Calendar

December 5
·   UMC Bookstore Holiday Open House
·   "Getting Intimate with HIV/AIDS...A Q&A Session
     with a Person Living with HIV"
·   Readers Theater:  Will You Remember...?
·   WOW! Event:  Bede Holiday Decorating
December 6
·   University Senate, Faculty Senate, Twin Cities
    Campus Assembly Meetings
December 7
·   Ag Activities Day
December 8
·   Basketball -  UMC vs. Minnesota State University,
    Moorhead (Women and Men)
December 10-14
·   Holiday Penny Drive
December 10
·   Campus Preview
·   Santa Pictures
December 11
·   Farewell Party for Lynn Gevens
December 12
·   Basketball - UMC vs. North Dakota State University
    (Men)
·   WOW! Event:  Holidays Around the World
December 13
·   Christmas Program
December 14
·   Last Day of Instruction
December 15
·   Basketball -  UMC vs. Morningside College (Women)
December 16
·   Basketball -  UMC vs. Mankato State University
    (Women)
December 17-20
·   Final Exams
December 18
·   Stress Free Zone
December 20
·   End of Fall Semester
·   Basketball - UMC vs. Morningside College (Women)
December 21
·   First Day of Winter
Through December 21
·   Holiday Values Sale at UMC Bookstore

News Items

World AIDS Day Events
Two events are being offered this Wednesday, December 5, as a part of World AIDS Day.

• From 12 to 1 p.m., Russ Lovaasen will be offering a presentation entitled “Getting Intimate with HIV/AIDS … A Q&A Session with a Person Living with HIV.”  Mr. Lovaasen will be offering his personal insights into HIV/AIDS and open it up for questions.  This event is being held in Sahlstrom Conference Center A,B and is free and open to the public.
   

• The second event is a Readers Theatre entitled “Will You Remember…?”  A story about how a young man struggles to tell his family he is HIV positive, as seen through his sister’s eyes.  The Readers Theatre features Andrew Svec, Beth Carlson, and Joyce Johnson.  This will be in the Bede Ballroom the evening of December 5, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.  Refreshments will be available.  Undergraduate Certificates of Attendance will be offered to students for this event.

These events are being cosponsored by Rural AIDS Action Network, Polk County Public Health, UMC Concerts & Lectures, Ten Percent Society, AODAP, and Student Health.
--Stacey Grunewald, Student Health

Ag Activities Day December 7
Nearly 1,200 students from Minnesota and North Dakota schools are expected to participate in “Ag Activities Day,” an annual event set for Friday, December 7.  High school students and members of 4-H clubs and FFA chapters from Minnesota and North Dakota are invited to compete in the following contests:  consumer products, crops, dairy judging, general livestock, small animals, agricultural mechanics, dairy products, farm management, wildlife, forestry, floriculture, landscaping/nursery, meats, soils, and ag salesmanship.  Contests begin at 9 a.m. Morning activities will include contest tours and special agriculture and science workshops.  Contest winners will be announced in Lysaker Gymnasium at 1 p.m. 

Athletic Scholarship Raffle Tickets
LAST CHANCE to purchase Teambacker raffle tickets to win $100 per week for the next 16 weeks.  Only $20 gives you the opportunity to win.  In addition, you help support the Golden Eagle athletic program.  Contact a Teambacker member or call Rose at 8439.  Tickets are on sale through Friday, December 7.  First drawing is December 12.
--Curt Almlie, Director, University Relations

Doctoral Program Discussion Meeting
On Friday, December 7 at 1:30 p.m. in the AURI meeting room (1^st floor) there will be a meeting to discuss a doctoral program (EdD) that will be starting this summer. This program is from the Leadership Academy which is part of the University of Minnesota College of Education and Human Development.  We hope to have a cohort group that will meet here in Crookston. Members of each Leadership Academy cohort meet in interest-based learning communities one weekend a month during each academic semester and two weeks in the summer for three years.  This allows participants to build a valuable network of friendships and professional relationships with higher education administrators around the region and with University faculty.  If you are interested in more information please come to the meeting or contact Pam Holsinger-Fuchs at 281-8505 or email billa@tc.umn.edu for a packet of information or visit the website at wcfe.coled.umn.edu/leadershipacademy
--Pam Holsinger-Fuchs, Director, Student Activities and Service Learning

Farewell Party for Lynn Gevens
There will be a farewell party for Lynn Gevens, Tuesday, December 11, at 2:30 p.m. in Owen 270.  If you would like to contribute toward a gift, please drop your contribution off in Owen 270 with Pam McGee or Laurie Wilson.
--Pamela McGee, Student Support Services

Northern Tier High Technology Web Site
As part of a project for Bemidji State and the Blandin Foundation I am assisting in the Development of this site/portal called the Northern Tier High Technology Corridor.

Located at www.ntht.org.  This site is just being filled with content, people, discussions etc.  I encourage you to go to the site - click on the Discussion area and then find the Knowledge Profiles.  You then need to request a user name and password.  Then you can add your talents and expertise to the area.  It is a searchable data set based on talents, experience, location etc.  You can find colleagues - be found by people needed assistance - and more.

Also, if you know of businesses and business issues that should be on the site, let me know.  This business area is where I am focusing my attention to make it bigger and better.  Other comments are also welcome.  Thanks.
--Pat Downs, Director, Valley Tech Park

Thank You from DSU, Madison, South Dakota
Editor’s note:  the following letter, dated November 21, 2001, was sent to Judy Neppel, Assistant to the Chancellor.

“On behalf of the Dakota State University faculty who visited the University of Minnesota, Crookston, two weeks ago, I send my sincere thanks to the faculty, staff and students of UMC.  In particular, we thank Vice Chancellor Knowlton and yourself for hosting our visit.  In the series of meetings and tours that were organized for us on Friday, Nov. 9, we gathered a considerable amount of information about the use and assessment of educational computer technology at UMC.  We greatly appreciated how well organized our schedule was and well prepared everyone was to answer our wide-ranging questions.  I was especially impressed with the presentations and ask that you please convey our thanks to those students, faculty, staff and administrators who undertook them.  We especially thank faculty Soo-Yin Lim-Thompson, Bill Peterson, and Phil Baird, ITC Director Dan Lim, Adult Learning Center Director Jane Sims, Vice Chancellor Dean McCleary, and CIO Diane Moen and her staff members, Peggy Sherven and Steve Hannah, for their participation throughout the day.  And we were most impressed with the discussions we had with Steve Brandt, Cameron Brauer, and Katherine Johnson.

“It is clear that your institution is making great strides in teaching using technology.  Everywhere we saw evidence of faculty who not only made use of technology themselves but were making sure that the students were using technology in a way to advance their learning and understanding.  It is clear that the faculty of UMC are using notebook computers in ways that promote student learning.  The discussions that we had with faculty throughout the day reinforced the idea that ‘high tech with high touch’ is vital if the mission of integrating technology throughout the curriculum is going to truly prepare students for successful careers.

“I must also emphasize that we were extremely pleased with the friendly atmosphere that everyone maintained throughout the visit.  At no time did we feel that the interruption of your busy schedules that day was unwelcome.  I wanted to convey the sincere thanks of myself, Bob, Dale, and Todd for the professional courtesy you extended and the excellent assistance we received.  We were very impressed by the leadership, quality and dedication of the faculty and staff at UMC.

“If we have any further questions, we will accept your offer to contact you again.  Please feel free to forward a copy of this letter, with our thanks, to the appropriate participants.”
--Dr. Daniel A. Talley, Asst Professor Economics, Dakota State University

Website Report for September

September was a record month for web access to UMC’s main website and subsites within it.  According to log reports, the site had 111,933 visitor sessions—the most ever in one month.  Of that were 26,731 unique visitors:  21,109 who visited once that month and 5,622 repeat visitors. 
 

The entire report (along with other months’ reports) is available at http://webhome.crk.umn.edu/~asvec/webreports/.
--Andrew Svec, Director of Communications

Accolades

Dan Svedarsky, UMC professor of natural resources, was recently recognized on the completion of his three-year term on the national council of The Wildlife Society at their annual meeting in Reno, Nevada, which hosted 1,400 attendees.  Svedarsky has served as the section representative for the eight north central states in representing wildlife issues of the region at the national level, assisting with conservation policy formulation, and the conducting of business of the professional organization.  The Wildlife Society publishes professional journals, technical position statements, and special books; recognizes accomplishments of organizations and individuals; maintains a policy presence on wildlife conservation issues in Congress; and sponsors a national meeting.

This Week’s Special Dates 

Birthdays
December 8 - George French
December 10 - Melissa Hower-Moritz

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 Saturday, December 8, at 8:45 a.m. on KROX Radio 1260 AM.  Tune in to hear UMC students Sharon Altepeter and Jackie Oatman talk about UMC’s Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) Riding Team.  This edition of UMC Insight is hosted by Dana Prudhomme, a UMC scientific and technical communication major working for University Relations.

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 December 10-16, 2001

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