Volume 22, Number 35, April 30, 2003
Calendar
News Items
Finalists Announced in Chancellor Search
Four finalists have been
selected in the search for a new chancellor at UMC. The chair of the
UMC Chancellor Search Committee, Robert J. Jones, who serves as Vice
President and Executive Vice Provost at the University of Minnesota’s
Twin Cities Campus, made the announcement to the campus on the
afternoon of Friday, April 25.
In the next two weeks each finalist will interview with University of Minnesota officials on the Twin Cities campus and will then visit the Crookston campus. During that visit, the finalists will meet with various campus and community groups and will attend a public forum including a public presentation and a question and answer session.
The finalists include:
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John M. Anderson, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Alfred State College, Alfred, New York
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Velmer S. Burton, Jr., Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of Sociology at North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota.
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Ellen Earle Chaffee, President of Valley City State University, Valley City, North Dakota
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Ben E. Johnson, President of Peru State College, Peru, Nebraska
The UMC visit schedule is as follows:
Wednesday, April 30 – Ben Johnson
Public forum: 1 to 2 p.m., Youngquist AuditoriumFriday, May 2 – John Anderson
Public forum: 1 to 2 p.m., Youngquist AuditoriumTuesday, May 6 – Ellen Chaffee
Public forum: 1 to 2 p.m., Youngquist AuditoriumWednesday, May 7 – Velmer Burton
Public forum: 1 to 2 p.m., Youngquist Auditorium
Vitae (including a resume) of the finalists will be available for review by faculty, staff, and students in the three academic center offices, the Academic Affairs Office, the Student Affairs Office, the Center for Adult Learning, and the Library.
Tai Chi
Session May 3
Connie
Mack will be on campus in the Lysaker Gymnasium, Saturday, May 3, from 9
to 10:30 a.m. offering a unique experience for all students, faculty,
and staff to participate in a Tai Chi session. Tai Chi has numerous
benefits, a few of which include stress reduction, better focus and
concentration, improved strength and memory, and an enhanced immune
system. All are welcomed to join in this wonderful opportunity. A
light breakfast will follow. This is our way of assisting you with the
upcoming finals week. The event is sponsored by Campus Ministry,
Student Activities, and Student Health. Contact Chris Boike, ext. 8516,
or Stacey Grunewald, ext. 8512, for more information.
Senior Music Minor
Recital May 3, 4
The UMC Music Department will
present the First Annual Senior Music Minor Recital this weekend in
Kiehle Auditorium. Performances are scheduled for Saturday, May 3, at 7
p.m. and Sunday, May 4, at 2 p.m.
A wide variety of musical styles with appeal to all ages will be offered including vocal, violin, piano, clarinet, and guitar solos. Each performance is crafted to reflect each performer’s individual style. Most of the performers are involved with UMC’s music minor.
Performers will include: David Bina of Crookston; Matthew Bower of Puyallup, Wash.; Paul Feakes of Motley; Dave Fulkerson of Kingsport, Tenn.; Andrew Hinrichs of Eagle Bend; Tom Lindo of Mequon, Wisc.; Rebecca Locke of Bemidji; Chanel Myers of Crookston; Ciara Myers of Crookston; Erin Potter of Springfield; Michelle Ramstad of Crookston; and Whitney Reitmeier of Fertile. Special guest performers will include University of Minnesota, Duluth students Kurt Detloff and Kristin Halverson.
Cash Paid
for Your Books May 5-9
Bring your textbooks to the UMC
Bookstore, 109 Robertson, between 8:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. Monday through
Friday, May 5-9, for an opportunity to sell them for cash.
Soup Day and Tutor
Appreciation May 5
Come to Owen 270 for soup at 11
a.m. and study for finals in a relaxed atmosphere. Assistance will be
available in any subject.
Help us celebrate our wonderful tutors at a cake and snacks tutor appreciation beginning at 2 p.m. in Owen 270.
UMC’s Bachelor of
Manufacturing Management to Graduate
Thirteen May 6
Commencement ceremonies for the
2003 class of graduates from UMC’s on-site college degree program
offered at Marvin Windows and Doors will be held Tuesday, May 6, at 7
p.m. at Warroad High School. During the ceremony, degrees will be
conferred upon 13 Marvin employees who have completed the Bachelor of
Manufacturing Management Degree.
Five additional students who have completed associate in applied science degrees on-site through Northwest Technical College (NTC) will also take part in the ceremonies. The May 6 ceremonies at Warroad mark the first time that the University of Minnesota, Crookston and the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system will hold a joint graduation in an off-campus location. NTC is part of MnSCU.
Salute
to Graduates Sale through May 10
The UMC Bookstore is holding a
“Salute to Graduates Sale” now through May 10 in 109 Robertson. Stop in
between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. to take advantage of the following sale
prices:
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20% off new Spring shorts & pants
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20% off sweatshirts & hoods
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15% off UMC giftware
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up to 50% off clearance items
--Leela Hier, UMC Bookstore
Employee
of the Semester
Attached to the electronic issue
of the bulletin is the CS/BU Employee of the Semester, Spring Semester
2003
nomination form. Please take a few moments to consider your nominee
and return the form to me by Friday, May 9. If you have nominated
someone in the past that you would like to re-nominate, give me a call
at 281-8330 and I’ll pull that form.
--Karen Murphy
UMC
Commencement Set for Saturday, May 10
Commencement ceremonies for the
UMC Class of 2003 will be held Saturday, May 10, at 2 p.m. in Lysaker
Gym. 130 students are expected to take part in the ceremonies. Regent
David Metzen will bring greetings from the Board of Regents. Chancellor
Don Sargeant will provide the address for the graduating class as this
will be his final commencement as chancellor.
Mark Erickson ’98, president of the UMC Alumni Association (UMCAA), will offer congratulatory remarks from the UMCAA, and Jean Korkowski, president of the Crookston Student Association (CSA), will speak on behalf of the class of 2003 before passing the academic torch to CSA president-elect Kyle Rollness.
Immediately following the ceremonies a reception will be help in Brown Dining Room for all graduates and their families. The campus community is invited to attend.
At 4 p.m. that afternoon a special commissioning and bar pinning ceremony will be held in Youngquist Auditorium for three graduates taking part in the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC). Officials from Detachment 610 will present commissions to David Fulkerson, Mark Hendricks, and Aaron Muller, who will have earned the rank of second lieutenants in the United States Air Force. All friends, family, faculty and staff are invited to attend.
Requesting Assistance with List of Assessment Activities
Over the next month the
Assessment Committee will be putting together a report that needs to be
filed with the Higher Learning Commission on UMC’s ongoing assessment
activities. We have a number of things to report including the work
that many faculty have done as part of the Bush Grant Cohort Program.
We need a number of examples where faculty have done some type of
assessment and then used the data to inform or adapt their teaching.
I would really
appreciate a brief description of any assessment activities that you may
have done in your class and its impact on your teaching, and thus the
learning, of your students. This doesn’t need to be anything lengthy,
but a short description would be most helpful. You can send them to me.
Thanks for your help on this project.
--Doug Knowlton, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
Study
Abroad Update
Study Abroad Newsletters were
recently placed in faculty mailboxes. Additional copies can be picked
up in Hill 9 or you can view it as a PDF at:
<http://www.umcrookston.edu/people/services/studyabroad/news/index.htm>.
The following students will be studying abroad this summer and received scholarship funding from the Bush Grant Curriculum Integration project:
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Alison Stone – Russia
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Gavin Leake – Ireland
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Wanda Clark – Ireland
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Nathan Saete – France
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Theresa Wortel – Australia
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Casey English – Costa Rica (internship)
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Susan Boeddeker – Germany (MAST program)
Further, the following students are in the process of applying or have already been accepted to study abroad during the Fall 2003 semester:
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Laura Anderson – Italy
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John Oketch – Ghana
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Justin Petrich – Japan
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Jessica Pomada – Scotland
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Nathan Moe – Spain
Any students interested
in studying abroad should please contact Rae French or me in Hill 9.
Thanks.
--Steve Shirley
ITC
Summer Technology Camps
The UMC Instructional Technology
Center (ITC) will offer the following Summer Technology Camps from May
to August.
WebCT
WebCT Camp for Novice Designers (2 days)
WebCT Camp for Intermediate Designers (2 days)
Graphics & Web
Development
Flash MX Camp (2 days)
Dreamweaver MX and Fireworks MX Camp (2 days)
Graphics Design Camp with PhotoShop, Illustrator, and Paint Shop Pro (2
days)
CD-ROM Authoring and
Publication
Toolbook Instructor Camp (2 days)
Online Pedagogy and
Learning Technologies
E-Learning Camp (3 days)
Videos
Digital Video Camp (2 days)
Office
Office 2003 (New MS Office) Workshop
Please e-mail me dates
that are absolutely NOT good for you. We want to create a schedule that
meets everyone's needs.
Feel free to suggest other
training workshops. Many thanks!
--Dan Lim, Director, Instructional Technology Center
VolunTEAM Update
This week’s featured Crookston VolunTEAM project can be found at the
Golden Link Senior Center, where a used IBM computer was recently
donated. Dee Myerchin, Golden Link director, is seeking a volunteer to
provide some advice and technical assistance so the computer can be used
to its full potential. If you’re interested in helping out, contact
Myerchin at 281-3072.
If you’re interested in learning more about this project or the Crookston VolunTEAM, please contact Mike in the VolunTEAM office (Dowell 112) at 281-8526 or chris282@umcrookston.edu. Or, simply visit <www.volunteam.org>.
Accolades
Congratulations to Pam Holsinger-Fuchs and Eric Burgess
for being accepted into the UND Educational Leadership Ph.D. program.
They will be starting courses in June.
James Thomasson, associate professor of philosophy, has received a
2003 Northwest Arts Advocate Award from the Northwest Regional Arts
Council. He was presented with the honor at the artist reception held
on April 6 for the Northwest Minnesota Art Exhibition. In addition to
the award, Thomasson was presented with a $500 cash award.
Jane Sims, director of UMC’s Center for Adult Learning, has been selected as one of twenty participants for the 2003-2004 President’s Emerging Leaders Program. Over twelve months this group will take part in a series of programs aimed at fostering a broad perspective of the University as an enterprise as well as promoting skill development that enhances leadership effectiveness. The program is offered to a new cohort each year and provides a structured but flexible development opportunity for selected high potential P & A, Civil Service, and Bargaining Unit staff to further prepare them to provide significant leadership within the University of Minnesota system.
Cathy Behr of Willmar and Jay Tupa of Fargo were named UMC's
Student-Athletes of the Year for 2002-2003 at the Athletics Awards
Reception, held Monday, April 21. Criteria for the award include
excellence in their respective sport or sports and a 3.2 cumulative GPA
or higher.
Congratulations
to UMC student Dan Oberg, who was named Resident Advisor (RA) of
the Year for 2002-03 by the UMC Office of Residential Life.
Special Dates
Birthdays
April 30 – Peg Sherven
April 30 – Del Roelofs
April 30 – George Marx
May 2 – Bonnie Boyle
May 7 – Rae 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@mail.crk.umn.edu and/or Sue Dwyer at sdwyer@mail.crk.umn.edu. Thanks.
UMC
Publications Summer Schedule
Staff in UMC’s Publications
Department will soon be leaving for summer break. All faculty and staff
making use of the department’s printing, duplicating, and design
services are encouraged consult the staffing schedule below when
planning their on-campus printing and publications. We have tried to
stagger the leave and return times to help office coverage. Thanks for
your consideration.
Sue Dwyer
Last day in the office: Friday, May 23
Return date: Monday, August 11Patti Tiedemann
Last day in the office: Friday, May 9
Return date: Monday, August 4Linda Wilkens
Last day in the office: Friday, June 13
Return date: Monday, August 4
--Andrew Svec, Director of Communications
Bulletin
Schedule for Summer
The May 14 edition of the UMC
Weekly Bulletin will be the last weekly edition for this academic year.
Over the next three months there will be three “Summer News” issues.
Following is the scheduled release date with submission deadline dates
in parentheses.
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June 6 (deadline, Wednesday, June 4)
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July 2 (deadline, Monday, June 30)
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July 28 (deadline, Wednesday, July 25)
Please submit all items for Summer News to Andrew Svec at asvec@mail.crk.umn.edu. The UMC Weekly Bulletin will resume weekly publication on Wednesday, August 20, 2003. Deadline for submission for that edition is noon on Tuesday, August 19.
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, May 3, to hear an interview hosted by Andrew Svec, UMC
Director of Communications.
UMC
Bulletin
The UMC Bulletin is posted at:
<http://www.umcrookston.edu/campusinfo/wkbulletin/bulletin.htm>
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Draft – Marching Order, Commencement 2003