Volume 20, Number 9, October 25, 2000
Calendar
October 26
· Fall Sports Luncheon
· High School Subsection Volleyball Tournaments
October 26 and 27
· Mission Review Open Hearings
October 27
· Faculty Assembly Meeting
· 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
· Residential Life Open House
· Halloween
November 1
· Program Improvement Audit Committee (PIAC)
Meetings
· Torch & Shield Recognition
November 3
· Campus Assembly Meeting
November 3 and 4
· High School Subsection Volleyball Tournaments
November 7
· Election Day
November 8
· Veteran’s Day Program
· Singers Justin Roth and Chris Cunningham
November 10
· Campus Preview
November 11
· Veteran’s Day
November 13
· Campus Preview
November 16
· Great American Smokeout
News Items
Invitation
to Torch and Shield
As
most of you are probably aware, the Torch and Shield Awards and Dinner
are scheduled for the evening of Wednesday, November 1, 2000.
Some of you might not be aware that one of our own faculty will
be receiving one of the awards. Bill
Peterson will be honored for his dedication and hard work on behalf of
the campus. I wanted to
let you know that the awards program starts at 6:00 p.m. in Bede
Ballroom and the buffet dinner is at 7:00 p.m.
There is a $15 charge if you plan to attend the buffet, and
reservations can be made with Ardis Thompson in the Development
Office. You can attend
the awards event for no charge. This
is an excellent opportunity for all of us to recognize Bill's service
and also a time for us to thank the many people from the community and
surrounding area that are contributing financially and in other ways
to the students at UMC. If
you have any questions or need any other information, please let me
know. If you can't attend
that night, individual acknowledgements of this award can be sent to
Bill.
--Doug Knowlton
Fall
Sports Luncheon
UMC
Teambackers and Crookston Rotary have scheduled a Fall Sports Luncheon
to be held at noon on Thursday, October 26, at the Crookston American
Legion. UMC fall sports
coaches will be the guest speakers giving a report on the season and
remaining schedule. All
UMC Teambackers and sports fans are invited and encouraged to attend
this event.
--Curt
Almlie
Crookston
Community Fundraising Campaign Underway
In conjunction with the
Crookston United Way campaign, volunteers from UMC are again serving
as campaign captains. Captains
will soon be delivering a packet of information to each UMC employee.
In the packet you will find:
- A letter explaining this year’s fundraising effort
- A pledge/payroll deduction form
- A United Way brochure
- A Minnesota Environmental Fund brochure
- A return envelope
This year’s captains are Gail
Hasbrouck, Don Cavalier, Connie Camrud, Anne Burke, Sharon Olson,
Sandy Schatz, Peggy Sherven, Pam Holsinger-Fuchs, AURI, Stephanie Reck,
and Owen Williams.
Please return the pledge/payroll
deduction form in the return envelope.
(If you choose no contribution, please indicate this on the
form and return it.)
The United Way goal this year for UMC
is $6,500, and I will report on our progress in the Bulletin.
Thank you to everyone for your consideration.
--Cindy Tyler and Dennis Magsam
Intersession
Becomes “May Session”
Good
news! All the campuses of
the U of M have agreed to change the name for intersession to “May
Session” beginning Summer 2001. Please make all the necessary communication and publication
changes.
--Sue Van Voorhis,
Registrar, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Mission
Review Open Hearings
The Mission
Statement Review Committee has scheduled two
open hearings at 11:00 a.m.
on Thursday, October 26, in Sahlstrom Conference
Center 131 and at 2:00
p.m. on Friday, October 27, in Sahlstrom
Conference Center 131. The
purpose of the meetings is to provide a forum for the expression of
thoughts and ideas regarding proposed changes to UMC's mission
statement. Coffee will be served!
The
results of the recent MISSION STATEMENT REVIEW QUESTIONNAIRE can
be accessed at: http://webhome.crk.umn.edu/~nelson/surveys/Mssnsvy0.htm
If
you are unable to attend either open session please feel free to
communicate your thoughts to any of the committee members.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Bob Nelson, Chairperson
Melissa Hower
Wendell Johnson
Sue Brorson
Larry Smith
Barb Muesing
Ryan Tripp (student)
Cameron Brauer (student)
--Bob Nelson
Open
House
Residential Life will be
hosting an open house on Tuesday, October 31st, from 9:30
to 10:30 a.m. Come and see all the renovations done in Lee, Brink and
Westside. We’ll have
one apartment open in each building so faculty and staff can get a
feel for apartment life on campus.
Come for coffee and treats!
--Kelley Nelson
Call for Nominations
for John Tate Awards
The
Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost is pleased to
sponsor the 2000-2001 John Tate Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate
Advising. The office
would like your help in identifying and nominating suitable
candidates. Copies of the complete guidelines, nomination form, and a
list of previous award recipients are available at the UMC Office of
Academic Affairs. The
guidelines are also available at http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/awards/.
The deadline for nomination dossiers to reach the selection
committee is Friday, February 9, 2001.
A selection committee of faculty and
professional advisers, a student, and a previous Tate Award recipient
will select up to four faculty and professional advisers from the U of
M system to receive the Tate Award.
Each recipient will receive a gift of $1,500.
The recipient may choose to have the $1,500 transferred to his
or her department for his or her own use.
The awards will be presented at a public ceremony to be held on
Friday, May 11, 2001, at the U of M Gateway.
The award is named after John Tate,
Professor of Physics and first Dean of University College (1930-41).
Tate Awards recognize and reward high-quality academic
advising. They call
attention to the contribution academic advising makes to helping
students formulate and achieve intellectual, career, and personal
goals.
--Craig Swan, Vice Provost for
Undergraduate Education, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Thanks for
Upbeat Participation
I
want to thank all of the faculty and staff who participated in the
multiple activities that occurred at UMC on Thursday and Friday.
The faculty forum on Thursday night, portfolio training
sessions and the assessment planning sessions on Friday were all such
upbeat and dynamic discussions of issues and initiatives directed at
improving student learning and development here that it was a very
exciting couple of days. For
those who didn't have the opportunity to participate directly, we will
be scheduling follow-ups and ongoing discussions in the near future.
A very sincere thank you for all your enthusiasm and active
interest.
--Doug Knowlton
High
School Volleyball Tournaments
UMC
will host high school volleyball tournaments on Thursday, October 26
(matches start at 4:00, 5:30, 7:00, 8:30 p.m.), Friday, November 3
(6:30 and 8:00 p.m.), and Saturday, November 4 (2:00 p.m.).
Parking may get congested at times.
Parkers and security people are hired to assist, but please try
to be accommodating to our guests.
Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
--Stephanie Reck
Virtual
Job Fair
We
are please to announce that our students have a chance to participate
in a truly unique event. This
fall UMC's Counseling and Career Services will be participating in
Minnesota’s only college consortium "virtual" job fair.
As a "virtual" job fair, this event will be entirely
internet based and will be held from October 30 to November 10.
Students will be able to search for jobs and internships,
forward resumes, and be contacted by employers any time during the
fair from any computer anywhere in the world.
There is no charge to students. Registration is fast and easy. Student registration begins Monday, October 23, so please share this exciting news with your students. We have included below the instructions students need to participate.
To participate in Minnesota’s s only college consortium virtual job
fair, which will take place from October 30 to November 10, students
simply:
- Go to http://mnvfair.experience.com
- Click on the "Register Here"
link in the Register Now section
- Click on "Students/Job Seekers
Register Now" link
- Enter the authentication code "mnvfair"
(without quotes)
- Then follow the on-line instructions to
complete your registration
If
you have questions please contact our office.
--Don Cavalier
Accolades
Congratulations
to Del Roelofs,
UMC Director of Development, who was named "Boss of the
Year" by the Crookston Chapter of the International Association
of Administrative Professionals (IAAP) on October 18.
Roelofs was honored for his commitment to education and his
interest in people.
Professor
Dan Svedarsky was a delegate to the Third Renewable Natural
Resources Foundation Congress on Sustainability held in Portland,
Oregon, September 6-9. More
than 120 natural resources professionals (including several members of
The Wildlife Society), planners, and governmental officials, attended
the Congress. The goals
of the Congress were to provide an interdisciplinary forum (1) to
explore tools and strategies for community and regional planning for
sustainability, and (2) to examine the evolving role of resource
managers in the twenty-first century.
Interesting
Article on Laptop Computers
The state of
Massachusetts has a plan to require all students at the University of
Massachusetts and other public colleges to buy and use their own
laptops. Learn more in
this Boston Globe article: http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/291/metro/State_is_set_to_require_laptop_use_at_its_colleges+.shtml
--Andrew Svec
In
Search of Lefse Photos
I
recently had an essay about LEFSE accepted for an anthology,
tentatively called “Cooking Lessons.”
And I need some help. The
publishers (Rowan and Littlefield) would like to include more images.
I thought maybe someone at UMC would have some good lefse-making
pictures that you might be willing to share.
I'm thinking about pictures of women making lefse for holidays
or family gatherings. In the book, they will be black and white.
Photos would be given full credit and have captions explaining
the who's and what's of the picture.
If
you are interested, that's great.
I'd even be willing to send you a copy of the essay to read
before you send photos, if you would like.
If you know a family that might have pictures and would be
interested, please pass on this request.
Please
contact me at either kelly@epd.engr.wisc.edu
or tracikelly@hotmail.com
My
phone is 608 294 5727 and my postal address is 1042 Erin Street,
Madison, WI 53715. Thank
you!
--Traci
Kelly (former UMC’er)
UMC Insight
UMC
Insight will be aired Saturday, October 28, at 8:45 a.m. on KROX (AM
1260). Tune in to hear an interview with Dr. Susan Hatfield, Director of
Assessment at Winona State University, regarding assessment and
accreditation and its relevance at UMC.
Andrew Svec, Director of Communications, 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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