Calendar

December 13
·   Last day of instruction 
·   Ergonomic Showroom on Campus
December 13, 14, 15, 18 and 19
·   Book Buy Back
December 14
·   Choir Christmas Program
December 14, 15, 18 and 19
·   Final Exams
December 18
·   Crookston Campus Campaign Sessions
December 19
·   Residence Halls close at 4 p.m.
December 20, 2000 - January 7, 2001
·   Semester Break
December 21
·   UMC Holiday Celebration
December 22
·   Grades due to Registrar
December 25
·   Christmas Holiday, campus offices closed
December 26
·   Floating holiday, campus offices closed
December 29
·   Basketball - UMC vs. U of M, Morris (Women and
    Men)
December 30
·   Basketball - UMC vs. Northern State (Women and
    Men)
January 1
·   New Year’s Day Holiday, campus offices closed
January 2
·   Floating holiday, campus offices closed
·   Basketball - UMC vs. Valley City State (Women and
    Men)
January 5 and 6
·   Hockey – UMC vs. Northland College, Ashland
January 7
·   Residence Halls open at 1 p.m.
January 8
·   Spring Semester classes begin

News Items

Faculty/Staff United Way Campaign
Congratulations to everyone, we have reached and surpassed our UMC goal of $6500.00. As of today's date we have had contributions of 109.2%, just under $7100.00.

Thank you all for your pledges and contributions; they are all greatly appreciated. The entire campaign was very successful within Crookston, I am not aware of the final figure but we came very close to our goal!

Thank you again, and have a safe and joyful holiday season.
--Cindy Tyler, Co-chairman

Winter Break Workshops
After visiting with some 20 plus faculty and staff, I have put together a series of workshops for the winter break.  The following schedule is set up with consultation from center directors.  Let me know if you have other suggestions of topics or timing.  If the sessions you desire fit your schedule over the break, please email me to sign up.  Thank you for taking your valuable time for training.

December 27 (Wed):
09:00-10:50 am - WebCT 3.0 (New version; project-oriented with follow-ups throughout the Spring semester)
11:00-11:50 pm - Teaching Distance Courses (Pedagogy and design; lessons learned from selected faculty)
01:00-01:50 pm - Teaching ITV courses (Preparation, setup, and management)
02:00-02:50 pm - Toolbook refresher (will discuss upcoming version with online tracking)
03:00-03:50 pm - PowerPoint Animation (run concurrently)
03:00-03:50 pm - PowerPoint Graphing (run concurrently)

December 28 (Thu):
09:00-10:50 am – Web page development & updating (project-oriented with follow-ups throughout the Spring semester)
10:00-10:50 am - FrontPage refresher
11:00-11:50 am - Digital camera (Beginner session: capture & download; runs concurrently)
11:00-11:50 am - Digital camera (Advanced session: image processing; runs concurrently)
01:00-01:50 pm - U of M Portfolios (Access, update, embedding within WebCT)
02:00-03:15 pm - Flash 4 (Multimedia animation for the web)
02:00-03:15 pm – Paint Shop Pro refresher (will discuss version 7).

December 29 (Fri):
09:00-10:50 am - Excel Formulas & Web Export 
10:00-10:50 am - Access (Introduction to access database)
11:00-11:50 am - Access (Design a simple database)
01:00-01:50 pm - Outlook Scheduling

January 3 (Wed):
09:00-10:50 am - WebCT 3.0 (New version; project-oriented with follow-ups throughout the Spring semester)
11:00-11:50 pm - Teaching Distance Courses (Pedagogy and design; lessons learned from selected faculty)
01:00-01:50 pm - Teaching ITV courses (Preparation, setup, and management)
02:00-02:50 pm - Toolbook refresher (will discuss upcoming version with online tracking)
03:00-03:50 pm - PowerPoint Animation (run concurrently)
03:00-03:50 pm - PowerPoint Graphing (run concurrently)

January 4 (Thu):
09:00-10:50 am - Webpage development & updating (project-oriented with follow-ups throughout the Spring semester)
10:00-10:50 am - FrontPage refresher
11:00-11:50 am - Digital camera (Beginner session: capture & download; runs concurrently)
11:00-11:50 am - Digital camera (Advanced session: image processing; runs concurrently)
01:00-01:50 pm - U of M Portfolios (Access, update, embedding within WebCT)
02:00-03:15 pm - Flash 4 (Multimedia animation for the web)
02:00-03:15 pm – Paint Shop Pro refresher (will discuss version 7).

January 5 (Fri):
09:00-10:50 am - Excel Formulas & Web Export 
10:00-10:50 am - Access (Introduction to access database)
11:00-11:50 am - Access (Design a simple database)
01:00-01:50 pm - Outlook Scheduling
--Dan Lim, Director, Instructional Technology Center

Interim Director of Assessment Sought
UMC is committed to continually examining ways in which student learning can be improved.  In order to do this most effectively, we need to begin a very intensive and comprehensive assessment of our students’ learning.  The North Central Association, our accrediting agency, has indicated that we need to document progress in assessment for a September 2001 Monitoring Report and a September 2003 Report.  This will require a commitment if time and energy on all our parts.

It is also clear that this will require leadership that is dedicated on a full time basis to helping us focus and keep us on task.  To this end we are now looking to fill an Interim Director of Assessment position (January 2001-August 2001).  It is possible that the position will evolve into a full-time permanent position pending funding and other support. 

The position description and the need for this leadership have been reviewed by the UMC Assessment Steering Committee, made up of Soo-Yin Lim-Thompson, Richard Nelson, Marsha Odom, Wendell Johnson, Sharon Stewart, Sue Brorson, John Loegering, and Lynnette Mullins.

The position description is available at the UMC Human Resources website <http://webhome.crk.umn.edu/~ljohnson/HR/>.  Individuals who are interested should submit a letter of interest to me by December 15, 2000.
--Doug Knowlton, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs

January-February Brown Bag Lunch Sessions
UMC will receive five ITV broadcasts from the Twin Cities as part of the 2001 Brown Bag Lunch Series.  These sessions are free of charge and open to all UMC employees and family members.  Bring your lunch and join us from 12 noon to 1 p.m. in 205 Dowell Hall on the following dates.

• Monday, 1/22/01 - "Ignoring the Noise: An Analysis of Equity Returns, Volatility and Costs," facilitated by Scott Budde representing TIAA-CREF.
• Friday, 1/26/01 - "How to Conduct Your Own Annual Investment Review," facilitated by Colin Carberry representing Scudder Investments.
• Monday, 2/5/01 - "Retirement in Review," facilitated by Brad Smith representing Fidelity Investments.
• Monday, 2/12/01 - "Tax Planning," facilitated by Jean Cahil representing Vanguard Investments.
• Friday, 2/23/01 - ”The Five Fundamentals of Successful Wealth Accumulation,” facilitated by (TBA) representing Minnesota Mutual Life.

You will definitely learn something of value that you will be able to use to improve your financial security.  Mark your calendar now and plan to join us for these interesting and informative sessions.
--Les Johnson, Director of Human Resources

Employee of the Semester
Attached to this issue of the bulletin is the CS/BU Employee of the Semester, Fall Semester 2000 nomination form (Nom CSBU Sem.pdf).  Please take a few moments to consider your nominee and return the form to me by Tuesday, December 19.  The award will be given at the January 4 meeting.  If you have nominated someone in the past that you would like to re-nominate, give me a call at 281-8330 and I’ll pull that form.
--Karen Murphy

UMC Insight
UMC Insight will be aired Saturday, December 16, at 8:45 a.m. on KROX (AM 1260).  UMC student Dana Prudhomme, who is working for UMC Institutional 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

Attachments

• Weekly Schedule for December 18-24, 2000

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