Volume 21, Number 20, January 16, 2002
Calendar
News Items
Farewell Coffee for Brian Miller Jan. 17
Brian Miller, program manager
for sport and recreation management and football offense coordinator,
will be leaving UMC at the end of the week to take a position at
Washburn University in Topeka, Kansas, as offensive coordinator for
football. We will be having a farewell coffee for Brian on Thursday,
January 17 from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Sahlstrom Conference Center A &
B. Please stop by and wish Brian and Michelle well.
--Trish Ramstad, Centers for Learning Foundations & Health and
Human Services
Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” Jan. 16-18
The UMC Music and Theater
Department will present the comedy “As You Like It” by William
Shakespeare on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, January 16, 17, and
18. On all three nights the play will be presented as a dinner theater
starting at 6:00 p.m. in the Bede Ballroom on the UMC campus.
Reservations are required and may be made by calling George French,
Associate Professor of Music and Theater, at 218-281-8266. The cost for
the steak or shrimp meal and show is $15 per person. UMC students will
receive a discount if they use their meal plan cards. The production is
being co-directed by UMC students Rachel Sundbohm of Clearbrook and
Kelly Bisek of Mahnomen.
Northwest Minnesota Equine Conference Cancelled
The Northwest Minnesota Equine Conference, scheduled for January 18-19, has been cancelled due to low registration numbers.
UMC Alumni Social Jan. 26
Please join us for an evening of
fun! On Saturday, January 26 following the women’s and men’s basketball
games at Minnesota State University, Moorhead, the UMC Alumni
Association will be hosting a social at the Coaches Sports Bar, 617
Center Avenue, Moorhead, Minnesota.
The Alumni Association
will provide hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar will be available. Visit
with faculty, staff, alumni and friends from the Fargo-Moorhead and
surrounding area.
--Curt Almlie, Director, University Relations
Student Lobby Day Set for Feb. 5
Editors Note: this message was sent to the student body from Kevin Poppel, UMC’s student SLC representative on January 9.
Last year around this time I wrote to all of you requesting your support during Lobby Day!!
This year we are lobbying on behalf of the Bede renovation project, which would offer all of YOU a new student center, and the More Than Books Bill, which will lower the prices of your books and supplies each semester.
This year's Lobby Day will fall on Tuesday, February 5, 2002. Just like last year, we will leave right away in the morning on the 5th and return back late in the evening. Just as last year we will take charter buses and I'm exploring our options for activities after Lobby day! Last year one of the buses ventured to the Mall of America after Lobby Day and the other returned home. I'm open to suggestions right now as far as our extra curricular activities! (Please be within reason.)
I will have a table set up by Morsels and/or in Bede throughout the course of the next few weeks with sign-up sheets, and more info so stop by and check out the specs!
Your enthusiasm and support is needed more than ever this year! And remember the trip is totally free and open to all! Thank you and let me know if you’re interested!
--Kevin Poppel, Student Legislative Coalition Chair
Mileage Rates for University Business
Effective January 1, 2002
new mileage reimbursement rates are in effect:
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The mileage reimbursement when driving a personal car and no fleet car is available is $.365 per mile. (Increased from $.345)
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The mileage reimbursement when driving a personal car when a fleet car was available is $.325 per mile. (Increased from $.305)
The current rates for University fleet vehicles are as follows:
|
Cars |
$10 flat fee plus $.25/mile |
(increased from $.24) |
|
Mini Van |
$10 flat fee plus $.32/mile |
(unchanged) |
|
15 Pass Van |
$10 flat fee plus $.40/mile |
(increased from $.38) |
Any questions, please let me know.
--Dean McCleary, Vice Chancellor for Finance
Ticketing to Begin Jan. 16
Ticketing for no permit and
expired fall parking permits will begin on Wednesday, January 16.
Vehicles in illegal areas, wrong lots, or in no parking areas are being
ticketed. If you have received a ticket in error please contact our
office.
--Lori Eminger, Residential Life/Security Services
S.O.S. Leaders Needed
If you know of any students who
would make excellent student leaders for orientation, please encourage
them to apply. All students are invited to apply and will be required
to go through a selection process and thorough training. Thank you in
advance for your help.
Student Orientation Staff (S.O.S.) Leaders work as volunteers to help welcome new students to UMC and also help staff facilitate the four-day orientation program. This position is a great learning experience for students (not to mention a great resume builder). Some other benefits include: a weekend retreat at Itasca State Park, free T-shirts, free meals through orientation weekend and training, and an opportunity to move into campus housing before any other students do!
Applications for S.O.S. Leaders for Fall
2002 are now available at the First Year Experience Office (5 Hill
Hall), the One Stop Student Center (170 Owen Hall), and the Bede
Information Desk. Please stop by and
pick
up an application packet. This application packet will include all the
details about Orientation 2002 and S.O.S. Training Sessions.
Applications are due by February 14, 2002.
--Kami
Trowbridge, Director, First Year Experience
Student Athlete GPAs Improve
I have some good news! You will
see below the UMC intercollegiate athletic teams’ GPAs for fall semester
2001 and a comparison to last year’s overall grade point averages. As
you can see, UMC athletes have improved in the classroom and also show
improvement on the playing field!
|
2001 Fall Semester Team GPAs |
|||
|
Men |
GPA |
Women |
GPA |
|
Basketball |
2.256 |
Basketball |
3.222 |
|
Golf |
2.690 |
Golf |
3.093 |
|
Baseball |
2.424 |
Softball |
3.092 |
|
Football |
2.481 |
Soccer |
2.349 |
|
Ice Hockey |
2.739 |
Tennis |
3.147 |
|
|
|
Volleyball |
3.232 |
|
|
|
Equestrian |
2.510 |
|
Average - Men |
2.518 |
Average - Women |
2.949 |
How these numbers compare to last year:
|
|
|
|
Overall Athletic Department GPA |
|
Fall 2001 |
2.949 |
2.518 |
2.770 |
|
Fall 2000 |
2.78 |
2.40 |
2.61 |
*84 of the 258 UMC
Athletes (33%) maintain a 3.20 or higher GPA!
(a list of the 84 names will soon
be posted in the Sports Center hallway on the Academic Bulletin Board
across from the gymnasium doors)
Please join me in
congratulating the student-athletes and coaches on their improvement in
the classroom and playing field!
--Lon Boike, Athletic Director
Bede Project
Recommendation
Good news! Governor Ventura is
recommending full funding for the Bede Hall replacement project as part
of his 2002 Minnesota Capital Budget. Refer to:
http://morefinance.state.mn.us/budget/capital/2002/executivesummary.pdf
For more info about the project itself, go to
http://webhome.crk.umn.edu/~nelson/institutional_information.htm.
--Donald Sargeant, Chancellor
Faculty and Staff Updates
David Arscott has been hired as an assistant professor in the
Natural Resources Department. He will primarily be involved with
natural resources research projects at UMC, but will also teach within
the department. David holds a Ph.D. in Limnology from the Swiss Federal
Institute for Environmental Science and Technology in Zurich,
Switzerland. He received his master’s degree from the University of New
Hampshire.
David comes to UMC fresh from a stint in Switzerland where he worked on landscape dynamics and macroinvertebrates of floodplain rivers in the Italian Alps. He also has worked for the U.S. Forest Service conducting research on arctic rivers and the temperate rainforest in Alaska. His position at UMC is being funded primarily through a grant from Veden Fellowship awarded to John Loegering, assistant professor of natural resources, and the Northwest Regional Partnership.
Wendy Greenberg has been hired is an adjunct faculty member in the Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources, where she will teach Soil Science and co-teach Land Use Planning with Dan Svedarsky, professor of natural resources. She has a master’s and Ph.D. in Soil Science from Texas A & M University and a B.S. in Agronomy and Soil from the University of Maryland.
Wendy worked three years as a Peace Corps Soil Scientist in Nepal, where she was involved in soil survey and interpretations for land use applications. She also worked as a Soil Scientist in New York and Texas for the Natural Resources Conservation Service specializing in soil survey. Her Ph.D. research was conducted in Jamaica on land reclamation so she brings a broad geographical perspective to soils and land use. She also teaches at Bemidji State University, where her husband, Mark, is a Plant Ecologist.
Accolades
At the January 8 meeting of the
Crookston City Council Pam Holsinger-Fuchs, Director of Student
Activities and Service Learning, and her husband, Tom Fuchs, were
recognized for their extraordinary volunteer service throughout the
Crookston community. UMC Student Association President Steven Brandt
also received one of the volunteer awards. Brandt has worked hard to
build bridges between the UMC student body and the Crookston community.
They were among a group of eleven individuals and one organization to
receive the awards.
This Week’s Special Dates
Births
Richard Genereux, building and
grounds worker for Facilities Management, and his wife Teresa had a baby
girl, Ashlyn Elaine, on January 8. She weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz. and 20
inches long. Both mother and baby (and dad) are doing well.
Birthdays
January 19 – John Zak
Reminder: Faculty and staff are encouraged to share well wishes for birthdays, anniversaries, births, etc. with the rest of the campus. Please send items for this week’s special dates via e-mail to Andrew Svec at asvec@mail.crk.umn.edu and/or Sue Dwyer at sdwyer@mail.crk.umn.edu. Thanks.
UMC Insight
UMC Insight, the weekly radio
show about UMC, will air on KROX Radio 1260 AM Saturday, January 19, in
its regular 8:45 a.m. time slot. Tune in to learn about online learning
opportunities at UMC from Jane Sims, Director of UMC’s Center for Adult
Learning (CAL), and Hilary Bertsch, Online Program Coordinator for the
CAL. This edition of Insight is hosted by Andrew Svec, Director of
Communications.
UMC Insight files are
also available via the Web at:
<http://www.umcrookston.edu/newsevents/insight/01-02/index.htm>
UMC Bulletin
The UMC Bulletin is posted at:
<http://www.umcrookston.edu/campusinfo/wkbulletin/bulletin.htm>