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Volume 22, Number 11, October 30, 2002
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Chancellor Search Committee
I want to thank members of the
Crookston campus who provided feedback to Vice President and
Chancellor Search Committee Chair Robert Jones during his visit to the
Crookston campus in September. Your thoughts and feedback about
search committee membership, the search process in general, and
characteristics needed in the next chancellor were invaluable. We
received an extensive list of nominations for committee members, any
of whom would have provided excellent service on the committee. While
making the final determination about search committee membership is
always a challenging endeavor, I attempted, with guidance from the
campus community, to strike a balance in representation from the
various internal and external campus constituencies. I should note
that UMC faculty, staff, and students will also have an opportunity to
participate in the search process by meeting with final candidates
during on-campus interviews. In the meantime, should you have
feedback regarding the search, please contact Vice President Jones or
any of the search committee members.
I am now pleased to announce the membership of the search committee
for the University of Minnesota, Crookston chancellor:
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Robert J. Jones, Vice President and Executive Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Programs, Search Committee Chair
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Cameron Brauer, UMC student
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Ken Broin, Member, UMC All-College Advisory Committee
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Susan Brorson, Professor, Marketing and Management and Program Manager, Business Management
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Pam Holsinger-Fuchs, Director, Student Activities and Service Learning
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Mark Huglen, Assistant Professor, Communication
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Larry Huus, Associate Professor and Program Manager, Accounting
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Jean Korkowski, President, Crookston Student Association
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Soo-Yin Lim-Thompson, Assistant Professor, Early Childhood Education and Management
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Andy Lopez, Professor of Computer Science, University of Minnesota, Morris
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Bill Peterson, Professor, Math and Chair, UMC Faculty Assembly
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Peggy Sherven, IT Professional, Computing Services
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Larry J. Smith, Associate Professor and Head, Northwest Research and Outreach Center
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W. Daniel Svedarsky, Professor, Natural Resources and Program Manager, Environmental and Natural Resource Management
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Calvin L. Walker, Assistant Dean, University of Minnesota Extension Service
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Pete Wasberg, Chair, Crookston Chamber of Commerce and Division Manager, Ottertail Power Company
This is an outstanding and talented group of individuals who will serve the Crookston campus community and the University of Minnesota well during the search process. The first search committee meeting will be held within the next couple of weeks and on-campus interviews of candidates will occur in mid-spring.
I look forward to conducting a successful
search and to appointing a chancellor who will continue the outstanding
legacy left by Chancellor Don Sargeant.
--Robert H. Bruininks, Interim President, University of Minnesota
Textbook Orders Due Wednesday, October 30
Just a reminder that textbook orders for Spring
Semester are due Wednesday, October 30, 2002. Textbook order forms were
distributed two weeks ago to Trish, Michelle, and Arlene. Let me know if
I may assist you with publisher sale rep contacts, new editions, etc.
Thanks you for your assistance.
--Leela Hier, UMC Bookstore
UMC
Haunted House October 31
UMC Residential Life and the
VolunTEAM will sponsor their annual Haunted House for one night only on
Thursday, October 31, in Bede Student Center. There will be two
“shifts” geared toward different age groups. From 5 to 6 p.m. admission
will be $2 per person, and the level of scariness will be appropriate
for grade school children. From 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. admission will be
$4 per person ($2 for UMC students with UCard), and the level of
scariness will move up to a “PG-13” level. All proceeds raised will go
to the Crookston Habitat for Humanity.
Regional
Health Sciences Briefing Set for November 22
On Friday, November 22, UMC will
host a special briefing for regional professionals and business and
civic leaders to assess regional health care workforce issues and
needs. The purpose of this activity, in concert with a feasibility
study, is to develop a comprehensive plan for meeting the health care
education needs within the area. Questions to be addressed include:
What is the nature of the problem? What are the resources available to
address the problem? What is the design to meet those needs? What
roles do the higher education institutions play?
Three major goals of the briefing are:
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To explore the extent to which the shortage in health care workers that is occurring nation-wide affects rural Northwest Minnesota.
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To provide an opportunity for local and regional health care employers, workers and residents to share their perceptions regarding the nature of the problem and possible means to address it.
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To identify creative solutions to meeting the shortages in health care workers.
Please mark this date
on your calendar. More information, including a detailed schedule for
the day, will be forthcoming.
--Jennifer Wilson, Director, UMC Health Sciences
News from
the UMC Library
The UMC Library has two new rooms
for use. They are located on the second floor of the library. One room
is a technology room, which has new desktop computers and a printer.
The other room is a new study room, which also has Ethernet jacks.
These rooms have a nice view overlooking the mall. Stop by and take a
look.
A reminder: If you want
to use the wireless connection in the library, you will need to do a
one-time fix to your computer. Please ask at the Help Desk or front
desk at the library if you need help. It only takes about 10 minutes.
--Owen Williams, Director of Library Services
Fall 2002
Enrollment Info
Two new reports have been posted
to the web.
UMC's Enrollment
by Program, Fall 2002 at:
http://webhome.crk.umn.edu/~nelson/enrlmnt/majors-fall2002.htm
and
Fall 2002 Enrollment (PowerPoint presentation)
at:
http://webhome.crk.umn.edu/~nelson/enrlmnt/EnrollFall02.ppt
The PowerPoint presentation will be given at the PIAC General Session at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, October 30 in Kiehle Auditorium. Let me know if you'd like either of these as the Excel or PowerPoint file.
An additional
enrollment report has been posted to the web at:
http://webhome.crk.umn.edu/~nelson/enrlmnt/ProgramEnoll95-02.htm. This
report is a summary of fall enrollment by program from 1995-2002.
All of these reports,
as well as additional institutional information can be accessed from my
webhome at:
http://webhome.crk.umn.edu/~nelson/
--Bob Nelson, Vice Chancellor for Student
Affairs and Registrar
Small Grant
Opportunity
The Center for Rural Policy and
Development is soliciting individual and collaborative projects lasting
generally six to twelve months across a range of topics and disciplines.
Application deadline is December 15, 2002. The Center has three areas
of emphasis for research projects.
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Emerging opportunities for agriculture in the 21st Century
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The higher education systems’ role in community and economic development
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Making rural Minnesota competitive in business location decision making.
The grant requests can be up to $10,000.
I have further
information in my office or you can receive an application by calling
the center at 507-389-2599 or e-mailing <marnie.werner@mnsu.edu>.
There is also a website to download an application: <www.ruralmn.org>.
--Doug Knowlton, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs
UCards
Now Available
If you need a replacement UCard,
or are a new faculty/staff member and have not yet been issued a card,
the UCard machine is now back on line! Our apologies for any
inconvenience caused while the system was upgraded.
UMC’s photo identification card is called the U Card, letting you check out library materials, gain admittance to athletic and other UMC events, and serves as your electronic meal card. Your first U Card is free. To get one, go to the Student One Stop Center, 170 Owen Hall, and bring your driver’s license or passport. U Card Office hours are 9 a.m. to noon, weekdays.
Report lost or stolen U Cards immediately by calling the U Card Office at 218-281-8548. If your U Card is lost, stolen, or damaged due to negligence, there is a $10.00 replacement fee. Lost U Cards that are turned in are destroyed for your protection. No replacement fee is charged in the event of a name change.
Bede Info
Desk Gets New Volunteer: “Grandma Edna”
Edna
Bendickson is the newest Bede Info Desk
Worker. She is not a typical info desk worker in that she is not a
student; she is an 81-year-old volunteer who formerly worked at the
local clinic and at Minnesota Job Corp in Crookston.
Pam Holsinger-Fuchs, Director of Student Activities and Service Learning, is excited about the prospects of having a “Campus Grandma.” She says, “We are trying to be intentional about intergenerational programs like this, and we would like to see if other offices across campus have needs where the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) volunteers can be involved and visible.”
“Grandma Edna” will work from 10 to 11:20 a.m. on Tuesdays and from 1 to 3 p.m. on Fridays beginning October 25.
VolunTEAM Update
This week’s featured Crookston VolunTEAM project is located at the Villa
St. Vincent Nursing Home, which is looking for people to help residents
get to rehabilitation appointments. Bev Brekken, the Villa’s volunteer
director, describes the need this way on
www.volunteam.org: Help residents to get to rehab and to help them
stay as independent as long as they can- Benefits for you including
getting some exercise, making a difference in someone's life, making a
new friend and getting snacks. It sounds like a rewarding project for a
student or an older member of the community. Brekken can be reached at
281-3424 or
babrekken@bhshealth.org.
The VolunTEAM is Crookston’s new volunteer clearinghouse, headquartered in Bede 106 at UMC. Local agencies and organizations in need of volunteers to get project(s) done are encouraged to visit www.volunteam.org, click “Register a Project” and describe their need using as much detail as possible. One simple click later, and the project will be on the site for potential volunteers to see.
In September, a UMC chapter of this new, community-wide volunteer clearinghouse, the UMC VolunTEAM Club, was born. Upcoming projects include helping an elderly woman rake her yard before the snow flies, and assisting a single mother as she moves to a new home.
Interested in learning more about the Crookston VolunTEAM or UMC VolunTEAM Club? Call Mike Christopherson at 281-8526, email him at chris282@umcrookston.edu, or simply visit the website.
Accolades
UMC’s
HRI degree program (Resort and Spa Management Emphasis) is noted in the
October-November 2002 issued of American Spa Magazine. Program
Manager Ken Myers is quoted in an article that discusses the
development of college degree programs for professional aspiring to
careers in the spa industry. The article also focuses on the importance
of internships in the field.
Eleven members of the Animal Science Association traveled to St.
Paul October 17-19 to compete in judging at the Minnesota Beef Expo.
UMC's teams did exceptionally well, placing in the top three with each
respective team. UMC students also swept the top three as individuals.
In first place overall was Staci Slykerman, second place was
Kim Rankin, and third place was Chris Hanson. Each
individual judged six classes of heifers, calves, and steers on Friday
morning. According to Staci Slykerman, "This is the first judging
contest we have been in this year. To do this well was really awesome!"
Special Dates
Birthdays
November 3
- Nancy Capistran
November 4 - Marsha Odom
November 5 - Fran Chihanski
November 6 - Gary Senske
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, airs on KROX Radio 1260 AM Saturdays at 8:45 a.m.
Tune in Saturday,
November 2, to hear comments from this year’s UMC Torch and Shield Award
recipients. This edition of Insight is hosted by Andrew Svec, UMC
Director of Communications.
UMC
Bulletin
The UMC Bulletin is posted at:
<http://www.umcrookston.edu/campusinfo/wkbulletin/bulletin.htm>