Volume 21, Number 12, November 7, 2001
Calendar
News Items
Haunted House Raises
$525
Student Residential Life Staff
and members of UMC’s Cooperative Campus Ministry raised $525 at their
annual Haunted House event on October 31. The money will be donated
to the American Red Cross and Habitat for Humanity. To see pictures
of the Haunted House and from the whole Halloween experience at UMC,
go to
www.umcrookston.edu/people/students/HauntedHouse01/index.htm.
Turkey Clothing Sale at
UMC Bookstore
The Turkey Clothing Sale at the
UMC Bookstore, 119 Bede Hall, continues through November 21, 2001.
Up
to 40% off*:
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UMC “turkey” clothing
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ticket price on discontinued items (red tags)
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selected children’s clothing
*pull a turkey feather for your discount
More savings include:
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30% off UMC t-shirts
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20% off UMC hats
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20% off UMC socks, mittens, knit caps
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20% off UMC ties
--Leela Hier, UMC Bookstore Manager
Dakota State University
Visit Nov. 9
A group of faculty
and staff from Dakota State University in Madison, SD, will visit UMC on
Friday, November 9, to learn about and discuss UMC’s technology
initiatives. Visit
www.dsu.edu to learn more about the college. The agenda is listed
below. Note that all meetings will take place in room 4 of Hill Hall.
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8:30 a.m. |
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Assessment Overview and Technology Applications – Dr. Doug Knowlton, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs |
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10:00 a.m. |
Break |
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10:15 a.m. |
Faculty Development – Dr. Dan Lim, Director of Instructional Technology Center |
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11:00 a.m. |
Technology and Instruction – Dr. Soo-Yin Lim Thompson, Early Childhood Education, Associate Professor |
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12:00 noon |
Lunch |
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1:00 p.m. |
Innovative Faculty
Technology Presentation |
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1:45 p.m. |
Distance Education – Jane Sims, Director of Center for Adult Learning |
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2:45 p.m. |
Internship and the Use of Technology – Dr. Phil Baird, Natural Resources, Associate Professor |
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3:15 p.m. |
Break |
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3:30 p.m. |
Financing the Use of Laptops – Dean McCleary, Vice Chancellor for Finance |
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4:00 p.m. |
Computing Services – Diane Moen, Chief Information Officer, Peggy Sherven, Help Desk Specialist, Steve Hannah, Network Specialist |
November 10 at the
Metrodome
Mark your calendars today for an
alumni social event at the Minneapolis Metrodome for November 10. A
seven-county area of UMC alumni have been invited to an alumni social on
Saturday, November 10, beginning at 5:00 p.m. following the UMC-Bemidji
State University football game. It will be held in the Halsey Hall
Room. Hors d’oeuvres will be served and a cash bar will be available.
We invite you to join us and take an opportunity to visit with UMC
alumni and friends. If you can attend, please let our office know to
help us make necessary arrangements. Thanks.
--Curt Almlie, Director, University Relations
Ash and Reuben Fast Horse
to Perform Nov. 15
Traditional Lakota
educators Ash and Reuben Fast Horse will host an evening of Native
American experiences at UMC on Thursday, November 15, at 7 p.m. in Bede
Ballroom. The event will feature traditional songs and dances,
drumming, flute playing, and storytelling. Reuben Fast Horse is
certified by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe the North Dakota State Board
of Education as an “Eminent Scholar.” The performance is sponsored by
UMC Concerts and Lectures.
Annual Thanksgiving Meal
Nov. 20
UMC Dining Services
will host its annual Thanksgiving meal on November 20 during the lunch
period. The meal will be offered in a buffet style setting. Hours will
be 10:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., and the cost will be one meal card swipe for
students and $5.75 for cash customers. The menu will include turkey,
ham, stuffing, mashed potatoes, gravy, candied yams, corn, green bean
casserole, cranberry sauce, dinner rolls, pumpkin pie, and cranberry
cobbler. Dining Services will not be offering any other menu items at
this meal.
Embryonic Stem Cell
Discussion Nov. 20
Campus Ministry is sponsoring a
panel discussion on the embryonic stem cell issue, Tuesday night,
November 20, at 7:30 p.m. in Bede Ballroom. Everyone is invited to
attend and hear Fr. Bob Schriener from the Cathedral; Rev. Daniel
Wolpert from the Presbyterian Church; Dr. Jim Thomasson, of the Ethics
Department at UMC; and Dr. Pam Elf, from the UMC Science Department.
Dr. Mark Hulgen will serve as the moderator for the evening. Campus
Ministry welcomes all high school students, religious education
programs, and adults interested in broadening their views on this
issue.
--Collette Conati, Coordinator, Cooperative Campus Ministry
Mini-Conference
on Technology Integration Nov. 29-30
The Instructional Technology
Center will host the Fall Mini-Conference on Technology Integration
November 29-30 during the lunch hour (12 noon to 1 p.m. on both days) in
Sahlstrom Conference Center, rooms A and B. There will be a total of
eight presentations. We have two openings for presentation. Let me
know if you need to present. Tom Mulvaney will give us a glimpse of the
UMC portal during the mini-conference. I will provide more details in
next week's "ITC This Week" edition.
--Dan Lim, Director, Instructional Technology Center
Legislative Action
for UMC’s Bede Project
Now is the time to contact your
legislators as they prepare for the 2002 session. Your calls to
advocate for the University of Minnesota, Crookston capital bonding
request will help sustain UMC's Bede Building Project. To find out more
about the Bede Building Project, you may refer to
webhome.crk.umn.edu/~nelson/institutional_information.htm and select
from:
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Bede Hall Replacement/Student Development Center
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Bede Student Development & Outreach Center; PowerPoint Presentation; September 2001
To find who your legislators are, how to
contact them, and information on the capital request, check out
www.umn.edu/govrel. Or, feel free to call me at the University
Relations Department, 281-8436.
--Curt Almlie, Director, University Relations
Portfolio and APAS
We are excited to inform you that
the new and improved Portfolio is available to the University
community. Portfolio is a web-based information management tool that
enables users to create, access, reflect upon, and share educational
records and documents demonstrating learning achievements. Every
faculty, staff, and student at the University of Minnesota has a
Portfolio account, which can be accessed at
https://portfolio.umn.edu/portfolio/.
The new version of Portfolio has a new look and feel, and it contains an up-to-date display of PeopleSoft student administration information (SAS). Students can check their education record, queue time, holds, cumulative and term GPA and other information from the student administration system. Advisers of record will have access to view demographic and educational records of their advisees from the SAS.
This project has been a collaborative effort of the UMD Office of Academic Support and Student Life, the Office of the Registrar, UMTC Center for Teaching and Learning Services, the Web Development Team, and the Portfolio Ad Hoc Advising Group.
To further enhance the available advising functionality, we are also providing students with access to their APAS reports via the web. This functionality is for students only; however, advisers can encourage their students to upload their APAS to their Portfolios and to share them with their advisers. This functionality is available as of October 31, 2001. Editor’s note: students can generate their own APAS via a link from UMC’s web registration website: www.umcrookston.edu/register/register.htm.
Website Accessibility
In case you have not already seen
the draft document, here is the website for the Accessibility of
Information Technology Policy draft:
http://cap.umn.edu/ait. When you get to the main page, click on the
policy button in the format that you prefer.
According to members of the TC committee now working on this document, UMC faculty and staff will have an opportunity to learn more and contribute to the document later this fall either via an ITV connection or a visit to campus by some of the committee members.
Please forward this site to anyone else that
I may have missed.
--Laurie Wilson,
Office for Students with Disabilities
Concerts and Lectures
Cosponsorships
UMC’s
Concerts and Lectures Committee has budgeted money for this academic
year to offer two or three cosponsorships (of roughly $300-$400 each)
for academic program-related speakers. Faculty and staff who are
interested in bringing a program-specific speaker to campus and who may
need additional money to make that happen are encouraged to submit a
proposal for cosponsorship to the Concerts and Lectures Committee. The
only stipulation would be that the speaker would then be open for the
entire campus community to attend his or her presentation. If you have
any questions, contact any member of the Concerts and Lectures
Committee. A membership list is available at the C&L website:
www.umcrookston.edu/people/org/concerts-lectures.
United
Way 2002
I would like to take this
opportunity to say thank you to all who have so generously given to this
year’s United Way, “Choose to Care.” We are close to fulfilling this
year’s goal due to your generosity.
For those of you who have not yet done so, we ash that you would consider a pledge to the United Way of Crookston. The money that you pledge will be used to help keep our community strong and well supported in the future. Each day I am thankful that I do not need to use the services which I am supporting, but I also realize that tomorrow may be different and I am happy to know that they are there for me if I need them.
The time is quickly approaching when we, UMC, are to turn in our completed packet. Cindy, Anne and Dennis would greatly appreciate your cooperation in bringing United Way 2002 to a successful conclusion by filling out your pledge card and getting it to the Business Office by the end of this week, which is Friday, November 9. Again, we would like to remind you that we would appreciate you turning in your pledge cards even if you chose not to contribute. This will allow us to know that everyone was contacted.
Thanks again, and have
a good week.
--Cindy Tyler, Anne Burke and Dennis Magsam
Accolades
Roger
Wagner, associate professor of
horticulture, has been awarded the Bronze Award from the Minnesota State
Horticultural Society for making a remarkable contribution to
horticulture that spans a significant period of time and that has had a
major impact on northern horticulture. Roger will be honored at the
state awards and recognition event held at the Minnesota State
Horticulture Society on December 8.
Mark
Huglen, assistant professor of speech communication, served
as a panelist for the presentation entitled “The Basic Course Online?:
Three Approaches to Online Instruction,” presented at the annual
convention of the National Communication Association (NCA) in Atlanta,
Georgia, November 1-4. The panel presentation was named “Top Panel” by
the NCA’s Basic Course Division. Huglen discussed “Teaching the Basic
Course Online” as part of the panel. Other panelists included Lawrence
W. Hugenberg (panel chair), Youngstown State University; Deanna D.
Sellnow, North Dakota State University; Lisa Goodnight, Purdue
University, Calumet; and Samuel P. Wallace, University of Dayton.
John
Loegering, assistant professor of natural resources-wildlife
management, has completed all certification requirements and has been
named a “Certified Wildlife Biologist” by The Wildlife Society. The
Society has sought to promote and strengthen professional standards in
all activities devoted to wildlife resources, and to that end it
developed the professional certification program. This certification
signifies expertise through education and experience and the ability to
represent the profession as an ethical practitioner.
Sarah (Wilson) Riewer has returned to UMC’s staff on a part-time basis to provide technology support in the ITC. She will assist faculty in WebCT development, graphics design, and web development. She works on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday of each week. She can be reached at 8381 or 8379.
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 Saturday, November 10, at 8:45 a.m. on KROX
Radio 1260 AM. Tune in to hear Nikki
Fiorini, Service Learning Coordinator,
and student Katherine Johnson talk about Random Acts of Kindness Week at
UMC and Students Together for Action Networking and Development (STAND).
This edition of UMC Insight is hosted by UMC student Dana Prudhomme.
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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