Volume 22, Number 21, January 22, 2003
Calendar
News Items
Terry
Shropshire to Perform January 22
Blues guitarist and songwriter
Terry Shropshire will perform at the University of Minnesota,
Crookston (UMC) Wednesday, January 22, at 8 p.m. in Bede Ballroom
(note change in location from Kiehle Auditorium) on the UMC campus.
The event is open to the public, free for UMC students and $2 for all
others. Stage presentations include East Coast Piedmont, Mississippi
Delta, and South Texas blues including bottleneck slide guitar, blues
harmonica and distinctive vocals.
Shropshire will also present a special guitar workshop at 3:30 p.m. that afternoon in the Ballroom for anyone interested in attending. The workshop is free of charge. Both events are sponsored by UMC Concerts and Lectures and Bede Student Center.
Commuter
Student Week January 27-31
UMC will celebrate Commuter
Student Week January 27 – 31 with a series of events geared toward
issues for commuter students. Events will include:
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Monday, January 27 |
Free caricatures in Bede Lounge |
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Tuesday, January 28 |
Car Care Clinic, 3 to 7 p.m., sponsored by Ag Industries Club |
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Wednesday, January 29 |
Ice Cream Social in Sahlstrom Conference Center, Noon to 1 p.m. |
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Thursday, January 30 |
Free stuff for commuters in Sahlstrom Conference Center, Noon to 1 p.m. |
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Friday, January 31 |
Commuters receive a discounted meal in Brown Dining Room |
The programs and activities are sponsored by CSA, Student Activities, and First Year Experience.
Mentalist
to Perform at UMC January 29
Can Christopher Carter read
your mind? That's what students will try to discover during his
performance in UMC's Kiehle Auditorium on
Wednesday, January 29, at 8 p.m. The performance is open to the
public. Admission is free for UMC students and $2 for others. The
event is sponsored by Student Programming and Activities for Campus
Entertainment (SPACE).
Columbine
Revisited Set for January 29 at UMC
Darrell Scott, father of Rachel
Scott, one of eleven students killed by two peers in the tragedy at
Columbine School on April 20, 1999, will present Columbine Revisited:
The Untold Story on Wednesday, January 29, at 7 p.m. in Lysaker
Gymnasium. General admission is $5. Admission is free for college
students and younger. This event is sponsored by Campus Crusade for
Christ in cooperation with local churches, UMC Cooperative Campus
Ministry, and UMC Bible Study.
April 15 Date for Annual
Student Awards Reception
Tuesday, April 15, has been
confirmed as the date for the annual Student Awards Reception. The
event will take place in Kiehle Auditorium. Faculty and staff are asked
to mark their calendars and plan to attend. Please try to avoid
scheduling other campus events that evening.
New Student
Orientation Set for August 30-September 1,
2003
Please mark your calendars for
new student orientation to be held Saturday, August 30 – Monday,
September 1, 2003. The theme for orientation has yet to be determined.
We are currently accepting applications for Student Orientation Staff (S.O.S.)
leaders. If you know any students that would serve as positive role
models to our new students, please encourage them to apply by Friday,
February 7, 2003. Applications are available at the First Year
Experience office (5 Hill Hall), the One Stop Student Center (170 Owen
Hall), and the Bede Information Desk.
--Kami Mattson, Director of First Year Experience
UMC Establishes a National
Chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta
In December 2002, the First Year
Honor Society submitted a petition for the establishment of a national
chapter of Alpha Lambda Delta at the University of Minnesota,
Crookston. They recently received notification that the petition was
accepted and will move forward to become official members of the
national honor society. The student organization is currently planning
an induction ceremony to be held in March. Students are eligible for
membership with Alpha Lambda Delta if they achieve a minimum of a 3.50
grade point average after their first semester or first year of
college. ALD provides scholarship, leadership, and fellowship
opportunities for students. For more information about Alpha Lambda
Delta, please visit <http://www.mercer.edu/ald/index.html>.
--Kami Mattson, Director of First Year Experience
Web-based
Grading to Start Spring 2003
Beginning this spring semester,
faculty and instructors on all University of Minnesota campuses will
enter final grades on the Web.
Students will benefit from the Web-based grade entry system because grades will be available the day after faculty members submit them rather than several days later. The University will benefit because the Web-based system is faster, more cost effective and efficient, and less open to errors than processing "bubble sheets".
The new system will be available starting the Monday of the last week of instruction for both full-term and part-term courses. Dates will vary by campus.
Instructors will log onto the Web-based system using their x.t00 username and password. The system will automatically display courses for which he or she is listed in PeopleSoft as the instructor of record. The instructor will choose the course for which grades are being entered and submit a grade for each student. Instructors will also be able to establish a proxy in PeopleSoft to enter their grades.
For more information
from UMC’s website, select "Web Based Grade Reporting for Faculty"
from <www.umcrookston.edu/people/services/registrar/grading.htm>.
--reprinted from "The Record", January 2003, Vol. 27, No. 1.
A publication of the Office of the Executive Vice President and Provost.
VolunTEAM Update
If you’re interested in learning
more about the Crookston VolunTEAM, please visit <www.volunteam.org>.
Accolades
Crookston
Student Association President Jean Korkowski had the honor of
accepting an award on behalf of all UMC students at the Crookston
Area Chamber of Commerce’s 61st Annual Dinner and Awards Banquet on
Monday, January 13. At the ceremony the UMC student body was presented
with the 2002 Chairman’s Award “For exemplifying the ‘Spirit of
Crookston’ through outstanding volunteer service to the community.” In
accepting the award Jean Korkowski acknowledged UMC students’ hard work
and dedication to strengthening the ties between the UMC and Crookston
communities.
Dave
Arscott, Research Assistant Professor, Natural Resources, attended
the 20th Annual Red River Basin Land and Water International Summit
Conference in Winnipeg, Manitoba, held January 15-17. The theme of this
year’s summit was “Time for a Unified Voice.” Arscott presented “Red
River Basin Water Quality Monitoring: River Watch in Minnesota” in a
technical reports session with Wayne Goeken, Monitoring Coordinator of
the Red River Basin Monitoring Program and Molly MacGregor, Principal
Planner and Red River Basin Coordinator for the Minnesota Pollution
Control Agency. MacGregor was not able to attend in the light of recent
budget restrictions. Goeken and Arscott discussed the history, current
situation, and future plans for water quality monitoring in the basin
and presented a summary of water quality results from River Watch
activities in 2002. River Watch, initiated in 1995 by Goeken, involves
high schools in monitoring local river conditions near their
communities. In 2002, more than 30 participating schools monitored more
than 100 sites in the MN portion of the Red River Basin.
Special Dates
Birthdays
January 23 - Brian Steenerson
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, airs on KROX Radio 1260 AM Saturdays at 8:45 a.m.
Tune in Saturday, January 25, to hear an interview about the upcoming 28th
Annual Ag-Arama. Insight is hosted by Andrew Svec, UMC Director of
Communications.
UMC
Bulletin
The UMC Bulletin is posted at:
<http://www.umcrookston.edu/campusinfo/wkbulletin/bulletin.htm>