lesson is to fill out an evaluation on the student instructor.

So, those of you who would like the opportunity to learn a little more about horses, here is your chance!  Depending on the feedback I get, we may do this again.  Please email me if you are interested, and have the time to do this. Thank you!
--Nicky Overgaard

Thank You from Connie Johnson
To all UMC staff in Student Affairs, AFSCME, and all UMC friends, I want to thank everyone for helping me celebrate my retirement and our 44^th wedding anniversary.  All the wonderful gifts and money will be put to good use.  We’ll see you around.
--Connie Johnson

UMC Insight
UMC Insight will be aired Saturday, October 7, at 8:45 a.m. on KROX (AM 1260).  Tune in to hear excerpts from the acceptance speeches of those inducted into UMC’s Athletic Hall of Fame for 2000. 

UMC student Dana Prudhomme will be working with Andrew Svec, Director of Communications, to host the next several editions of UMC Insight. 

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 October 9-15, 2000

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