Volume 23, Number 14, November 19, 2003
Calendar
News Items
Chris
“Boom Boom” Johnson to Perform at UMC November
19
Comedian Chris “Boom Boom”
Johnson will present his offbeat comedy Wednesday, November 19, at the
University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC). The performance will begin
at 8 p.m. in Kiehle Auditorium on campus. The event is open to the
public. Admission is free for UMC students and $2 for others. Refer
to <www.joeyedmonds.com/college/artist.asp?ID=27>
for more information. Johnson’s local performance is sponsored by
UMC’s S.P.A.C.E (Student Programming and Activities for Campus
Entertainment) Committee.
One-Act
Plays Set for November 20-22
The UMC Theater Department will present an evening of
one act plays for three nights, Thursday, November 20, Friday, November
21, and Saturday, November 22. Performances will begin at 7:30 p.m.
each night in Kiehle Auditorium. Admission is $1 for children under 10
and UMC students; $2 for other students; and $3 for the general public.
All shows are suitable for all audiences.
The student-directed plays will begin with Baby Talk by Billy St. John, directed by Noelle Jarvis of Eden Prairie. At approximately 8:10 p.m., the second offering will be Wanted: One Groom by Claudene Rease, directed by Brandon Sykora of Browns Valley. And the closing play, Werewolf? by William Gleason, directed by Matt Burdick of Coon Rapids, will begin at approximately 8:45 p.m.
Employee of the Semester
Nomination due
November 21
Attached to the electronic issue
of the bulletin is the CS/BU Employee of the Semester, Fall Semester
2003 nomination form. Please take a few moments to consider your nominee
and return the form to me by Friday, November 21. If you have nominated
someone in the past that you would like to re-nominate, give me a call
at 281-8330 and I’ll pull that form.
--Karen Murphy
United
Staff Association Meeting November 24
The United Staff Association
(USA) Fall Semester Meeting will be held Monday, November 24, at 3 p.m.
in Brown Dining Room A&B. We are pleased Chancellor Burton will be
there to give us an update. Elections for vice-president, secretary,
and members-at-large will be held and the Employee of the Semester will
be announced. Coffee and cookies will be served.
--USA Executive Committee
Dining Services
Thanksgiving Meal November 25
The annual Dining Services
Thanksgiving meal will be held Tuesday, November 25, from 10:30 a.m. to
1:30 p.m. The menu will include roast turkey, baked ham, mashed
potatoes and gravy, corn, stuffing, dinner rolls, cranberries, and
pumpkin pie. Cost is $6 plus tax. Please join the campus community in
this special meal.
--Brent Melsa, director, UMC Dining Services
Ag
Activities Day December 5
I want to remind you that we have
Ag Activities Day approaching Friday, December 5. Contests begin as
early as 7:30 a.m. and we are looking at hosting about 900+ high school
students for these contests. If you have questions don’t hesitate to
ask, but for more information please feel free to check out the
website: <www.UMCrookston.edu/ag/AAD/>.
We have added a new
contest “Hipology.” Hipology is the study of horses; the contest will
involve basic horse knowledge, such as anatomy, health, diseases,
breeds, etc. We will be using the references that are established on
the Minnesota 4-H horse program website, so it will be the same study
material as a 4-H test.
--Michelle Christopherson,
Center for Agriculture and Natural Resources
Mark Your
Calendars
Please mark your calendars for
the University-wide Winter Holiday Celebration, scheduled for Monday,
December 22, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The event is sponsored by the
UMC United Staff Association. Please let me know if this date conflicts
with any major event. All members of the campus community—UMC, NWROC,
Extension, NGP, VTP, RSVP, and all others—and their spouses are invited
to attend.
--Deb Brule, UMC Office of Admissions
Public
Health 1003 Offering
Starting spring semester 2004 we
will be offering a one-credit WebCT course Public Health 1003 “Alcohol
and Student Life” in cooperation with Dr. Jim Rothenberger and the
University of Minnesota Twin Cities campus. I will serve as the TA for
the course on our campus. We are in the process of receiving approval
for this class to fit into our GenEd course work, however, this course
is applicable for all students in any current major and soon to be new
majors offered on our campus. This is a great opportunity for your
advisees, our student/athletes, and our First Year Experience students
to pick up a worthwhile practical one credit class. Any questions
please don’t hesitate to contact me.
Where does this class fit? Practically everywhere in today’s society. We want to develop responsible graduates who can perform viable tasks and be positive contributors to their communities. We want to develop a safe learning environment, one that can attract quality students. We have a responsibility to meet the needs of this university community.
Thank you for your time
and consideration.
--T. D. Hostikka, coordinator, Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug (ATOD)
Awareness and Prevention Program
Improved
Course Search Available on the Web
An improved and expanded course
search capability debuts this fall on the Class Schedule website: <onestop2.umn.edu/courseinfo/searchcriteria.jsp?institution=UMNCR>.
The new design and features are the first phase of a project of the
Office of the UM Twin Cities Enrolled Student Services that will add
value to student services and improve registration tools.
Users will notice that search response time is faster. They will also be able to see a real-time report of the number of course seats available, a printable registrations worksheet, and course details from the Class Schedule.
New types of searches are available:
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by session
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general education requirements
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open classes only
Existing searches are improved:
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courses scheduled after 4:30
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quick search by course number
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links to Web versions of the class schedule, section status, and registration.
--Reprinted from The Record, News about admissions, records, and student systems. October 2003, Vol. 27, No. 10
Welcome
to Cheryl Byrne
Cheryl
Byrne has joined the UMC faculty as an assistant professor in the Equine
Industries Management Program. She will begin teaching in January with
the following courses, "Equine Management," "Hunt Seat and Dressage,"
"Equine Exercise Physiology," and "Equine Reproduction Lab." She will
also work with the donations component of the Equine Industries
Management Program. Byrne will receive her Ph.D. in reproductive
physiology from Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., in January, 2004.
She completed her undergraduate work at Wells College in Aurora, N.Y.,
and earned Phi Beta Kappa honors. Please welcome her to the UMC campus
community.
Accolades
UMC’s Service-Learning Center,
including collaboration with Habitat for Humanity, the Retired Senior
Volunteer Program, and the VolunTEAM program, has been selected as a
2004 Minnesota Carter Partnership Award Finalist. UMC’s program is one
of six to move to finalist status. The others include the Careership
Program (Local Initiatives Support Corporation and Metropolitan State
University); the Cedar Riverside Community School and Augsburg College
Partnership; Family Investment Center and Hibbing Community College;
Grant Community School Collaborative and College of St. Scholastica; and
the Health Careers Institute (the Phillips Partnership and Minneapolis
Community and Technical College). The Minnesota Carter Partnership
Award winner will be announced at an award ceremony on February 21,
2004. Before announcing the winner that evening, a short video clip of
each finalist’s program will be shown to an expected audience of 500
Minnesota business, education, community, and government leaders. Learn
more about the award visit <www.kairospublishing.org/mcc/carteraward/>.
The
Crookston Collegiate FFA chapter traveled to Louisville, Kentucky to
attend the 76th National FFA Convention. Ashley Bell, Shell
Franks, Jonathon Gorentz, and Brent Arndt, all received their American
Degrees. The American FFA Degree is the highest degree a member can
attain, and only about one half of one percent of the total national
membership of the organization attains this high honor. Lyle Westrom,
chapter advisor and UMC associate professor, received the Honorary
American Degree at the convention. Another UMC student, Dustin Heitkamp
received his American Degree and obtained a National Dairy Proficiency
Award. Congratulations to all on their accomplishments.
VolunTEAM
Update
Several student clubs and organizations have expressed disappointment
that construction won’t begin on the next Habitat house until next April
or May. Well, Options for Independent Living (an organization whose goal
is to provide disabled citizens as normal a life as possible), has a
similar need for those who feel like pounding some nails for a good
cause. There are two Options clients, one in Crookston and one in Euclid
(13 miles north of town on Highway 75), who need access ramps assembled
that go from their front door to the sidewalk. They come in kits, and
the sections need to be assembled. Options is seeking at least four
volunteers, and they say assembling one will take a full day. A
carpenter will be on-site to supervise. Options has recently utilized
inmates from the Thief River Falls jail through the Sentence to Serve
program, but the STS people are going to be doing indoor projects in the
winter. This could really be a meaningful community service project for
a club that has an interest in helping agencies like Habitat for
Humanity.
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Who: Your club
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What: Assembling ramps
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When: To be determined by your club and Options
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Where: One in Crookston and one in Euclid
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Why: To give two disabled people access to and from their homes
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Contact: Gordon Haug at Options, 281-5722, cell 218 779-8210, email <options3@rrv.net>
Also, if your club likes working with children and elderly people, the Early Childhood Family Education program in Crookston is hosting its annual Grandparents’ Night on Monday, Nov. 24 from 5:30-8:30 p.m. at Lincoln School. They are looking for volunteers to help at the various activity stations in the gym. Contact Sandy Peterson at 281-2159 or speterson@crookston.k12.mn.us if you’re interested.
Both of these projects are also posted at <www.volunteam.org>. Click “Volunteer Opportunities” and scroll down until you see them.
If you’re interested in learning more about the Crookston VolunTEAM, please contact Mike in the VolunTEAM office (Dowell 112) at 281-8526 or chris282@umn.edu. Or, simply visit <www.volunteam.org>.
Special Dates
Birthdays
November 20 – Rose Ulseth
November 23 – Mario Prada
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@umn.edu and/or Sue Dwyer at sdwyer@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, November 22, to hear excerpts from the acceptance speeches
of UMC’s Torch and Shield Award recipients for 2003. UMC Insight is
hosted by Andrew Svec, UMC Director of Communications.
UMC
Bulletin
The UMC Weekly Bulletin is posted
at:
<www.UMCrookston.edu/campusinfo/wkbulletin/bulletin.htm>