Volume 21, Number 17, December 12, 2001
Calendar
News Items
Holidays Around the World December
12
In order to foster campus awareness and appreciation of cultural
diversity, the UMC Multicultural and International Club will host a
special What’s on Wednesday (W.O.W.) event “Holidays Around the World”
on Wednesday, December 12, starting at 8 p.m. in Bede Lounge. Club
members will serve a variety of goodies such as coffee, Indian tea,
hot chocolate, ethnic food and cakes, as well as music and different
kind of films from different countries. This activity offers the UMC
community a taste of the exciting realm of the food, music, dance, and
video popular in the home countries of international students
currently attending UMC.
Christmas
Concert
December 13
Students involved with the Music and Theater Department and
Cooperative Campus Ministry will host their annual Christmas concert
Thursday, December 13, at 7:30 p.m. in Bede Ballroom. Admission is free and
those attending can enjoy hot cider and holiday treats. The event will
feature readings from students from Campus Ministry as well as musical
selections from the UMC Band, the UMC Choir, the UMC Chamber Singers,
along with special soloists and friends.
Annual Staff Potluck Set for December
21
The annual campus community employee
seasonal celebration potluck dinner will be held on Friday, December 21,
from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in Morsels, Sahlstrom Conference Center.
All faculty and staff are invited including UMC,
NWROC, Minnesota Extension (Polk County, Area and
District), Valley Technology Park and AURI also. All are encouraged to bring any food
items they wish. Food should be brought to Morsels at 11:00 a.m.
Refrigerators and ovens are available in the kitchen and hookups for
crock pots are also available.
Anyone who would like to take part in the White Elephant Gift Exchange should bring a “white elephant” gift of garage sale quality. If you bring a gift, you'll get a number. Once your number's drawn, you select your gift--either from the tree or you can steal from someone else! It's really quite fun! The gift exchange will start at noon.
Faculty and staff are also encouraged to bring nonperishable food items for the local food bank. Please join us for some fun and fellowship!
Spring
Institute of Instructional Technology in January 2002
The Center for Adult Learning and
Instructional Technology Center will be jointly conducting the Spring
Institute of Instructional Technology in January. It will run between
January and June. Two courses will be offered: ITC510 Introduction to
Instructional Technology and ITC520 Instructional Design and
Development.
The onsite sessions of the Spring Institute will be on January 7-8, 2002. The distance modules consisting of synchronous and asynchronous formats will be delivered over the web from January 9 to June 30, 2002. The two courses can be applied to the Master's degree at University of St. Thomas. We are also seeking some graduate credit equivalent from some entities within the U of M system. Contact Jane Sims at the Center for Adult Learning for details.
U of M Multi-College Student
Technology Experience Report
In the spring of 2001 the U of M, Twin Cities’ Digital Media Center
(DMC) and several colleges surveyed students (from a 1100 student
sample) to determine the impact of instructional technology (IT) on
their education. The survey was conducted to provide administrators and
faculty and information technology staff members with data that can
guide the University's use and support of IT.
The survey report is available online at http://dmc.umn.edu/about/student-eval/student-eval.shtml. This report may be of interest to faculty and staff working within UMC’s technology-rich environment and, perhaps, to faculty and staff working with technology assessment issues.
Holiday Greetings from the Sahlstroms
Mil and I would like to offer season’s greetings to all faculty,
staff, and students at UMC. We offer best wishes for a very happy
holiday season and for a new year filled with only good things!
--Stanley Sahlstrom, Regent Emeritus and UMC Founding Provost
Holiday Values Sale
at UMC Bookstore
Shop for the holidays at the UMC Bookstore, 119 Bede, through
December 21. Enjoy these great values:
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20% off* one UMC sweatshirt, hood or sweater with every donation of a can good item (donations will go to the Crookston Care & Share) *excluding discontinued items
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30% off T-shirts
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30% off polos
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30% off long sleeve tees – jersey style and dark oxford mock turtles
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20% off new line of children’s clothing
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20% off hats, ties, socks, mittens and knit caps
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20% off fleece wear – jackets and pullovers
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20% off Novelty gifts – Dreamsicles, stuffed animals, frames
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15% off UMC giftware – mugs, glasses, key chains
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15% off UMC 24K collection – watches, pins, pendants
--Leela Hier, Program Director, UMC Bookstore
Cash for Your
Books
The textbook buy back at the UMC Bookstore will run five days: Friday,
December 14 and Monday-Thursday, December 17-20. Bring your textbooks
to 119 Bede Hall between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.
--Leela Hier,
Program Director, UMC Bookstore
This Week’s Special Dates
Birthdays
December 16 - Lloyd Brokaw
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,
December 15, at 8:45 a.m. on KROX Radio 1260 AM. Tune in to hear UMC
staff person Laurie Wilson and student Luciana Forati talk about UMC
Ambassadors. This edition of UMC
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>