Volume 21, Number 30, March 27, 2002
Calendar
News Items
SIFE
Business Etiquette Series Continues March 26
Another speaker will be
featured on Tuesday, March 26, as a continuing part of the UMC SIFE
club's Business Etiquette Series. Les Johnson, UMC Director of Human
Resources, will present a workshop providing strategies on proper
interviewing techniques and helpful resume tips. The workshop will be
at 3 p.m. in Dowell Hall 212 on Tuesday, March 26. Please take
advantage of this opportunity to learn how to most effectively
interact with potential employers!
--Steve Shirley, UMC SIFE Advisor
“The Seven Last Words of
Christ” March 26
The Music and Theater Department
at the University of Minnesota, Crookston (UMC) will present “The Seven
Last Words of Christ” Tuesday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. in Bede Ballroom
on the UMC Campus. The performance is open to the public, and there is
no admission charge.
The musical cantata, by Theodore DuBois, will feature the UMC Choir, solo performances, and spoken word interludes. George French, UMC associate professor of music and theater, will oversee the production. The UMC Choir will be conducted by student directors Joshua Kietzman and Ciara Myers as part of their requirements in completing a music minor at UMC. The UMC Band will also play a few selections.
For more information, contact the UMC
Music-Theater Department at 218-281-8266. Disability accommodations can
be made by calling 218-281-8587.
--George French, Associate Professor of Music
Animal Science BBQ March
27
The UMC Animal Science
Association, the UMC NACTA Team, and Roesch Family Farms of Ada will
sponsor Animal Science Fun Night on Wednesday, March 27. A meal of
brats, chips, bars, pop and coffee will be served starting at 6 p.m. in
the University Teaching and Outreach Center (UTOC). Cost of the meal is
$4.50 per person.
The “Barnyard Olympics” will take place there from 6 to 8 p.m. Events include the sheep scramble; bale stacking, moving, and throwing; wheel barrow obstacle course; guess the cow; egg toss; manure pitching; and a petting zoo.
Inventory
Reduction Sale at UMC Bookstore
The UMC Bookstore, 119 Bede Hall,
is reducing its inventory. Stop in from April 1 through 12 and take
advantage of 25% to 45% off all
sweatshirts (excluding hoods and clearance items) and hats!
--Leela Hier, UMC Bookstore Manager
Eating
Disorders Presentation April 2
Losing Weight is One Thing.
Losing Your Perspective is Another.
Alicia Haviland, RN, BS, MS, uses a very interactive, energetic
approach to present information on the prevention, intervention, and
treatment of eating disorders. Ms. Haviland will speak Tuesday, April
2, from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. in Sahlstrom Conference Center A & B. This
presentation is free and open to the public. This presentation is sponsored by Dietetics
Club and Student Health.
--Stacey Grunewald, Student Health
Great
Conversations Continues April 2 with “The Media”
The Great Conversations Series
broadcast from the Twin Cities continues Tuesday, April 2, at 7:30 p.m.
in UTOC 30 (ITV room). Dowell 128 will also serve as a downlink site.
Students, faculty, staff, and community members are all welcome.
The discussion will focus on “The Media.” Brian Lamb, creator and CEO of C-SPAN, will join Jane Kirtley, Director of the University’s Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law, in a lively conversation about democracy and television.
In 1979, Lamb founded a public affairs network to provide gavel-to-gavel coverage of the U.S. Congress. C-SPAN has since grown into three cable networks and a radio station bringing unedited and nonpartisan commentary to millions of television viewers in ninety nations around the world.
Jane Kirtley joined the University faculty in 1999 after serving for fourteen years as Executive Director of The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. A former attorney and reporter, she is one of the foremost authorities on the ethical responsibilities and legal rights of the mass media in a democratic society.
Learn more about the Great Conversations series at www.cce.umn.edu/conversations/.
Urban Forestry Workshop at
UMC April 5
The 18th Annual Northwest Urban
Forestry Workshop will be held Friday, April 5, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in
the Youngquist Auditorium, Agricultural Research Center, on the UMC
campus. The workshop is cosponsored by UMC’s Natural Resources
Department, the UMC Center for Adult Learning, the Minnesota Department
of Agriculture, and the Headwaters Area Shade Tree Advisory Committee.
Contact the Center for Adult Learning at 218-281-8681 for more
information, or visit <http://www.umcrookston.edu/CAL/urbanforestry/>.
Full Year Registration
for New Students
Information about the trial
implementation of full year registration (Fall 2002 and Spring 2003) for
new students has been posted to the web at:
http://webhome.crk.umn.edu/~nelson/other/FullYearReg0302.htm
New freshmen and new
transfer students who participate in the scheduled early registration
sessions this spring and summer will have the opportunity to register
for both fall 2002 and spring 2003. Assuming the trial is successful
all continuing and new students will be able to register for the full
academic year beginning with the regularly queued early registration
next spring (April 2003) for the fall 2003 and spring 2004 academic
terms.
--Bob Nelson, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs/Registrar
DARwin
System Selected to Replace APAS
The Office of Admissions and
Office of the Registrar are upgrading the University of Minnesota's
Academic Progress Audit System (APAS), which is used to process transfer
students and to create degree audit reports used in student advising.
The mainframe-based APAS was purchased under the name of Degree Audit Reporting System (DARS) from Miami University of Ohio about 10 years ago. Because the University's mainframe computer will eventually be eliminated, an alternative is needed.
Several alternatives were considered. The best options were upgrading to Miami University's client server version or using PeopleSoft's Academic Advising modules. Miami's client server version of DARS, called DARwin, has been selected.
The new system offers improved functionality and, through the work of University staff, will be integrated with the PeopleSoft Student Records System. Current functionality will be retained: students will still have the ability to access their own degree audit reports over the Web, and staff will now have access to students' reports, as well as the ability to access exception processing for students.
Since the new system is from the same vendor as the old, file structures and processing is very similar, making conversion and implementation simpler.
Installation of the hardware and software is the first major step. After that, existing files will be converted (using vendor-provided conversion programs) and new processing programs will be written and tested. Because staff and students are already familiar with how the system and reports are structured, training needs are expected to be minimal and will be addressed as needed.
Work on the transition has already begun. Projected plans have been drafted, and system testing is scheduled to occur in late summer. Implementation is targeted for October 2002, in time for spring semester 2003 registration and before implementation of PeopleSoft 8.0 in February 2003.
The project team is
made up of Twin Cities staff from the Office of Admissions, the Office
of the Registrar, Applications Development and Maintenance, Central
Computing Operations, and Web Development. Project co-sponsors are Susan
Van Voorhis, Wayne Sigler, Kari Branjord, and Mark Powell.
[UMC local contact is Jeff Sperling, Enterprise Coordinator]
--reprinted from The Record, February 2002, Vol. 26, No. 2,
Student Services Communications, Office of University Relations,
University of Minnesota
Athletics Awards Social Set for April 18
UMC student athletes and their accomplishments will be acknowledged at the annual Athletics Awards Social, scheduled for Thursday, April 18, starting at 6 p.m. in Brown Dining Room. If you have questions, please contact Stephanie Helgeson.
Teambacker
Fun Night Set for April 26
The Seventh Annual Teambacker Fun
Night will be held on Friday, April 26, at the Crookston Eagles Club.
Tickets are $35 per person and include choice of prime rib or walleye
dinner. The social begins at 6 p.m.; dinner at 6:30; and games at
7:30. Following the games, a dance will round out the evening. Tickets
are available at Eagle Drug, Bruun’s for Men, Crookston National Bank,
KROX, and Bremer Bank, or you can contact any Teambacker member or
University Relations.
This event is one of the group’s major fundraising activities of the year. Over $3,000 in cash and prizes will be given away throughout the evening. All proceeds are donated to UMC for athletic scholarships.
University Senate/Faculty Senate/Campus Assembly Meetings March 28
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, March 28, 2002. Be aware that all items, except those marked only as Assembly, pertain to coordinate campus senators.
The full meeting agenda can be found on the web at the following URL:
http://www1.umn.edu/usenate/u_senate/020328agenda.html
CONCURRENT MEETING OF:
THE UNIVERSITY SENATE
THE FACULTY SENATE
THE TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY
Thursday, March 28, 2002
2:30 to 5:00 p.m.
305 Selvig Hall—Crookston Campus
Agenda includes:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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MINUTES FOR DECEMBER 6, 2001 (Action)
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TRIBUTE TO DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY
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ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSES TO SENATE AND ASSEMBLY ACTIONS (Information)
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CLERK OF THE ASSEMBLY REPORT - Assembly Committee on Committees Election Results (Information for the Faculty Assembly)
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SENATE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE - Exemptions to the Secrecy in Research Policy (Information for the University Senate)
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FACULTY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE/SENATE FINANCE AND PLANNING COMMITTEE - Statement on Twin Cities Intercollegiate Athletics (Information for the University Senate)
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SENATE FINANCE AND PLANNING COMMITTEE - Statement on Intercollegiate Athletics (Information for the University Senate)
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SENATE FINANCE AND PLANNING COMMITTEE - Statement on Tuition Banding Model (Information for the University Senate)
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SENATE FINANCE AND PLANNING COMMITTEE - Statement on OIT Charge (Information for the University Senate)
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON STUDENT AFFAIRS - Resolution on the 13-credit Minimum Policy (Information for the University Senate)
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SENATE SOCIAL CONCERNS COMMITTEE - Statement on Mount Graham (Information for the University Senate)
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SENATE/FACULTY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE REPORT
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SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONAL POLICY - Policy on Mid-term Alerts (Action by the University Senate)
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UNIVERSITY SENATE RULES AMENDMENT - Ex Officio Membership (Action by the University Senate)
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UNIVERSITY SENATE BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Rules for Committees of the University Senate (Action by the University Senate)
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TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Rules for Committees of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly (Action by the Twin Cities Campus Assembly)
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UNIVERSITY SENATE BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Membership on Committees of the University Senate (Action by the University Senate)
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TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Membership on Committees of the Twin Cities Campus Assembly (Action by the Twin Cities Campus Assembly)
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UNIVERSITY SENATE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT - Allocation of Functions and Powers (Action by the University Senate)
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UNIVERSITY SENATE BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Student Senate Consultative Committee (Action by the University Senate)
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UNIVERSITY SENATE BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Rules for Committees of the University Senate (Action by the University Senate)
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TWIN CITIES CAMPUS ASSEMBLY BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Rules for Committees of he Twin Cities Campus Assembly (Action by the Twin Cities Campus Assembly)
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UNIVERSITY SENATE BYLAWS AMENDMENT - Student Senate Consultative Committee membership (Discussion by the University Senate)
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PRESIDENT'S REPORT
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QUESTIONS TO THE PRESIDENT
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FACULTY CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE - Faculty Development Leave Policy Information for the Faculty Senate)
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FACULTY ASSEMBLY STEERING COMMITTEE - Slate for the Faculty Consultative Committee Elections (Information for the Faculty Senate)
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OLD BUSINESS
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NEW BUSINESS
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ADJOURNMENT
The full meeting agenda can be found on the web at the following URL:
http://www1.umn.edu/usenate/student_senate/020328stuagenda.html
MEETING OF THE STUDENT SENATE
Thursday, March 28, 2002
11:30 a.m. to 12:55 p.m.
305 Selvig Hall—UMC Campus
Agenda includes:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 21, 2002 (Action)
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ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSES TO STUDENT SENATE ACTIONS (Information)
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STUDENT SENATE CHAIR REPORT
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STUDENT SENATE VICE CHAIR REPORT
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STUDENT SENATE CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORT
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CAMPUS REPORTS
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ACADEMIC PROFESSIONAL REPRESENATION ON SENATE/ASSEMBLY COMMITTEES - Discussion with Randy Croce
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DISCUSSION WITH PRESIDENT YUDOF
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UNIVERSITY SENATE BYLAW CHANGES - Student Senate Consultative Committee Membership (Action)
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ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATIONAL POLICY - 13 Credit Policy (Action by the Twin Cities Student Assembly)
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OLD BUSINESS
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NEW BUSINESS
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ADJOURNMENT
--Becky Hippert, University Senate
This Week’s Special Dates
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 Saturday, March 30, in
its regular 8:45 a.m. time slot. Tune in to learn about the STC Club
with UMC scientific and technical communication major Joe Karas.
This edition of 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>
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