Volume 22, Number 37, May 14, 2003
Calendar
News Items
Academic Advisement and
Registration Continues May 13-16, June 9
Academic Advisement and
Registration is coming up once again. May 13-16 and June 9 are the
scheduled dates. Please follow the link, <www.umcrookston.edu/campusinfo/wkbulletin/02-03/AARSchedule.pdf>,
to see the schedule.
--Katie Olson, Admissions and Financial Aid Representative
End of Year Faculty and Staff
Celebration May 15
All faculty and staff members of
the University community—UMC, NWROC, Extension, NGP Inc., AURI, RSVP,
VolunTEAM, VTP, and Retirees, and spouses—are invited to attend the end
of the year campus celebration. The event is scheduled for 4 to 5:30
p.m. on Thursday, May 15, at the Peterson Gazebo on the campus mall
(rain site: Brown Dining Room). The awards program to honor our
outstanding employees will begin at 4 p.m., with dinner to follow. At
5:30 p.m., the celebration will move to Brown Dining Room for dessert
and to honor Don and Mary Beth Sargeant for their contributions to UMC.
A short program is planned.
The theme for the celebration is “Thanks for the Memories.” Faculty and staff are encouraged to scour their scrapbooks and photo albums for fun University photos from the past. Send your photos to Andrew Svec or Peg Sherven and be sure to put your name on the back so they can be returned after they’re scanned.
Don and Mary Beth
Sargeant Community Recognition Event June 6
A community event
to recognize the contributions Chancellor Don Sargeant and his wife Mary
Beth have made to the UMC campus and the Crookston Community is
scheduled for Friday, June 6. Plans are underway to have Crookston
Mayor Don Osborne declare June 6 Don and Mary Beth Sargeant Day. That
evening a social and dinner by invitation will be held with reception at
5 p.m. at the Peterson Gazebo on the campus mall followed by dinner at 6
p.m. in Brown Dining Room and a program. At 9:30 p.m. all members of
the campus and Crookston communities are welcome to attend a dance in
the Sargeants honor to be held at the Northland Inn of Crookston. We
want to thank the Sargeants for the multiple contributions to our campus
and community over the past 33 years!
Heart of the Valley Golf Tournament June 13 in Ada
Mark your calendars for Friday, June 13, when UMC Teambackers will sponsor the annual Heart of the Valley Golf Tournament at Heart of the Valley Golf Course in Ada, Minnesota. All UMC faculty, staff, students, alumni, and community members are welcome! This tournament is a five-person scramble featuring up to 18 teams. The $40 per person entry fee includes green fees, pre-tournament brunch, post-tournament social and all contests (entry fee does not include golf cart). Brunch begins at 11 a.m., with tee-off beginning at 1 p.m. Post-tournament social begins at 7 p.m. at the Ada VFW. For more info or to register contact Steve Olson at 218-281-8419.
Also mark your calendars for these other UMC summer golf events:
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UMC Teambackers Golf Classic - Saturday, July 19, Minakwa Golf Club, Crookston, MN
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Mark Olsonawski Golf Tournament - Tuesday, July 29, Two Rivers Golf Club, Hallock MN
Visit <www.umcrookston.edu/people/alumni/alumnigolf>.
Reserve
Textbooks Online by August 15
Reserve your summer and fall
textbooks online at <http://bookstore.crk.umn.edu/>
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Get more used books (reserved books are bagged before students return)
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Pick up at the UMC Bookstore or have them sent to your home
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Convenient—no waiting in line
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May return textbooks by September 15, 2003 for a full refund
The deadline for fall textbook reservations is August 15, 2003. Reserved textbooks need to be picked up by Sunday, August 31. For more information contact Leela Hier at the UMC Bookstore, 109 Robertson Hall, 218-281-8335, or email lhier@mail.crk.umn.edu.
VolunTEAM Update
If you’re interested in learning
more about our projects or the Crookston VolunTEAM in general, please
contact Mike in the VolunTEAM office (Dowell 112) at 281-8526 or
chris282@umcrookston.edu. Or, simply visit <www.volunteam.org>.
Accolades
Hilary Bertsch,
program associate, Center for Adult Learning, and Michelle
Christopherson, assistant to the director, Center for Agriculture
and Natural Resources, will present at Classrooms of the Future IX,
Tuesday, May 20, at Augsburg College in Minneapolis. The conference is
billed as a day of presentations, workshops, and discussions about
issues and applications of technology in instructional settings in
higher education.
Hilary will present
“Online vs. Classroom-based Learning: What are students saying?” The
presentation will highlight the results of a recent study looking at the
student experience with online vs. classroom-based courses and how students are impacted by what they experienced.
Michelle will discuss the
design and development of an online course, AgEc 2530 “Professional
AgriSelling,” delivered via the learning management system WebCT and
using interactive learning games, performance and non-performance-based
testing.
Special Dates
Birthdays
May 22 – Stephanie Helgeson
May 23 – Jennifer Johnson Ganyo
May 23 – Barney Selzler
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.
Bulletin
Schedule for Summer
This 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 17, to hear the plans of some of our recent graduates,
hosted by Andrew Svec, UMC Director of Communications.
UMC
Bulletin
The UMC Bulletin is posted at:
<http://www.umcrookston.edu/campusinfo/wkbulletin/bulletin.htm>