Calendar

April 24
·   Softball -- UMC vs. St. Scholastica
·   WOW! Event:  James Hersch
April 25
·   University Senate/Faculty Senate/Twin Cities Campus
    Assembly/Student Senate Meetings
April 26
·   Employee Benefits Information Session
·   Faculty Technology Presentation
·   Assessment Meeting
·   Teambackers Fun Night
April 27 and 28
·   Baseball -- UMC vs. Rockhurst University
April 29
·   Crookston Student Association (CSA) Meeting
April 30
·   Softball -- UMC vs. Minnesota State University,
    Moorhead
May 1
·   WOW! Event:  Afewshen
May 3
·   Last day of instruction for Spring Semester
May 4 and 5
·   Baseball -- UMC vs. Wayne State
May 6
·   Study Day
May 6-10
·   Book Buy Back
May 7
·   "Great Conversations" Series:  Black Intellectual
    History
May 7-10
·   Final Exams
May 10
·   Graduation and Alumni Dance
May 11
·   Dedication of Golden Eagle Sculpture
·   Pre-commencement Luncheon (by invitation only)
·   Commencement
May 12
·   Mother's Day

News Items

Student Awards Presented April 16, 18
Student achievement awards presented April 16 included top honors UMC Man of the Year to Steven Brandt of Kimball, MN, and Woman of the Year to Dana Prudhomme of Crookston.  Visit <www.umcrookston.edu/newsevents/notices01-02/awardsreception2002.htm> for more awards information.

On April 18, Steve Brandt of Kimball, MN, and Jean Korkowski of Brandon, MN, were named UMC Athletes of the Year at annual Athletics Awards Social.

(back row from left) Paul Detloff, Dan Oberg, Jim Myers, Dan Weber; (middle row) Brook Nordeen, Jean Korkowski, Alaina Burt, Cheryl Isder; (front row) Gianna Anderson, Steve Brandt, Dana Prudhomme, Kari Visness

Golf Season Warm-Up
Offered by UMC Intramural Department
Tuesday, April 30 and Thursday, May 2
6:00 to 8:00 pm
Minakwa Drive Range (just west of McDonald’s)

This will be for golfers of all skill levels—from the beginner to the advanced player.  UMC Men's Golf Coaching Staff will be available to talk about the basics of the golf swing, give tips to make your swing better, and work individually with more advanced golfers to help produce a more productive swing.  Participants will need to purchase range balls on these evenings, and golf clubs will be available for beginners.  Please sign up with Jeff Oseth, Intramural Director.
--Jason Tangquist, Head Men's Golf Coach

Assessment Meeting April 26
Attention all faculty/staff who teach at least one class a year.  Our second campus-wide meeting on assessment for this semester is scheduled for Friday, April 26, from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. in Dowell Hall 212.  Light refreshments will be served.

Agenda

1. One minute updates on:

• Critical thinking activities

• Employee surveys

• Internship evaluation

• Other

2. Five minutes of sharing from individual faculty on a single assessment activity

• (should have time for 10 faculty, two have committed already)

Please let me know if you have any interest in sharing your assessment activities.
--Marsha Odom, Director, Center for Learning Foundations

Summer Start August 4-7, 2002
The Summer Start program is an exciting new opportunity for first-year students designed to help them with the transition to college life at UMC.  All interested first-year students are invited to take part in this program.  A promotional flyer was sent to all new students who are confirmed to register at Academic Advisement and Registration, and it was also put in faculty mailboxes in each academic center.  For more information about the Summer Start Program, please visit the FYE website at <www.umcrookston.edu/fye/Summer_Start/index.htm>.

The class number for this section of CA 1010-11 is #30361.  Please encourage students to register for this section of CA 1010.  In addition to taking the one-credit required course, students will participate in student success workshops and programming geared towards helping students succeed at college.  They will register for the course as part of the fall semester schedule, therefore the tuition for the credit will be assessed to their fall account, but there is an additional fee of $95 for room and board for the program. 

Feel free to contact me if you have further questions regarding this or any other FYE program.  Thank you.
--Kami Mattson, Director of First Year Experience

RA Staff Named for 2002-03
Congratulations to the following UMC students, who were selected to serve as resident advisors or RAs in the campus residence halls this coming fall.  They are listed below according to which building and floor they will supervise.

SPACE Board Named for 2002-03
Congratulations to the following UMC students, who have been selected to serve on the Student Programming and Activities for Campus Entertainment (SPACE) Committee for 2002-03.

Chair – Jim Myers
Vice Chair – Nicole Krueger
Productions Coordinator – Jonathan Roffers
Secretary – Dina VanDorsten
Publicity Coordinator – to be determined

Residential Life Appreciation Night
On Monday, April 22, Residential Life held an Appreciation Night for all returning students who resigned a housing contract for the 2002-2003 school year.  Many prizes were given out including the grand prize, which was $1,000 off Fall Semester housing.

$1,000 grand prize winner – Rebekka Haarstad

Other winners included:

UMC t-shirt – Jean Horn
UMC sweatshirt – Doug Moen
Toothpaste – Jason Kremer
Racquetball set – Mark Vinje
CD cases – DeAnn Ebert
Alan Jackson CD – Anna Holland
USA beach towel – Shane Erickson
Tumblers – Ming Lee
Tumblers – Richard Breton
UMC sweatshirt – Ryan Gilbertson
Shampoo – Nik Thompson
Listerine – Jay Hogfoss
Microwave – Derek Klostermeier
Gladiator DVD – Cathy Moe
Creed CD - Nick Kulas
UMC t-shirt – Trent Neumann
Umbrella – Nate Saete
TV/VCR – Elizabeth Schoon
Lotion – Melissa Alland
Printer/fax/scanner/copier – Amanda Abbas
Folding chair – Tom Lindo
UMC sweatshirt – Nick Smeby
Zoolander DVD – Nathan Moe
Flashlight – Kelly Bisek 

The following students received movie passes, candy bar and an opportunity to be the big $1,000 grand prize winner:

Ryan Tripp, Ben Loll, John Oketch, Leo Kenny, Randy Graff, Jennifer Jacobs, Clint Buchner, Renelle Thesing, Diane Delperdang

Thanks to everyone who was at the event, we had a great turn out.
--Lori Eminger, Residential Life/Security Services

University Senate/Faculty Senate/Campus Assembly/Student Senate Meetings April 25
Listed below are the topic-only agendas for the University Senate, Faculty Senate, Twin Cities Campus Assembly, and Student Senate meetings scheduled to take place on Thursday, April 25, 2002.  Be aware that all items, except those marked only as Assembly, pertain to coordinate campus senators. 

The full meeting agenda can be found on the web at the following URL:  <http://www1.umn.edu/usenate/u_senate/020425agenda.html>

CONCURRENT MEETING OF:
THE UNIVERSITY SENATE
THE FACULTY SENATE
THE TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY
Thursday, April 25, 2002
2:30 to 5 p.m.
305 Selvig Hall—Crookston Campus 

1. ANNOUNCEMENTS

2. MINUTES FOR MARCH 28, 2002 (Action)

3. TRIBUTE TO DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY

4. ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSES TO SENATE AND ASSEMBLY ACTIONS (Information)

5. CLERK OF THE SENATE/ASSEMBLY REPORT - Assembly Steering/Senate Consultative Committee Election Results (Information for the Faculty Senate)

6. CLERK OF THE SENATE/ASSEMBLY REPORT - Nominating Committee Election Results (Information for the Faculty Senate)

7. SENATE ALL-UNIVERSITY HONORS COMMITTEE - Posthumous Awards (Information for the University Senate)

8. SENATE EDUCATIONAL POLICY COMMITTEE - Collection and Reporting of Grade Data and Syllabus Requirements (Information for the University Senate)

9. SENATE/FACULTY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE REPORT

10. SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONAL POLICY - Changes to 2003-04 Crookston Calendar and 2002-03 and 2003-04 Morris Calendars (Action by the University Senate)

11. SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONAL POLICY - 2004-05 and 2005-06 Morris and Crookston Calendars (Action by the University Senate)

12. SENATE RESEARCH COMMITTEE - Exemptions to the Secrecy in Research Policy (Action by the University Senate)

13. ELECTION OF SENATE/ASSEMBLY VICE CHAIR(S) FOR 2002-03 (Action by the University Senate and Twin Cities Campus Assembly)

14. UNIVERSITY SENATE BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Consultative Committees (Action by the University Senate)

15. TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Steering Committees (Action by the Twin Cities Campus Assembly)

16. UNIVERSITY SENATE BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Rules for Committees of the University Senate (Action by the University Senate)

17. TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Rules for Committees of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly (Action by the Twin Cities Campus Assembly)

18. TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Council on Liberal Education (Action by the Twin Cities Campus Assembly)

19. TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Nominating Committee (Action by the Twin Cities Campus Assembly)

20. UNIVERSITY SENATE BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Faculty Affairs Committee (Action by the University Senate)

21. TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Provostal Faculty Consultative Committees (Action by the Twin Cities Campus Assembly)

22. TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Nominating Committee (Action by the Twin Cities Campus Assembly)

23. UNIVERSITY SENATE BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Committee on Committees (Action by the University Senate)

24. UNIVERSITY SENATE BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Consultative Committees (Action by the University Senate)

25. TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Steering Committees (Action by the Twin Cities Campus Assembly)

26. UNIVERSITY SENATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT - Allocation of Functions and Powers (Action by the University Senate)

27. PRESIDENT'S REPORT

28. QUESTIONS TO THE PRESIDENT

29. TENURE SUBCOMMITTEE - Statements from the Tenure Subcommittee  (Information for the Faculty Senate)

30. REPORT OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE FOR THE ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES ELECTION (Action by TC Faculty and Academic Professional Members)

31. REPORT OF THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE FOR THE ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES ELECTION (Action by TC Faculty and Academic Professional Members)

32. REPORT OF THE FACULTY ASSEMBLY STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE ELECTION (Action by TC Faculty and Academic Professional Members)

33. REPORT OF THE FACULTY ASSEMBLY STEERING COMMITTEE FOR THE NOMINATING COMMITTEE ELECTION (Action by TC Faculty and Academic Professional Members)

34. SENATE COMMITTEE ON FACULTY AFFAIRS - Exit Interviews for Faculty (Action by the Faculty Senate)

35. BENEFITS ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT - Update on Proposals for Life and Dental Insurance, and Insurance for Retirees (Discussion by the Faculty Senate)

36. OLD BUSINESS

37. NEW BUSINESS

38. ADJOURNMENT

The full meeting agenda can be found on the web at the following URL:  <http://www1.umn.edu/usenate/student_senate/020425stuagenda.html>

MEETING OF THE STUDENT SENATE
Thursday, April 25, 2002
11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
305 Selvig Hall—UMC Campus

Agenda includes:

1. ANNOUNCEMENTS

2. MINUTES FOR MARCH 28, 2002 (Action)

3. STATEMENT ON PROPOSED STADIUM - Information for the Student Senate

4. STUDENT SENATE VICE CHAIR REPORT

5. STUDENT SENATE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORT

6. CAMPUS REPORTS

7. SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS

8. SENATE COMMITTEE REPORTS - Emerging Issues

9. STUDENT LEGISLATIVE COALITION - Student Senate Participation in the Student Legislative Coalition (Discussion)

10. STUDENT CONDUCT CODE - Area of Jurisdiction (Discussion)

11. SSCC MEMBERSHIP (Discussion)

12. STUDENT SENATE CHAIR REPORT

13. ELECTION OF 2002-03 STUDENT SENATE CHAIR - Election by 2002-03 Senators Only

14. ELECTION OF 2002-03 STUDENT SENATE/STUDENT SENATE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE VICE CHAIR - Election by 2002-03 Senators Only

15. ELECTION OF 2002-03 TWIN CITIES UNDERGRADUATE COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES MEMBERS - Election by 2002-03 Twin Cities Undergraduate Senators Only

16. OLD BUSINESS

17. NEW BUSINESS

18. ADJOURNMENT

--Becky Hippert, University Senate

Accolades
At the annual Awards Reception on April 16, the UMC student body presented Bruce Brorson, associate professor of information technology management, with the Most Supportive of Students Award and the Most Creative Use of Technology Award.  Students named Jennifer Loy Johnson, composition instructor, Outstanding Educator for 2001-02.  Stacey Grunewald, student health coordinator, received the Outstanding Service to Students Award.

The Faculty and Staff Award for Outstanding Service to Students with Disabilities was presented by Laurie Wilson to Bruce Ramstorf, master tutor, and to David Crawford, assistant professor of accounting.

Rae French, admissions representative, received the Builders of Diversity Award from Mario Prada, director of international and multicultural programs.  Congratulations to these faculty and staff for their top notch service and dedication to students!
 

Kami Mattson, director of UMC’s First Year Experience Program, Katie Olson, admissions representative, and students Ben Loll and Cheryl Isder attended the National Orientation Director's Association (NODA) Regional Conference in Madison, WI, on April 12-14.  Kami, Ben, and Cheryl presented a session on community service projects during orientation.  The session highlighted the "Meet Crookston Through Service" program for entering UMC students.  NODA was chartered in 1976 and continues to serve as a resource for orientation, retention, and transition professionals throughout United States and Canada.

This Week’s Special Dates

Birthdays
April 29 – Carol Larson
April 30 – Del Roelofs
April 30 – Peg Sherven

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, April 27, in its regular 8:45 a.m. time slot.  Tune in to hear an interview with Pam Elf, assistant professor of biology, on her grant funded research project.  This edition of Insight is hosted by Andrew Svec, UMC 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>

Attachments

• Weekly Schedule for April 29 - May 5, 2002

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