Calendar

October 2
·   W.O.W. Event:  Singer/Songwriter Ellis
October 3
·   State of the University Address
October 4
·   Volleyball:  UMC vs. Wayne State University
October 5
·   Soccer:  UMC vs. University of Minnesota, Duluth
October 6
·   Soccer:  UMC vs. Bemidji State University
    Parents' Day
October 7
·   SAAC Blood Drive
·   Certified Drivers Training Course, 15 Passenger Van
·   Consultative Committee Meeting
October 9
·   W.O.W. Event:  Comedian Phil Palisoul
October 11
·   Employee Benefits Information Session
·   UMC Teambackers Coaches' Luncheon
October 12 and 13
·   Family Weekend
October 12
·   Family Weekend Special Bookstore Hours
·   Campus Preview
·   Football:  UMC vs. Wayne State University
October 14 and 15
·   Meningitis Vaccination Clinic
October 14
·   Columbus Day
·   "Dealing with the Stress of Midterm Tests" Workshop
October 15
·   Volleyball:  UMC vs. University of Minnesota, Duluth
October 16
·   National Boss Day
·   Fall Convocation
·   W.O.W. Event:  Priceless Program
October 17
·   Campus Preview
October 18
·   Faculty and Staff In-service Workshop (no classes)
·   Campus Preview
October 19
·   Soccer:  UMC vs. Concordia, St. Paul
October 20
·   Soccer:  UMC vs. Winona State University
October 21-25
·   OCTSOBER Fest, National Collegiate Alcohol
    Awareness Week
October 21
·   Faculty Consultative Committee Meeting
·  "7 Habits of Highly Effective Students" Workshop
October 22
·   Great Conversations:  "The Future of Music
    Education"
October 24
·   United Nations Day
October 25
·   UMC Teambackers Coaches' Luncheon
·   Faculty Assembly Meeting
October 26
·   Football:  UMC vs. University of Minnesota, Morris
October 27
·   Daylight Savings Time Ends

News Items

Faculty/Staff Hosts Needed for Family Weekend
I would like to invite you and your spouse to host a table during dinner for Family Weekend on October 12.  As a host, you will have the responsibility to enjoy dinner and conversation with parents, and that is all.  This is an excellent opportunity for parents of our current students to connect with the UMC faculty and staff. 

The dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. by the Hospitality Association and will include seasoned chicken breast, wild rice, vegetable, tossed salad, dinner roll, and grasshopper pie.  The meal will be provided free of charge to you and your spouse as a thank you for participating in Family Weekend.  After dinner, you will enjoy a special presentation by the UMC Music and Theater Department.

If you are interested in hosting a table, please respond and indicate whether or not your spouse or partner will attend.  Thank you in advance for your support!
--Kami Mattson, Director of First Year Experience

Final Round of 15-Passenger Van Training October 7
Effective November 1, the University of Minnesota will not allow faculty, staff or students to drive a 15-passenger van unless they have completed a safety certification course.  This new policy applies to vans owned by the University and rented from an outside source!  There will be no exceptions to this policy!  Starting November 1, UMC Facilities Management will not allow vans to be checked out unless reserved by certified drivers.

If you have driven or may be asked to drive a 15-passenger van for a class, field trip, club activity, community service or athletic event, you must complete this training.

Training will be provided by Bill Roberts, Director of UM Fleet Services.  He has an excellent training program full of important information for all drivers.

For those who were not able to attend the earlier sessions, you will have two more opportunities on October 7.  Please arrange your schedules and register for one of the following sessions:

• October 7, 3:30 to 5 p.m., Hill 4 (notice room change!!!) 

• October 7, 6 to 7:30 p.m., Hill 4

This will probably be the last time this training is provided during the 2002-03 academic year!

Pre-registration is suggested, but not mandatory.  You can register by contacting Tom Feiro, Environmental Health & Safety at 8300 or via email at tfeiro.
--Tom Feiro, Senior Environmental Health & Safety Technician

Employee Benefits Information Session
Barry Melcher, University of Minnesota Benefits Counselor, will be on the UMC campus on Friday, October 11 to help you with retirement planning and answer any questions you may have regarding the University’s open enrollment period.

2003 Open Enrollment Informational Session
Friday, October 11
12 noon to 1 p.m., Sahlstrom Conference Center 131

You are encouraged to attend this session so that you understand your options during this year’s open enrollment period.  Barry will make a brief presentation and will leave time to answer any questions you may have.  Feel free to bring your lunch or purchase a lunch and bring it to the meeting.

In addition, you may call Jacquie at 8346 or Les at 8345 if you would like to schedule an individual meeting with Barry on October 11 to discuss any specific retirement or benefit questions you may have.  Individual meetings will be held in the Selvig Conference Room on the third floor of Selvig Hall, room 308.
--Les Johnson, Director of Human Resources

Family Weekend Bookstore Hours
The UMC Bookstore, 119 Bede, will be open on Saturday, October 12 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. during Family Weekend.  Stop in for great bargains.
--Leela Hier, Program Director, UMC Bookstore

Meningitis Vaccination Clinic
Polk County Public Health will be on campus Monday, October 14 and Tuesday, October 15, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Sahlstrom Conference Center 131, offering meningitis vaccinations.  The cost will be $50.00 for all UMC students enrolled in 6 or more credits.  The CDC recommends this vaccine to college students, especially freshman living in the Resident Halls.  Please check out the following web sited for more information www.cdc.gov/NCIDOD/ or www.acha.org/  or call the Minnesota Department of Health Immunization Hotline at 1-800-657-3970 or Stacey at 8512.
--Stacey Grunewald, RN, UMC Student Health

Campus Assembly Meeting Dates
Below are the Campus Assembly dates for the 2002-2003 academic year:

• Fall - November 15, 2002

• Spring - March 21, 2003

The meetings will be held in Dowell Hall 225 at 3 p.m.  An agenda and minutes from the last meeting will be sent to you before the meetings.  Information is also available at the UMC Campus Assembly website: <www.umcrookston.edu/academics/campusassembly>.

Flu Shot Information
Great news!  This year all University employees will be able to receive a flue shot FREE!  The Benefits Advisory Committee from the Twin Cities campus informed us of this news just this week.  There will be two flu shot clinics scheduled at UMC:

• Thursday, November 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Sahlstrom Conference Center 131

• Monday, November 25, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Sahlstrom Conference Center 131

During these two clinic dates flu shots will be offered free to all University employees and also free to all UMC students enrolled in two or more classes.  The cost of the flu vaccination for students will be covered by Student Health.  Please give some serious consideration to getting this vaccine.  Check out the following web site from the CDC for more information regarding influenza:  <http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/flu/fluvirus.htm>.
--Stacey Grunewald, RN, UMC Student Health

I’m Voting for the U
Your voice, united with others, can have a powerful impact on legislative support for the University.  With a state election around the corner, we are faced with the rare opportunity to impress upon the candidates for governor and the state legislature just how important supporting the University is to the state as a whole.

See the attached flyer for tips on how to get involved.  Make the University of Minnesota a Capitol priority.
--Curt Almlie, Director of University Relations

Campus Signage
The majority of the UMC campus room number signs have been placed.  We have a few places that need to have bulletin boards, or racks removed, and some patching and painting completed before the room number signs can be placed.  A work request has been submitted to Facilities Management.

The 8 ½ x 11 insert panels under the room number signs are for your Outlook schedule or office hours.  The undersized 8 ½ x 11 inch panels have been repaired by the U of M Sign Shop. If you are having problems with your sign panel, please contact me and we will get it repaired for you.

Attached is a Word document (table) that you may use to produce an Office Hours schedule insert.  You may type your schedule/office hours into the cells.  Or if you wish, you can write them in.

Please let me know if there are changes or updates needed for your name insert.  I am using information that is on record with Academic Affairs and Human Resources.  I am updating and adding teaching area to the faculty inserts. 

The approved sign insert format is:

1. Your name

2. Academic rank for faculty and teaching area -- Position or job title for administration and staff

3. Center or office

4. Building name

Example: 
John Jones
Associate Professor, Chemistry
Center for Learning Foundations 
Dowell Hall

Thanks for all your help with this project.
--John Zak, University Relations

New CSA Senators
The following students were elected by the UMC student body on Tuesday, September 24, to serve on the Crookston Student Association (CSA) as student senators.  Congratulations!

• Susan Boeddeker

• Baizhou Chen

• Deann Roers

• Travis Scheving

UMC Teambackers Membership Drive a Soaring Success
The UMC Teambackers Club completed its annual month-long membership drive on September 21, 2002.  With the conclusion of this drive the organization has grown to 280 members and raised $82,500. 

Volunteers divided up into teams and went out to contact people asking for support of UMC’s athletics programs through Teambackers memberships.  The winning team receives UMC Teambackers jackets and the top individual will receive a limo ride to Grand Forks, dinner for two at Dagwood’s, and two tickets to see the UMC women’s basketball team play UND on December 20, 2002. The winning team this year was the “Maroon Mirage,” whose members brought in 40 memberships.  The members of the team include Lonn Boike, Heidi Patterson, Curt Almlie, Brent Melsa, Don Cavalier, Stacey Grunewald, Mike Curfman, and Mark Duffner.  Top individual honors go to Bill Tyrrell who brought in 13 memberships.

This membership drive concludes the volunteer effort to bring in members, but membership is still available to anyone who might be interested.  Contact Scott Oliver at 281-8421 or soliver@mail.crk.umn.edu for more info.

Conference November 9
This year marks the fortieth anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, one of the truly seminal works of the 20^th century.  To commemorate this event, the University of Minnesota Rochester and the Assissi Community Center are hosting a one-day, interdisciplinary conference, “Forty Years After Silent Spring:  Lessons Learned, Lessons Ignored.”

The conference presenters will discuss the historical and social context in which Carson wrote her book; the scientific, environmental and legal lessons learned and ignored; and the literary and spiritual impact of her work.  Presentations, workshops, exhibits and a panel discussion will provide a unique opportunity to re-examine the legacy of this unassuming revolutionary.

For more information on the conference, including cost, conference schedule, presenters, and registration, see the attached brochure.
--Jane Sims, Director, Center for Adult Learning

University Senate/Assembly Meetings October 3
Listed below are the topic-only agendas for the University Senate, Faculty Senate, and Twin Cities Campus Assembly meetings scheduled to take place on Thursday, October 3, 2002.  Be aware that all items, except those marked only as Assembly, pertain to coordinate campus newspaper or other relevant publications.

The full meeting agenda can be found on the web at the following URL:  <http://www1.umn.edu/usenate/usen/021003agenda.html>

CONCURRENT MEETING OF:
THE UNIVERSITY SENATE
THE FACULTY SENATE
THE TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY
Thursday, October 3, 2002
2:15 to 5 p.m.
308 Selvig Hall—Crookston Campus

Agenda includes:

1. ANNOUNCEMENTS

2. TRIBUTE TO DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY

3. ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSES TO SENATE AND ASSEMBLY ACTIONS Information

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

5. CLERK OF THE SENATE/ASSEMBLY REPORT - Committee on Committees Election Results - Information for the Faculty Senate

6. SENATE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE - University Grievance Policy -Information for the University Senate

7. SENATE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE - Board of Regents Policy on Honors, Awards, and Recognition - Information for the University Senate

8. SENATE COMMITTEE ON FACULTY AFFAIRS - Statement on Faculty Privacy - Information for the Faculty Senate

9. SENATE COMMITTEE ON FACULTY AFFAIRS - Resolution to Eliminate the Waiting Period for the Faculty Retirement Plan - Action by the Faculty Senate

10. MINUTES FOR APRIL 25, 2002

11. SENATE AND ASSEMBLY OFFICERS

12. COMMITTEE ON COMMITTEES - 2002-03 Committees of the University Senate, Faculty Senate, and Twin Cities Campus Assembly

13. SENATE/FACULTY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE REPORT

14. PRESIDENTIAL SEARCH REPORT

15. BENEFITS ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT - Update on Open Enrollment 2003

16. UNIVERSITY SENATE RULES AMENDMENT - Electronic Participation - Action by the University Senate

17. TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY RULES AMENDMENT - Electronic Participation - Action by the Twin Cities Campus Assembly

18. UNIVERSITY SENATE RULES AMENDMENT - Ex Officio Representation - Action by the University Senate

19. TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY RULES AMENDMENT - Ex Officio Representation - Action by the Twin Cities Campus Assembly

20. UNIVERSITY SENATE BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Faculty Consultative Committee - Action by the University Senate

21. UNIVERSITY SENATE BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Faculty Senate Elections - Action by the University Senate

22. UNIVERSITY SENATE BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Presidential Appointment of Civil Service Members - Action by the University Senate

23. TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Presidential Appointment of Civil Service Members - Action by the Twin Cities Campus Assembly

24. UNIVERSITY SENATE BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Annual Reports - Action by the University Senate

25. TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Annual Reports - Action by the Twin Cities Campus Assembly

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

27. TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Advisory Committee on Athletics - Action by the Twin Cities Campus Assembly

28. UNIVERSITY SENATE CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT - University Senate Officers - Action by the University Senate

29. TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT - Twin Cities Campus Assembly Officers - Action by the Twin Cities Campus Assembly

30. UNIVERSITY SENATE CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT - Electronic Voting - Action by the University Senate

31. TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT - Electronic Voting - Action by the Twin Cities Campus Assembly

32. UNIVERSITY SENATE BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Consultative Committees - Action by the University Senate

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

34. UNIVERSITY SENATE BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Rules for Committees of the University Senate - Action by the University Senate

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

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

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

38. UNIVERSITY SENATE BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Faculty Affairs Committee - Action by the University Senate

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

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

41. UNIVERSITY SENATE BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Committee on Committees - Action by the University Senate

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

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

44. STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY ADDRESS

45. QUESTIONS TO THE PRESIDENT

46. OLD BUSINESS

47. NEW BUSINESS

48. ADJOURNMENT

The full meeting agenda can be found on the web at the following URL:  <http://www1.umn.edu/usenate/ssen/021003stuagenda.html>

MEETING OF THE STUDENT SENATE
Thursday, October 3, 2002
12 noon to 1:30 p.m.
308 Selvig Hall—UMC Campus 

Agenda includes:

1. DISCUSSION WITH PROFESSOR DAN FEENEY, CHAIR OF THE FACULTY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE - Faculty and Student Interactions in the Senate

2. ORIENTATION

3. ANNOUNCEMENTS

4. MINUTES FOR APRIL 25, 2002 - Action

5. UNIVERSITY SENATE/TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY BYLAWS AND RULES AMENDMENTS - Information for the Student Senate

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

7. STUDENT SENATE CHAIR REPORT

8. STUDENT SENATE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORT

9. CAMPUS REPORTS

10. STUDENT SENATE TASK FORCE - Action

11. OLD BUSINESS

12. NEW BUSINESS

13. ADJOURNMENT

--Becky Hippert, University Senate

Accolades
Michelle Christopherson, Program Associate for the Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources, has written a paper that has been accepted for presentation at the Syllabus Fall 2002 Conference in Newton, Massachusetts, November 3-5.  Michelle will present the paper “Technology in an online and face-to-face classroom, should it be different?” on Tuesday, November 4.

Special Dates

Birthdays
October 8 – Angelika Huglen
October 9 – Connie Camrud
October 9 – Stacey Grunewald

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 Saturdays at 8:45 a.m.

Tune in Saturday, October 5, to hear Brent Sorenson, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Busienss talk about his program.  This week’s edition of Insight hosted by Andrew Svec, UMC Director of Communications.

UMC Insight files are also available via the Web at:
<http://www.umcrookston.edu/newsevents/insight/02-03/index.htm>

UMC Bulletin
The UMC Bulletin is posted at:
<http://www.umcrookston.edu/campusinfo/wkbulletin/bulletin.htm>

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