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Volume 21, Number 37, May 15, 2002
Calendar
News Items
Bulletin Schedule for
Summer
This is the last weekly edition of the UMC Weekly
Bulletin for this academic year. Over the next three months there
will be three “Summer News” issues. Here is the scheduled release
date with submission deadline dates in parentheses.
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June 7 (deadline, June 5)
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July 3 (deadline, July 1)
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July 29 (deadline, July 26)
Please submit all items for Summer News to Andrew Svec at <asvec@mail.crk.umn.edu>.
SPECIAL NOTE: If you would prefer to receive a printed version of Summer News sent to your home address, please let me know. Otherwise the URL will be sent to your current campus e-mail address the same way it is now done with the “regular” Weekly Bulletin.
The UMC Weekly Bulletin will resume
weekly publication on Wednesday, August 21, 2002. Deadline for
submission for that edition is noon on Tuesday, August 20, 2002.
--Andrew Svec, Director of Communications
Summer Voice Mail Messages
Faculty and staff who are on 9
and 10-month contracts are reminded to create a new message for their
voice mail messaging system. If you do not plan to be on campus often
or do not plan to check your voice mail messages from home, please leave
a message that states so and provide a forwarding phone number of a
faculty or staff person who can take incoming calls. You may also want
to leave your personal forwarding summer phone number. A possible
example of such a message would be:
“Hi you’ve reached the voice mail of Jane Doe at UMC. During the summer I will not be checking my voice mail messages on a regular basis. If you need immediate assistance, please contact John Doe at extension XXXX or dial 0 for the campus switchboard. [Optional: If you need to contact me personally, you can try my home number, 281-XXXX]. I will be back on campus full-time on August XX. Have a great summer.”
Jr. High
Music Fest May 15
UMC will host its Tenth Annual
Regional Junior High Music Festival on Wednesday, May 15. Junior high
musicians from approximately ten area schools will take part in the
day-long performance festival. The event begins at 9 a.m. and will be
held in Bede Ballroom and Lysaker Gym. Contact George French at
281-8266 for more information.
Faculty and Staff Fund Drive
The
Annual UMC Faculty and Staff Fund Drive is on! Our goal this year is to
have the highest participation rate among the University of Minnesota
campuses. Please look for the fund drive information in your campus
mail. Complete the necessary form, and return it to the Development
Office as soon as possible. We are looking to have this stage of the
drive wrapped up by June 1. Prizes will be given to the individuals
that get their forms in first, so give early and give often.
Also, look for daily Fund Drive Trivia coming soon. Yes, there will be prizes. Yes, chocolate is involved.
Thank you in advance for your support. If
you have any questions on how you can support your UMC, please
give us a call at 8434.
--Mike Meyer, Director of Development
May 15 Graduation Ceremony at Marvin Windows
and Doors
UMC will celebrate a U of M
System first on Wednesday, May 15, with an evening graduation ceremony
for the first five graduates of the Bachelor of Manufacturing program
offered on-site at Marvin Windows and Doors in Warroad, Minnesota.
These five graduates are completing the first off-campus undergraduate
degree program in the University system. Regent Bob Bergland will
attend the event. UMC began offering the program at Marvin Windows in
1999. Students earn 15 credits per year in courses taught by UMC
faculty at the Warroad plant. Twenty-five students are currently
enrolled in the degree program. For more information contact Jane Sims,
Center for Adult Learning,
jsims@mail.crk.umn.edu or 218-281-8679.
Summer Bookstore Hours
For the summer, the Bookstore is
open Monday through Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. or by
appointment. I am here from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Thursday; however, the Bookstore may be closed other than from 11:30
a.m. to 1:30 p.m. as I may be at meeting. The Bookstore is open
additional hours for registration and various summer camps. Regular
hours resume August 19, 2002. Have a good summer!
--Leela Hier, UMC Bookstore Manager
Commencement Thank You
I want to express my sincere
appreciation for all of the work, hours, and energy that went into the
commencement ceremony on Saturday. To all the committee members a
special note of thanks. Sitting on the stage looking out over the
students and faculty, one very clearly becomes aware of the level of
dedication and personal contact that makes UMC a very special place for
our students. As the 2001-2002 academic year comes to a close, I want
to thank you for all that you do as a part of this academic community.
--Doug Knowlton, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Upcoming Special Dates
Birthdays
May 22 – Stephanie Helgeson
May 23 – Barney Selzler
May 23 – Jennifer Johnson
May 29 – Maxine Rasmussen
May 30 – Steve Hannah
June 3 – Soo-Yin Lim-Thompson
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 continue to air on KROX Radio 1260 AM Saturdays
during the summer in its regular 8:45 a.m. time slot.
Tune in Saturday, May 18, to hear John Loegering, Assistant Professor of
Natural Resources—Wildlife Management, discuss birding and several
regional birding festivals. This
edition of Insight will be hosted by Andrew Svec, UMC Director of
Communications.
Tune in Saturday, May
25, to hear Mark Huglen, Assistant Professor of Communications, discuss
his new book Poetic Healing, which he coauthored with Basil B.
Clark. The book recounts a Vietnam veteran’s journey from a
communications perspective. This edition of Insight will be hosted by Andrew Svec, UMC
Director of Communications.
New this year, UMC Insight will continue to air through the summer in its regular Saturday timeslot, but the program will focus on regional nature-based recreation and wildlife topics. John Loegering and David Arscott, both of whom are involved with the Nature Northwest Project, will host UMC Insight for twelve weeks during June 1-August 17. Thanks to KROX 1260 AM for working with UMC on this project.
UMC Insight will return to its traditional, UMC-related topic format on Saturday, August 24.
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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