Volume 23, Number 15, December 3, 2003
Calendar
News Items
Svedarsky
Named Interim Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
I am pleased to announce that
Dr. Daniel Svedarsky, professor and program manager of Natural
Resources, and research biologist at the Northwest Research and
Outreach Center, has agreed to accept the position of Interim Vice
Chancellor for Academic Affairs, effective December 1, 2003.
As interim vice chancellor, Dr. Svedarsky will be responsible for overseeing all academic affairs of UMC, including the three academic centers, the UMC Library, technology center and support, Media Resources and Services, Academic Assistance Center, Student Support Services, Center for Adult Learning, assessment, and the First Year Experience Program. He will be instrumental in moving forward UMC’s new academic initiatives and in working with the Higher Learning Commission on UMC’s self study and site visit for re-accreditation.
Dr. Svedarsky holds a
Ph.D. from the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks. He is the
author of several books and publications. He is a member of the
University of Minnesota, Academy of Distinguished Teachers, and has been
awarded the Horace T. Morse Award for Outstanding Contributions to
Undergraduate Education. Please join me in congratulating Dan on this
promotion, and in welcoming him to this new assignment.
--Velmer S. Burton, Jr., UMC Chancellor
Campus
Assembly December 2
The Fall Semester Campus Assembly meeting will be
held Tuesday, December 2, at 3:30 p.m. in Dowell Hall 225.
You will find the agenda for the meeting and minutes from the last meeting on the Campus Assembly homepage. The Campus Assembly homepage is located at: <www.umcrookston.edu/academics/campusassembly/>.
Before the meeting, please take a minute and look at the agenda and let me know if there are any changes regarding who will be giving the committee reports. You will no longer be receiving a paper version of these documents, so please either bring your computer and access the agenda and minutes online or you can print them in advance of the meeting.
Please try to attend
this important meeting. Refreshments will be available.
--Owen Williams, Campus Assembly Secretary
Film on World
Traditions December 3
The Multicultural/International
Club will host a Dowell Lounge screening of a visually stunning film on
world traditions. The accompanying musical score is an award winner.
Refreshments will be served.
All are welcome!
“Light Up
the Mall” December 5
The Second Annual Light Up the
Mall event will kick off at 7 p.m. on the evening of December 5 and will
run until 10 p.m. that night. UMC student clubs and organizations are
working on various light sculptures and displays. The event is open to
the public. Canned good donations will be accepted for the local food
shelf, tractor rides will be given, and cookies and hot cocoa will be
served at the Peterson Gazebo December 5-7. The light displays will
continue from 7 to 10 p.m. nightly December 8 through 14.
Winter
Wonderland December 5
The Third Annual Crookston Winter
Wonderland will be held Friday, December 5, from 5 to 9 p.m. at the Old
JC Penny’s building downtown on Broadway. The Crookston business
community will stay open until 9 p.m. that evening with holiday specials
and treats for the whole community.
A goal of the Crookston Student Association is to strengthen the ties between the community and the campus. Winter Wonderland is an event that gets UMC students very active in the community. UMC has a variety of displays with various activities for children and parents to take part in.
The following clubs will participate in Winter Wonderland:
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Early Childhood Club – Children’s games (Pin the Nose on Frosty and Musical Chairs)
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Flying Club – Distributing and Lighting 1,400 Luminaries
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Natural Resources Club – Distributing and Lighting 1,400 Luminaries
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Zeta of Clovia – Christmas ornaments
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Choir – singing Holiday songs around town
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SPACE – Providing sound and light
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VolunTEAM – Crafts for the children
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Alpha Lambda Delta – Gift Wrapping
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Multicultural/International Club – Coffee, hot chocolate, cookies, and bars
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Ag Industries – Baked Potato Feed and Chili Cookout
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Crookston Student Association – Santa Land with pictures for the children with Santa and providing enthusiasm and holiday cheer.
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Munn’s Jewelry – UMC Human Model
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Sports Etc – UMC Human Models
Please mark Friday,
December 5, as a day to get out in town and take part in these
festivities – either volunteering or partaking in the town’s specials.
--Cheryl Isder, vice president,
Crookston Student Association
Ag
Industries Club Baked Potato and Chili Feed December 5
UMC’s Ag Industries Club will host a baked potato and
chili feed on Friday, December 5,
from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Crookston VFW (upstairs). Admission: Adults $6;
Kids (12 and under) $3; Preschoolers Free. Everyone is welcome!
Holiday Bizarre
Bazaar December 9
UMC Student Ambassadors and the
Early Childhood Club will sponsor the “Holiday Bizarre Bazaar” on
Tuesday, December 9, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the entrance lobby of
Sahlstrom Conference Center. The event, which is comparable to a garage
sale, is a fundraiser for the Bosnia Project and Toys for Tots.
Faculty, staff, and students may donate new or gently used good quality
items. No clothes, please! Donated items may be left at the Dowell
Info Desk. Most items will be marked for $5 or less. For more
information contact Stacey Grunewald or Laurie Wilson.
Horseman’s
Association Spaghetti Dinner
December 9
The UMC Horseman’s Association will host a spaghetti
dinner on Tuesday December 9, from 5 to 7 p.m. in Brown Dining Room,
Sahlstrom Conference Center. Tickets are currently on sale, contact any
Horseman’s Association member for a presale ticket or e-mail Douglas
Moen. Presale tickets: adults $5; kids $3; Tickets at the door: adults
$7; kids $3.
The following activities will also take place at the dinner:
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pie in the face (throw a pie at one of the select few faculty and staff)
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dime toss
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fleece blanket silent auction
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and more!
Horticulture Holiday Sale December 10
The UMC Horticulture Department
is sponsoring a Holiday Sale from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, December
10 at the UMC Greenhouse. Choose from poinsettias (eight varieties of
red, white, pink, and purple), Christmas floral arrangements, and fresh
wreaths. Bring an item for the local food shelf and receive a coupon
for $1 off on one poinsettia. You can bring up to five items and
receive five coupons. Each coupon is only good on one poinsettia.
Committee
on Access for Persons with Disabilities
Students, faculty or staff with
questions or concerns related to disability access should feel free to
forward those items to any member of the UMC Committee on Access for
Persons with Disabilities. The 2003-2004 members include: David
Crawford, chair; Harouna Maiga; Dan Neumann; Kent Freberg; Stacey
Grunewald; Marsha Odom; Owen Williams; Les Johnson; Gary Willhite; Ken
Myers; and Laurie Wilson. Student members are yet to be confirmed.
Thank you for your continuing assistance.
--Laurie Wilson, UMC Counseling
and Disability Services
AODAP
Community Task Force Meeting December 11
I would like to send a huge
“Thank You” for those Community Task Force members who were able to make
it on such short notice to our last meeting. During the meeting we
discussed some wonderful ideas on social norming and campus intervention
with Dr. Wesley Perkins.
I would like to invite any interested faculty and staff to join our Community Task Force meeting on Thursday December 11, at 6 p.m. at the Northland Inn with a dinner to be served. Some of the topics that we will be discussing at this meeting include:
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An update on the progress with our grant.
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Our marketing campaign and what we as a group would like to do in the spring of 2004.
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A sober ride system and how that can meet our goals and objectives without displaying a negative message to our student body and our community.
This is an open invitation meeting. If you know of someone interested in joining the committee from on- or off-campus (including students) who did not receive an invitation but has a passion for this subject, you are welcome to invite them.
I look forward to the
opportunity of enjoying a meal with you and take the opportunity before
the holidays to thank you for your support and efforts.
--T. D. Hostikka, AODAP Coordinator
Regents
Policy on Code of Conduct
The University's success depends
upon the personal integrity of each member of our community.
This email is the announcement of the annual distribution of the Regents Policy on Code of Conduct. In addition, we have prepared a document to explain why the University has a code of conduct. This policy applies to all employees, as well as to others who receive funds administered by the University or who speak or act as agents for the University. As members of the University community, I urge you to read the Code and related materials. Distribution of the Code is an annual event and will provide you with an opportunity to reacquaint yourself with its provisions.
Please review the Code of Conduct and supporting document at: <www.umn.edu/regents/policies/academic/Conduct.html> and <www1.umn.edu/twincities/code/>.
If you have any
questions about any part of the Code, please direct those questions to
your supervisor.
--Robert Bruininks, President, University of Minnesota
Thanks
for UMC’s Assistance in Chronic Wasting Disease Monitoring Effort
The
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MNDNR) Division of Fish and
Wildlife recently completed the first phase of its second year of
intensive sampling for chronic wasting disease (CWD). Permit Areas
sampled included much of northwestern Minnesota. Other areas were in
central and southeastern parts of the state. The first phase of the
sampling effort consists of collecting deer heads of adult animals at
various deer registration stations. These head samples were
individually marked and data characterizing their sex-age and locale
were recorded. These heads were then taken to UMC’s Bergland
Laboratory, where an extraction station was established. Extractors and
data recorders worked long hours removing lymph nodes and a muscle
sample. Data recorders were responsible for bagging lymph node and
muscle samples and maintaining organized records. Some even stayed on
after extractions were completed to help clean the lab. The sampled
heads were stored in an outside trailer and were eventually delivered by
MNDNR personnel to an incinerator for disposal.
The assistance of UMC staff and students greatly helped the effort, particularly during the extraction work. Students teamed up with personnel from the MNDNR, United States Dept. of Agriculture, Minnesota Conservation Corps, and U of M veterinarians and veterinary students during the extraction effort. New names and faces quickly became known and the teams developed working relationships that kept extracting samples moving at a brisk pace. “We had a very excellent extraction station and the assistance provided by UMC students was invaluable to the entire effort. It gave students a chance to work closely with wildlife professionals and be part of a major effort in deer management in Minnesota,” noted Terry Wolfe, Area Wildlife Manager from the Crookston Area Office.
All the samples were kept on ice and sent to MNDNR’s research group in Madelia. The U of M will carry-out the next phase, actual sampling of the lymph nodes to detect presence of the disease. CWD has not been found in wild cervids (deer, elk or moose) in Minnesota at this time. In the recent past, two positive cases were found in farmed elk herds with no other animals in those herds or wild deer in the vicinity testing positive for the disease.
Personnel from the
Crookston Area Wildlife Office would like to thank the following for
their assistance: Dr. W. Dan Svedarsky, Dr. John Loegering, Phil Baird,
Tom Feiro, Nico Bennett, and the many UMC students. Thanks also to
David Rave of the MNDNR for leading the extraction station. Finally,
thanks to Wendell Johnson for helping with the use of the Bergland Lab.
It’s a first-rate facility and provided a great opportunity for UMC and
various agency personnel to work together.
--Ross Hier, Assistant Area
Wildlife Manager, Minnesota DNR
Accolades
Dan Svedarsky, professor of natural resources,
will attend the Wildlife Society’s Third International Wildlife
Management Congress, December 1-5, in Christchurch, New Zealand. He
will make the oral presentation “Economic Impacts of Nature-based
Recreation in Northwest Minnesota.” Two posters developed with
colleague John Loegering, assistant professor of wildlife
ecology, have also been accepted to the conference: “Wildlife
Corridors: Economic Values and Conservation Goals” and “Nature-related
Recreation and Tourism in Northwest Minnesota -- Nature Northwest
Project.”
VolunTEAM
Update
Volunteer and celebrate New Year’s at the same time! Organizers of
First Night, the annual New Year’s celebration in Grand Forks, are
looking for volunteers to help at the Dakota Science Center’s exhibits
and also greet visitors beginning at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, December 31
and continuing until midnight on January 1, 2004. Contact Kevin McGuire
or Jody Dregseth at 701-795-8500 or email Kevin at
mcguire@dakota-science.org. Visit <www.volunteam.org>
and click “Volunteer Opportunities” for a complete description of the
project.
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>.
Community
Events
Crookston Community
Theatre will present its production of "Nuncrackers” December 4 through
7, at 7:30 p.m. nightly, in Kiehle Auditorium on campus. Admission is
only $1 for UMC students with their student ID.
Special Dates
Birthdays
December 1 – T. D. Hostikka
December 5 – Paul Holm
December 5 – Liz Tollefson
December 8 – George French
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, December 6, to hear another exciting interview. 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>